Caity & Matt

Hot pink satin heels on a navy damask chair were the first hint of the color plan. Caity dressed in a house full of antiques, patterned wallpaper, and bookshelves, her gown a sculptural one-shoulder silk with big folded ruffles. Women in green and pink helped settle her veil, and there was a family portrait in a paneled room before she came down a staircase with a red patterned runner. Outside, a pair of gray horses and a carriage were waiting in the drive.

The ceremony was in a church with dark timber trusses overhead and pink flowers on the pew ends, and Caity and Matt came back up the aisle grinning. Transportation came in 2 forms that day, the carriage and a vintage navy convertible with red leather seats, and Caity waved from the passenger side while Matt drove. The wedding party lined up on a white porch in pink dresses and black tie. Then I walked the couple out to the far lawn, where a white fence and a long view of green hills did all the framing.

Before dinner, guests drifted through a sunken garden with a small summerhouse at its center, some of them carrying paper parasols for shade. Under the sailcloth tent, paper lanterns hung over long tables set with gold chairs, vintage floral china, and silver bowls of peonies and garden roses in pink and orange. The toasts had the whole table raising glasses at once. After the first dance the floor filled with bright dresses, and by blue hour the tent was lit from inside beside the house.