More from Ruthie and Dylon's gorgeous and unique nuptials. First up, the after-ceremony portraits. Ruthie's bouquet is to die for! I love it. I'm digging the every bridesmaid in a different black dress and kind of wishing I'd gone that route.
A few shots from the reception. What a fabulous cake! The train depot is such a perfect location; hardly any decorations are necessary. The final photo is the one that originally caught my eye. I love a sparkler exit and this one is so well timed and it photographed beautifully!
Ruthie: We live in Winter Park, Florida in a little one bedroom loft apt on a super cute cobblestone street atop storefronts. I am a nurse downtown and Dylon is a musician (drummer) for a local band "Band Marino" he also has a PR company called Record Ace. We met eight years ago at the college Dylon went to in Lakeland, Florida. I was visiting my best friend and a group of us went to a drive-in movie Remember the Titans. It wasn't then that we started dating, we met again two more times before we started dating five years later in 2005.
Our ceremony & reception were both held in the same building, it's a historic train depot. [The depot has] concrete washed floors and brick walls... outside the depot is a gorgeous park and rose garden; one block away is our apartment.
Our wedding day was very "chill" nobody had nerves...maybe my mother and Dylon's mom...that's it. Dylon and I were so calm; he went to the YMCA and swam in the pool all day while I hung out with my girlfriends and ate cupcakes, drank champagne, took silly pictures and just had fun. Our theme for our wedding was "classic Hollywood black and white film" (there are also some pictures that are not on Flickr that Tessa took with a vintage square camera....they are amazing and really pull together the classic look). We really just wanted a classy sit down dinner where we could hang out with our friends and have some laid back fun.
My favorite details from our wedding were my dress, how it wasn't a typical wedding dress, and Dylon's look, his hair and skinny tie and how perfect his suit was. I loved my hair, too! I really wanted those finger curls and I thought they turned out perfect. I think that the sparkler pictures turned out SO great. Another favorite part of our wedding was the music, a gypsy jazz trio called The Cook Trio; they really tied in the mood that we wanted for our wedding.
I think that it was all God that it came together so smoothly. Dylon and I both swore we would stay chill and no matter what happened that we didn't really care, we just wanted to have fun on our wedding day...and we did!
We decided we wanted all white flowers...so honestly.. I went to the flower place with my mom and just picked out anything that looked like it would go in a botanical garden and was white. I couldn't even tell you the names of 90% of those flowers, hydrangeas and tiny roses, some peonies.
My dress I actually found at BCBG, but it was short short short! So I bought it and my mother pulled it all apart, only used the lace and made my wedding dress...added beads and it was amazing!� I chose the dress because it was just so perfect, vintage looking, classic, and the lace & pleats & neckline! Haha.. all of it was exactly how I wanted it. Also, my mother being able to play a part in remaking it meant a lot.
I think that we were so happy with our wedding because we just took it as it came..we weren't uptight about anything and our only goal was to have fun. There's not much room for disappointment when you only have one goal. For other "brides-to-be," I would say...DO NOT just wait for the day to be over.. take it all in. It flies by like everyone says and you only get to do it once. Don't let your wedding coordinator tell you you have to "cut the cake now" or "have your first dance now." Do what you want when you want!
A huge thanks to Ruthie and Dylon for letting me share their fabulous wedding and to Tessa for providing the great photographs. For more information about photographer Tessa's services please visit her Flickr photostream: Hitched Foto or online portfolio {coming soon}. View additional photographs from Ruthie and Dylon's wedding here.
These are beautiful images and it's just an adorable wedding. Thanks for sharing this!
Posted by: Erin @ Blue-Eyed Bride | August 08, 2008 at 10:27 PM
What a beautiful and fun wedding. Thanks so much for posting!
Posted by: Sarah | August 11, 2008 at 03:20 PM
Very nice wedding. I like that it is different.
Posted by: The Pissed Off Bride | August 13, 2008 at 05:37 PM
I adore that dress!
Posted by: mina | August 27, 2009 at 08:31 AM