Marty and Claire’s wedding had a colorful, crafty, and fun vintage inspired hodgepodge spin to it. Their mid-century boutique venue, The Pearl, was half the charm. The rest was all thanks to Claire and her DIY magic. Like every single floral arrangement you’ll see, including that colorful bit up above. Claire made them months in advance using nothing but dried flowers (which also made for one less thing to worry about the day of the wedding). Lots of other goodies to check out in this one thanks to the awesome photography by Captured by Aimee!
The highlight of their wedding invitations were these tea stained hankys. The graphics were hand stamped with custom rubber stamps and each hanky was wrapped around a linen postcard reply card that was customized for each guest’s home state or city.
We love Claire’s bit of advice: DIY like crazy, only if it is fun for you. (Long engagements give you more time for projects. Don’t drive yourself nuts. This should be fun!)
Congratulations C + M!
Photography: Captured by Aimee / Bride’s dress: BCBG with some modifications / Belt: custom made by Bride’s cousin, Maggie / Bride’s hairpiece: made by bride using scraps from her dress and leftover dried flowers / Bridesmaid dresses: ModCloth with taffeta sashes hand sewn by bride / Groom’s suit: Macy’s and custom made vest / Venue: The Pearl Hotel in San Diego
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San Diego vintage motel wedding: Marty + Claire: Marty and Claire’s wedding had a colorful, crafty, and fun vint… http://t.co/RUwUDU88
This is an incredible wedding! Love all the details and the photography is beautiful. Couldn’t have picked a better venue!
San Diego vintage motel wedding: Marty + Claire http://t.co/A2G3WEg5
Ooooo! How lovely!!! It never crossed my mind to use dried flowers. That is such an awesome idea! This is a must add to my inspiration file
thanks so much for posting! Congrats you two <3
San Diego vintage motel wedding: Marty + Claire http://t.co/hySH1Gbz
Adorable! RT @100LayerCake: Lots of charming DIY details in this San Diego wedding w/ photos by @capturedbyaimee: http://t.co/4aOdoLmy
Such a beautiful wedding, I love all of the color and texture. What a fun couple.!
The photos and details of this wedding are amazing. Thanks for posting and sharing the love and talent!
This bride made all the floral arrangements for her wedding months in advance using nothing but dried flowers: http://t.co/kvaUNRc3
Yeah, this wedding rocks. What a cool idea. Love this off the beaten track ideas.
The photography is very nice, too. The shots of the flowers on the table is really nice.
I love the flowers you used! I have been looking for dried flowers for my wedding because I think they are beautiful. Can I ask where you found yours? Thanks!
The wedding is beautiful – the pictures, marvelous! Kudos to the photographer!
Wow. I love it. Very Americana Southwest meets vintage… how fun! The photography captures the ambiance perfectly. I wish that I was invited.
Thank you all for sweet comments and to 100 Layer Cake for highlighting our wedding!
Andy, I ordered the flowers wholesale from Mountain Farms (http://www.mountainfarms.com/). They shipped them across the country and they arrived in perfect condition. I cheated a bit and spray painted the Aqua color pods. All the other flowers were well preserved with beautiful colors. These took much longer to make than I expected. Consider keeping them simple unless you are up for a more tedious project!
Hope that helps. C
What a fun wedding! Love the location and the photography. The tea stained hankys with the lips and mustache are so creative. Bravo!
Beautiful color scheme – the pictures are so vivid!
Hi There! I just love the orange bridesmaid dresses and I see that you got them at Modcloth…I looked online and don’t see them
. I feel like I need to have them! Do you know where I would be able to find them or the exact name of the dress? Such a beautiful wedding. 
Also, what is the name of your wedding dress? Too cute!
I am also in love with your wedding dress! I’m having trouble finding it online. Any extra info?
Gorgeous wedding!
I love the orange bridesmaids dresses. My daughter is getting married in September and she would like to have her bridesmaids wear these. Where did you get them?
Hi there- I am IN LOVE with your colors. Actually my bedroom is decorated with those colors as well! Where did your bridesmaids get the burnt orange eyelet dressed? I would LOVE to know. thank you so so much Beautiful wedding!
-Laura
Hi! I am in love with your theme and color palette. Gorgeous wedding! I am also considering using dried flowers for our arrangements, and was wondering if you could give me a rough idea of how much you ended up needing to do everything? Thanks!!
-Kayla