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Thursday, March 26, 2015

THE BIG FAKE WEDDING

Last year we participated in The Not Wedding, and we did it again this year! Now called The Big Fake Wedding, it's bigger and better then ever! This years show was at Roundhouse Railroad Museum, one of the top wedding venues of Savannah! The ceremony took place in the Roundhouse, where they house the historic trains. Event though it rained, the ceremony was still gorgeous, with a heartfelt commitment ceremony and gorgeous ceremony backdrop. The reception/tunnel of love took place in the blacksmith shop, where we got to show off some of our gorgeous dresses! Wilbur was there to great brides, and he was a hit in the photo-booth! This years inspiration was smoke and mirrors, so a mix of dark grays and sparkle. The theme was perfect for the moody blacksmith shop, and the table designs were stunning. So check out all the gorgeous images, captured by Carrie Friesen, Image Four Twelve, and Vanessa Velez. And don't forget to check out the feature on Ruffled!

THOUGHTS TUESDAY: The Big Fake Wedding

Are you sick of wedding expos? They're all the same. You show up, walk around, get some info, then leave. They can get boring, but we have the perfect alternative! The Fake Wedding isn't just a bridal show; it's a real vow renewal with dinner and a reception! You are the guest, and you get to enjoy it! It's the best way to see vendors in action, plus there is a special Tunnel of Love where each vendor has a small booth so you can talk to them, and get more information on their services!

We did the Fake Wedding last year, and it was amazing! We are so excited to be the bridal gown vendor, so you will be seeing the bride in one of our outfits! (Plus a dress from Rent The Runway, another sponsor!)

This years event will be held March 5th at 7PM at the Roundhouse Railroad Museum, with the theme of Smoke + Mirrors. Think slate, silver and subtle sparkle, a perfect palate for the Roundhouse. We can't wait for you guys to see what all of the vendors come up with ! Check out our moodboard to get a better feel for this years show. Want to attend? Perfect! Buy tickets here! Not only will you get to see our dresses on display, but if you make an appointment during the show you will get a special gift! (P.S A dinosaur might be involved!!)

{Photo Credits} Rocks via Once Wed, Photography by Brooke Boiling // Shoes and Stationary via Style Me Pretty, Calligraphy by Left Handed Calligraphy, Photography by Taylor Lord // Cake via Bridal Musings, Cake by Maggie Austin Cakes, Photography by Laura Gordon // Reception by Elizabeth Anne Designs, Wedding Planning and Florals by A Charleston Bride, Photography by Virgil Bunao

Sunday, February 22, 2015

THE BIG FAKE WEDDING

So if you follow bridal blogs (especially Ruffled!) , you have probably heard of The Big Fake Wedding! Formally The Not Wedding, this is a bridal show alternative complete with a real vow renewal ceremony, a tasty dinner, and a dance party reception! You are the guest to the wedding, where you can really experience the best vendors in action. For the second year in a row, we will be the gown vendor, and we can't wait for you to see all of the gorgeous gowns we have! This year it will be held March 7th at 7PM at the Roundhouse Railroad Museum. To get tickets, click here!

For a peak of our booth last year, check out below, or the feature on Ruffled! P.S. The gown the bride wore last year, Marion by Sarah Seven, is now $1000 off the floor on our sample rack!

{Photo Credits} Mackensey Alexander, Rach Lea Photography, Stephie Hicks Photography // Designers Shown, Alvina Valenta, Sarah Seven, Lena Medoyeff, Rebecca Schoneveld

Saturday, August 9, 2014

{BRIDAL SHOW} The NotWedding

This past spring was our first time being a part of non-traditional bridal show, The NotWedding. This was the very first NotWedding in Savannah and so it was awesome to be in!! The Not is a completely different experience from any other bridal show. It is an alternative show in the form of a big fake wedding. Attendants to the show are treated as wedding guests who sit through a ceremony (vow renewal with a real couple), a dinner and a dance party reception. It gives attendants the chance to experience wedding vendors in action. For The Not we participated not just as a bridal boutique but also as event designers. The bride rocked a lacy-organza Sarah Seven gown for the ceremony & then changed into a sequin gold Sarah Seven dress for the dancing and reception portion of the evening.

