claire & jared::::::: wow i love this wedding.
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Monday, May 10, 2010
i love when people are homey.
when you feel comfortable and at home and not uptight around them.
weddings are hard to make feel homey, while still maintaining interesting style,
but claire and jared did it. 
their day was homey yet it spoke.
they made everything, no seriously, everything.
they collected the moss that went in the terrariums that were their centerpieces.
claire made her dress.
but somehow the details didn't outshine the people.
the people were shining stars and i lost track of time during the portraits.
i could have been there all day.
i love that feeling.
i hate feeling rushed,
or worse...... pressured.
this felt free and fun and full of life.
love that.

now, when things make me extremely happy i usually need a bit of downtime to let my frazzled brain settle, to let the waters calm, to get my thoughts in place.  plus, i have perfectionistic tendencies underneath my whimsical artist nature, which causes awesome weddings like claire and jared's to sit on my hard-drive for months before being posted.

well, the waters have calmed so LOOK AT THIS!!!



their wedding was featured on style me pretty which i'm stoked about! here's the post, with a few more photos and a description of the day by claire.

i also made a slideshow in case you need more!

deets,
ceremony: St Barnabas Orthodox Church
reception: The Newland Barn, Huntington Beach
cake: Choux Box Pastries
invitations: Moats and Boats Design Studio
DJ: Gary Allen
every detail you see: handmade by claire :) :) :) she is a whiz.


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Comments
Lehua says:

LOOOOOVE the one through the glass of Claire getting ready :)

 (05.10.10 @ 02:54 PM)
Michelle says:

Wow, she looks gorgeous, especially in her handmade dress. Beautiful. You really captured the elegance of that couple and timelessness of the wedding. Great job!

 (05.10.10 @ 03:23 PM)
jen@greenweddingshoes says:

what a fun wedding! love the photos of the bridal party.

 (05.10.10 @ 05:17 PM)
jill says:

such a beautiful wedding. you captured their personalities so well. the shot of her through the window = stellar.

 (05.10.10 @ 09:41 PM)
Szymon fotograf says:

great set - very inspiring

 (05.11.10 @ 03:02 AM)
Katy says:

I'm SO lucky to have you! These are gorrrrgeous!!!

One of my favorite details of this wedding is the program ------ I LOVE the font(s) she used on the very simple cream color. Inspiring.

(05.11.10 @ 08:09 AM)
j says:

lovely, lovely! especially the head shot of the beautiful, haunting bride.

 (05.20.10 @ 05:33 AM)
Hannah @ Modern Bouquet says:

Shannon- ever since we worked together at Jane & Alex's wedding last year, I've been compelled to visit your blog. I love seeing the world through your eyes. It's refreshing. Thank you.

ps- that picture above with the dog walking by the bride and bridesmaids- genius!!!!

 (05.25.10 @ 09:20 PM)
Bronwen says:

Wow!

 (06.10.10 @ 04:51 PM)