A Thanksgiving wedding doesn’t have to scream orange, rust and turkeys. Don’t get me wrong I am a huge fan of orange and rust, and turkeys for that matter. However sometimes the unexpected is  welcome.  Such is the case with this amazingly lovely wedding with its purple, pops of yellow and soft grey. This wedding was captured in Indianapolis by the uber talented Mindy Hiatt Photography. Julie and Ryan make the sweetest couple don’t you think?

From Mindy Hiatt Photography:

“What’s sweeter than pecan pie? Marrying the love of your life surrounded by friends, family, and Thanksgiving joy. Julie and Ryan were married Thanksgiving weekend at Our Lady Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, and celebrated afterwards at the fabulous Marriot downtown Indianapolis. Julie, the fourth generation in her family to be married in Hamilton County, wore a beautiful, lace wedding dress and carried flowers inspired by the United Kingdom’s newest princess, Kate Middleton. Before heading to the reception, we stopped on Julie’s front porch to capture a few moments of happiness in photos. We also snapped a few shots in front of the Morton Monument on the east side of the Indiana Statehouse. Ryan and Julie met while they were studying at Purdue at no other than an Ugly Sweater Party; a hilarious affair where attendees wear the most fantastic, outrageous, usually holiday-themed sweater they can find. It only makes sense that the couples’ special day also happened to fall on the traditional Oaken Bucket Game—and their alma mater took home the prize that day over rival IU! Encircled with friends from high school, college, and all parts of their life, Julie and Ryan Morton begun their life together.”

Congratulations Julie and Ryan, thank you for sharing your day with us!

xoxo

Sara

Photographer: Mindy Hiatt Photography 

Hair Stylist:  Tori Gillam

Floral Designer:  JP Parker Flowers

Cake Designer:  The Flying Cupcake

DJ:  Jim Cerone, Inc.

Ceremony Location:  Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Transportation:  Carey Limo

Event Venue:  Marriott Indianapolis Downtown

“I love the vintage photograph save the date!”

Congratulations Kelly! Thanks to all that entered our amazing 3 giving spree. Here is a sneak peek at tomarrows sweetness…

xoxo

Sara

Wow that week went by way to fast! I wanted to share with you the last of our Minted.com inspiration boards. These all are very different looks and I love them!  I cant say enough about Minted’s unique designs and the fact that they “hire” indy designers makes me giddy. You can see the whole wedding collection here, amazing save the dates that coordinate perfectly here, and all the lovely inspiration boards here. Check out these boards and enter below…

Inspiration boards (clockwise from top Left) Principessa Press, j.bartyn design,  Sydney Newsom.

So lets finish off this winning spree with our last enter to win Minted! Enter to win by commenting below on which Minted wedding design is your favorite. We will pick the  winner on February 20th, Monday! What do you win you ask? How about $100 off any invitation or save the dates you chose!

What an amazing week we had here on Aisle-candy! Lots more to come in the next few months and weeks.

Weekly Round Up

>Love and Inspiration + Give Away!

>Texas Engagement Session by Kristin Nicole Photography

>Simply A-MAZ-ZING Vintage wedding by Joielala Photographie

>Dancing in Boston engagement by Megan Dandeles Photography

Friends and Neighbors 

> Lovely is opening a Los Angeles location! Yippeee!! More information on making an appointment (don’t forget to mention that you read it here and want to celebrate Prop 8 for an 8% discount!)

>Oh How I love me some Vera!

xoxo

Sara

So I am a huge fan of themed engagement shoots. You know the type with props and meaningful items, they always look very personal and evoke such feeling.

However, somtimes I think just taking a walk, enjoying coffee and dancing in the park under willow trees to the sound of street musicians is magical.

This engagement session by Megan Dandeles takes my breath away. Downtown Boston in October is the setting for these two loves. Newbury street to Boston Common and a Starbucks in between sounds like an afternoon full of love.

From Christine, the bride to be:

“My fiancé Sheldon and I love Boston and knew that the gorgeous parks and architecture would make the perfect backdrop for our engagement session.  On a crisp fall day we ventured out into the city with our photographer, Megan Dandeles, and spent a fabulous afternoon together.  

Our favorite moment from the e-session happened when we were about to say our goodbyes to Megan. We heard a trumpet in the distance and decided we had to find where the music was coming from. We found the musician by the pond under some willow trees and asked if he’d play us a song, that’s when he began “only you”, and while serenaded we danced in the park. It was a fabulous ending to a great day.

We’re so lucky to be working with such a talented photographer. Seriously, If Megan can turn a day in the city into this, I can’t even imagine how spectacular our wedding pictures will be!”

