Irene & Marty's January Wedding

The crisp cool air on red cheeks. The low and fleeting light at sundown. Colorful lights decorating Rockefeller Center. We wear layers upon layers. The view of the Brooklyn Bridge through foggy glass. This is Winter in Manhattan. It's not easy to plan a winter wedding in NYC. No one knows what the weather will be like. Layering in a beautiful way is tricky, and impending snowstorms are definite considerations. On Jan 3rd, Irene Vallye and Quinn Martin Jr. lucked out. Situated in the heart of the historic South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan, the sun set beautifully over their venue: the beautiful glass enclosed Bridgewaters. The talented graphic designer, Irene Vallye, designed and planned her wedding from scratch. She created her invites, monograms, coasters, menus, maps and more stationery for her guests. She designed the program and favors on paper and had them all printed professionally, while everything else she letterpress printed herself. The plan was to letterpress everything, but she ran out of time and had to outsource. I was still really impressed! A melange of top of the line vendors assisted in the making of the couple's wedding day. Here is the List: Location, food and cake: Bridgewaters Stationery (invitations, favors, menus, coasters, programs and save the dates): Irene Vallye, the bride herself. Dress: Legends by Ramona Keveza Veil: designed by Anna Vallye, her sister Shoes: Stuart Weitzman for the ceremony + 1st dance. Christian Louboutin for the Reception. Bridesmaids Dresses: Ann Taylor CELEBRATIONS line in Crimson and Grape. Bouquets: Irene and her bridesmaid Nadya bunched calla lillies for she and her maids. Boutonnieres, corsages, cocktail hr. and reception centerpieces: Ali Barone of Diana Gould Ltd. Make Up: Her bridesmaid Suzy Gerstein who normally does make up for fashion shoots. Band: East Village Exchange Ceremony Musicians: Juniper String Trio Hair: Stacey Pitt Marty's Suit: Calvin Klein Irene's Fur: Vintage Broach: It's actually a button from M& J Trimming (in Manhattan). Inspiration: Irene found me and a lot of other inspiration on the fabulous Style Me Pretty blog!

Sneak Peek: Irene & Marty

More photos from Irene and Marty's beautiful Bridgewaters wedding to come next week!

Alix and Dan's Winter Wedding at the Liberty House

It's not that common for brides and grooms to choose December as the month to get married. However, Alix and Dan planned a beautiful ceremony and magical party at The Liberty House in Jersey City, NJ at this time last year. We chose a really cool old train station for the setting for the bridal party portraits. The brick and steel against their soft wedding colors contrasted nicely in the portraits of the two of them too. Having the sun set over the skyline of downtown Manhattan in the background didn't hurt the pictures either.

One of My Winter Weddings on Style Me Pretty

Brrrrrrrrrrr. That's all that I can mutter through blue frozen lips. And this too: Estie Colis!! Qu'il fait froid! We just returned from Montreal and from snowy Mont Tremblant where Chandler, Cousin Nathan and I went cross-country skiing on Sunday. The views of snow-capped pines from the trails were beautiful, and of course I have so much nostalgia for Canada when I go back up to the Laurentians to ski. It was literally 1 degree Fahrenheit (-17 Celsius) on the car thermometer when we headed back to NY last night. No joke. No wonder so many of my childhood winter memories are of me in snow suits. Needless to say, I was truly happy last night to get back to my overheated NYC apt! Coincidentally, it was a pleasant surprise to see one of my favourite winter weddings featured on the awesome wedding blog: Style Me Pretty. Jill and Eric's Blue Hill at Stone Barns wedding took place last December up in Tarrytown, NY. What a gorgeous spot all year round. Please feel free to take a look at the post when you can. Thanks SMP!

Looking Towards Fall and Winter: Kate and Oded at The BBG

Kate and Oded's elegant March wedding at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Palm House took place in early March, 2007.

Amy Gardella at Seaport Flowers in Brooklyn Heights worked with Kate, a NY-based Landscape Architect, to incorporate rust and green tropical blooms into her wedding palette. Her colorful bouquet and center pieces on rich brown table linens helped to liven up the cold wedding day.

(I also love Kate's stole and I must ask her where she found it)