For a small and intimate wedding there is no better room than a barrel room at a winery. The beautiful reception at Jonathan Edwards winery had the perfect ambiance: dim lighting, high ceilings, twinkling light above, and a feature wall of barrels as a focal point. Add small touches of burlap, candle light, cork place name holders, a wood dance floor and some beautiful floral center pieces of creams, ivories and peaches, and you have yourself the perfect intimate and elegant evening.
Even small weddings can have a wow factor!
Couple
Amy & Brian
Their Story
From the photographer:
“One of the fun details that was included was plastic spiders at Brian’s place setting. This is an inside joke between Amy’s daughter, Maggie, and her new step dad, who like to hide plastic spiders inside each others pockets and shoes.”
About This Wedding
Overall theme for ceremony and reception
“I not sure that we had a specific theme in mind when we were planning our wedding. We wanted it to be beautiful and intimate. We are typically drawn to more rustic décor and I think that played into some of our choices – venue, tables, linens, etc. Everything had to be very family friendly – we had 14 adults and 12 kids at our wedding and reception.”
Best advice when planning your wedding?
“Surprisingly we didn’t receive any advice! However, my best advice to other brides is to enjoy every moment of the planning process. If you aren’t enjoying it, take a moment to consider what is going on and make a change. You don’t want to look back and say, ‘thank goodness it is all over.’ Also, this is YOUR day!! Make it what you want it to be. Make the choices for your day that feel right to you. You cannot please everyone so you may as well make sure you and your groom are happy.”
Wedding flowers
“Amazing work by Hana Floral in Mystic, CT. A variety of cream and peachy roses, ranunculus, lilac, tulips, peonies, and gorgeous greens and herbs.”
Music during the ceremony
“My children walked into the ceremony to Train’s ‘Marry Me’, Brian and I walked to Ray LaMontagne’s ‘You Are the Best Thing’, and we ended our ceremony with American Authors’ ‘Best Day of My Life’ – all performed by a family friend playing the acoustic guitar.”
Highlights from the ceremony and reception?
“The highlight of the ceremony for me was walking down the aisle with Brian. I struggled a lot with this – being given away by my father didn’t feel right at the age of 37, having my children walk with didn’t feel right, and I knew I didn’t want to walk by myself – too many eyes all on my. Brian and I decided to walk together which worked perfectly! We were walking together into the next phase of our life together. Another ceremony highlight was how our Justice of the Peace, Marie Tyler Wiley, incorporated my children. She made sure that the ceremony wasn’t just about me and Brian becoming husband and wife, but also all of us coming together as a new family.
“My favorite part of the reception was our first dance. Brian and I snuck away during the cocktail hour and had our first dance alone (with the photographers) – I wanted to have a moment of our wedding day just to ourselves.”
Wedding Favors
“We kept to the theme of our venue, Jonathan Edwards Winery. Each family went home with a bottle of Jonathan Edwards wine in a monogrammed jute wine tote.”
Where did you go on your honeymoon?
“We went to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and stayed at the Hilton Los Cabos Beach and Golf Resort.”
Such a beautiful setting. I especially love the mini lights that provide such a magical ambiance. They would provide even more ambiance if they were connected to a LightDance music lighting controller, which would make them dance beautifully to music. Great article and photography!
Paul Garrett
November 7, 2014 at 1:17 amSuch a beautiful setting. I especially love the mini lights that provide such a magical ambiance. They would provide even more ambiance if they were connected to a LightDance music lighting controller, which would make them dance beautifully to music. Great article and photography!
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