French-Inspired Table Scapes

A couple weeks ago we collaborated with Janie of The Bride’s Cafe and Janie Medley Floral, as well as Lynn of Sunshowers and Rainshine to create two tablescapes inspired by the French countryside.   This first tablescape has more antique elements, including china bowls and plates, teacups, and teapots.  Janie did the GORGEOUS floral arrangements, including dahlias, peach garden roses, parrot tulips, dusty miller, scabiosa pods and ornamental green cabbages to compliment the soft color palette of the china.  Kurt made the Croquembouche and the Tarte au Citron (yes, I’m marrying a personal chef!), which looked absolutely divine! And of course, our AMAZING stylist, Lynn made the entire table look magical.   You can view Janie’s feature here at The Bride’s Cafe:)

Lynn made these cute little signs herself and found the frames from an antique store

(please excuse the misspelling of “Tarte au Citron”….whoopsies!)

This next tablescape will surely make you hungry, with so many delicious cheeses and rustic fruits! Janie arranged dahlias, billy balls, blackberries, bupleurum, and scabiosa in vintage glass bottles and lined the burlap with amaranthus.  The cheese was collected from a local farmers market (all the cheese was made in VA!) and we found some figs and pears to accent the table and Kurt made the bread:)Lynn tied everything together, incorporating pewter plates, twine, cloche, cutting boards, and Laguiole knives.  Succulents were scattered throughout the table.

You can view the French country tablescape feature on Snippet and Ink today!! Thanks so much to Janie + Lynn for your amazing talents!!! XOXO

September 2, 2010 - 5:27 pm

Debbie - Love both looks, the soft pastels of the first ‘scape and the bolder colors of the second one. Beautiful and yummy!

September 2, 2010 - 11:19 am

will haas - That bread looks so, so good! There is such a variety of textures and colors—I love the images!

Katie + John | engaged

A couple weekends ago, Kurt + I met up with Katie + John in Richmond.  We had such a blast with them, despite the crazy thunderstorm that took place halfway through the session.  Luckily, the storm subsided and we were able to finish up the session.  Katie had wanted to incorporate hearts into the session, including a couple heart balloons and a deck of cards.  Enjoy these two love birds:)

September 2, 2010 - 12:23 pm

Meredith Sledge - WOW. She is insanely beautiful. My gosh. She can manage to look totally gorgeous when she’s not even smiling. Ahhhh, I love that. So amazing, Jodi. I loooooove this session.

September 2, 2010 - 9:01 am

Danielle Bozung - Jodi these are GORGEOUS!! I actually used to work with Katie at Old Navy in college so it was fun to see her pics on here :)

Donna + Sean | wedding, part II

I know there has been a lack of blog posts over the past couple of weeks…but in all honesty, we’re extremely busy prepping for our own wedding which is about 7 weeks away!! We’ve been finalizing our invitations (expect a post on this!) and are hoping to get them out this week! But today, this post is dedicated to Donna + Sean’s gorgeous DIY ranch wedding.  I can’t say enough good things about this sweet couple and their incredible wedding.  I won’t go on and on, as hopefully the pictures speak volumes of how amazing their wedding was.  I will let you know though that Donna + Sean truly reflected themselves in their wedding…they spent hours upon hours (probably more like days…) antique and flea market shopping, sewing, and hand making pretty much everything you will see…this wedding was the epitome of DIY (some of my favorite weddings!).  So enjoy this beautiful couple!:)

Venue/Caterer: The Marriott Ranch
Dress: Priscilla of Boston
Cupcakes: Sally’s Gourmet Cupcakes
Hair/Makeup: Brooke Williams

Donna was given this locket as a wedding gift from a family friend, the locket was found in an antique store and engraved with their names

Donna + Sean opted for a “First Look”…future couples, please consider a first look as it allows for TONS more pictures.  This next series of images was taken during their first look.

How cute is this?! A hay bale couch/sitting area?! LOVE this idea!

These pillows were handmade out of burlap and scattered throughout the entire wedding with personalized stitching

Donna you are stunning!

For their ceremony, they hired a bluegrass band:)

These flower petal cones were made out of vintage paper found at Michaels and the pom-poms were made and fluffed by family

Donna + Sean set up a lemonade stand for guests to enjoy during the ceremony

Dogs were amongst the guests at the wedding!:)Taters, to the left, is Donna + Sean’s adorable dog, he served as the ring bearer.  The bandana he’s wearing was made by Donna to hold their rings.

