Just Married!, originally uploaded by academichic.
S. and A., originally uploaded by academichic.- Champagne Dress – BCBG
- Earrings – sidewalk sale a few days before wedding
- Bouquet – made my S. and A.
- Navy Dress – J.Crew
- Pearl Necklace – gift from parents
- Fuschia Pumps – Seychelles, via DSW
- Bouquet – made by S. and A.
- Navy Suit – Calvin Klein
- Gray Shirt – Geoffrey Beene
- Purple Tie – Perry Ellis
- Shoes – Florscheim
- Boutonniere – made by S. and A.
A. acted as my ‘person’ and did a most amazing job helping me get ready; making bouquets and boutonnieres with me, helping me style my hair, preparing brunch for everyone at our house, and endless more jobs that had to be done even for a tiny wedding. And they say eloping is the easy way out!
Unfortunately, E. and N. couldn’t make it due to a recent tiny arrival of theirs that made a 6+ hour car ride rather unfathomable. So they were with us in spirit, as were several other good friends who could not make it due to the spontaneous nature of our event. But A. and A2 were on board, as were our parents and T’s brother, and so marry we would!
Our wedding colors were fuschia and purple (inspired by the beautiful fuschia plant that grew abundantly in my grandmother’s garden when I was little). T. looked dashing in a navy suit with a deep purple tie over his pale gray dress shirt. His brother R., acting as Best Man, wore a similar gray dress shirt and likewise sported a purple patterned tie to invoke our wedding colors.
A. wore a gorgeous navy J.Crew dress, which she accented with fuschia pumps and a purple clutch. The fuschia and purple bouquet brought the whole look seamlessly together.
I wore a long champagne colored gown with a fuschia colored flower pinned in my hair (found for less than a $1 at a local crafts supplies store). My bouquet was made of pinks and purples and tied with fuschia and purple ribbon. As luck would have it, I spotted a delicate pair of pearl and crystal flower-shaped earrings just a few days before the wedding as I was perusing a local sidewalk sale. They went so well with the crystal beading of the gown’s neckline and with my general appreciation of floral anything that I just had to have them. For a mere $13, they completed my look.
I absolutely loved my dress and look forward to reporting more on how I found it and how I eschewed the outrages price tags of conventional wedding boutiques when planning my outfit and wedding day accoutrements in general. To further cut costs, A. and I decided that we would learn how to make the bouquets and boutonnieres ourselves. Given that we only had to make our two bouquets and six boutonnieres for the groom, parents, and best man, we decided that it was a task worth tackling. And I couldn’t have been happier with the results. Since it worked so well for us, we decided to share our DIY with you and will be posting a How-To very soon!
It was a wonderful day and I couldn’t be happier! Everyone involved was so helpful and enthusiastic and we had a blast. All in all, not bad for a Tuesday wedding. Now I can relax, stop worrying about planning a wedding, and simply enjoy the rest of my life with T…
S.
Congratulations! What a stylish looking wedding party, I might add. :D
I just saw this, a thousand times congratulations!!!! Everything looks great and you look fantastic!!!
congratulations on your wedding– AND for putting together a breezy and beautiful day– can’t wait to hear the details on that dress!
best wishes to you for happiness!
Best wishes to you, S., and congratulations to T. Everyone looks beautiful. Small, simple weddings have an inimitable elegance; I’m so glad you got exactly what you wanted.
Being married is such a pleasure, and I’m delighted for you both.
Congrats! My husband and I did the same thing 2 1/2 years ago and we’ve never regretted it for a second. The unconventional and unpredictable is far more memorable, in my opinion. =]
Congratulations! You look beautiful and I love the color choices :)
Congrats! Well, that was a shocker LOL You all look great and good job with the flowers! Hope you two enjoy married life :)
Congratulations!!! Ur beautiful!!!
Best wishes to you and congratulations on pulling together a beautiful, tailor made wedding with a minimum of stress and fuss. Having been mother of the groom twice, I will definitely have my daughter take a look at your posts as a “way to go”!
CONGRATULATIONS! You were such a BEAUTIFUL bride! A you also looked amazing and I am sure were such a help to S and T! What a great friend to have. I wish you all the best and enjoy your married life – what a great way to start it off! And now Tuesdays can always have that specialness to them.
