This Ohio couple is gorgeous. The bride is a vision in her stunning gown, and the groom looks pretty dapper himself in his black tux. But aside from that, they love they share is so obvious, so deep, so beautiful. Just wait until you see the Wedding Day Preview from Poetic Cinema. All I have to say is grab a tissue. But before we get there, I’ll warm up those tear ducts with the most amazing photos from Inlux Photo – of the bride, the groom, and the love and tears they shared on their wedding day. Click here for more!
Grab the tissues…
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Our wedding day was a long time coming. Donte and I had a distance relationship for seven and a half years and I couldn’t wait for the day when we would be together in one place. I was never one of those girls who dreamed of her wedding day and imagined myself being a princess. I did, however, wonder about the guy that I would marry and I knew early on in our relationship that Donte was the guy that I had always imagined.
The ceremony turned out to be more beautiful than expected, despite the rain earlier in the day. When I got down to the end of the aisle I realized that Donte was crying, and then when he read his personal vows he bawled! There wasn’t a dry eye in the house and it made for a heartfelt ceremony.
When it came time to plan, we almost immediately knew that we wanted a formal, sophisticated, black-tie affair. I know that millions of other brides say that their theme is Old Hollywood Glamour, but after envisioning what we wanted, I immediately understood why other brides choose this theme. When you think of Old Hollywood you almost always think classic, elegant, romantic…and we realized that this was exactly what we wanted.
We chose black, white, and soft pink since it’s a clean palette and very classically beautiful. I knew that I wanted full tall and short centerpieces so I chose the simple combination of pink roses and hydrangeas to bring color into the reception room. We know that black-tie usually equals lots of money, so we figured out a way to have a lot of elegant touches without the big price tag. That meant a lot of DIY projects!
I taught myself how to use Photoshop by watching YouTube tutorials and designed all of our paper items and uploaded and printed them through Vistaprint. I designed everything from the invitations, wedding announcement poster, dinner menus, programs, escort cards, the aisle runner, table numbers, etc. The secret to having successful DIY projects is to start early. My goal was to have a wedding that only looked expensive and I think we pulled that off successfully. Our wedding day was truly one of the happiest, heartfelt days of our lives and one that we’ll never forget.
Photography: Inlux Photo / Ceremony & Reception: Heritage Golf Club / Flowers: Flowers on Springtree Lane / Cinematrography: Poetic Cinema / Bride’s Dress: Maggie Sottero / Bridesmaids Dresses: Bari Jay / Makeup: Kelli Ramey of Beautimarkedbykelli / Hair: Michael Matteson of Square One Salon and Spa / Shoes: Me Too / Bride’s Bracelet: Rent The Runway / Cake: The Cake Studio