Donna + Sean’s vows were said to the song “You are My Sunshine”

Now for even MORE pictures after the ceremony!:)

The hot sauce labels were handmade and personalized, as well as the jam

Their signature drink (delish!) was named after their dog:)

Donna found tons of vintage postcards from antique shops and scattered them around their reception

A little FYI:  these cupcake stands were made by Donna using a vintage shallow bowl, a candle stick, and some spray paint…LOVE!

Donna + Sean:  THANK YOU! Your wedding was incredible and we loved every minute of it!:)

August 27, 2010 - 8:46 pm

Rhi - I love her vintage postcard idea.

August 25, 2010 - 7:58 am

AmyPunky Photography - The details of this wedding are amazing!!! So beautifully captured!!!

August 24, 2010 - 1:17 pm

Kellan - BONKERS on the details. Oh my word, where to start. I just can’t stop looking it is that good and I am sending it to our 2011 bride planning a totally DIY wedding in Charleston for ideas. Bravo, bravo friends.

August 24, 2010 - 10:30 am

marydougherty - this wedding is amazing! I would love to attend or photograph it – but you guys did a great job capturing everything. love the plethora of wooden signs, and all of the decorating they put in paid off

Featured!

This week we are honored to have Paula + Jared’s gorgeous Southern wedding featured as the “Real Wedding” of the week on Project Wedding!

Donna + Sean | wedding, part I

What can I say? Donna + Sean were the perfect couple to work with.  When we showed up to their wedding, we knew we were in for a treat…a DIY wedding on a ranch with so much personality and a rustic, vintage style (hmm…sounds a lot like our wedding!):) Once we arrived, Donna + Sean had wanted to do a mini e-session before the rest of the wedding day started.  This was our first time shooting an e-session the day of the wedding.   Most couples don’t allot tons and tons of time for their own portraits the day of the wedding, let alone an e-session, but Donna + Sean aren’t like most couples and really wanted to be relaxed the entire wedding day, even if that meant spending an hour alone with their photographers before the hussle and bussle of the wedding day.  Enjoy part I of this sweet sweet couple!! Part II is even better, so stay tuned for some wedding goodness:)

August 16, 2010 - 12:07 pm

Meredith Sledge - Beautiful pictures!!! I seriously loooove these. And I love her outfit. =)

August 14, 2010 - 11:34 am

Michelle Guzman - Love this session!!!! The details are so great. You are so talented. :)

August 12, 2010 - 8:38 pm

jenny haas - she is BEAUTIFUL! great job jodi! [and kurt]! I just used wood for a sign too :) love it! oh yeah…tell kurt he rocks for making the tarts in the last post. haha that was awesome!

Bridal Shower | our wedding

This past weekend was our first weekend off in a really long time…what better way to “relax” than to attend my own bridal shower:) My lovely sister and mom hosted the shower for me and really tried to throw a party that represented the style of my wedding (ahem…our wedding).   So what you see in the photos is just a little taste of something bigger that we have in works for our wedding.  We actually incorporated a lot of little details that have been collected over the past couple of months and used them within the shower…like our china plates, our homemade napkins, furniture, and burlap.  Little did I know I was going to be put to work setting up, organizing, styling…BUT that’s who I am, I cannot help but help out and of course snap a few shots while I’m at it;)

each napkin was handmade and will be used in the wedding!:)

we found that white dresser at an auction for $5!! yes, I said $5!! a coat of paint and some cute knobs go a looong way

Kurt made those awesome tarts!

so many pretty Anthropologie gifts:)

A special thanks goes out to Kelly, mom, Lynn, Bee, and Rach for really making everything look super fabulous and all of the time and energy it took to execute such a beautiful shower! Oh and thanks to everyone who came out…you all are so generous and such a blessing to me! I hope the mosquitos weren’t too annoying:)

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August 12, 2010 - 2:01 am

Rachael - Beautiful Jodi!!!! Iooks like a wonderful time!!!! :-) Looking forward to seeing you in early October!!

August 11, 2010 - 6:20 pm

Anastasia Beaverhousen - PS ummm excuse my where are my headshots and why did they not make it in this post?!

August 11, 2010 - 6:17 pm

Anastasia Beaverhousen - Haha I look so sad in the pic where I am sitting at the table! What is my problem?! Promise I was having a lovely time! It was the loveliest shower I have ever been to!

August 11, 2010 - 6:07 pm

postcards and pretties - what a lovely shower!! super congratulations!!! ps: i’m so jealous of your $5 dresser ;)

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