Vermont Wedding Style Fall 2012 Wedding Lookbook

VERMONT WEDDING FALL 2012

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VERMONT WEDDING

Vermont Wedding Style Fall 2012 PAIGE HILLER Founder and Editor in Chief TEDD KAPINOS Creative Director BELINDA ALDRICH Design Director DAVID SEAVER Contributing Photographer EDITORIAL OFFICES Vermont Wedding Style PO Box 22 | Woodstock | Vermont | 05091 802.457.7055 | hello@vermontweddingstyle.com www.vermontweddingstyle.com

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THANK YOU TO OUR VENDORS CAKE DESIGN CAKETOPIA IRENE’S CAKES FLORAL DESIGN JASPER & PRUDENCE FLORAL AND EVENTS PETALS FLORAL DESIGN MACAROONS THE WOODSTOCK INN PASTRY KITCHEN MIXOLOGIST KATHY SORRENTINO PHOTOGRAPHY LANDWEHRLE PHOTOGRAPHY ORCHARD COVE PHOTOGRAPHY PAIGE HILLER PHOTOGRAPHY STATIONERY LASSO’D MOON PRODUCTS ARTISAN SURFACES INC. BEAU TIES LTD. OF VERMONT BLUE MOON SORBET BURTON SNOWBOARDS LONG TRAIL BREWING CO. MAGIC HAT BREWING COMPANY OTTER CREEK BREWING SIMON PEARCE SUBWAY CUFFLINKS VERMONT SPIRITS DISTILLING COMPANY WOLAVER’S FINE ORGANIC ALES WOOD’S PURE MAPLE SYRUP WOODSTOCK FARMER’S MARKET

COVER IMAGE BY ORCHARD COVE PHOTOGRAPHY

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FEATURES A Vermont Experience Orvis Fly Fishng School

Best of Vermont Vermont Beer

Fun Finds

For the Groom

Kissed by Color Color Inspirations

Signature Drinks Vermont Vodka

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WEDDINGS WE LOVE Kate and Finn Private Estate

Leigh and Jeff Billings Farm

Emily and Jeff

Sugarbush Resort

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VERMONT EXPERIENCE

Imagine giving a gift that will be remembered long after the ribbons have been untied and wrapping paper has been thrown away and talked about for years. A Vermont Experience is a gift that truly suprises, delights and excites the recipient. Whether it’s watching the sun rise from a hot air balloon, learning to fly fish on a beautiful summer evening, or feeling the adrenaline rush of dogsledding through the woods of Vermont, your fiance, family, friends, wedding paty, guests will be forever grateful for the lifelong memories you helped them create.

ORVIS FLY FISHING SCHOOL www.orvis.com Manchester is located in southwestern Vermont. In winter, it provides lodging for the nearby Stratton Mountain Ski Resort, and in summer, it attracts trout fishermen, who come to try their luck on a classic Northeastern stream, the Battenkill. Since 1968, Manchester has been home to the American Museum of Fly Fishing. But it was in 1856, the year that Charles F. Orvis opened a fishing and tackle shop, C.F. Orvis Company that changed the history of this small rural Vermont town.

The Orvis Manchester Fly Fishing School was launched in 1966 by longtime Orvis CEO, Leigh Perkins. Since then, 14 others have joined it, spread the length and breadth of the country from Bend, Oregon, to Key West, Florida.

If learning to fly fish or improving your casting technique seems like a daunting task, you just haven’t met the right instructors. Orvis runs a superb operation. The Manchester school is impeccably organized and is staffed by exceptionally charming and knowledgeable people.

Pick up a fly rod and you will be casting like a seasoned angler in just two short days of classes. The expert instructors at Orvis will help you with setting up the rod, fly selection and knots and safely releasing your catch.

Classes are held in the Orvis schoolhouse, a beautiful white single-story building with a wraparound porch, directly across from the Orvis Flagship Store, the fully-stocked casting ponds, and the famed Battenkill River.

The Orvis Fly Fishing experience will certainly deliver a memorable experience to share with your family, friends and children, and will keep the trout laughing.

