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Terri and Matt’s wedding got snapped up by Style Me Pretty! Thank you Tifany of Gourmet Invitations for doing a lot of the legwork in submission, and to Terri herself for doing a fantastic writeup! Here is the video from Lori and I Do Films…. and yes, they shoot in the Lou as well as Chi-town.
Gavronski Wedding Highlight from I Do Films on Vimeo.
Jaci has beautiful taste and an eye for aesthetics, so it’s no surprise that today was easy on the eye. She chose a deep jewel plum and champagne for the bridesmaids dresses, and a soft, silvery tulle dress on the vintage side for herself.
Jaci and Steve waited for the wedding day, and I don’t mean for pizza delivery. Like, WAITED waited. Jaci invited me to document the moment she gave him her purity ring during the First Look (which was a surprise to Stephen). I had to remember to breathe while shooting these few minutes. It was such an electric moment.
Fedoras for the fellas, see! You dirty rat.
Okay, so KEVIN BACON doppelganger, right? Jump back!
Both sides of the Jewel Box moments before the ceremony started.
I love seeing the parent’s faces during a ceremony.
Jaci was calm and collected most of the day, but her neck tensed often during the service as emotions rode through her like waves- Joy so intense it overwhelmed her with gravity. She’d hold her head high as if willing herself from drowning in it.
Sparklers- right at sunset, with just a kiss of the sunlight to help.
I loved what Jaci did with the lights in the drop ceiling. It made for some fantastic bokeh, and I spread it on my toast and ate it. YUM.
SMUSH.
They had a photo booth! WOO! I loved it! Every time we do one it just gets more and more fun.
It’s always fun and games until the guests start punching each other in the piehole.
We mourn the loss of dear Anna today. Her husband Manuel and her children are in our thoughts and prayers.
“Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.” – James Barrie, ‘Peter and Wendy’
Kristin put mountains of thought and care into every detail-
“As you can see, we have tried to remain local and “handmade” as much as possible. In fact, we seem to have selected primarily women-owned businesses in the St Louis and Columbia areas! Our rings were designed by jewelers we learned about at Poppy, a local store; my dress is a J. Crew dress that I purchased on ebay, but which has been completely deconstructed and redesigned by a local seamstress, Aurora Dawn-Rose (in essence, only the fabric is from J.Crew!); and the bridesmaid shawls are from Etsy. Darin was dressed from head to foot by the owners of a local buisness — Binghams — who also helped us decided on ties for the groomsmen.”
The hairdresser ran an hour and a half late, but the result was a work of art!
They had a ‘First Look’, which gave Darin time to properly admire her hair.
Rachel from Rachel Flowers did an incredible job as usual.
Instead of one big wedding cake, they had many little cakes. Would it be right to say they were babycakes?
They had a contra dance (like a square dance) at the reception, with a caller, banjo player, fiddler, and guitarist. It was a great way to include everyone.
It was a drippy, slippy day.
Matthew was contemplating going clean-shaven or going Sawyer.
Megan was dutifully going through medieval torture to look her best.
A cool customer, this one. Calm as a cucumber.
The family church was an intimate, tender setting.
Precious!
So happy!
Megan’s sister and my dear friend Lauren gave a toast. She did not succeed in keeping tears away!
The photo booth was stuffed with props supplied by the couple.
SO fun!
I love the ostrich feathers!
The dance floor EXPLODED when the DJ started playing hits from ‘Grease’. I think the guests must have doubled as cast members at one time or another.
A fabulous night with a fabulous couple. I wish you both the best!
It was a tender Spring day in Chicago, with raindrops and dogwood blossoms lazily dropping from the sky.
The air was electric with possibility.
Terri’s Dad was pulling everyone’s elbows in Heaven to peek down and see his beautiful daughter, I’m sure of it.
The cherry blossoms wanted to flutter down and kiss Terri just as much as Matt did.
The Sidebar Grille is where Matt proposed.
The sky darkened and the deep blue storm wall rolled in and glowered at us. The clouds pillowed the honks and hums of the city. Luckily, Terri was prepared for anything.
A fresh, bright wind tossed about our hair and the leaves on the trees as it raced before the storm front.
Dusk was approaching, and the streetlights winked on.
Every now and then a raindrop would tap us on the shoulder or arm as if to say…. “Excuse me. Pardon Me. About to come thorough!”
As soon as we got inside the reception, the storm exhaled and just POURED.
Little known fact: Terri and Matt are pretty skilled ballroom dancers.
Little known fact: Terri and Matt are pretty good dancers PERIOD. That’s how we met- I took a picture of them dancing together at Jennifer and Chris’ wedding last year.
This picture, to be exact:
You know, Jennifer, the Push-Up Bride? She made sure to keep the tradition going…. WHILE PREGNANT. That’s dedication. In fact, she had a helper doing pushups alongside her to keep her morale up.
Two images from Sunday, taken within minutes of each other. In one, I utilized my background wisely. In one, I chose my background poorly. Which is which? Hint: musical fruit.
So! Just so you don’t get confused, this is how things are going to happen in 2010.
If you were just at a wedding or portrait session and are chomping at the bit to see pictures, sneak peeks should be up within 72 hours here.
An editorial spread of each wedding will be up the Thursday following the wedding date. To find it Thursday, type in the web address found on one of the super-secret passcards you picked up at my mini- slideshow during the reception (if you were lucky enough to be a wedding guest). If you forgot to pick up a passcard, just keep an eye on my twitter feed- I’ll tweet a link later in the week.
If you want to pick my brain, ask me anything here. You can even ask anonymously if you’re skeered of feeling dum.
