Rustic Fall Wedding with Vintage Details
This vintage shindig has a serious way with color and it's all thanks to Sommerfield Designs. They whipped up bright, orange blooms for the occasion and when paired with vintage details (including the bride's own dress!) it's a match made in wedding heaven. Do yourself a favor, and hop to the gallery for so much more.
From The Bride...Radnor Hunt was the very first venue we toured together as we started the wedding planning process. We adored the fox hunt décor inside, and fell in love with the giant tree in the back, which would soon come to be the gorgeous backdrop of our ceremony. I’m a DIY-nut, so I instantly started planning every tiny detail that I could make to fit our simplistic vintage theme. I went to many flea markets and sidewalk sales over the course of 10 months to find the vintage glass bottles and old books for our centerpieces. Our florist totally understood my vision and the tables turned out to be more beautiful than I imagined on the day of the wedding. I made sure to add personal touches to almost every detail, from the seating charts, to the window display and the ‘LOVE’ sign at the entrance to the ceremony. I even enlisted my mom to help, and she made all of the beautiful place cards.
The guys’ outfits were constructed of J. Crew gingham shirts with orange ties. We left it up to them to choose their gray suits, and collectively they all looked so put-together and handsome. My (now) husband even got them all monogrammed tie-bars to complete the look.
The girls’ gray lace dresses were from Nordstrom. I gave them all spoon bracelets that I found on Etsy, which fit in with our theme, and looked stunning with the dresses. The orange floral bouquets were perfect and a great contrast with the grays.
My dress was actually constructed from my own mothers wedding dress. She has said for many years that she kept it preserved for the very reason to hand it down to me for my wedding day. Over the course of the engagement, we took the dress to an amazing seamstress in Lancaster, PA, who changed the dress from an ‘80s gown into my own modern vision. It turned out beautifully and meant so much to my mom as I walked down the aisle in something so dear to her heart. The leftover lace from my mom's dressed was turned into and used as our sweetheart table's tablecloth.
With the forecast scattered with rain and cold weather the week before, we wound up having an absolutely perfect early fall day. Abundant sunshine and mid 70s - we couldn’t have asked for a better day to become husband and wife.
I, of course, couldn’t hold back the tears for my long walk down to the tree where my fiancé waited with a big smile. The emotions were overwhelming as 130 of my closest family and friends were waiting for me while our good friend played such graceful acoustic melodies for my walk with my dad. It was the best moment of my life, and thanks to our incredible husband-and-wife photography team, I will never forget it. They captured every single moment that went by so incredibly fast - that I will now remember for a lifetime.
The guys’ outfits were constructed of J. Crew gingham shirts with orange ties. We left it up to them to choose their gray suits, and collectively they all looked so put-together and handsome. My (now) husband even got them all monogrammed tie-bars to complete the look.
The girls’ gray lace dresses were from Nordstrom. I gave them all spoon bracelets that I found on Etsy, which fit in with our theme, and looked stunning with the dresses. The orange floral bouquets were perfect and a great contrast with the grays.
My dress was actually constructed from my own mothers wedding dress. She has said for many years that she kept it preserved for the very reason to hand it down to me for my wedding day. Over the course of the engagement, we took the dress to an amazing seamstress in Lancaster, PA, who changed the dress from an ‘80s gown into my own modern vision. It turned out beautifully and meant so much to my mom as I walked down the aisle in something so dear to her heart. The leftover lace from my mom's dressed was turned into and used as our sweetheart table's tablecloth.
With the forecast scattered with rain and cold weather the week before, we wound up having an absolutely perfect early fall day. Abundant sunshine and mid 70s - we couldn’t have asked for a better day to become husband and wife.
I, of course, couldn’t hold back the tears for my long walk down to the tree where my fiancé waited with a big smile. The emotions were overwhelming as 130 of my closest family and friends were waiting for me while our good friend played such graceful acoustic melodies for my walk with my dad. It was the best moment of my life, and thanks to our incredible husband-and-wife photography team, I will never forget it. They captured every single moment that went by so incredibly fast - that I will now remember for a lifetime.