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VERMONT VERMONT BEER

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A sort of dry, crisp, fruity, refreshing, not-quite pale ale. #9 is really impossible to describe because there has never been anything quite like it. www.magichat.net

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2 OATMEAL STOUT

Dark. Full flavored stout imparts hints of coffee, chocolate, and roasted flavors, and brewed with locally grown organic oats. www.wolavers.com

3 PALE ALE

Vibrant Gold. A classic American style pale ale features a modest malt body and a well balanced citrus, pine hop aroma. www.longtrail.com

4 DOUBLE BAG

Dark Amber. A malty, full bodied double alt is also known as “Stickebier” – German slang for “secret brew”. www.longtrail.com

5 COPPER ALE

Amber. Medium bodied, amber ale inspired by Altbiers of Northern Germany. www.ottercreekbrewing.com

6 BLACKBEARY WHEAT

Golden. This brew combines 2-Row Pilsen malt, a hint of Crystal malt, plenty of malted wheat and a hint of blackberry www.longtrail.com

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1. Wood’s Bourbon Barrel Aged Pure Vermont Maple Syrup. $18.99 www.woodssyrup.com 2. Hand crafted cufflinks, made with the Vermont State Quarter Dollar. $15.99 www.etsy.com/shop/SubwayCufflinks 3. Vermont made bow & neck ties. $40.00 - $76.00 www.beautiesltd.com 4. Burton Snowboard. $299.95 - $650.00 www.burton.com 5. Simon Pearce Windsor Tankard.

Beautiful hand blown barware. $65.00 www.simonpearce.com

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KATE

FINN

PRIVATE ESTATE VERGENNES, VERMONT Photography by Orchard Cove Photography

e wanted an old-fashioned wedding at home and to really make history where we are putting down roots: on our farm in Vermont. I imagined a rural wedding with our guests parading through our meadows and long harvest tables for the wedding feast – it was even more beautiful than I could have anticipated.

Getting married on our 200-year-old farm was perfect. It made our home sacred. Our wedding was rustic and romantic. We wanted the pictures of the day to be interchangeable with other centuries; mercury-glass bowls, linen napkins, candles in glass canning jars, invitations sealed with scarlet wax.

I think we started a lot of traditions that day. But one tradition Finn and I shared with our guests was five minutes of Quaker silence during our ceremony.

It was long enough to really bring us all into the blessing of the moment.

The candles were lit by each of our mothers as in a normal unity candle tradition,

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luminaria behind the altar, which is the type of structure that is burned on sacred days in the pueblo where they live in New Mexico.

My favorite part of the day was reaching Finn at the altar, who was weeping. And vowing to be his wife, this day and every day. My veil flew off in the wind right after we were pronounced husband and wife. No matter. Finn scooped me up and carried me down the aisle.

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WEDDING TEAM CEREMONY & RECEPTION: BRIDE & GROOM’S FARM

PHOTOGRAPHY: ORCHARD COVE PHOTOGRAPHY

CATERING: KATHLEEN OF BEVO

FLORAL DESIGN: HOLLYHOCKS

WEDDING GOWN: WEARKSTATT VIA DEB

AT SEWLY YOURS

BRIDE’S SHOES: CYDWOQ

BRIDE’S HAIR: SHEAR CUTS

HAIR ACCESSORIES: BRIDE’S HEAD REVISITED

GROOM’S SUIT: MICHAEL KEHOE LTD.

WEDDING CAKE & FAVORS: DAILY CHOCOLATE

EVENT RENTALS: CELEBRATION RENTALS, INC.

PLACE CARDS: TIMELESS PAPER

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CREATIVE TEAM IRENE’S CAKES BY DESIGN | JASPER & PRUDENCE | PAIGE HILLER PHOTOGRAPHY | LASSO’D MOON WOODSTOCK INN PASTRY KITCHEN

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CREATIVE TEAM CAKETOPIA CAKES | JASPER & PRUDENCE | PETALS FLORAL DESIGN | LASSO’D MOON THE LINEN SHOP | PAIGE HILLER PHOTOGRAPHY

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LEIGH

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BILLINGS FARM WOODSTOCK, VERMONT Photography by Paige Hiller Photography

t was horrifying seeing the damage Hurricane Irene had caused to this beautiful historic area. When we learned the fate of Simon Pearce and The Woodstock Inn, our wedding was the last thing on our minds. We were concerned more with the local residents and the damage they had suffered to their homes and businesses. And yet in the midst of this natural disaster, these Vermont residents were putting us first! It was remarkable how in two short weeks, our vendors created a whole new wedding for us that exceeded all our original expectations. The biggest challenge was the venue. Although Billings Farm was not our original venue, it was perfect, We were in the most beautiful setting in Vermont, surrounded by our closest friends and family.

