by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 5, 2008 | I Do: Wedding Edition
I have one of those childhood memories that may or may not be true, about something that occurred (if it actually did) at a wedding my family attended when I was six or seven. The ceremony took place in a park. All I remember was that when it ended, everyone let...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 3, 2009 | I Do: Wedding Edition
Say the word "wedding": cue Mendelssohn's Wedding March. But say "second wedding" and no theme music springs to mind. Complete with backstory, second weddings avoid stereotype.The critical difference photographer Andrea Burns observes between...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 31, 2009 | I Do: Wedding Edition
Any couple planning a large wedding, from ceremony to flowers to guest list to cake, considers the idea—by then you might call it fantasy—of elopement. Lots of couples eschew the large wedding altogether (or, at least, turn it on its head) and go small....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 2, 2010 | I Do: Wedding Edition
While couples today may not forget old-new-borrowed-blue or other traditions associated with weddings, it’s safe to say the “new norm” does not require marching down the aisle to “Here Comes the Bride” or serving wedding cake. More people...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 14, 2011 | I Do: Wedding Edition
Kathy Smiarowski took care of the floral wish. Owner of Wisteria Vine, Smiarowski works as a freelance florist and garden designer. Rather than maintaining a storefront, she focuses on large events, like the Rathbun wedding. “I’ve always had gardens to...