A Venue Rich With History Set the Tone for This Summer Wedding Day

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Blends of reds and fuschias with a soft blue as our accent color – my vision was to be bright and fun mixed with some timeless!

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Our wedding venue, The Inn at Barley Sheaf Farm, made you feel like you were stepping into a European countryside farmstead. It was the home of George Kaufman, a playwright, where all of the rooms on site are named after one of his plays and decorated uniquely from one another with gorgeous antiques. We wanted to lean into the setting and have a very natural, lightly rustic, cozy, vintage, elegant, and bright sort of feel. Our bridal party loved staying on site and we are looking forward to enjoying anniversaries to come staying and dining back at the Inn!

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As we were moving out of our city apartment getting ready for our next chapter of moving to the suburbs, we took a literal walk down memory lane on Waverly Street in Philly and Andrew proposed! We popped some bubbly and sat on a bench there while we called family and friends to share the exciting news, and followed up with a dinner and some special BYO wines at Ambrosia!

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Madi Lane Bridal bought at Kimberly James Bridal Shop; Something romantic, clean, and a line, with the hopes of being comfortable enough! The off-the-shoulder sleeves made for a gorgeous photo and ceremony look, which I then snapped at the back for an off-the-shoulder cocktail hour and reception look which made for easier dancing! The organza material was just gorgeous in the way it naturally laid in a “wavy” sort of way. I’m a pearl gal, so in addition to my pearl necklace, my veil was edged with small pearls.

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[field title=”Bridesmaid Dresses”]Bridesmaids were given free reign when it came to the dresses. The only stipulation was to pick a pink dress!! [/field]
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Blue suits – Andrew found him at Brooks Brothers. Classic brown shoes and a light champagne-colored tie.

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we chose to have some traditional crowd-pleasing signature drinks and have some fun with the names as a kudos to our meeting on the popular dating app “Hinge” – a “Swipe Right” (Aperol) Spritzand a “Perfect Match” Paloma. We also leaned into the mocktail crowd for a third option of a “Lavender Haze” Lemon Spritz. The food at Barley Sheaf was phenomenal, with many guests telling us it was the best wedding food they’d ever had. Short rib, chicken, and a vegetable risotto cake for entrees, with some of our favorite appetizers being the beet deviled eggs, compressed watermelon with feta, and duck spring rolls.

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Our florals transformed the entire room! I wanted a colorful, whimsical, romantic wildflower vibe, and Cottage Gardener (Kimberly Bakke) delivered. I wanted to stay consistent with a red-based theme, which she layered throughout the room on the head family table with a natural runner and some gorgeous taper candles mixed throughout, as well as a mix of compotes, bud vases, and candles throughout the room. The head table was a vision and was so romantic and elegant. I loved how the candles flickered in the windows behind us! And where to begin on my bouquet…

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Caketeria in Newtown, PA made our wedding cake. I’ve been loving the vintage cake trend and how timeless it is and went with a clean white cake and an added fun flair of “just married” in subtle white writing on the top.

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I grew up in western PA, where every family wedding had a cookie table. Family and friends (even those who had never heard of the concept before!) came together to bake more than 85 dozen cookies, which unbelievably ALL got eaten or taken home. It was so fun to chat with guests at every table about their favorite cookie and especially for those who the tradition was new to, how special it was. Some classics like peanut butter and chocolate chip, but so many unique cookies like peanut butter Buckeyes, chocolate covered Oreos, Penn State and Villanova themed sugar cookies (an homage to our Alma maters), and Maple cookies (an homage to our puppy Maple!) to name a few. We also had “doggie” take-home bags with Maple’s face on them for guests to enjoy cookies later.

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[field title=”Special Detail #2″]Another very special detail of my day were my pearls, which my godfather gifted to me a pearl for every birthday, holiday, or special occasion until I had a full strand of pearls at 18, to hopefully wear one day at my wedding. It was so special to have that wishful dreaming become reality and I wore them with pride! [/field]
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