For the design portion we were responsible for decorating 4 of the reception tables and we chose to do the ceremony backdrop. For our tablescapes for the reception we designed two different setups. The first being a perfect fit with The Not's mood board they sent all of us vendors with a soft petal taffeta ivory linen from Ultra Pom and gold sparkly centerpieces with large textured floral arrangements. Our second table design was more "us." It fit our aesthetic and was a little more unusual and quirky. We used sequin linens from Ultra Pom with DIY triangle runners with mini yellow bottles and tiny greenery. The best part about this table design was the Bells of Ireland chandelier... which you can watch a video on our instagram of us hanging these here (quite entertaining if I do say so myself.) For both of our tables we borrowed Dot & Army napkins and tied them into pretty bows. Now for the ceremony... for this we painted 5 canvases with floral print. Once finished we looked at them and I literally said "I hate these." Not kidding. You can ask Adrienna. I truly hated them. Like truly truly truly. I said this just will not do. These are just too... "pretty girl." I wanted to tear them into shreds. While Adrienna absolutely loves all things girly and floral print (not saying I can't appreciate a good floral print but I just could not be okay with our ceremony being this girly) I am the one who likes stuff a little more modern, a little more funky and a little just not that girly. So we scavenged our store and finally came to the consensus it needed gold spray paint and geometric shapes. And with that, our ceremony backdrop was complete. I could totally get on board with the floral print as long as they were un-girlified just a little. And if you ever visit our shop, you will see these large canvases now hanging behind our desk. And I love them oh so much now. I guess just another example of how our design aesthetic for everything we do is a combination of our styles, tastes and when it is complete it fits with "us." And then we are both happy and all is right and well within the world of Ivory + Beau.

Anyway, we hope you enjoy checking out the lovely pictures from Rach Lea Photography, Stephie Hicks Photography, and Mackensey Alexander Photography from The NotWedding. Scroll to the bottom to see all the amazing vendors who participated in this alternative fun bridal show and we can't wait for next time!!!

{Vendor Credits} Photographers: Rach Lea Photography, Stephie Hicks Photography, and Mackensey Alexander Photography // Wedding Dress: Ivory + Beau // Day-Of Coordination: From This Day Forward // Event and Ceremony Design: Ivory + Beau (Tables 2, 4, 6, and 8) // Bridal Party Flowers and Head Table Design: Shay Brown Events (Tables 1, 3, 5, and 7) // Venue: The Mackey House // Bridal Accessories: Southern Ever After // Bridesmaid Attire: Rent the Runway // Hair: Emily Warren of Dollface by Jules // Makeup: Jules De Jesus Fritz and Jessica Mock of Dollface by Jules // Groomsmen Attire: Simon’s Formal Wear // Groomsmen Accessories: Bow and Arrow Designs by Minoo // Caterer: Low Country Boilers Low Country Boilers // Sparkling Wine: Ferrari // Cookie Bar: Byrd Cookie Company // Ice Cream Cart: Leopold’s Ice Cream // Candy Bar: Senseless Sophistication // Event Rentals: In Any Event // Vintage Dishes: Fancy Plates // Linen Sponsor: Linen Tablecloth // Linen Napkins: Dot and Army // Mosquito Control: Palmetto Mosquito Control // Entertainment: Other Brother Entertainment // Wedding Dress Sketches: A Sketch to Remember // Invitations and Ice Cream Menu Cards: Caroline Fausel Paper Co. // Invitations and Paper Accents: Low Country Paper Company // Invitations and Programs: Yellow Door Creative // Event Accents: Grace Graffiti // Paper Accents:Liddabits Design Shop // Favors: Simply Southern Wedding // Travel: Bliss By Luxury Concierge Travel // Transportation: Old Town Trolley Tour of Savannah // Photobooth: Dollface Photobooth // Videographer: Munn Brothers Films // Media Partners: flower magazine, The Knot – Georgia, and Inspire Weddings & Marriage Magazine

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

THE NOT WEDDING: REHEARSAL

In April we took part of the first ever Savannah Not Wedding! The night before the show they hold a get together for all the vendors to relax, eat and enjoy amazing food! This one was at B Tillmans, a restaurant by Byrd's Cookies. The atmosphere there is perfect for a girls night out, or even date night! Enjoy the images by the talented Mackensey Alexander!

{Vendor Credits} Photography by Mackensey Alexander Photography // Rehearsal Location: B Tillmans

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

SIMPLY PUBLISHED: {Ruffled} The NotWedding Savannah

So excited to see The NotWedding Savannah up on Ruffled today!!! It was a very interesting experience being involved in this alternative bridal show. Unlike other shows this event is like a faux wedding with a ceremony where there is a real couple renewing their vows, then a dinner party and even dancing. For this bridal show we designed the ceremony backdrop, provided gowns + designed two reception tables for the event. It was a lot of fun being involved and a lot of work but so worth it!! We first off were given a mood board to inspire us and let me tell you that was probably the biggest challenge for both Adrienna + I. The mood board was very preppy + southern... two things that neither of us are really at all... But we were up for the challenge.

We handpainted canvases with a floral pattern in the colors of the mood board. When we got done we both looked at them and thought... geez these are not us at all. Yes they may have fit the theme but we still wanted them to be us and to still show our style. So what did we do? We spray painted geometric shapes onto them and then we fell in love with them after that. If you visit Ivory + Beau they now are the artistic decoration behind our front desk. For the reception tables we borrowed linens from Ultra Pom (sequin linens + some organza linens.) For two of our tables we did a more southern preppy look with a large glitterized holder with flowing flowers. For the other two tables we went a whole different direction and did something that was really us. We made hanging centerpieces using Bells of Ireland over a paper triangle table runner with super super mini yellow painted bottles with mini flowers. Both tables we had bow napkins from Dot + Army. All in all we had a lot of fun getting creative with a theme that was not something we would have ever chosen to do on our own!

