Project Wedding Blog

Happy Monday everyone! Thank you to everyone who entered the Budget Savvy Bride contest. We had about 100 people enter and we were so overwhelmed by the quality of entries and the all the creative ways people can save money on their weddings! Thank you everyone for sharing your budget-saving secrets! Just think - your sage words of wisdom will continue to inspire and help future brides save money on their wedding, so kudos to you!

It was SO tough narrowing it down to 10 finalists, and even tougher to pick a winner. So without ado, by popular vote by the wedding community we have our winners…

First place is Making Things Personal

Second place is Laura Sweet’s Story

Third place is 10 Tips to Stay on Budget

Congratulations to this year’s winners!

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I love the traditional classic feel of this Pennsylvania wedding, shot by the very talented Michelle King. It brings back memories of my college years in New England…

I just love the images of the bride in her dress. She looks like the perfect mix between high society and classic beauty. And as luck would have it, the lovely couple, Teryn and Derek, were kind enough to share some details…

Moving, fun, tearful, delicious, joyful… we could go on and on, but in short we couldn’t have asked for a more spectacular wedding day.  Waking up early, we decided to meet for coffee for a quiet moment together before the big day got underway.  It was a wonderful last little “date” as two single people!  The weather rain held out at just the right moments, and the misty air provided an amazing pink and purple haze in the sky at sunset.

The ceremony was a traditional one - organ, violin and trumpet playing Handel and Bach, and two of the bridesmaids performed a duet from the balcony.  The beautiful service was performed by Rev. Charles Blair who taught us both in high school where we met (but didn’t actually start dating until 8 years later!)  Afterwards, we walked just up the hill to the reception site at Cairnwood and boogied down until 10 pm when a limo arrived and whisked us away to St. Lucia!  (Well actually, a plane whisked us off the next morning at 6:00 am…)  The Bride has family ties to the founders and owners of Cairnwood, which made it a very intimate and unique venue for their wedding.  To make things even MORE personal, the bride wore a beautiful vintage yellow sapphire and diamond pendant which was borrowed from her grandmother, and it hung on a string of pearls which belong to her mother.  Her father had a custom designed pair of tear drop diamond earrings made just for her on her wedding day.

The cake!  How can you get married in the Philadelphia area and NOT have a cake that resembles the LOVE park’s LOVE sign?!

It’s hard to put into words the most important day of our lives thus far, but what made it so incredibly special is that we were surrounded by hundreds of our friends and family members, and seeing all the joy and excitement on everyone’s faces as witnesses to our marriage.  And of course the celebration would not have even happened if it weren’t for the amazing professional help that we had!  Though everyone says the day goes by in a blur, in the blink of an eye, we could not have had a more memorable and
special day to begin our life together.

The Vendors:

- Photography - Michelle King Photography

- Catering: Karen’s Catering

- Flowers - Astrid Odhner

- Invitation - Cut Paste and Print with John Stringer in Huntingdon Valley, PA

- DJ - Synergetic Sound and Lighting (Matt Bowyer) in Bensalem PA

- Cake - “The Cake Contractor” (by Frank John Synnestvedt)

- Reception - Cairnwood

- Hair - Bianca Saracini-Rodriguez for The Salon at Chapin Aesthetics in Doylestown PA

- Make-up - Brittany Kuhl

- Necklace - Vintage Yellow sapphire and diamond pendant (belonging to my
great grandmother) worn on a strand of pearls (belonging to my mother).

- Earrings - custom made tear drop diamond earrings - a gift from my
father.

- Bridal gown - L’ezu Atelier

- Bridal shoes - J Crew

- Bride and Groom’s rings - Blue Nile

- Bridesmaids & flower girl dresses - J Crew

- Groomsmen & Ring bearer - Men’s Warehouse and Tux

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