 Book Inspired Wedding Invitation | We're incredibly blessed as a planning and design team to work with some incredible couples on their wedding day. We had the pleasure of working with two quirky, chemical engineers on their special day. They both had a love of literature that led their vintage, story book wedding in the Hill Country. The three dimension book invitation set the mood for this event. It was definitely "one for the books." |  Love Story Amenity Basket for Guests |
Guests instantly fell in love with the incredible wedding amenity baskets that they received. Complete with locally sourced goodies such as austiNuts, Lily's Cookies in the shape of the Alamo, Texas turtle pralines, and other wonderful goodies. Each of these items were custom branded with the couple's monogram.
On entering the Lost Mission, wedding guests sauntered down a stone pathway with colorful floral markers leading the way to the ceremony. Outside the mission, a flamenco guitarist set the mood for cocktails on the patio. The literary aficionados could “drink like their favorite author” and have a “Hemingway Daiquiri” or a “Tequila Mockingbird.”
The ceremony then took place inside the beautifully adorned mission. Rings of lemon leaf garlands encircled the chandeliers with suspended, vibrant lavender tulips awed guests as they passed below. Custom made “family” paper badges indicated reserved seating on either side of the aisle.
An ombré floral arrangement in various shades of blue, purple, and pink adorned the alter along with a custom created vow book with “live” inscribed on the spine. A string quartet played as the bridal party entered, carrying vibrant bouquets of coral peonies, purple stock, and prairie daisies. Brittany and Sean decided to pen their own vows and there was not a dry eye in the house when the ceremony concluded.
The ceremony then took place inside the beautifully adorned mission. Rings of lemon leaf garlands encircled the chandeliers with suspended, vibrant lavender tulips awed guests as they passed below. Custom made “family” paper badges indicated reserved seating on either side of the aisle.
An ombré floral arrangement in various shades of blue, purple, and pink adorned the alter along with a custom created vow book with “live” inscribed on the spine. A string quartet played as the bridal party entered, carrying vibrant bouquets of coral peonies, purple stock, and prairie daisies. Brittany and Sean decided to pen their own vows and there was not a dry eye in the house when the ceremony concluded.
 Lost Mission Chapel Exterior |  Bridal Party Bouquets |  Lost Mission Altar |
| The cocktail hour continued on the tented patio area surrounded by the Hill Country. Wedding Guests mingled in the “Library Lounge” amongst the hill country chic lounge furniture and the “book page” archways and curved “bookshelves” that exhibited glowing LED books, custom covered books, found objects, and lamps sporting the couple’s monogram. Near the doors into the barn, four different vignettes decorated with book page walls kept guests entertained. |  Library Lounge on the Lost Mission Patio |
The cocktail hour for this Hill Country Wedding also included vignettes for the wedding guests to interact with. The first vignette had a book with folded pages depicting the wedding date and a typewriter asking the revelers to become authors and “sign the guestbook.”
The next vignette had another typewriter with a page stating, “please find your name” amongst floral and books on golden bookshelves. These books had custom fabricated covers with the “readers” names on the spine. Inside the book, a library card educated guests on where they would be seated for dinner.
The third vignette had a vintage desk with paper candles and a “poet in motion,” who was ready to write an impromptu poem based on the guest’s interests. He was a huge hit, and astounded everyone with his literary prowess. .
| Finally, came the “illustrators” at station four. From behind, these butt sketch artists rendered these “wordsmiths” perfectly. With their library book, poem, and sketch in hand, guests entered the barn for dinner and dancing |  |
The Hill Country chic wedding reception space was transformed into a well-read, floral oasis. Magnificent magenta phalaenopsis and oversized book page origami figures embellished the oversized chandeliers above the stunning tables.
 Literary Wedding Chandelier |  Book Centerpiece on Farm Table with Chandelier above |
Long farm tables lined the center of the room. On these tables were placed “Book tower” centerpieces holding a massive crescendo of peonies, roses, orchids, and hydrangeas with rosemary accents. Paper cone garlands with floral accents flanked either side of these huge towers. Linens in various textures and shades of champagne covered the round tables throughout the room. One of the arrangements for these tables was a fabulous glass terrarium with beautifully woven callas, anemones, succulents and roses with miniature books inside. Another arrangement consisted of hill country chic wooden candelabras with massive delphinium and roses set on top of books. The menu card at each place setting was printed in the shape of a book and featured the “Table of Contents.”
After dinner, guests watched the couple cut their wedding cake that had a handmade topper of Brittany and Sean as well as their favorite quotes on the side of the cake. It was so personal that even the cake was in “tiers.”
After dinner, guests watched the couple cut their wedding cake that had a handmade topper of Brittany and Sean as well as their favorite quotes on the side of the cake. It was so personal that even the cake was in “tiers.”
All photos for this event are courtesy of Amy DeYoung Photography.
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