Finger Lakes Wedding - Lizy & Wyatt - WellWed New York - Spring / Summer 2011

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Lizy and Wyatt’s goal when it came to planning their wedding was simple: comfort. “We wanted our guests to feel the comfort you feel when you sit on the blanket at the end of a family picnic, a moment that feels captured in time, both intimate and romantic,” says Lizy.

Together they prepared a wedding celebration in the heart of the Finger Lakes that spoke of comfort and love — with some DIY flair thrown into the mix.

The couple met in college when Lizy attended a party at Wyatt’s fraternity house. They hit it off right away and began dating immediately. When Wyatt left for a semester abroad in Barbados, they continued to date long-distance, knowing they had found something great. “It was a rough eight months of not seeing each other, but it confirmed how much we cared for one another,” says Lizy. The couple got engaged over Christmas one year when, sitting by the sparkling lights of the Christmas tree, Lizy accepted Wyatt’s proposal to be his wife.

Lizy and Wyatt began the wedding-planning process by making a list of items that would radiate “comfort”: glowing candles, heirloom vases, garden flowers, pitchers of lemonade, and handmade linens.

Once they had these items as a framework for their basic design, they began to tweak the “comfort” concept to better represent them as a couple. “Drawing inspiration from the things we love most in life made our planning feel very honest and true,” says Lizy.

Lizy and Wyatt made a list of items that would radiate “comfort”: glowing candles, garden flowers, pitchers of lemonade, and handmade linens.

The couple incorporated yellow, navy blue, and turquoise tones into their décor. “Yellow is joy and happiness; navy is classic, crisp, and understated; and sage turquoise is gentle and lovely. Three colors that embodied the feelings we wanted for our wedding,” says Lizy.

After designing and cutting the place cards herself, she attached each to a lemon, which she placed on a bed of wheatgrass. She also used an assortment of unique glass vessels to create a lemon candy bar. “The groom has a big sweet tooth! And his favorites are lemon candies,” she explains. To take the candies home, guests were given tiny bags adorned with tags reading, “How sweet it is.” On each place setting, Lizy included a homemade napkin holder made of wide navy grosgrain ribbon lined with a thinner ivory ribbon her mother had sewn herself. This resulting in rustic yet elegant napkins that spoke of charming homespun details. For table numbers, Lizy and Wyatt purchased oversized letters from a hardware store and painted them navy blue. A different letter of the alphabet adorned each table. It was not only cute but also a nod to Lizy’s passion for teaching.

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Floral Design: The Topiary Florist thetopiaryflorist.com Invitations & Calligraphy: Lisa Ridgely lisaridgely.blogspot.com Photography: Megan Dailor megandailor.com Reception Site: Esperanza Mansion esperanzamansion.com

Lizy and Wyatt found a terrific local calligrapher and worked with her to design all the stationery before printing it at a nearby printing press.

“Using local artists saved us bundles on cost and gave back to our community. We also had our hands in the design process, allowing our visions to truly come to fruition,” says Lizy.

Instead of a wedding cake, the couple served pies baked by a family friend. “Neither of us really likes cake!” explains Lizy. “I always had raspberry pie for my birthdays, and Wyatt grew up on his grandmother’s amazing peach pie, so pie it was.” Adding a little whimsy to the desserts were hand-painted cake toppers the couple found on Etsy and Lizy’s mother painted herself.

DIY brides often have the difficult job of weighing the amount of time spent completing each project with the costs they are saving. For Lizy and Wyatt, however, the time was more than worth it. “Assembling everything by hand was quite the bonding experience, and a fantastic way to keep our budget low without sacrificing on style,” she says. Her one piece of advice to fellow DIY brides? “At home, kiss and joke a lot! And remember, everything will go perfectly if it is perfectly you!”

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