Wow congrats! You look radiant and the dress is beautiful.
A also looks just lovely.
Congrats again!
Wow congratulations, and good for you for bucking tradition and doing exactly what you wanted!! You looked beautiful, I really loved your dress, and A. that color looks fantastic on you! I can’t wait to hear about making the bouquets, they’re gorgeous! And to Rose, what a great idea about Tuesdays forever being special :)
Congrats! What a beautiful bride, handsome husband, and gorgeous wedding party! For such a last minute wedding, you sure know how to throw it all together!
Congratulations!! I’m so excited for the two of you! I’ll be getting married in 4 weeks and we’re definitely on the same “wave length” as you with the cost and simplicity. Beautiful pictures!
Congratulations!!! Wish you so much happiness!!! :) You look absolutely beautiful!! Your entire wedding party looked amazing! Please post more pictures i’m excited to see and hear more details . Congratulations!! :)
Congratulations S. and T.! S., your dress is gorgeous!
Congratulationsand best whishes for your life together. I like your dresses and the wedding theme, pink&purple!
Congratulations! What a beautiful day and wonderful way to get married, I really love the idea of a simple intimate ceremony, it really lets you enjoy the moment! You all looked wonderful! :)
Congratulations and the pictures are beautiful!!! And your dress it AMAZING!!!
How lovely and elegant! Best wishes and I can’t wait to read more about the details!
Congrats and best wished to both you and T.! What a beautiful wedding! I was wondering what you ladies had been up to the last few days as you went a bit MIA… now I know. What a lovely surprise.
What a surprise! Amazing! You look gorgeous!! Congratulations.
Congratulations!!! Everyone of you looks gorgeous. U did the most brilliant thing in the world by “eloping” this way. I got married last August – the conventional way with the huge reception with 300+ guests and I wouldn’t recommend it.
It’s late and I had to do silent squeals of delight when I saw your post!!! Congrats to you and T!!! The entire wedding party looked amazing. I look forward to hearing all about the dress and flower details. So will T be going to Germany with you now?
Thanks for sharing!
Ooooh congrats! It looks like such a beautiful, simple, cosy way to get married. There’s an element of showmanship to some of the very large weddings which I can’t imagine is very fun for the bride and groom. Your way is definitely how I would choose to go.
Congratulations! I’m sure you guys will be so happy.
Congratulations! You look beautiful! it looks like a wonderful day! I wish you well for the future!
Congrats!!!! I was just wondering this morning why I hadn’t seen any posts from you, and now I know why! It looks beautiful, and I love that you can just enjoy the rest of your life with T. That is exactly the right attitude!
Congrats!!!
Oh my gosh, congratulations!! Those are some of the most gorgeous wedding pictures I’ve seen (I kept showing them to Joe, now I think he’s nervous…:)
CONGRATS, S. AND T.!!!!
How sweet! Today is my 15th anniversary. August must be a good month! Enjoy the rest of your lives together.
Wow, congratulations! I think the day sounds wonderful!
Congratulations! Sounds like fun and certainly the making of many wonderful memories.I love the colors too. Beautiful.
I put up my list of links for August and academic chic has top billing, as promised!
Congratulations! It looks like it was very classy and intimate. Thanks so much for sharing.
Congratulations! Being married is a blast, and you carried it off (of course) in style!
Awwww, congratulations! I love to see people tie the knot in an intimate ceremony like this. To me, it seems like the craziness of a big wedding overshadows what the day is really about – two people making a lifelong commitment. Everything looks stunning, and I wish you and T the best.
Oh, darlin’, that’s WONDERFUL! Congratulations and you were an utterly radiant bride. Can’t wait to hear the story of that goooorgeous dress!
egads! and many congrats! :)
A big congratulations to you both! I love this story, of how this was what you both wanted instead of what you had thought you wanted, and how you did this. And I love that it was on a Tuesday!
You all look wonderful. I love the color combination (and its inspiration). You look stunning in that dress.
I wish you both a life of happiness and love and spontaneity and style!
Yay huge congrats! You look so beautiful and happy – the total embodiment of the phrase “the best day of my life”.
