Oh and ladies before you email me asking .. THE DRESS , that I’m now completely obsessed with, was Amsale Dahlia!!

Bridesmaids for HIRE anyone???

…another PERFECTLY elegant & magical event at the Glen Manor House. Stay Tuned for additional BLOG to come!

Vendor List

Sayles LivingstonFlowers

Blackstone Catering

Moondance

Details with Love {Day Of  Coordination}

Rifle Paper Co.

Confectionery Designs

Jennie Kay Beauty

Vendor List

Flowers by Semia

Equisite Events

Russell Morin Fine Catering

East Coast Soul

Spectrum Make-up

Jennifer Gonzalez {Hair} 401.323.8399

An excerpt from his contest Entry::

“During the past 20 years, as part of my business I have produced cinematic short-form films for weddings. Among the many professionals I’ve encountered are two photographers – Kristin and Jared Spencer. Just over two years ago, their twin boys were born prematurely. The boys spent months in the hospital in intensive care. Kristin and Jared spent almost every waking moment with their boys at the hospital. During that time, Jared was inspired by a little girl who he knew was sick and would not be going home. It was her positive attitude and upbeat demeanor that struck him and stayed with him even after his boys got to go home from the hospital.

Grateful for the health of their boys and inspired by the little girl, Kristin and Jared created a nonprofit foundation to help parents with children in the hospital working closely with the local Ronald MacDonald House in Providence, Rhode Island. They asked me to produce a film to help promote the foundation and to share their story. It was their film that in turn inspired me to want to create more films like that … not just to promote a cause but also the community at large.”

Please help support The QuinnTripp Foundation by voting for Robert Manning in this great contest!

Thank you!

xoxo – Kristin S.

and naturally there was MORE to the day but I couldn’t narrow down what to share but I can show you what was going on behind the scenes as my twins miss-behaved! {Jared & I trying to wrangle them up for a shoot on the trunk.. never happened…}

Pull Quinn Pull!!.. though they tried with all they had.. they never did move my father in his wagon I the idea when presented of shooting our own twins as models in this shoot seemed like a cute idea.. though never really panned out as only one ever appeared in the layouts while the other was off set being a “diva” lol.. maybe next time!

The rain had already started as I drove to Newport to capture pre-bridal…but there were little openings in the sky giving us hope that perhaps it would all clear up..

Q. What was your favorite moment or aspect of the day?

Martha. When the weather parted for the outdoor ceremony. Walking down the aisle with my dad. Getting texts from Mike before the ceremony. Dancing ALL night long.

Q. Finish this sentence: “One thing I learned from my wedding planning…”

Martha. Sweat the small stuff. Details count.

ok.. so Mike.. Mike’s excitement throughout the day was the best thing to watch!! & capture! .. I can only imagine how giddy he was when Martha said yes to his surprise proposal… “Mike proposed to me on December 28, 2010. I had no idea he was going to propose but I had always hoped it would be before the year ended. We had just spent the Christmas holiday with my family in Newport and we decided to take a small trip to Mohegan Sun for a couple days- rest and relaxation. After an amazing day and the gym and spa, we headed to the black jack table. As we were playing an older woman behind us dropped a glass and it shattered. Mike yelled out “Mazel Tov!” and he and the woman chuckled and exchanged a few “How did you know I was Jewish?” laughs. After blackjack we went to dinner at Bar Americain (Bobby Flay). Mike is well aware of my love for food (I am now a chef in Hartford) so he knew this was a good restaurant pick. We were seated at a large round table and just after we ordered and tasted our first sip of wine, Mike says, :Martha, can I ask you a question…” to which I respond, “yes”. He then said, “Will you marry me?”. I must have looked stunned because he said, “I am serious, I have a ring!”. He showed me the ring under the table and I almost died. I forgot to respond (despite having prepared my response for about 6 months) and just hugged him! He of course said, “so…well…what do you think?” and I of course said “YES!!!!!”.

After a few minutes of kissing and hugging and smiling/laughing, it just so happened that the Jewish woman that broke the glass walked by (note the casino is quite large so this chance walk by was a surprise) and said to Mike “The mazel tov gave me luck! I just won $1000!”. Mike then said, “it brought me luck too! I just got engaged!!”. We all toasted and had a drink together. It was awesome.”

Q. The Flowers

Martha. Stoneblossom Floral Design {Stoneblossom has a lovely feature on this event too!}
Bride- all white roases with feather whisps in bouquet
Groomsmen- orange gardne roses with chocolate fiddlehead
Bridesmaids- white and subtle orange rose bouquets

Center pieces (amazing!): pewter vases on long tuscan head table with tall mercury candles scattered throughout table. Vases will filled with large arrangements of ivory and orange (lots of macora orchids…my favorite). Round tables were either decorated with all ivory or all orange. FLowers were set in beautiful mercury and pewter vases. Candles throughout.

Q. The Bride Wore.

Martha. Jim Hjelm: ivory V neck dress (lace and satin) with an open back
Kate Spade: ivory peep toe heels
Veil for ceremony
Feather fascinator in hair for reception

Q. Entertainment

Martha. Lisa Love Experience (voted Best Band in Boston 2011): this band truly made the wedding. ALL of our guests danced all night, including my 92 year old great aunt who had 15 stitches in her foot!

Q. What made your event UNIQUE

Martha. We only invited our closest friends and family and therefore were able to keep our #s under 100. This was the perfect size for our wedding. The setting, the band and the food were all amazing. The fact that the rain stopped four our ceremony to be held outside was a miracle. I made 300 french macarons from scratch{Martha by the way is a chef!!} that were on the dessert table for all of our guests, late night snack of McDonalds and orange soda.

Q. Lastly, if there was 1 magazine you could dream of being featured in, what magazine would that be and why?

Martha. Bliss Magazine (love the layout and how they feature weddings)

..well that dream feature certainly came true! Congratulations Martha & Mike!!

Vendor List

Rabbi: Lev Baesh
Stoneblossom
NE Invitations
Bridal Finery
Alagria Salon (Mariana and Kelly)
The Lisa Love Experience

.. a fun note from Martha! “We absolutely adore Kristin and did from the day we met her. Kristin really fit the bill for us in many ways- super creative, down to earth, young and fun, smart (helped us make the decision to have our wedding outside, despite the “chance of showers”!) and caring. She took time to get to know us and what we wanted for our wedding- well beyond just being the photographer. If it weren’t for Kristin we would not have met so many other fabulous vendors that helped us on our day.”

Thank you Martha.. xoxo I’ll miss the planning with you this season!!!