Veronica + Willie: Colorful Moroccan Wedding
Veronica and Willie were another out of state couple, and they wanted to leave all the planning and design to us. We did consult Veronica on the design along the way, but a lot was a wedding-day surprise. She came to us wanting just one thing: an all-white wedding ceremony with a major twist and turn for the reception: a bold and bright Moroccan theme. We began the Moroccan theme inspiration with this story board: Everything took place at the same venue – the 9th Street Abbey. Guests arrived and enjoyed the ceremony, then went outside to...
read moreJen + Jay: How EL Does ‘Rustic Chic’
Jen and Jay are our little sweethearts. Really! They are just the sweetest and most darling couple you’ll ever find. We always told Jen she is so little and cute you want to just put her in your pocket and feed her an M&M a day! Jay was just the best too. We loved that he had some opinions while planning but we loved even more that ultimately his opinions revolved around making Jen happy. Sweet huh?! Told you. It was our privilege to be able to plan for this couple for a year and half! Jen also had the support of her awesome sister who we...
read moreNicole + Shannon: Silver, Black, and Pink Romance
Nicole and Shannon are our sweet couple from Texas. Actually, they are both from neighboring towns in Illinois but somehow fate brought them together in Dallas, where they are now building a brand new house. They wanted their local St. Louis wedding to represent both of their personalities and show their friends and family a good time. Nicole is very chic with a bit of refined southern flare while Shannon has a modern but opulent style. Can we talk about this manicure for a minute? Her nails were so fun and festive. The entire wedding...
read moreSidney + Aaron: The Hacienda Comes to St Louis (Part II)
You can also see these photos (and more) on the Under Grace Photo blog here. After Sidney and Aaron’s big day in Puerto Vallarta (Read Part I here), we all returned for a local reception in St Louis. We took more photos because this couple LOVES photos, and because sadly one of the bridesmaids fell ill during the reception in Mexico, so we wanted to be sure she was not left out forever! There was champagne, cigars and whiskey, and then they had a beautiful reception at Café Napoli in Clayton. Thanks to Michelle Ross at Under Grace...
read moreSidney + Aaron: A Hacienda Wedding in Mexico (Part I)
This wedding was featured on Mexican wedding magazine blog Zankyou Bodas. If you don’t read Spanish, you may want to translate the page. View it here. We love all of our clients, we truly get some of the most amazing couples to trust us with their biggest day. But this particular wedding was one of the most special weddings we have planned. Sidney is my best friend, and when her fiancé Aaron proposed to her inside the Vatican in Rome, they FaceTimed me immediately after getting back to their hotel to officially ask me the...
read moreJamie + Scott: Vintage Meets Modern Wedding
You can see these photos and more on Shelly Goodman’s (photographer) site here. My favorite memory of planning with Jamie goes a little something like this: I’m driving with my niece and Jamie calls. We have a short exchange over Bluetooth about some certain detail of the wedding (which now escapes me), she exhales loudly and proclaims that she always feels better after talking to me. She then asks how I’m doing, we chit chat, then as we’re ready to hang up she says “OK LOVE YOU BYE!” I tell her “I love you too bye!”,...
read moreKelli + Thomas: “Blush, Black, and Bling”
This is a fairytale wedding that begins with “Once upon a time in a coffee shop not so far way, we met and fell in love with Kelli and her mother Caren.” We were the perfect fit because we knew instantly that we were going to be able to take Kelli’s words to describe her dream-wedding of “blush, black and bling” and take it where dreams are made. So here is the dream. The dream that brought us all to tears wedding day. It didn’t matter how much we discussed every single detail of the wedding every day during the planning process, nothing...
read moreErin + Jay: A Midwest ‘Tuscan Winery’ Wedding
When Erin Konkol reached out to me (Tiffany) well in advance of her September 2014 wedding, I immediately took a double-take at the name in her email. Erin Konkol? I went to high school with an Erin Konkol.. this girl’s email signature shows she’s in Florida, but there’s no way there’s another Erin Konkol, right? So I hesitantly mentioned a high school connection in my email reply, and to my delight she wrote back “YEP, it’s me!!” Erin was 4 years behind me, so we didn’t have classes together, but in our small high school classes of under...
read moreE&P: Oxblood Industrial Chic
This wedding was featured in the Fall/Winter issue of The Knot Magazine (Missouri/Kansas) . Click here to see the digital version! This couple came to us with an Industrial Chic concept, and asked us to help finish all their planning and tie up the design into a cohesive look. We were instantly in love with the theme, and the two of them, and we had so much fun pulling everything together! To start out, just look at these two. They are both so beautiful our heads pop off. And as you can see, the bride is so petite you can just fold her up...
read moreTara + Spencer: Sparkletastic
This wedding has been featured on The Perfect Palette. See the post here! Tara told us from the very beginning she LOVED SPARKLE. Spencer, not one to disappoint his lady, went full force into the idea. He attended all décor meetings, he always had something to say, and he gave his beautiful bride the look she dreamed of. We began by designing their color board, which ended up being silver (in the form of glitter and sequins), plum, and a touch of turquoise. Here’s how that board came to life: This girl, in this dress. Even we...
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