Vanessa & Brian’s DIY wedding has a vintage bicycle theme because cycling was what brought them together. The day was held at Simpson House, Kansas City and started with an intimate ceremony on the gardens. Vanessa walked down the aisle to “I Will” by the Beatles, performed acoustically by a local couple. After the kiss, everyone rang bells that were placed on their chairs. They also decorated their venue in a way personal to them. Wheat was an important decorative element as Vanessa’s Dad was a wheat farmer and passed away when she was young. She even has a tattoo of wheat on her arm in memory of him.
The couple put a number of DIY elements into their wedding including the ceremony backdrop which was actually a flower and ribbon chandelier created from bicycle wheels. They even had a super cute bicycle cake topper made for them by their coordinators, Hitched Weddings + Events. “Our inspiration was the shared passion that we had for cycling & all things vintage”, they explained. “That really helped us to think out of the box and try to incorporate touches of the motif without having it be too ‘themey’.”
Thanks to Vanessa & Brian and their photographer Chelsea Donoho for sharing this beautiful wedding with us today.
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Photography Credit: Chelsea Donoho Photography
Venue: Simpson House, Kansas City
Bride’s Dress: Pronovias
Cake: Rebekah Foster Cake Artist
Coordination, Flowers & Cake Topper: Hitched Weddings + Events
Band/DJ: Richard with All Ears Mobile DJ
Bridesmaids Oufits: Modcloth
what an adorable wedding! Loving the bike theme!
Love what they did with the tree for the ceremony – GORGEOUS!
What an interesting wedding theme, and I am loving the decoration on that tree 🙂
Vanessa and Brian were AWESOME to work with and so were all the other wonderful vendors. It was the first time we have done a bicycle wheel chandelier, but it turned out beautifully! If anyone would like more information about how to recreate this piece visit us at http://www.hitchedinkc.com
Vanessa and Brian were AWESOME to work with, and so were all the other amazing vendors. If you would like information how to recreate the bicycle wheel chandelier for your own wedding visit us at http://www.hitchedinkc.com
Gorgeous!!!! “I will” is my favorite beatles song ever and i love tandem bikes 🙂 awesome awesome awesome !
Loving this set of photo’s. roll on when english weddings can take place in gardens
Super duper fun with the tandem bike and I loved the bike decoration on top of the cake, simply wonderful.