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10:30 am - 12/20/2012

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's wedding photos are totally boring - surprise!

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are no strangers to a sea of cameras aimed at them. But when they decided to marry, they wanted to celebrate in privacy—and in style. And while they remain protective of images of them on their most heartfelt occasion, they graciously let us share pictures of the elements we created together.

Blake's cloudlike silk tulle gown featured a fitted bodice, illusion crystal beading on the shoulders, and rose-gold embroidery. Jeweler Lorraine Schwartz forged Ryan and Blake's wedding bands.



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Weddings' style director Kate Berry created Blake Lively's lush bouquet of pink jasmine, andromeda, dusty miller, and blushing bride hydrangea. She dipped select petals in subtle rose-gold glitter to play up the embroidery of the same color on the bride's couture ballgown by Marchesa.

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Mini strawberry shortcakes by Caviar & Bananas in Charleston.

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Various pates de fruits from La Maison du Chocolat tempted guests.

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Another dessert table option was tiny lemon tartlets with meringue toppings by Caviar & Bananas in Charleston.

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Guests enjoyed blueberry cheesecake tartlets by Caviar & Bananas in Charleston.

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Gold foil cupcake liners held coffee-and-cream espresso beans from Nuts.com.

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On the dessert table, s'mores bars by Bakehouse Charleston were contained in pretty wrappers.

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An avid cook, crafter, and baker, Blake envisioned an abundant dessert table overflowing with their favorite treats. The focal point was their vanilla-and-sour-cream wedding cake with peach-apricot preserves and Earl Grey-milk chocolate buttercream made by Maggie Austin Cake in Alexandria, Virginia.

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anabanana0714 20th-Dec-2012 04:19 pm (UTC)
No clue, I'm not Jewish. But someone else in the company was Jewish, and when I asked about the buttons and why everyone looked like they were attending a funeral (bright colors aren't a big thing either), she said that it was very common for Jewish weddings to have little to no flowers and for guests to wear dark colors.

I'm only speaking about conservative Judaism, though. Reform/liberal Jews can serve up some Jersey realness.
hearthecity 20th-Dec-2012 04:35 pm (UTC)
huh I've never heard that before. I'm from NYC so I'm surrounded by conservative/orthodox Jews and I've been to a few weddings that were nothing like that.
h0tfuss 20th-Dec-2012 04:43 pm (UTC)
All the Bat Mitzvahs i went to looked like weddings.
crazyventures 20th-Dec-2012 05:26 pm (UTC)
IDT Orthodox Jews like bat mitzvahs tbh, only bar mitzvahs.
h0tfuss 20th-Dec-2012 06:25 pm (UTC)
I was agreeing with the Jersey realness.
slian_martreb 20th-Dec-2012 04:49 pm (UTC)
I'm an Orthodox Jew who grew up in Brooklyn and I've NEVER seen a bouquet made out of buttons. I would be absolutely floored if I did. In fact, there are usually an obnoxious amount of flowers and expensive ones at that. Those who can't afford (or don't want to waste money on) real flowers, go with silk flowers.

The dark colors is a (completely bastardized) modesty thing, because they call attention to oneself. It's changing, a little, but you would see dark colors at a(n Orthodox Jewish) wedding.
originaru 20th-Dec-2012 05:04 pm (UTC)
off topic kind of, but i was in poland recently in krakow and doing a tour of the jewish district. the guide pointed out a memorial for victims of wwii and pointed out that the jewish mourners left rocks or candles and would never leave flowers /csb
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