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Bloggers say I do! | Tidewater and Tulle – Chelsea LaVere

Posted on September 11, 2014 4 Comments

Today on Bloggers Say I Do! I have the pleasure to feature the re-imagined wedding of the talented wedding blogger Chelsea from Tidewater and Tulle, a wedding blog that has the most stylish inspiration for brides getting married in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Chelsea, an established local wedding photographer herself, always had a passion in helping brides and grooms find their perfect wedding teams and highlighting incredible local resources through the written word and social media. Once you visit her lovely wedding blog, trust me when I say that you will not be able to stop daydreaming about all the beautiful places to tie the knot!

tidewater-tulle-Chelsea-LaVere

Right Photo by : DANI WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY via TIDEWATER AND TULLE

“Being a wedding photographer and wedding blog editor, I’m a little obsessed with all things weddings and cohesive wedding themes, yet if I were to reimagine it all, I’d go more simple and more intimate… and it would definitely be an elopement!”

The Wedding Style

Even though I had my dream wedding an intimate winter celebration in a historic, old world colonial city, I have said that if I were to do it all again, I would want a stylized elopement. Just me and the hubs and a few of our closest friends who also love to travel and make an adventure out of it. All in the English countryside in the stylings and inspiration of a modern Jane Austen setting. Something relaxed, playful, and lovely.

English countryside-elopement

Photo by : BIT OF IVORY PHOTOGRAPHY via SWOONED

The Color Palette

I love jewel tones and would want a fall elopement, so navy blue paired with simple yet lush greenery. I have a few favorite colors, but navy blue (which was also my real wedding’s color) has always been a consistent love of mine.

wedding-color-navy-blue

Photo by : BIT OF IVORY PHOTOGRAPHY

The Wedding Dress & Shoes

Buttons, lace, and sleeves! When I got married 5 years ago, bridal sleeves were not in vogue, and so I settled on a halter styled gown with a navy blue sash. While it was pretty, my heart has always wanted sleeves. So in this dream wedding of mine, sleeves I will have! Pretty lace three-quartered ones.Since I’m not much of a shoe girl, simple jewel-toned ballet flats would do just fine.

sleeved-gown

Photo by : DANI WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY via TIDEWATER AND TULLE

The Wedding Ceremony & Reception

I don’t even know where to begin for this one! I think I would just faint if we had an elopement at an old world manor in England. I’m not even picky which one!

old-manor-england

Photo by : BIT OF IVORY PHOTOGRAPHY

Wedding Cake

Anyone who knows me knows I have a huge sweet tooth and also Celiac Disease. I love me some cake! My dream cake is a textured buttercream gluten-free carrot cake. No other decorations except a few simple blooms on top.And if I had my way, I’d also have a gluten-free cookie bar with chocolate chip cookies as the main dish!

textured-buttercream-gluten-free-carrot-cake

Photo by : www.jenandashley.com/” target=”_blank”>JEN+ASHLEY via TIDEWATER AND TULLE

Wedding favors

No wedding favors for me. Like our real wedding favors, we’d donate to charity.

Entertainment

Since we’d only have a few of our closest friends, it would be a full wedding week of traveling to the local sites, eating at some yummy restaurants, and going on tours into the surrounding towns. Very low-key and relaxing. And definitely why I am a pro-elopement!

elopement-wedding-enertainment

Photo by : BIT OF IVORY PHOTOGRAPHY

Honeymoon

Because my reimagined wedding would already take place in my favorite country, I’d revisit the Amalfi Coast in Italy. To spend more time there, eating some of the best gluten-free pasta we’ve ever had and visit the local lemon groves would be a dream.

Amalfi-Coast-Italy

Photo by : BIT OF IVORY PHOTOGRAPHY

Thank you Chelsea for sharing your thoughts on how you would re-imagine your wedding!

For you more gorgeous weddings inspiration from the beautiful Hampton Roads region of Virginia make sure you stop by her wedding blog, Tidewater and Tulle !

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  1. Sara Burnett says

    September 12, 2014 at 2:02 am

    Love this! It’s very ‘Chelsea’ 😀

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      September 12, 2014 at 5:04 am

      <3!

      Reply
  2. Chelsea says

    September 12, 2014 at 5:05 am

    Thank you so much for the honor of being part of such a fun series, Eleni! So much fun! 🙂

    Reply
    • Eleni Balkouli says

      September 12, 2014 at 6:49 am

      My pleasure Chelsea!

      Reply

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