How can we even begin to describe Kristen and Guy’s wedding? How?! It was the perfect combination of fun, love, quirkiness, Rhode Island and so much more!  Kristen is one of the owners of Luniac Glamour in East Greenwich so style and beautiful things are part of her job.  We started the day at Nylo for getting ready shots and some touching yet swanky first look photos.  The Temple of Music in Roger Williams Park was the setting for their ceremony. While it was super windy we thought it made for great photography. (We can find the silver lining in anything!) The newlyweds took off for their reception at Vanity in a vintage, baby blue Volkswagen Bug, complete with a just married sign and decoupaged, yes decoupaged, cans attached at the back. A few rain showers trickled in but that was just so a rainbow could appear over Providence for Kristen and Guy. This was the very first wedding reception at Vanity and the staff was amazing. A table with chocolate covered pretzel “cigars” and candy cigarettes greeted guests. The venue’s speakeasy theme suited the wedding styling perfectly, not to mention the signature cocktail appropriately named Love Potion, which was freshly made for each guest who ordered it. Every vendor, from the dress maker, to the bride and groom’s custom rings (hello, fingerprints engraved on each one?!), right down to us M’s was from right here in Rhode Island. Turns out big things do come in small packages! Enjoy!

Reception Venue – Vanity

Ceremony Site – Temple to Music in Roger Williams Park

Wedding Dress and Bridesmaids’ Dresses – Carissa Lynne Designs

We met Alyssa and Marc on a beautiful evening in Newport on First Beach. There was a slight chill in the air which meant we had the beach all to ourselves. This was our first beach session of the year and it felt so good to get our toes in the sand! The couple wore complimentary shades of aqua mimicking the sea behind them. All went perfectly normal until the wardrobe change and the props came out. Alyssa had seen photos of a couple who had used Gulal, which are dry powder colors traditionally used during Holi, the Festival of Colors that takes place throughout India. The idea was they would start off wearing white shirts and throw the powder colors at each other and that’s exactly what happened! So this very traditional engagement session turned into anything but. We seriously have the most fun clients!

Late spring found us at Bittersweet Farm again, a favorite venue of ours. The rain didn’t get our message to stay away but with sunny yellow bridesmaid dresses and touches of yellow throughout Ashley & Rory’s vintage book theme styling – all was sunny indoors! It would seem impossible that all of the books artfully displayed by Sayles Livingston throughout Bittersweet could be from one person’s collection, but they were! They all belonged to our groom, who is not only well read, but a huge Star Wars fan doubly proven by entering the reception to music right from the movie and the stellar Millennium Falcon grooms cake made by Jen at Sin Dessert. (The M’s were very stoked about this cake as well!) The couple’s little boy, Max, served as the ring bearer and this adorable family became one. May the force be with them!

Venue – Bittersweet Farm

Florist – Sayles Livingston

Wedding Cinematography – David Bettencourt

Cake – Sin Dessert