Lisa & Alex’s Las Vegas Wedding & Ten-Pin Bowling Party!

I am more than a little bit excited to share Lisa & Alex’s Vegas nuptials with you today. The couple are somewhat Rock n Roll Bride regulars. Lisa was the photographer in charge of the photo booth carnage at the Rock n Roll Bride party, and I’ve already featured them twice before, in both their engagement shoot waaaay back in July and their honeymoon session just 2 weeks ago. However when I saw their actual wedding images I literally squealed with delight. The bar? Yeah that’s been raised…

The couple decided to ditch the UK and in March, jetted off to Las Vegas to be married. They chose The Artisan Hotel as their ceremony and lunch venue. They then went for portraits with their photographer’s Hannah & Kelty of Steep Street Photography at the iconic Neon Boneyard. Here, they had their ‘first dance’ with just the 4 of them in attendance. “We wanted that moment to be just about us and not have to worry about how silly we looked and how our first dance song wasn’t going to be to everyones liking,” Lisa explained. “I treasure those photos because we are completely in the moment and totally unaware of anything but each other.”

The party was then rounded off with bowling at The Orleans Casino. ”For two hours everyone was bowling,” continued the bride. “It was great seeing everyone all dressed up and wearing bowling shoes. I went round taking some polaroids for our guest book and everyone had a chance to sign a bowling pin for us as well. We wanted the day to be about us but we wanted everyone to have fun, we didn’t want people hanging around for formal shots or the having to sit through hours of speeches or wait around while rooms got changed over for the evening fun, we just wanted every to sit back and relax.”

Lisa wore a black Candy Anthony dress with red accents which set the theme for their day. She explained, “We did everything our way at our wedding and I we tried not to settle. I didnt want to hide behind traditions that meant nothing to us and we wanted to be ourselves on our wedding day. If it didn’t reflect us, it didn’t get included. A white dress didn’t give me confidence and make me feel amazing so I went with what did. I made sure I didn’t hide my tattoos or my hair because it wasn’t right for a wedding.”

“From the moment we got engaged we knew it was going to be a Las Vegas wedding and we announced our engagement to our friends by asking if they fancied a trip to Las Vegas,” she continued. “We new from the very beginning it was going to be a small wedding and we wanted to do it our way. I knew straight away what style of dress I wanted and when I found Candy Anthony, I was in heaven. I made an appointment just to check out their range, make sure that the style of dress was right for me and after an hour of trying on some different styles and colours, I put a deposit down. It wasn’t my intention but when I walked out of the changing room in my dress, I just knew I had found my dress.I was initially really nervous when the sales assistant suggested black as I had gone in with the intention of wearing a ivory dress. Somehow, every shade of white, ivory or cream just didn’t work and I didn’t feel confident in it, I didn’t feel like me but when I put on that black dress, it all fell into place. I felt amazing and I just knew Alex would love it.”

Obviously this was not going to be a usual wedding… even in Vegas terms! The couple were keen to put their stamp on their day in any way they could. “We knew early on we wanted to be able to look back at our wedding and smile and remember how perfect it was for us at the time and I think we achieved it,” said Lisa. “We threw out the rule book, only keeping the traditions that where important and created out own traditions.”

“We made sure everything at our wedding reflected us as a couple. From our invites to our flowers to our wedding favours, everything had a place in our lives. Alex and I meet because of music, so we had 7 inch record invites. I have swallow tattoos so added a tattoo inspired theme to our invites. We carried on the swallow theme and Princess Lasertron made us the most amazing swallow boutonnieres for Alex, our best man and my Dad. She also made my flowers. When Alex and I first started dating we used to send each other mixtapes so we made a mix CD as part of our wedding favours. Alex designed the cover and I had the fun job of cutting the covers and tracking listing to size. We both have a sweet tooth and because I wasn’t able to create a tuck shop/sweet table in Las Vegas, we brought the sweets to our guests and after stamping the bags and labels with our initials, we filled them with our favourite sweets (and Kat you would be proud as a few of the sweet bags contained Percy Pigs.)”

More photo goodness after the ‘jump’ of course…

Freakin’ awesome! Thanks so much to Lisa & Alex for sharing their Rock n Roll-tastic wedding with us today and to photographer’s Hannah & Kelty for sharing their incredible images.

Photography Credit: Steep Street Photography
Venue: The Artisan Hotel, Las Vegas
Bowling Venue: The Orleans Casino, Las Vegas
Bride’s Dress: Candy Anthony
Bride’s Shoes: Dune
Bride’s Veil: DIY
Bride’s Jewellery: Penelli Belle on Etsy
Flowers: Princess Lasertron
Groom’s Suit: Lambretta
Groom’s boutonnieres: Princess Lasertron
Groom’s Cuff Links: Tatty Divine
Groom’s Shoes: Allen Edmonds
Cakes: Retro Bakery

38 comments

Lisa Devlin Photography May 9, 2011 at 13:56

Friggin’ love these! Looks like it was the most amazing day in every way and you both looked amazing. Big Congratulations Lisa & Alex. Gonna look at them all again

Steve Gerrard May 9, 2011 at 14:12

Aces!!! Looks like such a wicked wedding. I love the Artisan too. Got very drunk there last year!
And can I just say the track listing on that CD deserves major hi-fives. Mother Love Bone FTW!

Kate May 9, 2011 at 14:15

I’m so glad you went with instinct – your dress is absolutely beautiful and you look stunning in it. How fantastic to be able to relive a wedding day that is absolutely you and anti-generic. Congratulations on being a happy Mr & Mrs – you’ve got some of my favourite wedding portraits ever here. The location, the lighting, the stunning pair of you!

