When Amber came to me with a pre-designed logo for her aisle runner last year, I was excited to see what we could do for her.  She brought a few images of her church to the table so we could make sure the coloring was right for the overall feel of the wedding.  I love how her aisle runner turned out but am even more thrilled by the wedding as a whole.  What a stunning wedding with a beautifully written description in Amber’s own words.

“Our wedding took place on September 19, 2009 in downtown Boston at Old South Church and the reception took place at Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. We fell in love with the “Old Boston Glamour” feel of Fairmont Copley as soon as we walked in, and knew it was the perfect venue to celebrate with our 150 guests from all over the nation. Old South Church was a logical choice as it’s right across Copley Square from the hotel, and we love the gothic architecture and history associated with the church (Sam Adams & Mother Goose were both members!). These two venues set a beautiful stage for our wedding day.

I would describe the overall look & feel we were going for with decor as “Glamorous Romance”. Our very classic color palette of ivory, blush pink, and gold was accented with lots of candles, roses, feathers, and crystals to really glam things up. The end result was a classic & elegant look with just a few modern touches to make things current. We rented gold rimmed hammered glass chargers, gold Chivari chairs, and gold rimmed water glasses for each place setting. There was a baby pink rose tucked into each napkin with the menu as well as a spray rose sitting on top of each champagne glass. By the end of the evening, all of our guests were wearing feathers and roses in their hair & pockets which was so much fun to see.

I’ve always been a very crafty person and early on during the wedding planning process I was inspired to take on a few DIY projects after seeing the Knot.com bio’s of a few different brides. By the time our planning was over, I had taken on way more as DIY projects than I ever anticipated but it made things feel so special as I put a lot of love & care into the little details of our wedding day. I screen printed our wedding invitations, programs, menus, candy buffet bags, and cocktail napkins using a Gocco printer and lots of gold ink. I used wood letters and pearl beads to create “We Do” letters to accent our Wedding Certificate table. I used a metal stand, wood lettering, and glass “bubbles” from CB2 to create the sign for our Champagne Bar. I spray-painted various frames gold to create our Italian table numbers. I created kid’s “Play Buckets” for our flower girls that were waiting for them at their place settings. I made the memory candles to honor our loved ones who have passed.”

Be sure to visit Amber’s Etsy Shop, Bella Bride Designs to get some of her beautiful pieces for yourself!

The Vendors:

Ceremony Venue: Old South Church

Reception Venue: Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel

Photographer: Dorie Hamm & Assistant – Dorie Lynn Photography (http://www.dorielynnphoto.com/weddings/; (508) 331-5104; dorie@dorielynnphoto.com)

DJ: Jeff Mader (aka DJ Shyne) – E.C.F. Entertainment (www.ecfentertainment.com)

Lighting: RCUplighting (http://www.rcuplighting.com/)

Cake: Cakes to Remember – Ellen Bartlett

Rentals: Rentals Unlimited (www.rentals-unlimited.net)

Hair: Jennifer Guerriero (http://www.pictureperfecthairbyjennifer.com/)

Make Up: Brea Cherne (http://www.makeupbybrea.com/)

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Thanks again, Amber, for sharing your stunning wedding with us.

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Now for the good stuff: Creative Custom Card Boxes is offering 10% off 1-Tier Card Boxes and 10% off I DO Letters with Crystal Accents for the entire month of February.

Kiss And Wed is offering 10% off our Phrase Banners, great for the ring bearer to carry down the aisle!.

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Christy ordered this beauty from us for her nuptials later this month.  She was looking for a custom aisle runner with her pre-designed logo with an addition of the names and date as well as champagne crystal accents.  Love it!

Today’s Aisle Accent is the abundance of floral initials we’ve been coming across on the various wedding blogs lately.  I love these initials as they are a subtle way to add to the decor of the event.  They can be place at the foot the the aisle, on entrance doors, on archways, etc…they’re very versatile.  We’ve also been thinking about adding them to our product line (made from silk flowers).  Leave us a comment, would you buy them and what would you pay for them??

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I was going to post an entirely different post today, but I’m so in love with our most recent creation…I just had to dedicate a post to it.  We’re often asked by clients if they can use their own logos or if they can use a logo with a graphic in it.  We can never say yes immediately without looking, but often times we’re able to use or tweak the design.  That was the case with Erica’s aisle runner.  She had her own design and originally wanted a LOT of work done on the runner which would have meant many hours of painting and of course more money.  At first, she wanted us to paint the entire design on the runner, but then we suggested going with a green colored runner so we didn’t have to spend as much time painting.  Eventually we were able to tweak the original design  into perhaps one of my most favorite aisle runners yet.  All in all, the painting still took about five hours to do, but I’m loving every bit of it.  Take a look at the original design and then the fabulous finished aisle runner and go ahead and tell me how much you love it.  Then, head over to Kiss And Wed to place your order!