As much time and effort as we put into the big wow factors of the day, almost unanimously, what our guests appreciated the most were all the little details that made the day personal. During cocktail hour, we had set up a room that was basically a museum of our relationship. We displayed both the … Read more
Dinner under the tent Dinner was under a Bedouin tent set up by the team. Senhora da Rosa Hotel. There were no name cards. Each guest took their seat by finding their face: 100 individual portraits, each hand-crafted digitally by Rodrigo over six months. Inês and Rodrigo instead marked their seats with custom shell glasses. … Read more
Every picture on this wall started out as a painting of Elena and Alexander. The Pink Cheetah, The Faced Moon, Women in Indigo and Violet: All of these came from his own sketches. Check out the rest of this post →
The ceremony arch is a wave. The sign printed on the menu or the wave shape in the curl didn’t work, but a crusting swell in the tail, criss-crossed the path of water splashes before breaking, foaming with a surf of dry cream at the crown and base, and built on a beach in Da … Read more
Image: Press the flowers Your bouquet is on a 48-hour clock, so the decision to preserve a wedding bouquet can’t be made the morning after in your hotel room, or at the gate before your honeymoon flight, while the flowers you’ve chosen to put in the bouquet have spent months wilting. Call months before the … Read more
Olive, lavender, chili red, and a peach that almost reads gold, all in a white rotunda under a brass ring chandelier. There’s nothing to be found here, and that’s completely intentional. The colors were chosen for a bit of discussion, the way a painter paints on a palette before committing, and the room was chosen … Read more
Murder of bridegroom and bride Catherine took daily Myrtle and the board game Clue as her starting point and created a really difficult logic puzzle for the guests to solve during the reception: a letter from the “Secret Agent Table”, including a paw print, numbered clue bags, and a complete elimination grid everywhere that sets … Read more
Photo by Animation Some of my favorite wedding details are the ones that no one else sees. A pendant was tucked into the wrapping of the vase. A note from the father slipped into the groom’s inner pocket. And lately, a little woven label in the seam of a dress or suit, with a date, … Read more
Wear it down the aisle. The most popular groomsmen gifts, by a wide margin, are things they can actually wear on the wedding day. They dress up his look and double as a memento he will keep long after. Personalize them with an engraved wedding date, custom initials, or a Romantic message On a custom … Read more
Reception Inside, the blue continued, and the room became a little strange in the best way. The tables were mirrored and set on polished chrome cones, with a mirrored panel running the length of the ceiling above them, so the entire reception took place twice, once at the tables and once above. After a ceremony … Read more