Sometimes I get really, really lucky and I am hired by clients who are doing something that is out of the ordinary and lots of fun. No offense to all the other wonderful weddings I am fortunate enough to work on, but the quirky, original ones are my very favorites. I have the photos from one of those from last summer, and I have to share them with you. I’d love to hear your thoughts on them!
It was a small wedding in a very simple setting, at the Winnetka Community House, with catering by Catered by Design. Stitely Entertainment provided the DJ, and Vanilla Video took the video footage. Bridal party hair and make-up are by Beauty by Jaide. And the lovely photos are all courtesy of Geneva Boyett. Now, here’s the backstory:
The groom at this wedding is enormously fond of movies. He used to be a film editor and still has a great love for all things Movie. He also loves Legos. And is a talented DIY guy. The bride is into all those things, too, but in this case, it was the groom doing a lot of the decor. They both have tremendous senses of humor and never started to take themselves too seriously in planning the wedding.
The ceremony was in the outdoor courtyard garden at the WCH.
Here is a close-up of the lush floral and greenery arch provided by MilleFiori.
And now for the unique part. Remember how I said the groom loved Legos? Well, the couple decided that, instead of having a unity candle as part of their wedding ceremony, they were going to have unity Legos. I have to say, when I first heard from them about this, I had to wonder exactly how that would work. Here are some photos of the unity Legos in the process of being assembled, with the groom in the background looking on happily (description follows the photos):
The bride and groom put in the final piece together:
In case it’s not clear what is going on there, this is what it is: The groom started with a photo that had been taken of the two of them; he blew it up broke it down into its pixels; and then he made a Lego portrait out of that picture. The final piece is about 30 inches square. Once he had created the entire piece, he broke it down into 11 segments that could be fitted together again to create the whole picture. Then, as part of the wedding ceremony, 10 special people plus the bride and groom came up to each fit a piece into the picture. And here is the final result:
Ever seen anything like that? I hadn’t! And now they have this piece of artwork that was part of their wedding to keep forever.
And then there was the movie theme of the reception. It started with the place cards. Each one is a movie ticket, with the guest’s name and the name of a movie on it (along with the time and date and “Admit One,” just like a real movie ticket).
Each guest then found the table themed to match their “ticket.” As I said, the groom is a DIY guy, so he also made the centerpieces. Each one represented the movie that was the name for the table. The place cards in the photo above name some of the movies: Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park, Star Wars. Here are the centerpieces. See how many of the movies you can name!
Unfortunately, the photos don’t capture the best thing about these centerpieces: They light up! My photos are not nearly as good, but here are a few showing how these looked once the lights were on.
Isn’t that fun?
And, of course, the bride and groom wanted to take the centerpieces home with them, so they had to request that the guests….
In the end, as always, it was a day about two wonderful people. And these two had a sense of humor. Here is the silly part of their first look–first the groom’s humorous reaction to the bride and then the bride’s funny take in response:
But here is how they really felt about each other:
And here is how much fun everyone had that day:
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