I’ve always fancied semi-eloping and after seeing your post I’m convinced it’s how I should get married (when I eventually find a husband lol). I love your quirky colour scheme too, you academichic girls are totally the bees’ knees!
I think that this is awesome. I love stories about small intimate weddings. Congrats to the bride and groom.
I just logged on to see what you’ve been wearing lately and WOW this was a surprise! This is a big summer for you ladies – a baby for one, a wedding for another. What big news does A have planned?? (a big backyard work reveal, maybe?) Anyway, you all look gorgeous, as usual, and absolutely glowing with happiness. Love the colors too. Congratulations!
Wonderful! Congratulations! Mammoth weddings are overrated. Your small gathering was so lovely and personal.
OH Congratulations!!! Good for you for doing your wedding the way you you wanted it! You all look stunning and beautiful!
Congrats! You all look great!
I have to say, I’m loving the color combinations here! Plus the flowers are so pretty!
congratulations! you looked absolutely beautiful!
everyone looks amazing, and you are one radiant bride :). congratulations!! please tell us more about that AMAZING dress!
You look so beautiful! Congratulations!!
Congrats!!!!!! You look beautiful – I love the colors too!!
Congratulations & best wishes! You look beautiful, and I love that you changed your plans to be what you really wanted instead of what was expected of you.
Congratulations! I always enjoy seeing what you ladies are wearing, but this morning the pictures were especially lovely. It must be the beautiful bride. :-)
Congratulations – you all look great! Love the dress.
Congratulations! what a beautifully simple marriage. I have always thought off-the-rack purchases could make for a stunning wedding party; good to have some confirmation there. :-) You both look so happy — best wishes for your life together.
Cheers to you! Beautiful and elegant.
Also, is that Iowa State? Looks an awful lot like it.
Congratulations!
Congratulations! You look beautiful, and everyone looks so wonderful and happy! I wish I’d had the courage to do what you did (I got married during my fieldwork year overseas, during a midyear break in the U.S.) but my mother really wanted a big weddding, oh well.
Congratulations again!
congrats!
Gratulation auch aus Bayern!
Ich hoffe, Ihr hattet einen schönen Tag!
Dein Kleid ist übrigens wunderschön!!
Congratulations! Everyone looks great.
You and your new husband look fabulous! I absolutely love your dress and love the fact that you all did this in a matter of weeks. You always look so great and put together, but these pictures of you take the cake…you look radiant! Great navy dress as well!
Congrats!…everyone looks Fab
I also had a small wedding which was prepared in just a few weeks as well…and it was great!!
Hooray! This sounds just like the wedding in Great Expectations – I love it! :)
Lovely – congrats! Great color combos too.
Congratulations! Praying for many, many happy years together for the two of you.
Many happy returns, you look so happy and beautiful in the pictures. :-) And LOVE the dress!
Congratulations!!I have been reading ur blog for over 2 months..But have never commented..But this was the best occasion for one..All u guys look fabulous..May god bestow loads of happiness to u Both..Congratulations again
Congrats!!!! I love your wedding colours and your dress. It looks so beautiful! A’s dress is also stunning!
Congratulations!!! I love the spontaneity of the event and you all looked absolutely stunning!!!
I love the fuschia and purple! Congrats!!!!!
Congratulations!
Wow, those wedding pictures are amazing!!! Who was your photographer for these fabulous shots?
Congratulations! Love the picture of you and T in the convertible.
Congratulations! What a beautiful way to get married!
congratulations..all of you look wonderful
WOAH! Congratulations! You all look totally fantastic!
Thank you everyone for all your really kind words! I’m still smiling from the loveliness of it all!
A2 – haha! Good point! Photographic credit should be given here, these photos were all taken by the talented A2 who obligingly followed us all around with a camera all day! :) Thank you!
S.
Congrats!! You look so beautiful. The color scheme is brilliant.
Congratulations!!! I love your dress! You make such a beautiful bride!!!
Wow! Congratulations, it’s all quite lovely!
Congratulations!You looked lovely.
congrats!!
Oh wow, how wonderful! Congratulations, and good for you for doing it your way! You all look fantastic!
How romantic! Your dress is beautiful and absolutely perfect for you! Congratulations to you and the Mr!
