1. via That Kind of Woman | 2. Cozbi Jean Photo via Bklynbride | 3. via GWS | 4. via MSW | 5. bunting via Ruffled | 6. 42pressed | 7. Smitten Studio | 8. Sweet & Saucy | 9. KIM+PHIL Photo via Bklynbride | 10. Mino Paper Sweets

Nightcap Clothing dress, $495 | Bauble Bar earrings, $32 | Leg Avenue gloves, $21 | Schutz shoes, $175

- Tram @ Phi-Style.com

[images from Piperlime, Bauble Bar, Linens N Things, and Shopbop]

Such an adorable, intimate City Hall wedding with a celebration amongst friends in Brooklyn….kinda perfect, right?

“Ricardo and I wanted to spend our wedding day celebrating with our close friends, and visiting places that were special and meaningful to us.  We also wanted to keep the celebration rolling after our early afternoon ceremony into the evening. We had an intimate, heartwarming ceremony with a handful of our friends at the iconic City Hall in Manhattan.

We live in Brooklyn, had our first few dates there, and wanted to celebrate half of the day at locations where our relationship began.  After the ceremony, we headed to Fort Greene and visited spots like where we had our first kiss and our favorite restaurants. Putnam’s Clinton Hill pub was a local haunt of mine and I had invited Ricardo there on our second date. It was a great place to relax with our friends before the party, eat a few bites and of course share some celebratory drinks.

Later in the evening, we hosted a small reception for 40 people in Williamsburg at the Nighthawk Cinema Café. The expert bartender poured specialty cocktails for our guests.  Everyone enjoyed great music and delicious appetizers. The intimate room allowed us to talk and laugh with our friends.

It was a slightly overcast cloudy day, but the lighting allowed our photographer, Miho to capture so many wonderful moments. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect wedding day.”

Venue: Nitehawk Cinema
Hotel: NU Hotel
Bar: Putnam’s Pub
Flower: Kat Flower
Makeup and Hair: Theo Kogan (Armour Beauty)
Cake: One Girl Cookies

[images from Miho Aikawa]

[Print / Pretty]

-by Michelle Edgemont

Have you guys gotten your tickets to next weeks NotWedding happening in NYC?  I’m so excited to see how the ceremony and reception go for the couple above!  You can see the rest of their Highline engagement shoot over at Jessica Oh’s blog….and be sure to grab your tickets if you haven’t here.

Or if you’re lucky, you can win them right here!  Leave a comment below and we’ll have a couple of winners for Monday!

[images from Jessica Oh, one of the vendors you'll see there!]

cake | dress

[images from SayBre Photography]

[images from Cary Loves Amos]
styling by Hillary from Dean Street Society

EMilliner‘s new 2013 collection was just introduced and its as beautiful as ever! My favorite is Shooting Stars…it can work for any kind of bride, from modern to bohemian.

[images from EMilliner]

My little sister recently got engaged and as the dutiful big sister, I’ve taken it upon myself to give her all ideas. You’re welcome! She’s already chosen a lovely gown and I think a unique veil would be the perfect accessory. This is coming from somebody who does not usually like veils! The wedding ensemble these days has become a bit more relaxed in some ways so the veil really brings it back home for me. Some of these veil ideas touch on retro or antique influences, but with a shorter length, a fun color, or an additional accessory, they take on a more modern vibe.

Clockwise from top left: flower cropped veil, short full veil, veil with flower, retro cropped veil, band, green veil, cropped netting veil, short romantic veil, mid-full veil, bridesmaids veils

by Brittany Watson Jepsen of The House That Lars Built