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Rustic New Hampshire Barn Wedding With Vintage Decor

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I knew this was a wedding I wanted to feature when I saw the images of the pretty and colorful wedding details. From the vintage key escort cards to the ceremony backdrop, these details make this wedding truly unique and definitely provide fun images to look through. Dreamlove Photography captures this summer barn wedding at Bishop Farm in New Hampshire just beautifully. Check out the photos for yourself!

Eliza and Brent got married at a farm venue in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Their ceremony was held outside with a super fun triple door backdrop arranged with bright and colorful florals. Eliza opted to wear a scalloped lace sheath dress by Claire Pettibone. The dress fit in perfectly with the vintage inspired theme of their wedding.

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Multicultural Wedding in a Brussels Abbey

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I absolutely adore the wedding I’m about to share with you. As you may or may not know, one of my favorite specifics of wedding photography is the couple portraits – and this wedding is full of them. It’s also jam-packed with pretty little details like kissing wands, rice and confetti, and gorgeous florals. And also being a North American married to a Belgian, I totally appreciate and love that this couple combined several cultural traditions on their special day.

Wendy and Ben got married on October 11 of this year. Although they live in Canada, they decided to celebrate their wedding in Brussels, Belgium, where Ben is from. Having visited Belgium myself, I can say and agree that Belgium does have a lot to offer. Belgium is famous for their fries, beer, chocolate and wonderful architecture as well. And Ben and Wendy chose some beautiful locations for their wedding day. Their photographs were captured by the talented Dieter of Speaking Through Silence Photography.

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Magical Wedding in Wallonia, Belgium

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Well friends, it looks like it’s Monday again. Fortunately, I’ve got a wedding full of really fun details to share with you today. There’s lots of pink, gold, and butterflies - definitely some magic to help your Monday blues.

This bride has the most beautiful smile and her lace dress is equally as gorgeous. This couple got married at the L’Orangerie de Beauval in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium. This stunning estate is situated in the heart of a lush green forest and served as the backdrop for some really great couple portraits.

The bride arrived at the ceremony in style in a Rolls-Royce. She wore a lovely crystal-beaded gown, a lace veil and carried a beautiful bouquet of blush pink roses.

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Late Summer Harborside Wedding in Connecticut

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Hello lovely readers and happy hump day! I haven’t posted in a while, but I assure you that lots of wonderful things are coming to the blog very soon. Today I’m posting a nice mid-week treat – a wonderful end-of-summer wedding in Connecticut. Enjoy these lovely photos taken by Blueflash Photography. This is definitely a fun wedding to look through and it’s full of fabulous couple portraits.

Kathy and Henry got married on September 20 of this year. They began their wedding day with a first look at a rental house on the waterfront in Stonington, Connecticut. There was hardly a cloud in the sky and the sun was definitely shining down on this gorgeous couple. What an amazing kick off to the day.

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Earthy Green Mountain Wedding in Vermont

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The wedding planning process for my husband Bram and me was a little different than your average bride and groom. Bram is from Belgium, so after several years in a long distance relationship, he finally arrived in the US on a fiancé visa which would allow us to marry here. There’s one pretty big detail about this visa though; it requires the couple to get married within 90 days. We planned our wedding in a quick three month time frame.

We knew we wanted to get married in my home state of Vermont, for its beautiful scenery and meaning to both of us. I grew up in the woods of a small town in a white, Greek-revival house my father designed. Our house overlooks the green mountains in a fairly remote part of the state. As for Bram, Vermont was the place he always came to when he visited. Vermont was also the first place Bram came to on his initial visit to America. Instead of flashy lights in Times Square, the cherry blossoms of DC in the spring, or the internationally recognized Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco, Bram’s experience of America for several years was the rustic nature-filled ambiance of Vermont, America’s second least populous state.

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