GSS Weekly Recap :: Weddings Revisited

November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This week we covered a great wedding trend, brought you a stunning inspiration board and a fabulous California wedding. The weather has a chill in the air and for some states the wedding season is coming to a close. Brides and grooms that are newly engaged or planning an engagement soon, we thank you for visiting our site for all things wedding. Finding inspiration and great wedding trends is just a few clicks away.

GSS Featured Wedding :: Liz & Nathan’s Botanical Garden Wedding :: Gabriel Harber Photography

Happy Hump Day, Lovelies!!!  Today’s featured wedding comes from Gabriel of Gabriel Harber Photography. He is a Oakland/San Fransisco, California based wedding photographer.  Gabriel has been more than accommodating to GSS on this feature.  Thank you!  Liz and Nathan were married at University of California Botanical Garden at Berkley, California on July 31, 2011.  Liz was kind enough to answer a few questions for us:  (Side Note:  I have to say that Liz has some of the most … [Read More...]

GSS Wedding Inspiration Board :: Nude & Blush :: A Neutral Wedding

Over the past year, there has been a rise in the trend of having an almost completely neutral wedding color palette.    We are totally on board with this trend as it makes for a very romantic and vintage feel.  But if you think a totally neutral palette is a little bland, you can add in a little color.  We chose to add in the color Blush.  It’s so soft and subtle and compliments the neutral colors so perfectly.  Mix these colors together and you’ve got yourself a gorgeous color … [Read More...]

GSS Wedding Trend :: Bridal Cuffs!

Accessorizing a clean, effortless wedding dress with a statement necklace has been a popular trend this year.  But if you’re not a necklace-wearing type of bride, maybe you’d be interested in jazzing up your wedding day look with some bridal cuffs instead.  We’ve found some gorgeous options for your viewing pleasure.  Etsy has a plethora of bridal cuff options and Johanna Johnson has some designs that will knock your socks off too.  But just keep in mind, if your dress has elaborate … [Read More...]

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GSS Weekly Recap :: Weddings Revisited

November 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Happy Veteran’s Day! We would like to thank all the men and women who give their services. This week we brought music to your eyes with a sweet music engagement session, some super cute wedding cake toppers, a beautiful plum and beige wedding board and we are NOW ON PINTEREST! Check out our weekly recap and happy wedding day to all couples giving forever to each other this weekend.

GSS Featured Engagement Session :: Salpy & Anto’s Sweet Music :: Randi Marie Photography

This is not the typical guy meets gal story. Well, it is if you watch the romantic comedies from Hollywood. Randi Marie sent us this gorgeous engagement session via Two Bright Lights and we couldn’t resist. The images played on our heart-strings and we just had to share it with you! Randi Marie, the photographer shares…. These two met with music notes surrounding them… In an upcoming band, he the guitarist and she, the singer. Well, what can I say? They fell madly in love. Their style is … [Read More...]

GSS Wedding Inspiration Board :: Plum and Beige

Happy Monday, Lovelies!!! We hope you enjoyed your weekend!  Check out this beautiful Plum & Beige wedding inspiration board.  It exudes richness, class and glamour.  This wedding color  palette would be amazing for all seasons of the year!  So if you’re thinking about using the color palette of purple and brown(ish) for your wedding, use this palette!   BEAUTIFUL! Plum Wedding Invitations:  Image Courtesy of Strut Photography Plum and Chocolate Wedding Cake:  Wolfgang … [Read More...]

GSS’s Things We LOVE :: Simply Silhouettes Weddings’ Cake Toppers!

Awhile ago we told you about some awesome (not to mention super cute!) handmade wedding cake toppers we found on Etsy. (Click here to see that post!)  Then, we stumbled upon Better Off Wed’s absolutely fabulous personalized shabby chic wedding cake toppers and fell head over heels in L-O-V-E!  And NOW we have found some adorable silhouette wedding cake toppers, made by Simply Silhouette Weddings.  They’ve put a modern twist on the classic silhouette artform and created a collection of … [Read More...]

GSS Now on Pinterest!

Okay, so we joined the masses. We decided this new thing of pinning your favorites like a virtual bulletin board, inspiration board, interest board was too irresistible to pass up. Pinterest, you’re hot!! As a wedding photographer, a lot of my couples have joined pinterest and are pinning their favorites from wedding hair ideas, to DIY wedding favors. They share them with me and I am able to see their fun stuff. Its great! We literally JUST signed up. Our boards are bare, but not for … [Read More...]

