Monday, December 30, 2013

Hemingway Inspired Destination Wedding

Today I was reminded of one of my favorite weddings on Captiva, Florida at South Seas Island Resort.
Jen and Des designed some their own decorations for this very Hemingway themed wedding.
Des, the groom, wore a personalized tie clip. I love his style! 


 Jen and Des on the boardwalk to Captiva beach, behind Chapel by the Sea. 

The Muller's captured this traditional wedding photo on the sand dunes making it a little less traditional!

Chapel by the Sea is known for their traditional sea glass blue pews.

Just married!

The bridesmaids wore sophisticated, but beach perfect, strapless, knee length, turquoise dresses.

Instead of a typical guestbook the bride and groom used a Hemingway coffee table book and asked guests to leave notes under the images. 

 The vintage labels above the card box and guest book were collected by the bride during the months we were planning her wedding.

For seating, the groom used titles of Hemingway's manuscripts & made an authentic looking covers.
Each title was actually the name of a guest dining table.
Under each title he put the guest's names. 



 The bride and groom collected several 
antique, Hemingway themed items to display at their wedding for decoration.


 Des designed all the paper details including the table name, menu cards, and place cards.
  
To make the reception feel a little less traditional-been there-done that, we used longer rectangular Kings tables that sat 8-12 guests each.  These are great for low and long centerpieces like these.
The bouquets included roses, succulents, and green viburnum.

We love what Floral Artistry created for the table centerpieces.
Including the fruits made it very island authentic. 

For more images from this wedding, check out our real wedding pinterest board

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