For the dresses we had our bride rock a soft organza + lace Sarah Seven gown for the ceremony then our glitter sequin Sarah Seven dress for the reception! We love that the glitter sequin dress can also be ordered in short and actually just had a bride fall in love with it for her reception too!!

Mackensey Alexander, Stephie Hicks (who photographed The Surprise Proposal Shoot) and Rach Lea were the 3 photographers for the event!! It's so fun looking at all the images from the event with such different photography styles!! So anyway, go on over to Ruffled today to check out the entire event!!!

{Vendor Credits} Photographers: Rach Lea, Stephie Hicks + Mackensey Alexander // Venue: Mackey House // Day of Coordination: From This Day Forward // Event + Ceremony Design, Wedding Dress and Accessories: Ivory + Beau (Tables 2, 4, 6 and 8) // Bridal Party Flowers and Head Table Design: Shay Brown Events (Tables 1, 3, 5 and 7) // Bridal Accessories: Southern Ever After // Bridesmaid Attire: Rent the Runway // Hair: Emily Warren of Dollface by Jules // Makeup: Jules De Jesus Fritz and Jessica Mock of Dollface by Jules // Groomsmen Attire: Simon's Formal Wear // Groomsmen Accessories: Bow and Arrow Designs by Minoo // Caterer: Low Country Boilers // Rehearsal Dinner + Cookie Bar: B Tillmans at Byrd's Famous Cookies // Sparkling Wine: Ferrari // Ice Cream Cart: Leopold's Ice Cream // Candy Bar: Senseless Sophistication // Event Rentals: In Any Event // Vintage Dishes: Fancy Plates // Linen Sponsor: Linen Tablecloth // Linen Napkins: Dot and Army // Mosquito Control: Palmetto Mosquito Control // Entertainment: Other Brother Entertainment // Wedding Dress Sketches: A Sketch to Remember // Invitations and Ice Cream Menu Cards: Caroline Fausel Paper Co. // Invitations and Paper Accents: Lowcountry Paper Company // Invitations and Programs: Yellow Door Creative // Event Accents: Grace Graffiti // Paper Accents: Liddabits Design Shop // Favors: Simply Southern Wedding // Travel: Bliss by Luxury Concierge Travel // Transportation: Old Town Trolley Tour of Savannah // Photobooth: Dollface Photobooth // Videographer: Munn Brothers Films // Media Partners: Flower Magazine, The Knot - Georgia and Inspire Weddings & Marriage Magazine

Sunday, April 13, 2014

{STYLED SHOOT} Surprise Proposal for The NotWedding Savannah

We are so excited that we will be a vendor in The first Not Wedding in Savannah this coming Tuesday!!!! There are some awesome vendors that are going to be involved in this non-traditional bridal show that we are really excited to meet and work with!! So anyway, a few weeks ago we were contacted by Stephie Hicks to help coordinate this Surprise Proposal styled shoot for The Not Wedding. We took the theme of lemons, limes mixed with some serious preppiness and rolled with it... You can see the shoot too on The Not Wedding blog.

This shoot involved so many great vendors and we are so excited with how everything turned out!!! Yellow Door Creative was seriously amazing and actually drove down to Savannah from Atlanta to hand deliver her paper goods since there wasn't enough time to ship them. Emma designed the "Marry Me?" sign, champagne sign, dessert labels, yay and name flags! They were so cute and we hope to work with her again soon with some of our clients since she does some amazing designs!! Our bride wore a bridal separates top from Rebecca Schoneveld and we paired it with a few different accessories from Southern Ever After: a floral sash and two gorgeous headpieces. Grace Graffiti designed all of the wooden cut-outs such as the Georgia board and chalkboards. Our shoot had plenty of sweets: a full cookie bar provided by Byrd's Cookies and the most delicious ice cream sundaes you will ever have from Leopold's. I must say... since there was ice cream this was the first shoot where I actually didn't eat over 50 cookies. Nope, instead I gorged on lemon custard and mint chocolate chip ice cream. So... freaking... delicious. We styled and designed the tablescape and florals. We actually modge podged those boxes in a floral pattern that was designed by Adrienna while in college and then we added in some fun decor elements from Simply Southern. I would seriously suggest checking out Simply Southern's website... so many awesome fun decor items that you can purchase for your wedding day and the cutest cake stands you will ever see. The vintage china plates were provided by Fancy Plates and the napkins from Dot & Army. The chair decor + the chalkboard with their love story were both designed by Senseless Sophistication. Seriously huge thank you to all the vendors who made this shoot come together!!!!!! And thank you to Stephie Hicks for capturing every last detail!!

Anyway, hope you enjoy checking out this fun surprise proposal shoot and we hope to also see you all at The Not Wedding this Tuesday at 7pm at the Mackey House!! To buy tickets click here!