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GSS Featured Engagement Session :: Salpy & Anto’s Sweet Music :: Randi Marie Photography

November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This is not the typical guy meets gal story. Well, it is if you watch the romantic comedies from Hollywood. Randi Marie sent us this gorgeous engagement session via Two Bright Lights and we couldn’t resist. The images played on our heart-strings and we just had to share it with you!

Randi Marie, the photographer shares….

These two met with music notes surrounding them… In an upcoming band, he the guitarist and she, the singer. Well, what can I say? They fell madly in love. Their style is city meets vintage so they wanted the perfect engagement shoot! Incorporating music and their personality, we found a quant little spot just outside Griffith Park in the Los Angeles area that fit them perfectly. How did he pop the question? He surprised her and took her on their very first date all over again, riding the train and all, where he popped the question. She said yes and the two could not be happier!

Thanks so  much, Randi Marie for sending us the engagement session of these two lovebirds. We are thrilled to share with our readers. Salpy and Anto, we wish you a lifetime full of love and laughter and SWEET MUSIC….may each day be better than the last.

If you have an engagement, wedding, day after, or anniversary session that you would like featured- Please send it to us at submissions@groomsoldseparately.com.  We HEART submissions!

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GSS Now on Pinterest!

November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Okay, so we joined the masses. We decided this new thing of pinning your favorites like a virtual bulletin board, inspiration board, interest board was too irresistible to pass up. Pinterest, you’re hot!!

As a wedding photographer, a lot of my couples have joined pinterest and are pinning their favorites from wedding hair ideas, to DIY wedding favors. They share them with me and I am able to see their fun stuff. Its great!

We literally JUST signed up. Our boards are bare, but not for long. We were directed to follow several people based on our interests and we would love it if you started to follow us too. You can find us at www.pinterest.com/groomsoldsep. We miss out on featuring several things sent to us via submissions, so hopefully we can share some of these great things here for you to see. Happy pinning!

 

Tamra and Amy

 

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GSS Weekly Recap :: Weddings Revisited

November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This week was a fun week filled with DIY (do it yourself) wedding projects, Halloween inspired boards, a wedding on a Texas Ranch and even fun wedding day portraits in a Pumpkin Patch. Its Friday and our weekly recap has arrived. The temperatures are dropping so stay warm! To those couples getting married this weekend, we are so excited for you!

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Things We LOVE :: FREE Customizable Black & White Wedding Stationery Printables!!!

e.m. papers has created a beautiful set of vintage inspired black and white wedding stationery that you can download for FREE!  All items are fully customizeable and printable, which will save you a TON of money!  Click here to go to their site and download these goodies! Here’s a bit more about everything that comes in this free downloadable package via e.m. paper’s website: This black and white, download and print Wedding Invitation Kit contains an editable PDF template for every piece … [Read More...]

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GSS Wedding Inspiration Board :: Orange & Black :: Halloween Inspired Wedding

Happy Monday, Lovelies!!!  We hope you enjoyed your weekend!  We imagine most of you put on your scariest, silliest or sexiest costumes and partied it up.  We LOVE Halloween!  (Who doesn’t?!)  So we thought it would be fun to put together an Orange and Black Halloween inspired wedding inspiration board.  We think it turned out beautifully, if we do say so ourselves!  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Black Bridesmaids Dresses with Orange Bouquets:  Dahlia Designs          … [Read More...]

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GSS Featured Wedding :: Melanie & Wes’s Texas Ranch Wedding :: Ashgene Photography

Happy Hump Day, Lovelies!!!  Today’s featured wedding comes from Ashley of Ashgene Photography. She is a Texas based wedding photographer.  Ashley has been so accommodating to GSS on this feature.  Thank you!  Melanie and Wes were married at Melanie’s family’s ranch in Seguin, Texas on April 23, 2011.  Melanie was kind enough to answer a few questions for us: How did you and Wes meet?  Wes & I went to Stephen F. Austin High School in Austin, Texas … [Read More...]

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GSS Featured Wedding Portraits :: Fall and PUMPKINS! :: Bobbi Ryan Photography

Happy Thursday Lovelies!! This week was Halloween week…. but some of us are still sneaking treats out of kiddos buckets from trick or treating (myself included). With fall in the air we are seeing pumpkins everywhere. We saw these fun portraits from a wedding submitted to us on Two Bright Lights from Bobbi Ryan Photography and wanted to share the fall inspiration with you. This session incorporated pumpkins and we definitely know what time of year the portraits were taken. That makes them … [Read More...]