Christine’s outfits came from Anthropologie, Silence & Noise, H&M, Shoes: Dolce Vita

Sheldon’s outfits came from Kenneth Cole, Marc Ecko, Buffalo David Biton, Shoes: Kenneth Cole, Aldo

Thank you so much Megan Dandeles Photography for sharing this day with us. Congratulations to Christine and Sheldon, I cant wait to see the wedding pictures!

xoxo

Sara

Sometimes I see a wedding and immediately become friends with the couple. Its just a shame that I actually don’t know them because these two are just so cool! When I saw this beautiful couple and their amazing wedding I thought OH my word! I was in awe of Sarah and Troy’s obvious love for one another and the details, oh how I love the details! This is one seriously romantic wedding with the antique chandeliers, bow ties, men in hats, and the cutest table decor idea. All captured by the amazing Joielala Photographie.

Serious style! Congratulations Sarah and Troy!

Photography: Joielala Photographie

Dress Designer:  Nicole Miller

DJ:  1st Choice DJs

Makeup Artist:  Cielo Salon

Event Venue:  Twin Oaks School House

xoxo

Sara

I have been so excited to share these pictures with you. I think its appropriate to showcase an engagement session today. After all, some of you will be getting engaged tonight!

These two are just so cute! Alyssa’s dress is on my “go get it right now” list. I just love the light and location. Alyssa and Blake are so obviously in love. Just wait till you read their engagement story. So sweet I can’t stand it. But who could resist a guy in cowboy boots! I can’t, love you hun.

All captured beautifully by Kristin Nicole Photography.

Engagement story from the bride;

“During spring break of our senior year of college, we spent the week at my parents house in Fort Worth.  In my parents neighborhood there is a walking path running along a small creek and lots of trees. Blake and I frequently ran along this path when we were in town.  On the day of our engagement, Blake had set up three posts with flyer holders along this path.  As we ran by each one we stopped to see what was inside.  The first flyer said “Spring Break Give Away! For female runners only! $25 gift card to Starbucks redeemable at the end of the path.”  I became extremely excited as one of my favorite places is Starbucks! We continued along the path and the next flyer read “Spring Break Give Away! For male runners only! $25 gift card to Best Buy redeemable at the end of the path.”  At this point I was a little skeptical but Blake told me that we might as well see if it was for real because had nothing to loose.  The final flyer read “Spring Break Give Away! For couple runners only! To win the GRAND PRIZE follow these instructions exactly, in order to win.”  At the bottom of the final post were several Phiten brand necklaces. The instructions stated for the female runner to wrap a necklace around the ankle of the male runner and then for the male runner to wrap one around the ankle of the female runner.  I wrapped one around Blake’s ankle and then he got down on one knee to wrap one around mine.  Once he was on one knee he looked up at me and started his proposal.  The really sweet part about it was that he incorporated sign language into the proposal.  Sign language is a language that I studied throughout high school as well as college.  Blake has never studied the language but received tutoring in order to pull this off beautifully.  I said YES! Luckily and ever so secretively his parents caught tons of pictures and the whole thing on video! Blake had planned a dinner afterwards with family.  It was so sweet to celebrate with everyone on the happiest day of my life.”

Congratulations you two!

Alyssa and Blake will be married on May 26th 2012  Azle, Texas at The Orchard. 

Her dress: Pink Martin

Her boots: Steve Madden

His boots: Anderson Bean Ostrich

His clothing: Jcrew

Location: Grapevine (TX) lake

Amazing Photography: Kristin Nicole Photography 

xoxo

Sara

Jeannine says:

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I wanted to share this inspiration board with you because I think it is just adorable! Did you know that Minted.com has inspiration boards to coordinate with the amazing invitations that are created by amazing designers. Like the one here, Heart Print, that was dreamt up by Sweet Street Gals. Enter to win the Minted give away here! Winner will be announced tonight!

See you later today.

xoxo

Sara

Pamela says:

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I have been finding all kinds of hairstyles lately and I just thought I would share some of my favorites. With so many options out there the possibilities are endless. Picking the right hair accessory is key, and that just got a whole lot easier! Jannie Baltzer is giving one lucky reader her choice of hair accessory from her new collection. You can see Jannie’s collection here. Enter to win here and the winner will be picked Friday!

for a sleeker look…

Image sources: Board #1 (clockwise starting from top Left) 27.media.tumblr.com, tumblr.com , alliejoy123.tumblr.com , google.com

Board #2 Pinterest , Onewed.com ,  fashionisglory.tumblr.com , birdsnfries.tumblr.com, Pinterest , sweetiepiepumpkinnoodle.com , google.com

How will you wear your hair? I hope you found some inspiration here today. Until tomorrow my friends.

xoxo

Sara