This vintage travel-themed wedding is killing us with retro style #Real Weddings: Southern US#retro#tennessee#travel theme May 16 2016 | Offbeat Editors offbeatbride Photos by: JOPHOTO Photos by JOPHOTO The Offbeat Bride: Marvyl Her offbeat partner: Eric, Engineer Date and location of wedding: Southern Railway Station in Knoxville, TN — January 16, 2016 Our offbeat wedding at a glance: Growing up on opposite ends of the world, we always thought it was magical how fate brought us together in the same place at the same time. We decided on a vintage travel-themed wedding! From our flight attendant-inspired bridesmaids to our vintage airmail favors filled with candy from around the world, every detail was carefully selected to bring out the adventure of travel for our guests. Tell us about the ceremony: Our ceremony was held in an intimate marble room in the train station. With nothing but candlelight illuminating the room, I entered to a song that spoke volumes about our relationship, Kat Edmunson's "All the Way." I even came out on a specific line! Our officiant wisely spoke about my favorite book growing up, Oh, the Places You'll Go! and our vows were silly and sweet. (Even though I would later find out my husband-to-be wrote his over Bloody Marys the morning of the wedding…I forgave him because they were perfect.) We laughed and cried (but mostly laughed). Tell us about your reception: As guests arrived for cocktail hour, they signed a globe guest book and wrote their well-wishes on vintage postcards we'd collected. They found their seats on a large map, as each table was assigned a place in the world we plan on visiting. They then took their passport programs we designed and headed to our "passport booths" to have their picture made in the super fun photo booths. They then entered a room laden with gold chargers and navy sashes. Each centerpiece was designed around an antique we had found that represented each country or place. Our floral designer perfectly captured my personality with the flowers… bright blooms popping out of eccentric textures. Our wedding party entered to The Darkness, and we had a stunning and delicious plated dinner while our families proceeded to make us sob with heartfelt toasts. We opened the dance floor with a not-so-choreographed but oh-so-sweet Grease Medley dance, and from that point on the dance floor was never empty. Well, except for when I unveiled my wedding gift to my husband…a hand-built Time Crisis II arcade machine I'd been hiding for eleven months! Vendors Photographer: Photos by JOPHOTO Planner: Team Wedding Venue: Southern Railway Station DJ and Uplighting: Special Notes / Ogle Entertainment Dress: White Lace and Promises Floral: Whimsical Gatherings Food: Bradford Catered Events Photo booth: Knoxville Photobooth Company Videography: HISCREATIVE Rentals: Events by Rothchilds Hair and makeup: Kristen Hurtubise and team Gallery This slideshow requires JavaScript. Reporter Name * Reporter Email * Original text Enter the original text here. Edited text* Enter your suggested copyedit here. Notes You can add a note for the editor here. * Required information. Fix Typo PREVIOUS You'll dig this bacon, beards, and brews wedding styled shoot NEXT Essential unplugged wedding tips from real couples who went device-free Show/Hide comments [ 7 ] This is flawless!! So perfectly executed.. and the bridesmaids hats– DYING! Reply Wow!!!!! Super cute and charming wedding theme and details! Congratulations on making thousands of people smile and dream! May your marriage be awesomely blessed! Reply Dude. DUDE. The bridesmaids. The vintage postcards. THE ESCAPE DRESS. I am gagging, y'all. This is too much! STAHP. Reply I love this! I'm doing a similar theme and have a lot of the same elements. Everything came out beautiful- congratulations you two! Reply Where did you find the map shoes? I cant find them anywhere. Reply Hello where did you buy the shoes? Thanks Reply I have been trying to find those map shoes everywhere, where did you find them?! Reply Join the conversation Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Sign me up for your offbeat awesomeness newsletter! No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. Make sure you're familiar with our no-drama comment policy. Biz owners & wedding bloggers Please just use your real name in your comment, not your business name or blog title. Our comments are not the place to pimp your website. If you want to promote your stuff on Offbeat Bride, join us as an advertiser instead.
Wow!!!!! Super cute and charming wedding theme and details! Congratulations on making thousands of people smile and dream! May your marriage be awesomely blessed! Reply
Dude. DUDE. The bridesmaids. The vintage postcards. THE ESCAPE DRESS. I am gagging, y'all. This is too much! STAHP. Reply
I love this! I'm doing a similar theme and have a lot of the same elements. Everything came out beautiful- congratulations you two! Reply