Daytime Activities

Here is my last post of our wedding photos for a while, some will definitely pop up in the future, (okay near future! maybe some dance floor action?) I can't help it! These are just some random photos throughout the weekend, I can't begin to tell you how awesome it has been to go through all of these. Anna, the rock star that she is, somehow documented what all of our guests did throughout the long weekend! People rode bikes, drove golf carts, the resort is huge (which we loved, it never felt crowded) so this type of transportation was necessary to get around. We went swimming with dolphins, played golf, chess, you name it, there was a little something for everyone. Patrick and I had the time of our lives, our closest friends and family, down in paradise, for our wedding. It meant the world to us, it was truly a dream come true.

Have a wonderful weekend!

{all photos by Anna Wolf}

Hair Accessories

Taking a break from my own wedding today, I will post more photos tomorrow, mostly celebratory, dancing, fun photos Anna took randomly throughout the weekend.

In the mean time, check out New York Mag's hair accessory round up, prices starting at $40 up to $14,500 (!?!).

{images from new york magazine}

Welcome Reception Photo Booth

Here are a few photos from the welcome reception night. Anna and Mike put together a little makeshift photo booth and all of our guests got to let out their inner superstar! This is a great and creative solution to the standard photo booth and seems to be a trend, Vané even had one at her wedding. What better way to make your guests feel like stars for the night? So many fun photos came out of this shoot that Patrick and I are planning to put together a book!

{photos by Anna Wolf}

More Wedding Details

Last week I posted photos of the reception details and here are some more of the design elements from our wedding. In the first set of photos are the welcome totes I designed for each couple, with Jenna Hein's calligraphy gracing each welcome tag. Below are the custom made ceramic tags by Paloma's Nest that were enclosed in each little hand stamped pouch. I had a couple of stamps made for the wedding; they are such an easy and cost efficient way to carry your theme throughout all of your wedding details, a no brainer if you ask me! The following photos are part of the stationery suite I designed, I had so much fun designing my own invites that I started helping and designing other bride's stationery. Thanks Vané for the shout out last week!

Over the next two days I will be posting more of our wedding pics, then that is it. I PROMISE!

Art On The Tate

So not really wedding related but sort of because my husband and his partner just painted the front of the Tate Modern in London!!! Less than 24 hours after we got back from our honeymoon, they left to put their work up on the Tate. If any of you are there over the next three months, please go check it out!!! I hope to make it out there sometime in July. May has been a very exciting month for us to say the least!

Our Wedding Details

The backyard of the ocean front villa where the ceremony was held.


My two beautiful sisters in their J.Crew bridesmaid dresses.



All of our flower arrangements were a mix of daisies and white dendrobium orchids, I then had lemons submerged in the water to add that extra punch of yellow. Here is our lovely wedding cake with the most precious cake topper ever designed by Jennifer Murphy. The cake was vanilla rum with buttercream frosting under the fondant, it was so yummy!



I stamped each little favor pouch (thank you Lis!) that held our little ceramic tags by Paloma's Nest. The little birds were the ongoing theme throughout all of our stationery, so it was only fitting that the last song and dance of the night and one of my favorite moments was to Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds". Also included in the stationery suite was this lemon drop packaging. My advice to anyone getting letterpressed invites is to try and fit as much as you can on a plate!



The dinner and dancing set up.



Here is the gorgeous ring bearer pillow that Vané so kindly made for me. The Hable Construction fabric fit perfectly with our theme. My wedding band is from Ritani and Patrick's band is from Wedding Day Diamonds.




Jenna Hein's beautiful calligraphy adorned all of our place cards and lucky for us, Jenna and her boyfriend Jon were in Jamaica for our wedding.



What a perfect coincidence that the steel drums were painted yellow! These guys were awesome!



Here is the pool area of the villa where the cocktail reception was held and our lovely guitarist for the ceremony. He did an outstanding job playing Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" while our mothers were escorted down the aisle and José González's "Heartbeats" when my dad and I walked down the aisle.

Whew! I have so many more photos to share of all of the events that we had while in Jamaica, I will be posting the rest next week. I never thought I would have this much fun planning our wedding. Don't get me wrong there were definitely some trying moments when planning but I completely fell in love with the process of designing and putting together all of the little elements that made up our wedding. It was so much fun!

