Off The Beaten Path Weddings Celebrates One Year of LOVE: Emily & Grant, October 20th, 2012

Midway through October and we’re reminiscing as we share our very last anniversary post for 2012 Off The Beaten Path Weddings. Emily and Grant made their first mark on our blog in January when we introduced their wedding motto,  W O O P A . But in case you forgot, we can refresh your memory now on what their chill wedding motto meant.

/ woo-pa! /
definition:
I. adj: a term to express excitement, joy, or happiness.
II. noun: the official Wood/Patrino wedding motto.

We’re so thrilled to spend our today wishing our Bridechilla™ , Emily, and her husband Grant a very happy anniversary. All photos by the talented folks over at onelove photography.

From the Bridechilla…

The theme of our wedding was “woopa”. this is a nickname our friends call us that joins our two last names- Wood & Patrino. we made a sign of vintage marquee letters that lit up which read “woopa” on the side of the barn. Dinner was served next to the barn under a grove of trees with twinkle lights hung from tree to tree. We sent everyone home with “woopa pies” (whoopie pies) that my mom had made from scratch. We really wanted the wedding to be colorful which would really create the fun party energy that we were looking for. It was a very rustic country setting, however I wanted to incorporate a sophisticated chic element with color, as I didn’t want it to be overly rustic. I would say it was a rustic chic wedding. The tables had navy and white runners with colorful flowers. The boys in the wedding party wore navy & white gingham shirts, khaki pants, navy vans & a navy pink tie. The girls wore navy dresses with fuchsia heels.

We wanted our wedding to be an amazingly fun party in the middle of the vineyards with fabulous food and wine. We really just wanted it to have a light-hearted sentimate, so that the guests could really relax and have FUN. Nothing stuffy about it.

(via Style Me Pretty)

We loved Emily & Grant’s color palette, such a beautiful and FUN event to end our season on last year.

Don’t forget to see more of this beautiful OTBPW + WOOPA magic on Style Me Pretty!

Also, see this chill couple in action in this video of their Off The Beaten Path Wedding by Steven Bailey.

Until next summer, when we celebrate our 2013 anniversaries from this season… CHEERS.

Wedding Planning + Styling: Off the Beaten Path Weddings

To many many many more chill years of love and happiness. -Bridechilla™ & Off The Beaten Path Weddings

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Off The Beaten Path Weddings Celebrates One Year of LOVE: Emilie & Jim, October 6th, 2012

  We’re just about through our first week of Fall and in sync, we are celebrating another fantastic Off The Beaten Path Weddings couple we love. Emilie and Jim had one of our very few OTBP weddings that take place during Fall, and we just love the touches of orange that paralleled with the beauty of this season. We’re so thrilled to spend our today wishing our Bridechilla™ , Emilie, and her husband Jim a very belated, but happy anniversary.This couple has shown us such great love and appreciation, and today we want to celebrate them!

So, below we remember some of the special moments of their chill day through beautiful photos taken by our friends at Onelove Photography. This wedding is full of seasonal details designed by Mary Ellen Murphy & the team behind Off The Beaten Path Weddings, take it all in!

From their invitations and stationary to their wedding day color choices, Emilie and Jim had a day embellished in just the right amount of seasonal touches. With pops of orange, pink, and white, their reception and wedding day kept the brightness and light mood of Summer, but introduced the beautiful color schemes of Autumn as well. 

And of course, white pumpkins make for perfect escort pieces.

This Off The Beaten Path Weddings couple was so chill, and so was their wedding party which included a special (and very furry) guest.

Don’t you love Emilie’s sweater? 😉

What a beautiful wedding for us to look back on and celebrate. Can’t believe it’s already been a whole year… Happy anniversary to this chill couple.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY EMILIE & JIM!

Wedding Planning + Styling: Off the Beaten Path Weddings

To many many many more chill years of love and happiness. -Bridechilla™ & Off The Beaten Path Weddings

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Off The Beaten Path Celebrates One Year of LOVE: Kristen & Carl and Meredith & John, August 4th, 2012

Raise your mimosas, everyone. We’re celebrating TWO Off The Beaten Path anniversaries this morning. First we will be wishing our Bridechilla™ , Kristen, and her husband Carl a very happy anniversary and then we also have another chill couple – Meredith and John. Below we remember some of the special moments of this chill day, as told by their event stylist, Mary Ellen Murphy of Off The Beaten Path Weddings. Twice the love, twice the chill.

What was your favorite thing about working with Kristen and Carl?
The couples might have loved a great cocktail almost as much as me! They had a classic champagne cocktail as well as a whiskey cocktail in a mason jar. Kristen and Carl were a very fun couple.

photography by onelove

How did Kristen embrace the chill & be a total anti-zilla?
She welcomed her sweet little pup to the day, a very chill move as always.

Tell us some memorable details that stood out to you about Kristen and Carl’s wedding day.
Kristen and Carl had an amuse course, one of my favorite OTBPW details to add to a client’s wedding. They also had a photobooth for guests to enjoy.. lots of fun 🙂

photography by onelove

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What was your favorite thing about working with Meredith and John?
Their admiration and love for each other made them such a pleasure to work with.

How did Meridith embrace the chill & be a total anti-zilla?
She sabered a bottle of champagne at the reception! Nothing more CHILL than a bride brave enough to do that!

Tell us some memorable details that stood out to you about Meredith and John’s wedding day.
The local hydrangeas were so vibrant with color. The location was full of beautiful touches of purple and green.

To many many many more chill years of love and happiness. -Bridechilla™ & Off The Beaten Path Weddings