I have been SO excited to share this real wedding since I laid eyes on it. Casey Chapel and the team at Poiema Photography are responsible for all of these incredible images and honestly, I’m just giddy about them. This is going to take several posts so stay with me all day! It is no coincidence that there are a number of “at home” weddings showing up on White Thread over the last couple of weeks. I have a soft spot in my heart for these uber-personal affairs and the fall season seems to bring a lot of them. Today’s wedding falls into both categories (fall & at home) and it is, in a word, PERFECT.
Genna + Clark were married at Jumping Run Farm in Franklin County, NC. The property has been in Clark’s family for over 200 years. It was an all day affair, starting with a lovely breakfast that was hosted on the property for guests before the ceremony. Once a working dairy farm, the couple worked hard to incorporate its heritage into their wedding day decor, working with their stationers to create a “cow monogram” that showed up everywhere from their invitation suite to koozies and napkins. But perhaps my favorite touch — instead of being showered with birdseed or rose petals when we they left their reception, Genna + Clark’s guests rang hundreds of little cowbells. TOO CUTE!!!
A bit more from Genna on Jumping Run Farm:
Clark’s great-grandparents and his grandmother lived in the Home Place (the white house on the property), and ever since my first time visiting the Farm, I knew I wanted to get married on the front steps of that house! We wanted to stay true to the farm setting and just embrace it for what my Mom called “Farmhouse Chic.” We played up the rustic elements of the Farm by keeping the barns and the silos exactly as they were but using a lighting company to accent their natural beauty. We were also inspired by North Carolina itself, using many “hometown” vendors for our flowers and food from counties where we frequent.
Because I am a total paper freak, I was particularly taken with this next series of images. I love that Poiema took the time to capture these on the wedding day! And how INCREDIBLE is that piece of art that incorporates the invitation? Please, please, please Genna give us details on what that gorgeous thing is!
{UPDATE FROM GENNA:}
I am happy to tell you about the artwork featuring our invitation! There is a lady out of Greenville, NC named Betty West who does these amazing pieces of art, and I had seen her work at my friend’s house who got married last August; I just loved the idea of turning our invitation into something we could truly use to decorate our house and to commemorate our special day. Mary (my friend) noticed my extreme interest and gave Betty a copy of our invitation to paint around; it was given to us as a wedding gift the weekend before the wedding so that we could display it at the reception! An even neater fact about this whole thing is that Betty asks what flowers you are using in your bouquets as to coordinate the flowers she paints with the flowers from your actual ceremony – so thoughtful!
A bit more from Genna on their stationery:
Our invitations were my favorite part of the whole wedding! A friend of ours had used Giddy Ink out of Ohio for her invitations, and we were so majorly impressed. The girls at Giddy Ink basically interviewed me via telephone and asked me about the feel we were trying to create with the wedding, our personalities, our hobbies, the history of the farm, etc. Somehow in our conversation about the invitations, I brought up the first present Clark ever gave me, which was a hanging star paper lantern. The border of our invitation was inspired by the laser cut detail on the lantern, which was totally Giddy Ink’s idea! Instead of having an enveloped RSVP card, they suggested we do a vintage “postcard” with one of Clark’s photos from the Farm on the front! So unique, and it saved us money as the postcard stamps were only 28 cents!
I’ll be right back with some adorable bridesmaid pictures and the rest of this wedding!