{photos by Anna Wolf}

Getting Ready On Our Wedding Day

So here goes the first installment of photos, us getting ready and all of the fashion and accessories. Both Patrick and I started the day off with a massage, which I highly recommend. A nice little moment to yourself before all of the prep work begins. I was so lucky to have a "team" help me get ready, my niece Carlee and our good friend Matteo did my hair and then my good friend Libby helped with the rest; makeup, getting dressed, laughs, etc. To be honest, I was really relaxed that day, so relaxed that I was curling Libby's hair 20 minutes before the ceremony!


I just love this photo of Patrick's dad helping him with his tie. Such a sweet moment and so fun to see since I was a few villas down with my friends and family getting ready. If you can, try to have your photographer capture both his and her moments prior to the ceremony. My sister and her husband, Umit who owns Wedding Day Diamonds in Minneapolis gave me the perfect pair of diamond cluster earrings as a wedding gift, which I excitedly wore that day!


All of my accessories were part of the something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. My something old was my grandmother's handkerchief, which I had a friend embroider our initials and wedding date in blue. My something borrowed was my other grandmother's brooch given to my sister, which I then pinned to the handkerchief. I wrapped the handkerchief around my bouquet, which meant a lot to me since neither grandmother was in attendance. After the ceremony, my sister thoughtfully gave me the brooch my grandmother gave her.


My wedding dress is by Thread, it is actually a bridesmaid gown in their Anna collection. It was the first and only dress I tried on and was only $400!!!! I bought it at The Wedding Library in Manhattan. I didn't even need to get it altered, everything fit perfect! Saving soooo much money on my dress, I totally splurged on my shoes, a gorgeous pair of Christian Dior sandals. I can't wait to wear them again!

Patrick's suit is by Gucci, his shirt by Jil Sander, tie by Banana Republic Monogram, and shoes by Salvatore Ferragamo. He definitely splurged on his little get up, he even surprised me with his yellow socks! He looked so amazing and I can't wait for him to wear it all again!

{photos by Anna Wolf}

We Are MARRIED!!!!

Wow! Patrick and I are finally married! I just had to share a couple of sneak peaks from our wedding. Everything went perfect, we had the time of our lives! All of our closest friends and family were in Jamaica with us to celebrate, and boy was it a fun filled 4 day celebration! Our photographer and dear friend, Anna Wolf captured every magical moment of the weekend, we literally have thousands of photos to go through and I can't wait to share them with you in the upcoming days!

Mellow Yellow

Throughout this whole wedding planning process I've been completely inspired by so many of my favorite blogs, magazines and websites. There has never been a visual lull on the web when it comes to inspiration. Above are some of the images I have been collecting throughout the past year and some are actually part of our wedding decor. Please forgive me as I do not recall where I got some of the images, they were before my blogging days began, but I will try my best to give credit where credit is due. If you know where any of the images I don't have credits for came from, please let me know!

This past week has been a whirlwind and I am soooo looking forward to Wednesday when we leave for Jamaica. This is my last post before the wedding, I can't wait to share photos with you when we get back!

(first board - clockwise}
jen murphy bears "sunshine"
beautiful daisies - i forgot where i found this image
mokuba ribbons
martha stewart weddings
{second board - clockwise}
rebecca thuss - this was the image that helped me set our theme
swayspace invite via brooklyn bride
more mokuba ribbons
{third board - clockwise}
love jenna calligraphy
j.crew bridesmaid's dresses
the lovely michelle williams
gorgeous poolscape - once again, i've forgotten where i found this amazing image
{last board board - left to right}
our cake topper by jen murphy bears
martha stewart weddings

Our Venue

Last Fall Patrick, my parents and I visited Montego Bay, Jamaica to scope out our wedding venue, Half Moon. We fell in love with it. Everything felt right, from the wedding venue, the restaurants, resort activities and the villas. If you remember a couple of weeks back, I posted the plan of our wedding layout at our ocean villa. Above are photos of the villa and it's back drop, the Carribean Sea. We are so excited!

{photos from thoughtful day}

Riddhima Gupta

Shilpa Anand who plays Dr. Riddhima Gupta in "Dill Mill Gayye" talks about the audience reaction, her experience on the sets and why the show won't go the "Sanjeevni" way.