I was honored to photograph Beth and Andy's wedding in Philadelphia last fall. Their live/work relationship is a true partnership of love, respect and mutual admiration; they co-own Beth Blinebury Designs, an innovative fully charged design company . A talented and skilled couple in print/web design, video, photography and everything in between, their art museum D.I.Y. wedding was a multi-sensory experience. 

Beth infused her unique style into her dress, shoes and bouquet choices. "I love NY-based shoe designer Kathryn Amberleigh. While browsing her website, I discovered the amazing 4.5” black heels and thought they might just be perfect. During the dress research I spotted a Lazaro gown in a wedding magazine and fell in love with the idea of an extremely sculptural skirt. In Photoshop I created a new version of the dress using a vintage shape and the more modern Lazaro texture. Knowing I’d need the dress to be made, I found Ardmore-based designer Janice Martin. Janice is a couture designer so every element was carefully thought-out. She first created a muslin pattern for my exact shape - an experience that every woman should have! I constructed my bouquet with the help of my maid-of-honor. The bouquet included my own personal brooches and family brooches from my aunts and a close friend of my Mom."

Their love and artistry went hand in hand throughout the CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black, a four color printing process) themed day, and everyone enjoyed a piece of their creativity and love including music, food, drink, music and party favors! "Since we are both designers, and love technology, Andy and I worked together on everything for the wedding!"

 "Being total nerds, Andy and I wanted to incorporate technical elements wherever we could. Andy and I love to perform together and we couldn’t imagine not singing together at our wedding. We have amazing friends who agreed to play some songs with us. Our faux wedding band was called ‘The BlineGowan Sound.’  Just before Andy and I were introduced into the reception, we screened our Wedding “Montage” Movie complete with a fake commercial we made for our wedding beer - GingerBury Ale. Throughout the reception, our guests danced below a flickering reel of dance scenes from our favorite movies."

Creativity was abundant througout all of the details. All of the guests (many being artists themselves), were so excited to indulge in the colorful experience crafted by the couple." I started the general design of the invitations and he completed the design adding the finishing touches and making final decisions on color and typography. I created an animation based on our invitation that was projected above our “altar” throughout the ceremony."

Floral Designer:  Chrissy's Flowers
Invitation and Stylist:  Beth Blinebury Design
Dress Designer:  Janice Martin Couture
Bakery:  Sweet Lucy's, Splendora Cake and Tea
Museum:  The Galleries of Moore College of Art and Design

Marcela and Caleb are a fun loving, laid back couple who I had the pleasure of getting to know during their engagement shoot in Brooklyn early last fall. I was beyond psyched to hop on a plane, and travel to St. Lucia to document their intimate celebration with their family. It was my first time to this lush, sensuous island and Jalousie Plantation was a perfect introduction. The location was full of history, nature, and stylish luxury. Marcela was kind enough to lend her story, so I'll let her take it from here. You can see more images in the gallery here.

I asked Marcela how she and Caleb chose St. Lucia, and the Jalousie Plantation.

She said, "I love the mountains but hate the cold weather and I always tell Caleb that I want to move to place that has warm mountains.  For our wedding, Caleb found me some warm mountains in St Lucia and and found Jalousie in between the two Pitons.  It was the perfect location for our wedding, sun and beach between the most beautiful Piton Mountains!"

"All morning long I had hoped that the rain would stop and that the sun would come out.  As I walked down the aisle with my parents towards Caleb the clouds opened up and gave way to the sun and at that moment everything was perfect."  

"The most important part of the wedding day was the reception - our families had never really been around each other so we were nervous to see how we all interact together especially since we had such a small wedding.  It was amazing how we all came together despite the language and cultural barrier. We could not have asked for a better day. "

Their Vendors:

Photography: Lindsay Hite / Readyluck

Flowers, Planning, and Location: Jalousie Plantation 

Invitations, Menus, Place cards: (Caleb, the groom!), www.calebirwinart.com
Shoes: Badgley Mischka Randee
Dress: Watters Mimi