Let’s talk awesome, one-of-a-kind wedding dresses. Lauren knew the formula for finding the dress of her dreams for her Amelia Island Plantation wedding: a drop-waist, strapless gown with lots (lots!) of tulle, polka dots and a big flower. To give her the gown of her dreams, the bride’s family and friends (including the groom’s mother!) chipped in to design and create Lauren’s wedding dress. (We love it as much as she does!) Ashley + Greg Granstad of Brooke Images photographed Lauren + Dylan’s outdoor ceremony planned by Katherine Bean of Amelia Island. (Our favorite shot, hands down, is the one of the newlyweds on the vintage yellow bicycle!) Brooke Raulerson of Artistic Florist designed the rainbow-bright bouquets carried by the bride + her Express-clad maids.
How did the two of you meet? Tell us your story. We were set up by mutual friends (one of them also set up my brother and his wife too!).
Three adjectives that describe the day are: Happy, unique, colorful
Our favorite detail of the wedding was: How the colorful decorations played off the natural setting of Walker’s Landing.
What Southern details or traditions did you include in your celebration? What was Southern about your wedding? We wanted our cake to reflect the gorgeous natural setting of our wedding site, which is full of huge old oak trees. We both grew up Gainesville, Fl so we naturally spent a lot of time outside. We love the natural beauty you find all over this state! We had no idea at the time, but we both spent many summers vacationing with family at Amelia Island. We both agreed that Walkers Landing, Amelia Island was the perfect location for us. The setting is amazing and it is all natural Florida beauty –big trees, moss, water, sunsets, sunrises, etc.
Tell us about finding your wedding dress: To the last stitch p-e-r-f-e-c-t. It was handmade for me by very special people! I wanted a drop waist, strapless, lots of tulle, polka-dots, a big flower, and most importantly, I wanted pieces of my mom’s and grandma’s wedding dresses in it. My requests were all met and more. I was so set on having a short dress, but when I saw my wedding dress before they cut it, I said, “NOOO! Don’t cut it!”
Love the fashion of this affair..and love the floral mix :)
Where is the clutch from? I love it!
What a great floral arrangement. I absolutely love the burst of color. And I think that it really shows so thought on the part of the bride to get original dresses for her bridesmaid’s.
The clutch was hand made by my Aunt Nina. She made it out of pieces of my Nana, Grandma, Mom, and aunts wedding dressed. She even used the chain from my dads wedding suit for the purse!!! it is the coolest thing ever.
love. those. flowers.
I love the pictures with all of the trees – what an amazing backdrop! I also enjoy your color flowers…looks like it was perfect day! :)