Congratulations! All the best for a wonderful and happy life together! You look gorgeous!!!
What a great surprise to check for posts today and see this! CONGRATULATIONS! I hope you and T have a wonderful, colorful, spontaneous life together.
Where did you have your wedding? The scenery is almost as gorgeous as the wedding party.
Congratulations to S and T! You all look fabulous in the wedding pictures! Loved the colors that you coordinated!
Shock! Haha, great wedding! Your dress is really great. Looks Egyptian goddess-like. Congratulations! And A’s dress was perfect for it too!
Congratulations to S and T!!Wish you a Blissful married life.Wow,what a surprise.
Delurking to say congratulations! You look absolutely lovely, and your dress is gorgeous.
Holy crap! I had to scroll down forever to write a comment… Congratulations!!! You and A looked great and your wedding colours really popped against your dresses!!!
I will throw my hat in the ring of the many well-wishers! And I mirror sentiments that you guys truly inspire me, as a young professor in a long term, unconventional, committed, and monetarily challenged relationship. Yeay for you (all) as being such exemplars- stylish, fashionable, gracious, and pursuing that work-life balance that often eludes academic women.
Congratulations and the best wishes to both of you! It was so unexpected! It seems you got all the readers typing. You look lovely, and the same goes to A.
It was a brave and good decision you made, I just wish I could do the same thing, but the fiance and I have the same problem: really close extendend kinship. I just know there’s a big wedding in my future, but every time I see someone “eloping”, I can’t help asking myself “what if?”
Anyway, congratulations again, enjoy as much as you can.
A fellow urban bike commuter ;-)
Congratulations! You all look wonderful, and S you look beautiful, and you and your new hubby look so very happy. What a weight off your mind. Now you can enjoy your marriage and your time in Germany.
Now that’s the way to do it- not a lot of fuss, but surrounded by the people you love. It looked completely classy and everyone involved wore a smashing ensemble!
Congratulations. You and your husband look truly happy in your photographs. I wish you both well.
Wow! Looks like a perfect day for a wedding. Congratulations!
Congratulations! You look so beautiful (so does A). I’m really pleased for you that you took the sensible/easy wedding option.
delurking to say congratulations! Looks as if you had a wonderful day, full of happiness, and so clever of you to keep the emphasis on what’s important. May you have many, many happy years together!
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you!
Congratulations!
For the umpteenth time I notice: you two have such beautiful eyes! Particularly glowy with happiness in these photos. Good to see.
Congratulations! Wishing you and the hubby many years of joy together!
I got married on a Tuesday too! Congratulations.
Thank you, everyone, for all your kind wishes! T. and I are really touched by all your kind comments! It was such a wonderful day and I’m happy to share it with you!
@Darling Petunia – how funny! Another Tuesday wedding! And everyone kept looking at us like we were crazy when we’d say the date!
S.
I LOVE your dress! Also – congratulations!
Congratulations on your wedding! You look stunning! The dress is gorgeous, and the colors of the flowers, A’s dress, everything! What a fun, happy day! I love how you look like YOU, you know what I mean? You all look so glowy and happy and stress-free. Your wedding day is supposed to be happy and worry-free, so I think you did it right by doing a small intimate wedding. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
Congratulations!!! How absolutely exciting! And how absolutely fantastic and effortlessly chic you all looked!
Congrats!!!! and, you all look amazing!!!
Congratulations! The entire wedding party looks fabulous.
I’m a little late with this, but CONGRATS!! You looked marvelous (that dress is drop dead gorgeous!) and love the navy, purple and fuschia on A.
Congratulations! I recognize those buildings in the background of your pictures! I went to college there!!!
Such a beautiful, sweet, and genuine wedding! Congratulations to a wonderful couple!
Oh my! Congratulations!
Congratulations! You looked beautiful, and so elegant!
Congratulations!!! I’ve been slacking on stalking your site lately, which was obviously a bad decision because look at all of the beautiful updates I missed! S. you looked absolutely beautiful- I love the dress. And, A. the fuschia pumps are even better than I imagined and I want your dress. It looks like you all had a great time <3
CONGRATULATIONS! Thank you for sharing your beautiful wedding day with us.
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