I look at this shoot and I just get HAPPY. It’s everything I love. Sister like friendships, bold style, girlish fun, quirky accents, good food, and just down right PRETTINESS. I talked a bit more about it in my preview post which you can read HERE.
A couple months ago I started envisioning my dream wedding to shoot.I came up with:
Stripes and Polka dots
Breakfast for dinner
Big bows
Fun
Black and white
Girly
Quirky
And I especially knew I didn’t want to play it safe. So, I called Martha and got her on board for make up and hair and then contacted Chantelle. I met Chantelle at a wedding last year and when I found out she designed the bridal gown for that wedding I KNEW I had to work with her someday. Lucky for me she is talented AND beautiful and made for the most perfect bride. She designed her wedding gown and also HAND PAINTED the stripes and polka dots on the dresses. So crazy beautiful. I also told Chantelle that I want the friendships between the bride and bridesmaids to be real and joyful and she immediately knew she wanted Taylor and Kayla to be her girls! What a wise choice that was!
My mother in law, Debbie, is starting a dessert business and specializes in scrumptiously beautiful little desserts! She is extremely talented and I only wish you all could taste her creations… they are all 10 times tastier than they look and they look PHENOMENAL. It’s a win win. She loves when people enjoy their desserts and most definitely loves to please. She was such a joy to work with and we were all amazed by her! {Side note: I am so excited to be a part of her launching her new business! We have started a blog for her and in the next few months we are working on an online order form so (local) clients can easily enjoy Debonair Desserts. She is available for weddings, parties, and just because! } Debbie made a pancake cake for our wedding cake and drizzled it with the most delicious and warm caramel sauce and topped it with crepe roses! That’s right… those roses are edible! And beautiful! She also created a berry tart for the sit down meal with a side of greek yogurt and grapefruit.
Then we enlisted Collette of Brier Rose Design for the floral arrangements and wow. Just wow. She works so hard and definitely DELIVERS the pretty! Not only did she design the most beautiful bright bouquets in an ombre array of coral, she made (ok, her husband made, but still) the oversized succulent box for the centerpiece. The box was full of berries to match the food, succulents, and milk jugs as vases for the bouquets. It was completely darling and I couldn’t stop taking pictures of it!
Thanks to Martha the girls looked EXACTLY how I dreamed them! Fresh faced, rosy, and girly!
I am just happy. So happy. Not everyone gets an opportunity to work on their dream project and I am just so thankful for all the women who came together to help me create mine!! Enjoy!
Our models for the day, Taylor and Kayla, were so much fun to be around!! Completely beautiful, these girls. Inside and out!I’m really proud of these newspaper utensil pouches I made!Favors from the bride: Little heart boxes with a DIY friendship bracelet… because every girl needs one!Taylor Taylor Taylor… this has quickly become my most favorite photograph I have ever taken. Thank you for being so vulnerable, open, and soft in front of my camera. Wow.And this is probably my 2nd favorite photo!!! Haha!!!
VENDOR LOVE — and lots of and lots of LOVE!
Dress- Handmade by Chantelle of Jac and Moigrad www.jacandmoigrad.com
Brides ring- Chantelle Watson http://www.etsy.com/shop/JacMoigrad?ref=si_shop
Brides shoes- Jeffrey Campbell http://www.jeffreycampbellshoes.com/
Food- Debonair Desserts www.debonairdesserts.wordpress.com
Flowers- Brier Rose Design http://brierrosedesign.blogspot.com/
Succulent box- Brier Rose Deisgn http://brierrosedesign.blogspot.com/
Hair & Makeup- Martha Does Make Up www.marthadoesmakeup.com
Video- Elizabeth Clark http://vimeo.com/desertmysticfilms
Models- Chantelle Watson, Taylor Beardsley, and Kayla Caffey
Watches- Fossil http://www.fossil.com/en_US/shop/fossil-watches.html
Table runner- A Fabulous Fete http://www.etsy.com/shop/afabulousfete?section_id=7021537
Paper Straws- Katie Did Desgins http://www.etsy.com/shop/katiedidesigns?section_id=7613707
Berry Basket- Anthropologie http://www.anthropologie.com
Jaime Patterson - I love these!!! You did an amazing job!!!
Dyllie - So amazing! Beautiful, colorful, classy, but whimsical and very quirky! LOVE the pancake cake. Coolest shoot I have seen ever!
Emily Lapish - Sarah!! This is gorgeous and SO unique. I love the way you think outside the box. As a wedding photographer who sees a LOT of trends (and gets sick of a LOT of trends, lol) it is so refreshing to see such fresh new ideas in a shoot. A pancake cake??!?! GET OUT! It’s too much.
XOXOXOXOXO
Amanda Weber - Those blogs don’t know what they are missing. Your shoot is as sweet as the maple syrup on those delish pancakes. The girls are so pretty and the dress I love. Everything was perfect. Be proud.
Amanda Webber - I missed a b. It is Webber doah lol.
Collette Budd - For Real? These shots are amazing! Thanks so much for having me along on your dream shoot!♥ My favorite color palette to work with ever! Such a blessing to see your dream come to fruition.
Jessica - Sara! OMG! You have such vision that is for sure. I need to eat some of those debonair desserts. Does she need a tastes tester because I will VOLUNTEER! I’m not even joking. Can I be invited to a family BBQ? Can’t wait for that online order form. And everyone id an amazing job on all aspects of this shoot. You all should be extremely proud of yourselves. I’ll be anticipating the breakfast for dinner trend popping up all over the internet very soon
Brittany Sweat - Gorgeous girl!!! I agree on your most favorite shot. Feels like its from a 1950s mag.. i’m in love!
Ashley - Girl!! This turned out so awesome! Thanks for sharing your dream shoot finally, I love the originality of it. Go girl!
Jenn Tuttle - WOW!!! That pancake-cake has me drooling on my lap LOL YUM! Great job!
Desiree - Ummm WOW! Just…wow! Simply amazing, my dear, simply amazing. Great job!
Liana - This is so unique, so fun, and so you, Sara! Beautiful EVERYTHING: models, makeup, styling, shots…but I’m amazed at your vision for this. Only you could make something like this come to life, down to every detail. And I want that pancake cake!!
tereneh - These are just presh!! I love everything about it! You did a great job and all the girls look so BEAUTIFUL:)
Art Lucero - WOW – what else can a man say! Here is the rest of the story on the pancake wedding cake. Debbie spent days trying different recipes to find that right consistency of fluffiness and taste. As to the caramel drizzle well that’s another story.
LARY@ Inspiration Nook - This is awesome. Absolutely precious. That cake btw, in love.