love and lion: RYAN AND CHRISTY'S RUSTIC WEDDING

I am so excited to feature this wedding on the blog this week you guys!! I was asked to style the wedding of our dear friends back in April, and it was so much fun. Even if Ryan and Christy weren't dear dear friends of mine and my husband's, I STILL would have jumped at the chance because they are incredible people who also have great style already. They are just cool without trying, ya know?

In talking to the newly engaged couple, they had very clear visions of what they wanted. My job was to just make it come to life. The ladies on Christy's side of the family had lots of their own creative juices flowing, so I felt like I got to come in and just "touch up" and add to what was already beautiful. The term "rustic chic" is very overused, but that is what we were going for, haha! Lots of brass, peaches and creams, navy and other natural looking textiles. The most important thing to the couple was that they married in the middle of a "forrest". They wanted nothing but trees and guests attending the ceremony. It was a genius idea, and made the entire ceremony so captivating.

There are so many beautiful pictures to share, that I decided to break this feature up into two posts! So, I guess you will just have to check back tomorrow to see how this beautiful day unfolded.

The couple decided to use Nashville postcards for people to write on as their guestbook.

Christy (along with friends and fam) were on the hunt for months leading up to the wedding looking for brass containers and candlesticks ( which you will see more of tomorrow....eeeeek)!