Wedding Inspiration – Darbie and Justin
A Summer Camp Wedding in Hueguenot, NY – 09.12.09
I love DIY weddings where all of your creative friends and family get together to make the day really unique and special.
I got a chance to hang out with Darbie and Justin last October at the Woodstock Film Festival; James, Arthur, Joy and I had worked on 2009 Signal Film and Justin had starred in Harmony and Me, a wonderfully funny film about a broken heart, directed by Bob Byington.
from the left: Darbie, Justin, Me, Joy, James
Darbie and Justin are also in one of my favorite bands, Bishop Allen. If you haven’t heard their music, go get their albums and your life will be happy.
At the festival we could tell they had just gotten married because Justin kept playing with his wedding band. Boys are so cute when they get their new hardware aren’t they? Darbie told us a little bit about their recent summer camp wedding and my heart was captured.
A year later, on their anniversary, Darbie posted a link to the wedding photos on her blog, field guide 35 and described their day. I asked her if she wouldn’t mind me sharing them here and she was delighted:
“The whole thing was a real DIY family affair. I handmade all of the invitations, table numbers, seating cards, maps of the campgrounds, and boutonnieres for the boys.
My dad made all of the signs and hand-built the chuppah out of branches from the backyard. My mom sewed the tablecloths and a zillion feet of pennant flag bunting. Both of our families got together to decorate the dining hall with all kinds of lights and lanterns and more tissue paper decorations than imaginable.
My wedding dress (a stunning 1920′s beaded beauty) was from my mom’s best friend Susie.
Our friends and bandmates played the ceremony music (Chapel of Love, Sea of Love, and Then he kissed me — on marimba, ukulele, glockenspiel, guitar, drums, alto horn, and kazoos. SO BEST.)
My friend Frankie (aka Kid America) deejayed.
And Justin’s friend Ryan took all the photos. Even the priest was a friend of Justin’s family.
And this was our wedding song:
And if I do say so myself…I think it HAS been our year.”
Now go to the slideshow and see all of the lovely photos.
PS! Darbie’s blog, field guide 35, is a fantastic read on cooking, inspiration and arts & crafts.
Noelle
