There were so many beautiful things about this wedding! I’m not sure what to talk about more, how gorgeous Erin was in her amazing dress, Mitch’s cool beachy look with Sperry shoes, or just the details in general! This wedding has details with a capital D!! Just you wait.

So this day was already special to me because it’s Ryan’s birthday. I arranged for some friends to come up and stay with us at Hammock Beach and they kept him entertained that day on the golf course, while Jen and I had a blast at the wedding. They had an elegant beach theme of tying the “knot” and knots and rope showed up throughout the decor.

Ceremony and Reception venue: Hammock Beach Resort (their onsite coordinator was Keith and he was awesome)

Floral Design: Nature Scapes Florist (super nice to work with and amazing florals!)

Cake Artist: Publix (although once you see the cake I’m not sure if you’ll believe that)

DJ: Justin Fredericks with Florida Wedding DJs (another great vendor to work with, and I don’t have many DJs I can say that about!)

Nautical Knots as table markers: made by Karen Conabeare, buy them from her Etsy store!

2nd shooter: my dear friend Jen Carr

I also need to find out where Erin got her dress. Jen and I pulled it out of the bag and literally gasped!

Jen and I also had a little hissy fit over these bouquets. Just super unique with wheat and lots of other neat things I had never seen, plus a rope binding. So much texture!

A very dapper group of dudes:

The gorgeous ceremony decor. Florist said each of those urns had 200 roses in them!

Mitch walked down the aisle flanked by his two brothers, Kyle and Robby:

Love this one of Erin’s veil as they recessed back down the aisle as husband and wife:

My friend Sarah (who is somewhere in this lineup of bridal party) referred Erin to me, so grateful for her!

The ballroom at Hammock Beach was beautiful!

Their escort card table was really special and unique. Guests found their card that was attached to rope by a pin. They then took the pin and stuck in onto a huge map to indicate where they were from! By night’s end the map had little pins from all over the world!

I also thought their favors were really unique! I should have grabbed one for myself so I could testify to how yummy it was, but I’m sure it’s delish. 🙂

Here’s the cool knots made by Karen:

Erin and Mitch didn’t neglect their younger guests. Super fun centerpiece with pinwheels that the kids took home, red white and blue goldfish, crayons and coloring sheets, and ocean themed bracelets that served as napkin rings:

Here’s proof the kids had fun!

A tradition at weddings in Erin’s family: all the men who have married a lady from her side love the sea and fishing, so they put on their pirate bandanas and have an initiation ceremony for the newest member! Here they are crowning Mitch, and also holding the “playbook” they have been writing for 40 years on how to “deal” with the ladies:

Hope you guys had a blast in Costa Rica! It was an honor to be a part of your special day!