Olive + Poppy: The Cashew Wedding

I have been blessed to attend some beautiful weddings thus far in my life and fortunately enough two of them have been those which were my siblings in which I gained a lovely sister and a sarcastic charismatic brother in law. I've attended, participated and assisted in the weddings of my close friends and coworkers and I am especially excited to have been recently asked to help coordinate one of my good friends weddings coming up this summer. Caption you say? Well, when you blend a Jewish groom and a Catholic bride you end up with exactly that - a cashew wedding! Nothing but the best and certainly already know it will be nothing short of entertaining. My friend Hannah always has displayed such grace and charm when carrying herself. Shes the girl that walks into the room, lights it up and people just naturally gravitate towards her. Her smile can stop a train, and her fiance' Tatum is honestly one of the most genuine and down to earth men that I have ever had the experience of knowing. Hannah and I can be goofy at times, well all the time really, consuming too many watermelon spritzers at a birthday party or ordering the XXXL pizza and trying to convince Tatum we will eat it all. We've known each other since our freshman year of college and I can remember the day she met Tatum out at the school track while we were running stadiums. He has been there for both of us in times of need and times of hardship and I cannot express how happy I am to watch these two grow not only in life but in love. Constantly pushing her to be better, Hannah works with the widely known wedding blog website called Style Me Pretty, and has grown into a rare gem of a woman. By her side, Tatum has driven her to follow her creative lifestyle to the end of the road, dream the biggest dreams you can and never ever give up on what you love. Being surrounded by a team of talented women at Style Me Pretty, Hannah decided to simply use her daily inspiration from them and create a wedding on her own, doing all the planning and tedious details with just the help of her coworkers and friends along the way. We had lunch last week, discussed flowers, color palettes and table settings. Laughed a little, cried over our stressful lives and then realized that each day is a new day to move forward and better yourself. Not every wedding needs to cost an arm & a leg, stress you out to the point where you aren't enjoying it and believe it or not she is planning this wedding for 75 all under $15,000. Can she do it? With the help of 3 married women, 2 single gals, and Van her amazingly flaming baker friend that we all cannot seem to ever get enough of, we think and we will make it happen. I have created an inspiration board of what we had put together of what shes looking at for the big day and I cannot wait to see what we come up with for the finished product. Congrats to Hannah & Tatum again! My heart is filled with so much joy for you two and can't wait to see your love blossom & flourish even more so than it already has! Cheers to you two!

Xoxo

Jessica Leigh

To all the Brides who find themselves awake at 2 A.M., Googling birdcage veils and signature cocktail recipes. May this be a place of happy. A celebration that you, my lovely, are getting married. To the one you adore. And the wedding will be spectacular. . . because he'll be standing up there waiting for you to say " I do."