Modern Art Museum Wedding
There is so, so much to love about this artsy fete from our friends at I Love You Too Weddings that it's really not easy to pack it all into a few sweet sentences. I'm talking the crazy cool Sol Lewitt ceremony backdrop, brilliant coral and pink blooms from The Empty Vase and the Bride's princess-like Martina Ilana dress just to name a few. The gallery is home to even more that will keep you swooning for days.
From the beautiful Bride… The backdrop for our wedding was a stunning, brilliantly colored Sol Lewitt wall drawing that stretched from the floor to the ceiling of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I am an artist, was raised by an art teacher, and worked closely with many of the artists who are in the collection of the IMA for six years as a PR Associate at a major Manhattan art gallery. From the first time I visited the IMA, I knew that someday I wanted to get married there—surrounded by the work of the artists who inspired me. Art is about finding the beauty in the everyday, and we could think of no better place to begin our life together.
My husband and I wrote our ketubah (the Jewish marriage contract) together and I hand-painted it with the bouquets of flowers that my husband gave me over the years. I didn't completely finish the ketubah, purposefully leaving room to add to it each year, just as our marriage will continue to bloom.
Our reception was held in the ballroom attached to the museum, with windows lining both walls, looking out onto the gorgeous museum gardens and fountain. My colors were a pinkish coral and gold, which picked up the color in the LeWitt wall. I dreamed of peonies, and was overjoyed when my florist, David Strohmeyer from The Empty Vase, called us the week before the wedding and told me that mother nature was cooperating with us and that we would, indeed be able to get them. They turned out to be the most breathtaking peonies I'd ever seen, and huge(!)--literally the size of your hand. He outdid himself, creating gorgeous, bouquets and centerpieces of peonies, blush dahlias, garden roses, in oversized garden style, flowing out of elegant gold vases.
My younger sister, Allie, who is an art teacher and a designer, designed our Save the Date's, menus, programs, as well as our cake, which was realized by Joe Husar at Kahn's Catering.
My husband and I met as undergraduates at Washington University in St. Louis, and as a surprise, towards the end of the night, the caterer rolled out an ice cream cart filled with Ted Drewes, the famous St. Louis frozen custard, which my mom had secretly arranged to be brought in from St. Louis for the weekend.
My dress was by the Australian designer Martina Liana, which I fell in love with at The Wedding Studio—it was one of the first and only dress I ever tried on! My bridesmaid's dresses were by Amsale (chiffon in guava). I wore the silk white garter that my grandmother wore at her wedding, and carried her hand-beaded purse. On my bouquet, I pinned a diamond broach that belonged to my great grandmother, who passed away just a few months prior to the wedding.
From Rebecca of I Love You Too Weddings… When I first spoke to Lauren about her wedding photography, I was immediately inspired and excited to document her big day. A beautiful & artistic couple, and a gorgeous art museum with incredible gardens makes for a pretty awesome day of photographing! Within minutes of my arrival, though, my aesthetic expectations were completely trumped by the intense feeling of love and family. Both Mike and Lauren's parents and Lauren's sister, Allie, exhibited such warmth and care toward the couple as they prepared to walk down the aisle. By the time they were all gathered under the chuppah together, it was clear this was not just a union of two people, but two very loving and supportive families. The joy they all shared during the actual ceremony flooded into the reception ballroom and the dance floor was filled with the greatest smiles all night long. Lauren & Mike's wedding day was truly beautiful, just like them, inside and out.
My husband and I wrote our ketubah (the Jewish marriage contract) together and I hand-painted it with the bouquets of flowers that my husband gave me over the years. I didn't completely finish the ketubah, purposefully leaving room to add to it each year, just as our marriage will continue to bloom.
Our reception was held in the ballroom attached to the museum, with windows lining both walls, looking out onto the gorgeous museum gardens and fountain. My colors were a pinkish coral and gold, which picked up the color in the LeWitt wall. I dreamed of peonies, and was overjoyed when my florist, David Strohmeyer from The Empty Vase, called us the week before the wedding and told me that mother nature was cooperating with us and that we would, indeed be able to get them. They turned out to be the most breathtaking peonies I'd ever seen, and huge(!)--literally the size of your hand. He outdid himself, creating gorgeous, bouquets and centerpieces of peonies, blush dahlias, garden roses, in oversized garden style, flowing out of elegant gold vases.
My younger sister, Allie, who is an art teacher and a designer, designed our Save the Date's, menus, programs, as well as our cake, which was realized by Joe Husar at Kahn's Catering.
My husband and I met as undergraduates at Washington University in St. Louis, and as a surprise, towards the end of the night, the caterer rolled out an ice cream cart filled with Ted Drewes, the famous St. Louis frozen custard, which my mom had secretly arranged to be brought in from St. Louis for the weekend.
My dress was by the Australian designer Martina Liana, which I fell in love with at The Wedding Studio—it was one of the first and only dress I ever tried on! My bridesmaid's dresses were by Amsale (chiffon in guava). I wore the silk white garter that my grandmother wore at her wedding, and carried her hand-beaded purse. On my bouquet, I pinned a diamond broach that belonged to my great grandmother, who passed away just a few months prior to the wedding.
From Rebecca of I Love You Too Weddings… When I first spoke to Lauren about her wedding photography, I was immediately inspired and excited to document her big day. A beautiful & artistic couple, and a gorgeous art museum with incredible gardens makes for a pretty awesome day of photographing! Within minutes of my arrival, though, my aesthetic expectations were completely trumped by the intense feeling of love and family. Both Mike and Lauren's parents and Lauren's sister, Allie, exhibited such warmth and care toward the couple as they prepared to walk down the aisle. By the time they were all gathered under the chuppah together, it was clear this was not just a union of two people, but two very loving and supportive families. The joy they all shared during the actual ceremony flooded into the reception ballroom and the dance floor was filled with the greatest smiles all night long. Lauren & Mike's wedding day was truly beautiful, just like them, inside and out.