I absolutely adore an intimate outdoor, backyard affair like the one that Stacy and Jacob planned. This wedding was completely THEM. Held at their friend’s house, in the backyard, Stacy and Jacob’s friends and family enjoyed a perfect day. Even the weather was perfect – at least in my opinion. Beautiful overcast skies made for flattering light and the rain held off until after they enjoyed their first dance!
Planning a wedding is truly an adventure – Stacy was kind enough to share some of her experiences while planning her wedding:
What was the most stressful thing about planning your wedding?
“The hardest part for us was picking a venue. We agonized over how much we could spend and what kind of feel we wanted for our wedding for months, and we couldn’t make any other decisions until that one was made. When our friends Kelsey and Larry offered to host our wedding on their beautiful property, everything started to fall into place.”
And the most enjoyable part of planning?
“Getting to spend more time with our friends (the wedding was an excuse to come down and visit more!), and generally being surprised and overwhelmed by the amount of generosity and love all of our friends showed us through this process! Our friends officiated, performed a reading, gave toasts, did my makeup and hair, moved chairs around during the reception, fed our cats through our honeymoon and helped us with a million other things to make our wedding a success.”
If you were able to do it all over again, would you do anything differently?
“I don’t think we realized how many last minute things we would need to do in the days before the wedding, like making place cards and ironing tablecloths. If we did it all over we would get some of those things done way ahead of time so we wouldn’t have to stress as much!”
Any words of wisdom for brides who are currently planning their day?
“Ask for help! I was so reluctant at first to ask anybody for help because I was worried that they wouldn’t want to, but our friends were so excited to help!”
Wedding day theme: Casual and fun!
Dress Designer: Bought it at Nordstrom (purchased during a Black Friday sale!)
Bride’s Shoes: Nine West
Hair Stylist: My sister, Alyssa, and her friend, Amanda
Makeup Artist: My friend, Kelly
Accessories: Hair fascinator from Etsy – http://www.etsy.com/shop/PetalVeils
Groom’s Suit: J. Crew
Invitations & Stationery: vistaprint.com
Flowers: We reappropriated the white roses from our rehearsal dinner and got the rest from a supermarket the morning of!
Officiant: Friend of the couple
Catering and Cake: Dream Weaver Catering http://www.dreamweavercatering.com
Honeymoon: Hong Kong and Cambodia.
