Category Archives: Planning & Inspiration

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Inspiration: Steel Blue & Fuchsia

February 6, 2009 – 5:15 pm

This is a color palette from a wedding we photographed back in August, Elizabeth & Kevin at the New Haven Lawn Club. Click here to see our post about their day. Elizabeth selected classic tea-length bridesmaids dresses in steel blue (definitely something they could all wear again). To warm up the whole look, fuchsia was the perfect compliment to the steel blue, and created the perfect pop of color.


The gorgeous flowers were done by Jen at Fleur de Lys in New Haven. (www.fleurdelysfloral.com) The lighting and room décor were done by the incredibly talented Darin and his crew at the New Haven Lawn Club. ( www.nhlccatering.com) When you walk into the Lawn Club and see the vintage chandeliers and original fixtures, you feel like you have walked into a classic old-Hollywood mansion. And with all the flowers and lights picking up the steel blue and fuchsia color palette, there was no other word to describe the room… it was magical.

I’m loving putting together these inspiration boards! It’s so much fun to look back at some of our weddings and admire all the details and colors we’ve seen at weddings. We completely understand how much work it is to plan a wedding (we were there not too long ago ourselves). I remember one of the most amazing feelings was the first time we saw our reception room on our wedding day – to see it all together and perfect, it was incredible. That’s why I love these boards so much – a great way to give our couples a little touch of that feeling all over again.

We’d love your feedback – what do you want to see for our March board?

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Inspiration: Red Hot Holidays!

January 2, 2009 – 11:27 pm

First Regular Blog Feature: Inspiration

In the spirit of starting the New Year off fresh, I started going through old boxes and folders hoping to clean out some drawers. In the process I discovered our wedding planning box from our own wedding – dusty from lack of attention for the last year and a half (we got married in September 2007). Like I do most of the times I clean, I seized the opportunity to take a break. I sat down on the floor and looked through the contents of the box. It was filled the standard wedding planning materials – to do lists, receipts for purchases, and tons and tons of pictures I tore out of magazines for inspiration. Dress ideas, flower ideas, decoration ideas – I had pictures of every possible detail. Looking at the box, you’d think I had seen it all. Yet, even with all of those magazine pages I always see some great new idea at the weddings we working and think, gee why didn’t we think of that?

I always try to take note of all the great ideas I see (and take tons of pictures of them), to share them with my friends and family that are getting married. Then it hit me – why not share it with not only them but all of our 2009 (and 2010) brides on our blog?! So this will be a new regular feature – right now we’re aiming for once a month and hoping to do more throughout the year. Since today marks the very first one, you can expect a new one on the first Friday of every month.

So to all you blog readers – here is our first (of many, hopefully), regular features titled simply, Inspiration. They’ll all be different – some will be based on color palettes, some will be seasonal, some will convey a theme, etc. And all of the pictures will be from weddings we have personally photographed – ideas from real brides and actual weddings (mostly right here in Connecticut). We want these inspiration boards to spark ideas and conversations – so feel free to comment away….ask us questions, give us your feedback, etc.

Since the holidays are such a popular time to get engaged – we have two friends that just recently got engaged (congrats Mary & Melissa!) - we decided to start off the first inspiration board with holiday theme. The holiday season is so magical - the churches are decorated, family is gathered together, and love is just in the air. And brides can have a lot of fun with their dresses too – you can add a cape, a fur stole, or a red sash. Plus there’s the opportunity for so many great reception details – red always pops but it really comes alive against a snowy backdrop and Christmas lights can dress up your reception venue.

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