Nothing is sweeter than when a couple strips away the pomp and fanfare of a wedding and gets back to the basics: two people joining their lives together in the presence of their loved ones. Katie and Max’s fall backyard wedding was the epitome of intimate and personal: from hand-picked wildflower bouquets to hand-built benches for the ceremony to the cozy seating areas for everyone to gather. The bride looked lovely in a vintage gown, smokey makeup, and a 1920s birdcage that her sister wore at her own wedding. Kendra of Little Blue Bird Photography, who happens to be the bride’s sister, stylist, invitation designer, and Maid of Honor, did a spectacular job of creating and capturing this intimate, elegant wedding!
The Couple:
Katie and Max The Wedding:
Private Residence, Columbus, Ohio

My sister, Kendra, was my stylist, photographer, and Maid of Honor. She did my hair in, I’m told, a 1920s style with the very same birdcage veil she donned on her wedding day.

Our venue for the ceremony was my mother-in-law’s backyard. We considered different options throughout the Columbus, Ohio area, but, in the end, the sentiments surrounding getting married where my husband grew up playing and building tree houses won out.

The bouquets were made by one of the bridesmaids, Elizabeth, with wild flowers that Katie had gathered from the side of the road. Elizabeth drove Katie around and pulled over whenever Katie saw something she liked, and Katie would then...