- Leigh

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WEDDING TEAM CEREMONY: THE WOODSTOCK INN

RECEPTION VENUE: BILLINGS FARM

EVENT COORDINATOR: TEDD KAPINOS

FLORAL DESIGN: JASPER & PRUDENCE FLORAL

CATERING & CAKE: THE WOODSTOCK INN

OFFICIANT: STEVEN HYDER

PHOTOGRAPHY: PAIGE HILLER PHOTOGRAPHY

CEREMONY MUSIC: MEMBERS OF BRATTLEBORO

MUSIC CENTER

LINENS: THE LINEN SHOP AT OCCASIONS

CEREMONY PROGRAMS: LASSO’D MOON

TENT & LIGHTING: RAIN OR SHINE TENTS & EVENTS

FAVORS: LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES

WEDDING GOWN: PRISCILLA OF BOSTON

BRIDESMAIDS’ DRESSES: J.CREW

HAIR & MAKEUP: THE SPA AT THE WOODSTOCK INN

BRIDESMAIDS’ GIFTS: SIMON PEARCE

MEN’S TIES: J. MCLAUGHLIN

REHEARSAL DINNER: WOODSTOCK INN

COUNTRY CLUB

REHEARSAL DINNER CATERING: SIMON PEARCE

REHEARSAL DINNER MUSIC: STEVE PROCTER OF

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SIGNATURE DRINKS

CHAMPAGNE BLISS COCKTAIL Champagne ½ oz Vermont Gold Vodka ½ oz St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur Pour vodka and elderflower into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain the mixture into a champagne glass. Top the drink champagne and garnish with a few raspberries and fresh mint.

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MANGO PASSION MARTINI 2 oz Vermont Gold Vodka 1 scoop Blue Moon Mango Passion Sorbet Chill a martini glass. Pour the vodka and a scoop of mango sorbet in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Rim the glass with salt and pour the mixture into the chilled martini glass.

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SUGARBUSH RESORT WARREN, VERMONT Photography by Kathleen Landwehrle Photography

y fiancé Jeff and I initially thought about having a destination wedding, but I grew up in Vermont and we both went to college here so we have roots in Vermont. On a rainy, gray day in March we decided to go for a drive and ended up in Warren, VT. Sugarbush wasn’t the first place we looked in Vermont, but after our visit there we knew that it would be the last! Even through t h e hail and stormy skies we could see the beauty of the mountains and the rustic elegance of the venue and everything fell into place after that. We fell in love with the idea of being outdoors in an ideal Vermont setting and of course since we were at a ski resort we had to marry on top of the mountain!

Thankfully the weather on our wedding day was much different than that first day! We wanted our wedding to feel like a retreat for all of our loved ones and since most of Jeff’s family had never been here, we had to give them a real feeling of what we love so much about Vermont. The most important thing to the two of us was that everyone have a genuinely good time—we really wanted it to feel like a celebration for all of us. There is something for everyone at Sugarbush. We chose July 5, 2012 because we wanted to celebrate the holiday with fireworks and all of our loved ones at the resort the day before. We felt like Sugarbush was the perfect fusion of destination and “us.”

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WEDDING TEAM CEREMONY & RECEPTION VENUE: SUGARBUSH RESORT

BRIDESMAID DRESSES: JCREW

CAKE: JEFF’S MOTHER

CUPCAKES: HEY THERE CUPCAKE!

FLORAL DESIGN: A SCHOOLHOUSE GARDEN

DJ: TOP HAT ENTERTAINMENT

GROOM’S ATTIRE: BANANA REPUBLIC

HAIR & MAKE-UP: ERIKA ZAINO &

WHITNEY GONNEVILLE

PHOTOGRAPHY: LANDWEHRLE PHOTOGRAPHY

WEDDING DRESS: AMY KUSCHEL

WEDDING SHOES: TORY BURCH

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