They were married on the same date as they met, 5 years ago on a tour bus in Boston, which also happened to be Stephen’s birthday. Everything about this wedding was so personal and lovely, and I left feeling like I had just gained so many new friendships.
I want to note some of my favorite personal thoughts that they put into their celebration. Stephen would always get a bunny cake for his birthday, made by his mum. Julie & Stephen have been making each other bunny cakes for each other’s birthdays, and since they were married on Stephen’s birthday, there had to be a bunny cake! Keep and eye out for bunnies (they are hoping to adopt one soon!) and snowflakes throughout their wedding! They spend their free time on the mountain, so they honored her with snowflake boutonnieres, and 3 hidden snowflake charms (they love the number 3) in Julie’s dress. Julie sprained her ankle on Mt. Hood just a few days before their wedding, but she still managed to walk and dance in her gorgeous heels! Stephen is a Professional Lighting Director (for some cool bands you probably listen to!), and I was spoiled with incredibly awesome lighting that you would see at one of his shows. Julie really wanted to do portraits inside this rundown building by their house that they play frisbee in frequently, so Stephen made that happen.
Venue: The Nines & Springbox Art Gallery Catering: Voila Catering Hair/Makeup: Austie Eckley Bride’s Hairpiece: Austie Cake: Piece of Cake Dress: Tara Keeley from Ania Bridal Suit: Duchess Clothier Rings: Me & Ro, Megan Thorne from TWIST DJs: Friends of Julie & Stephen Lights & Video: Seat of Your Pants Productions Sound: State of Sound Inc. Vintage Rentals: The Lost and Found Photobooth: Happy Matic Pinball provided by: Portland Custom Shop Standup games: Coin-op Games
You. Are. A. Genius. You continue to raise the bar and inspire me. What a great spread, Alex! :-)
What a stunning wedding! You captured the personality and pure AWESOMENESS of this couple. Great, great job Alex! xo
This wedding is freakin gorgeous (and of course so are your photos) !
Loooove love love
Alex these pictures are breathtaking!!!
I love how you capture the true emotion and
the feeling of the day. Awesome!!
oxoxoxo
Alex – no words could express the love you captured in these pictures of Julie & Stephen. It was such a pleasure meeting you! These are wonderful and so perfect!
Ah! These are incredible! Julie & Stephen seem like the perfect couple for you too! I’m really loving these photos, Alex!
Wow! Thanx so much for capturing the essence of this wedding.
I love this more than words!! That abandoned building?!?! So rad!! The photo of them laughing in front of the green house is my very favorite! SO much happiness.
Love love LOVE the details captured in this wedding!! Fantastic!
[...] So so SO excited to have Julie & Stephen’s Portland, Oregon wedding featured on Style Me Pretty last week! Thank you so much to the amazing amounts of talent and love that was ever-present on their wedding day. It was so wonderful to work and connect with such great people in my new city! If you missed their wedding as blogged by me, click here. [...]
I’ll never grow tired of looking at these images.