Professional photos from Rachel Walters' October 23 wedding at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial overlooking beautiful Lake St. Clair.

Her photographer, Duane Orris of Orris Photography captured the romantic aspects of the couple's wedding, showcasing her beautiful heirloom bridal veil.

Rachel's veil measured 4 yards long with Alencon lace trim around the entire edge. Rachel hopes to preserve her veil as a family keepsake.

Duane Orris maintains a studio in Royal Oak and is available for travel anywhere. You can view his website on

www.orrisphotography.com
www.orrisphotographyblog.com

Collette's story was a familiar one. After searching through bridal salons from Lansing to Toledo [and trying on at least least 70 dresses], she finally decided that going the "custom" route was her only alternative. She brought several photos of dresses she liked [parts of this and parts of that] for us to look at and to begin the process of designing the "dress of her dreams."

Collette knew that she did want an all-lace [ivory] dress over a deeper color silk under-fabric. She also knew that she didn't want it to be "strapless;" in fact she wanted some sort of a sleeve. She wanted a youthful look that might be difficult to achieve with a sleeve, so we went through many design ideas before finally coming up with the ultimate solution; a sleeveless lace gown with a matching bolero jacket. This way she would have the option of removing the jacket during her reception if she wanted to.

To keep the lace-over-lace design of the jacket from becoming too busy over the lace bodice of the dress, we underlined it with a pale peach organza. The color blended beautifully with the deep taupe underfabric of her gown. We added a beige satin ribbon just under the bust for accent.

Collette was married on October 10 [10-10-10] to the love of her life. It wasn't hard to see that her "Prince Charming" was enchanted with his "Princess."

We'll be posting her photographer's professional images as soon as they're ready.

When Rory McHugh came to us, she had just lost her mother. Continuing to plan her wedding was difficult, but she wanted to do something special in remembrance of her mom.

Rory couldn't wear her mother's dress because of the size, but having it, or parts of it, remade into a new dress was a viable option. Rory's tastes were simple, so she chose a silk taffeta for the major part of her gown, and asked us to remove some of the lace trim from her mom's dress and sew it onto the new one. We took lace from the sleeves and train of the original dress and appliqued it onto the underbust circling it around to the center back. The lace and silk taffeta colors [a deep ivory] were a perfect match. Rory also liked a dress she saw in our studio that had a cascade of ruffles from the back neckline down to the hem. We incorporated that feature into her design as well. It all went together beautifully; but the most dramatic part of Rory's wedding attire was her mom's beautiful heirloom lace-edged veil that flowed from a cap-style headpiece down to the train. The lace of the veil formed a halo around the entire dress.

Rory brought her dad to her last fitting. We don't get a lot of dads in our studio, but this one was happy when he saw how wonderful his daughter looked.

Rory married David Brandon on October 15 at the Dixboro United Methodist Church in Ann Arbor. Their reception was held at Plymouth Manor.

We especially liked Janee's red shoes and colorful flowers.

Thanks again, Serendipity Studios for the great photos.

Serendipity Studios have recently moved to Miami, but are available for wedding bookings around the world. They can be found at:

www.beyondordinary.net
www.beyondordinaryblog.net

Photos from Janee's wonderful country wedding in July of this year; courtesy of Serendipity Studios www.beyondordinary.net. Janee said her gown received "rave reviews!" We suspect that, based on the photos, her new hubby Alex had the same reaction.

We loved the barn [Community Barn], the country road and the entire feel of the wedding. The event was held in Hidden Springs in Eagle Idaho.

Janee's choice of a lace dress fit right in with the casual elegance of the day.

We were amazed that she had the time to finish her term in medical school and plan this wonderful wedding at the same time.

Our best wishes to the happy couple.