Emma Ellis May 9, 2011 at 14:16

Absolutely gorgeous photos! Looks like it was such an amazing day!

Emily Jayne May 9, 2011 at 14:21

So awesome! The pics in the neon boneyard are amaze, and I now have to check out the Artisan hotel, how have I missed this Vegas gem? Oh well, another excuse to go back!

Shella May 9, 2011 at 14:22

Eeeeeeeeeeeek Lisa!!!! Beautiful photos, stunning couple!!!

So happy for both of you, the photos are amazing you must be absolutely chuffed!!! Congratz again and let’s catch up soon!!!

Deb Bradley May 9, 2011 at 14:26

Fantastic set of photographs showing off a spectacularly unique wedding. What with this, and recent weddings of Emma Case and Charlotte White, it certainly demonstrates that good wedding suppliers know how to throw a good party!

Caroline May 9, 2011 at 14:39

Big fat massive congrats to the gorgeous Lisa and her new hubster! Gorgeous pictures. LOVE X

Monika Grzybowska May 9, 2011 at 14:39

Good stuff and some nice shots here but I think it’s a bit too much of those fake moustaches and balloons on weddings now! Everyone is coping each others’ ideas and I think for me it’s been too much of these props now…xx

caro @ caro hutchings photography May 9, 2011 at 15:19

WOW these are amazing !!! I love it all !!! it looked like the most romantic, fun, action packed day ever!! Huge congratulations Lisa and Alex…

Pickle May 9, 2011 at 15:32

I love these so much! I can’t stop looking at the piccies!! The dress, tattoos, mini bridesmaid….fab!!

MissKimberlina May 9, 2011 at 16:00

Wow what inspiration not long been engaged and like Lisa & Alex we knew that Vegas was the place for us, I love the shoot and personal touches. Congrats

Miss Rawhide May 9, 2011 at 17:07

That looks like a toptastic wedding, love it all…well done and Many congratulations

Jayne Sacco May 9, 2011 at 17:10

WOW!!!! I can’t stop looking at these. You both look amazing! You truly are Rock n’ Roll! Congratulations x

Amy Wass May 9, 2011 at 17:39

Amazing. That venue is so cool, I love that its not typical Vegas cheesy chapel. Weddings abroad are almost a license to break the mould and not have to follow ‘traditions’, love that they did it their way

jennie May 9, 2011 at 18:10

awwwwwww you beautiful couple!!!! so gorgeous…….an amazing wedding xxxx

Leanne May 9, 2011 at 18:13

Having a proper little cry looking at these gorgeous photos. The day was perfect to you two, from start to finish. You two have a love which is so real it radiates from these snapshots. Congratulations and huge love to two of the very best friends a person could want x

Yolande May 9, 2011 at 18:24

Amazing, and you look BEAUTIFUL!!! Fantastic pictures and love your dress!

joanna brown May 9, 2011 at 18:48

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWOWOWOWOWWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWO

this is so personal, so authentic, so creative, so unique, so beautiful, so full of emotion, so you…..

Simply perfect; nothing less than you both deserve… love.x

Kelly May 9, 2011 at 19:01

These are totally awesome. The dress is to die for. It looked like a brilliant day!

Angela Ward-Brown May 9, 2011 at 19:15

Lisa – you look incredible and your day looks as fantastic as you seem to be xxxx

natasha jane ashley May 9, 2011 at 19:32

Blimey, so very cool!! I am loving the colours and you two definatley ROCK!!! XxX

Charis Warrell May 9, 2011 at 19:43

these photos are amazing! love them all. Brilliant styling, excellent fun and wow… you guys are so HOT! I have loved looking at every single photo and after meeting the lovely Lisa, I couldnt imagine anyone else having such a wedding as this… It suits you down to the ground! x x o&c

Lisa Brown May 9, 2011 at 20:13

Thank you so much for all the amazing comments. Its a real honour to be featured on here and I wanted to thank Kat for inspiring brides to be and being so supportive.

You guys have been far too kind with your comments

matthew Crozer May 9, 2011 at 20:24

Fab pictures, a side a Vegas rarely seen, brilliant, and thanks Kat for sharing.

Kelly@ Boho Weddings May 9, 2011 at 20:39

AMAZING!! Massive congratulations Lisa, so pleased that you both had the wedding you wanted, you both look fabulous! and I LOVE your dress! xxxx

Kristen May 9, 2011 at 20:58

I encourage everyone to do their wedding their way. It’s a once in a lifetime (hopefully) event and you should make it all about your love together and you guys did a great job. I’m in love with the red petticoat!

Cloggins May 9, 2011 at 21:12

Holy Moses, this wedding is so ballsy and brilliant that it practically made my eyes roll back in my head. The black and white shot of the newlyweds in front of the golden nugget makes me want to die. And that dress! And as if all this awesomeness wasn’t enough to blow my mind, I now have a new destination for my next Vegas visit. Congratulations to the very happy looking couple!

Ali Lovegrove May 9, 2011 at 21:31

WOWZERS!!!! This is out of this world! So much to look at and take in – just amazing Well done Lisa, you certainly rocked it!! xx

Chloe May 10, 2011 at 11:07

Lisa, you are one sexy beast! These photos are brilliant and a totally unique reflection of your absolute individuality. Where else could they possibly live, but here on RocknRoll Bride? Rockstar. x