Thursday, August 26, 2010

New Traditions: Laurel & Matt's Wedding

















Laurel was set on breaking traditions for her wedding, hence the green dress! She essentially started from scratch; she picked a simple venue with a great view and sent out an email save the date. She organized all the details and brought everything to the location - 100% DIY.
Flowers are my favorite part of a wedding, so I of course asked Laurel about her bouquet, "Oh we didn't do flowers", she responded. No flowers and a green dress I thought, I'm all about breaking traditions, but not without flowers! I didn't want to overstep my role as the photographer, so I timidly asked if I could make her a bouquet. She said yes, but only on the condition that she wouldn't carry them during the ceremony. Deal! So the morning of the wedding I ran around collecting wildflowers and tied them together with dental floss,
however I didn't stop there because Matt also needed a boutonniere, a twist tie and a safety pin around an orchid and some purple prickly things from the driveway did the trick.
You can judge for yourself, but I think I might have a back-up plan if this photography thing dries up!
(Slide Show!)

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