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GSS Featured Wedding Portraits :: Fall and PUMPKINS! :: Bobbi Ryan Photography

November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Happy Thursday Lovelies!! This week was Halloween week…. but some of us are still sneaking treats out of kiddos buckets from trick or treating (myself included). With fall in the air we are seeing pumpkins everywhere. We saw these fun portraits from a wedding submitted to us on Two Bright Lights from Bobbi Ryan Photography and wanted to share the fall inspiration with you. This session incorporated pumpkins and we definitely know what time of year the portraits were taken. That makes them special and unique to the couple. The wedding day portraits are fun and most couples will set aside time on the wedding day to accomplish these wedding day portraits. If your timeline allows, you should definitely consider at least half an hour for pictures just with you and your bridal party. We did and we will never regret it.

Bobbi shares a bit about the couple on her blog :: “Cody and Allisha had a perfect day for their wedding which was such a huge success. There was so much love from family and friends all around. I was so happy to be involved in the entire wedding planning process and was able to share this fantastic day with two very fantastic people and the ones they love! To top it off they are such beautiful people inside and out! I hope everyone enjoys the pictures as much as I do!”

Enjoy these fun portraits and we hope you all have a fantastic week!

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Wishing Allisha & Cody a lifetime full of love, laughter, and happiness!!!  May every day be better than the last! And thank you Bobbi Ryan for sending us these fun portraits!

If you have an engagement, wedding, day after, or anniversary session that you would like featured- Please send it to us at submissions@groomsoldseparately.com.  We HEART submissions!

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GSS Weekly Recap :: Weddings Revisited

October 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This week we traveled to Tuscany for a wedding, made a beautiful DIY wedding centerpiece, played baseball at a wedding and had a private southern couture winter wonderland…..well, on our wedding blog we did. This week was full of RED wedding inspiration too. So if you are thinking red is THE color for your dream wedding, then check out this week’s posts. We brought the RED! Until next week…have a fabulous weekend!

GSS’s Things We LOVE :: DIY Pomander Flowerball Centerpieces!

Looking for a gorgeous DIY alternative to the normal floral centerpieces for your wedding or bridal shower?  Paula of Frog Prince Paperie has come up with a beautiful solution!  She created these amazing Pomader flower ball centerpieces for a friend’s baby shower but they would be absolutely perfect for a wedding or bridal too!  Check out her simple DIY tutorial on how to make these beauties: SUPPLIES: – 4” white Styrofoam ball – 90-100 pearl tipped corsage pins – Two sheets … [Read More...]

GSS Wedding Inspiration Board :: Let’s Play Ball! :: A Baseball Themed Wedding

Happy Monday, Lovelies!!!  With the World Series going on, we thought that it would be fun to create a Baseball themed wedding inspiration board.  We were worried at first that it would be hard to “marry” a couple’s love for the game and their love of each other.  But luckily, we found that it came together just perfectly!  Take a look:   Bride and Groom in a Baseball Stadium:  A Glam Slam Baseball Themed Wedding Invitations:  byvikINK Baseball Themed Wedding … [Read More...]

GSS Wedding Style :: Winter Wonderland :: Tamara Menges Designs

The temperatures are getting cooler and that means we are getting closer to the winter months. We received this submission of beautiful styling from Tamara Menges and wanted to share it with you. It just screams winter! A winter wedding is absolutely stunning and we hope you can take a few of these elements and make them your own. A little from the designer…. “I’m a Southern girl with a Southern heart, but I also have a flair for the “couture” fashion and design that comes with the … [Read More...]

GSS Featured Wedding :: Cristina & Fabrizio’s Tuscan Wedding :: Valeria Beltrami Photography

Today’s featured engagement comes from one of our sweet readers, Cristina.  She’s the blushing Bride in this feature!  We LOVE it when our readers submit their photos to us for a feature!!! Valeria Beltrami, of Valeria Beltrami Photography documented their big day beautifully.  Cristina and Fabrizio were married on October 1, 2011 at San Galgano, a beautiful roofless abbey in Tuscany.  Cristina was kind enough to answer a few questions for us:   How did you and … [Read More...]

