Leslee + Keith {the details}

I've had this lil post to share the details of my sister's wedding half-written for, ohhhhh, maybe 2 months now. Apparently I got busy and never finished it until now. Oops.

But! Better late than never, I say! Or maybe someone else says?

Regardless. Slightly delayed? Sure. But still necessary? Totally.

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A gchat conversation with the new Mrs. Marcom today. Just because it made me collapse into a fit of giggles -

LJ - important. those 3 lovebird towels from anthropologie i gave you? where did we have those at the wedding? guest book, cake, and where? help!

Mrs. Marcom - where were the towels?? why? by the cake, the sign in table, there was a 3rd one....where was that one?

LJ - ahhhhhhhhhhh WE'RE FORGETTING YOUR WEDDING

Mrs. Marcom - NO WE ARE NOT

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We put some serious effort into the details of Leslee's big day. No joke. Everything was carefully considered, thoroughly thought through, analyzed and over analyzed before final decisions were made.


The result was a charming / vintage-y / antique-y / semi-DIY event that we still can't believe we pulled off!

These are a few of my very favorite touches!

Welcome bags when you checked in at the hotel.
Totally sets the scene.
Alright, maybe just for fun. And late night snacking.

These flower arrangements.
On each of the family aisles at the ceremony.

Bouquets of white roses, complete with photos of our grandparents.

With one red rose for love. Just like Grandad always gave.

This! 

Our lil niece walking down the aisle in her pretty princess dress that she just adored. 

Tossing silk plum flower petals onto the white petals that already lined the aisle.

Precious.

The candle holders for the Unity Candle and side candles. 

They are milk glass antiques.

That mom and I found at First Monday in East Texas on a steamy day in July.

Those lanterns!
Les picked them out to give her ceremony stage a bit more wedding-like structure.

The guestbook table.

Guests wrote their happy wishes to the new couple and dropped them into the birdcage.

Lovebirds towel #1 - "They fell in love"

This entire ballroom.

It turned out perfectly! So much better than we could have ever imagined.

Don't you love??

Plum pashminas tied on every other chair back.

We used these instead of silk sashes to add a lil color to the room.

Leslee loves pashminas. She wears a different one almost every day.

So she thought it would be such a fun gift to give her guests pashminas as favors.

Brilliant, yes?

Each pashmina had a "Thank you" tag tied to it for the guests to take with them.

Even better? These pretty plum versions came all the way from the garment district in New York!

The bride and groom M chargers. 

I suppose they could have their very own special place-settings on their special day.

These place cards. 

Purple bird stamp on the right = chicken. Gray bird stamp on the left = Beef.

Of course.

Mom stamped and I hand-wrote all 200 of them.

Worth it.

The centerpieces. Oh we loved them. 3 different milk glass or clear vintage vases. Or! Lantern + roses + candle combo. Turned out so pretty!

The entire cake table!

Bride & Groom champagne flutes, pretty white cake with bows (I love bows right now!), handy man tool box cake, lovebirds towel #2 - "They got married"

These KML letters.

Spray painted gold and also perfect for the table assignments.

Note: Lovebirds towel # 3 - "They lived happily ever after" - was at the gift table. Which was also just lovely. 

However, I can't seem to find any photos

(read: my sister hasn't quite shared those with me yet)

So if and when I get my hands on them, I'll share!

 Oh. And then there was this dress.
How do you forget the gorgeousness of this dress??

Simply stunning!