These ceramic illustrated letter plates would make adorable wedding gifts, dont you agree?  I’ll take these 2 to start!

[images from JustNoey]

This wedding is dreamy and modern, all at once!  A difficult task for most, but pulled off beautifully by Tova & Jeremy!  Congrats you 2!

If a wedding is about love, then Jeremy and I knew we wanted our wedding to be fun and a true reflection of us. Living in Brooklyn we felt if we didn’t venture outside of the city we would have to keep our guest list small and we couldn’t have that. We took day trips to Hudson Valley and New Jersey, and the moment we walked onto the grounds of Crossed Keys Inn our search was over. We walked down the shady path of tall hundred-year old trees, saw the lush garden setting of the ceremony, the old stone barn, and the honeymoon cottage. This was us.

The feel we wanted for our wedding was playful, romantic, and effortless. The inn has 13 acres for guests to wander, a tent for the party, and a fire pit for cigar smoking and making s’mores. We are inclined toward the old-timey feel and knew the Jug Addicts, an amazing Brooklyn Jug Band we’ve seen play before would set the stage at our ceremony and cocktail hour and DJ Bert got our guests dancing with 70’s R&B.

Katherine Rodriquez, owner of the Crossed Keys Inn, coordinated our event and her husband is the caterer, Celsos Catering. Jeremy and I are foodies, and the food was really spectacular. Also a lovely flower designer at Event Designs By Katherine, Katherine created all of the flowers. We wanted flowers that were soft, in differing shades of blues and greens, and looked hand-picked from the garden. Peonies, hydrangeas, and lady’s mantle kept the bouquets supple. I searched flea markets and ebay for the colored bottles and had much help from my sister-in-law’s scavenging all the way from Wisconsin.

The planning process was really fun for us because we were able to hand pick and design lovely elements and details for our guests (and us!) to savor. Jeremy designed the paper goods – programs, seating cards, table numbers, drink menus – and they came out exactly like we visioned. Etsy was an amazing stop for me to work with creative designers and PrimandPosies created the flowers for my hair, LittleWeeShop made the ring pillow, and JessicasDesignShop designed the lovely honey stickers. The honey is special to us because it comes from a beekeeper in Wisconsin, where Jeremy is from, (and where we met) and they were hand delivered by his mother. We had other vintage elements – the antique champagne glasses from a friend, my purse, and our wedding cake topper.

Choosing Kimberly Hurst as our photographer was one of the first big decisions we made and also the easiest. She captures beautiful moments and adds a dreamy and almost vintage feel to the photos. When she and her father arrived the day of our wedding they were so easy to work with and we couldn’t be more delighted with how they came out.

I’ve never worn white before so I knew I had to have a splash of color somewhere. Finding emerald green shoes was a challenge and I ended up getting my shoes dyed. I was fortunate enough to find my dress at a Kleinfeld sample sale. When I put this Amarildine dress on I just felt like myself and it was light and flowy. The wedding day was breezy when we took the photos and I love how my dress moved so organically. Jeremy, a lover of bow ties, didn’t disappoint. His suit was a steal from Uniqlo, the tie from J. Press Madison Avenue, shirt from Charles Tyrwhitt, and shoes from Allen Edmonds. Our family wore different shades of blues, greens, and grays and there are great pops of color everywhere.

[images from Kimberly Hurst]

I’ve always known the DC subway stations were beautiful, but never thought they had enough light for amazing photographs….thanks to the above photo, I stand corrected.

[images from For You Love Me]

Check out this fabulous looking engagement shoot of photographer Sarah Sloboda and her fiance…reminds me of those old Italian movies, doesn’t it?

[images from Ashley DuPree]

Jennifer Hill and I met a few years ago at NSS where I fell in love with her travel inspired prints.  She’s finally started applying her beautiful designs to wedding stationery, and they’re all I could have dreamed of!  She even did a Brooklyn themed one just for Brooklyn Bride!  Check out all the wonderful selections, from invitations to Save the Dates to menus, on her website!

[images from JHill]

The lovely ladies of Hitched are letting me give away a pair of tickets to their awesome Hitched event coming up on September 23 at the uber stylish Smog Shoppe.  Check out their blog for roundups of all the vendor participating, and send me some pictures from the event if you win

Leave a comment below…winner announced on Friday!  Good luck!

p.s. the event is in California, so you should probably live there or be able to get there on the 23rd to take advantage of the tickets…

[image from Hitched]

Thanks to everyone who applied for the editor and intern positions here at Brooklyn Bride!  I promise I will get back to you as soon as I dig out of this enormous pile of emails!  I’m keeping applications open through Tuesday, so if you know anyone interested, let them know.

Here are some fun links from the week for your long weekend…I’ll see you back here on Tuesday!

Remember this rock and roll engagement shoot we featured a few weeks ago?  Well Carolyn and Matthew got married in an intimate (count 5 guests!) Brooklyn ceremony on the water and the pics are up on DiBezi’s blog…check them out!

• This seersucker wedding by Brooke Fitts was amazing! [via Snippet & Ink]
• Adorable invitations from Australian stationers Mitchell & Dent [via Oh So Beautiful Paper]
• This DIY framed box is a must have for my new apartment…[via design*sponge]
• My birthday’s coming up…I need this keychain STAT! [via Prismera Design]

[image from DiBezi Photography]

DiBezi Photography is a member of Brooklyn Bride’s preferred vendor listings

I’ve been having such trouble finding all the modern accessories and goodies when I want them, so I’ve decided to start a new column featuring my top 10 favs for weddings…this week I’m starting with veils and hairpieces that are sheer perfection for modern brides.

If you’ve got a topic relating to weddings you’d like covered, let me know in the comments!

1st row: Thief and Bandit, Twigs & Honey, Wedding Aisle
2nd row: Oh My Deer, Jennifer Behr
3rd row: George Wu (via OnceWed), Giant Dwarf, ban.do
4th row: ban.do, Lo Boheme

Found these STUNNING engagement rings on Etsy from seller One Stone New York…I’d love one of each just to stack up!

[images from One Stone New York]

NELLE has introduced a new line of larger handbags named after her fiancé, Harold. I love the colorblocking and think they’d make great gifts for your bridal party…or even yourself!

[images from NELLE]