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GSS Wedding Style :: Winter Wonderland :: Tamara Menges Designs

October 25, 2011 By 2 Comments

The temperatures are getting cooler and that means we are getting closer to the winter months. We received this submission of beautiful styling from Tamara Menges and wanted to share it with you. It just screams winter! A winter wedding is absolutely stunning and we hope you can take a few of these elements and make them your own. A little from the designer….

“I’m a Southern girl with a Southern heart, but I also have a flair for the “couture” fashion and design that comes with the major cities, such as New York. I wanted to inspire brides that may feel the same way, the brides who want to honor their upbringing of the “down home, porch sitting, iced tea sipping” way of life, but also integrate the “high-end couture” details that we all love to drool over in the magazines. In order to nod to the high-end I knew I had to use crystals, glass, and fur. I used fur fabric to cover the seat of the ghost chairs and added the lumbar pillows provided by “K & K It’s a Hit Events”. The glass balls were hung to make a “skirt” around the table, and the piece of glass on top of the crystal candlesticks was cut special for this shoot. For the cake table, I recognized the most southern flower is the magnolia, but I wanted to integrate a fresh new way to utilize them. In order to do this I sprayed them silver and glued silver glitter to the leaves. For the cake I incorporated rhinestones and silver glitter as well. For the “love letter” set, I thought “what’s more romantic than a bride writing her future husband a letter of how much he means to her, those moments when you’re completely ready and waiting to walk down the aisle to your new husband and new life.” I wanted to capture these precious moments, so we used an antique secretary and embellished with beautiful and colorful items, complete with the bride’s personal stationary and feather pen! How delightful it can be when two different worlds can merge making for a unique and sophisticated “southern couture” inspiration.”

Photography :: Sarah e. Evans Photography // Event Designer: Tamara Menges Designs // Invitation Designer:  K & K It’s a HIT Events // Equipment Rentals:  B & B Solutions // Makeup Artist:  Beauty with Grace // Museum:  The Chamber House

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GSS Weekly Recap :: Weddings Revisited

October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This week we found some great new wedding trends, featured a gorgeous engagement session and brought you a beautiful royal blue wedding inspiration board fit for a queen! Don’t just take our word for it….use the links below to see these great new trends and features! Happy wedding weekend to all of the couples about to embark on such an exciting time together.

GSS Featured Engagement Session :: Jessica & Jody’s Romantic Castle Session :: Pure Sugar Studios

Hooray! You are in for a treat today. This engagement session was submitted to us from Pure Sugar Studios via Two Bright Lights and it was only fitting that we run this feature as we rapidly approach the 25th anniversary of one of our favorite movies…..The Princess Bride. As we were browsing these images we were reciting a quote from the movie over and over again in our heads. The line we all know and love from The Princess Bride said by the incredibly funny Billy Crystal….”Have fun stormin’ … [Read More...]

 

GSS Wedding Trends :: Balloon Wedding Send-Off

Today we are excited to bring you a new trend in wedding send-offs. We are seeing more and more fantastic wedding exits. They can be grand and spontaneous, or low-key and quiet. We have seen sparklers, confetti, streamers, bubbles and even paper airplanes! Allison Davis with Allison Davis Photography has sent us these beautiful wedding images. The couple chose to a balloon exit with several varieties of colors in their palette. We thought of way to take this further with adding wedding wishes … [Read More...]

 

GSS Wedding Inspiration Board :: Black, White & Royal Blue

Happy Monday, Lovelies!!!  We hope everyone had a great weekend!  Black and White weddings are so trendy lately and we couldn’t agree with this trend more.  We do, however, love to add a pop of color in with this chic palette.  Check out how beautiful this palette can be with the addition of Royal Blue: Black and White Anemone Bridal Bouquet:  Image Courtesy of Q Weddings Black, White and Royal Blue Boutonniere:  Flowers by Semia           Image Courtesy of Brian … [Read More...]

 

GSS Wedding Cake Trend :: Hand Painted Wedding Cakes

We LOVE cake (Okay, we’re OBESSESSED with it!) and we especially love beautiful designs that incorporate unique ideas.  So when we ran across Nevie-Pie Cakes while surfing the internet, our jaws dropped.  These hand painted cakes are just to die for!  Take a look at some of her beautiful creations: Natasha, the creator of Nevie-Pie Cakes worked as a textile designer for many years and has been a lifelong baker.  After giving up on early career plans to be a dentist, Natasha … [Read More...]

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