What They Did Right: Max and Mara

I had asked Elisabeth Millay for a few more pics from this awesome wedding, but I'm impatient and couldn't wait to share this with you! There are more photos (and more to come) that are up on our Facebook Fan Page.   SOO, Max and Mara got married this past weekend at The Bowery Hotel.  Several months ago, I got an email from Mara, who I've known since my days as a young lass back at Brown.  We shared many, many classes together (including one where someone presented a dead animal to the professor, but, whatever. Neither here nor there) and I had worked on some theater stuff with her then boyfriend, now fiance, Max.  Max and Mara were planning a wedding, needed some invitations, some vendor recs, and wanted to see if Always a Bridesmaid could help managing the day.  Of course, we were more than happy to oblige!
It was such a pleasure because Max and Mara are such a stylish couple who don't sweat the small stuff and they did so MANY, simple, awesome things right, I'm excited to share.  They started by picking awesome invites from Paper + Cup and took the color scheme and ran with it: Pinks and Yellows.  Mara had her bridesmaids were dresses in Pinks and Golds and the look really came together- espeically with the great accessories the bridesmaids wore.  She herself found a Diane von Furstenburg dress and replaced the black waistband with a pale pink one. The look was stylish, but effortlessly elegant.
Max is a filmmaker and Mara has a PhD in Visual Culture, so in leiu of traditional escort cards, they bought postcards of artwork and old movie posters.  The thoughtful couple tried to match cards with guest personalities.  We displayed them on these CB2 photo trees.  When it came to flowers, the only thing they really wanted (and splurged on) were these overflowing cherry blossom arrangements for the ceremony. They were a true presence at the ceremony.  When it came to personal flowers, the bride and groom didn't get hung up in the details and were able to save some money that way.  They trusted their florist (Adal at Floristry) and gave him  a color scheme and over all idea (composite pieces for their family style meal- moveable if guests needed to pass things) and the result was gorgeous.  Finally, as a favor, Mara's mom found these Pashminas for $2 each and we placed them on the chairbacks in alternating pinks and yellow and blacks.  They enhanced the decor of the room AND the guests had a blast wearing them.
The dinner was rich with toasts from loved ones and later, we moved onto dancing.  A segue orchestrated by the amazing 1/2 scale Pinatas one of the bridesmaids created and shipped from LA. They were made in the likeness of the bride and groom circa the year they met - 1996!
It was a joy to have been part of such an awesome celebration AND I couldn't have been happier with Elisabeth Millay. She's always such a joy to work with and these photos look amazing!