March 3, 2014

Erin and Jason’s Wedding at Winvian Resort

Erin and Jason, a love story so sweet! After only being together for 9 months, Jason proposed to Erin and 3 months later they got married, exactly after one year of being together! When you know- you know!

Erin found me through a co-worker/ friend back East. Erin had moved to California and her friend was a past bride of mine and knew that we had moved west as well. Erin contacted me and surprise surprise- we lived very close to each other! We happily started discussing their California wedding when suddenly there was a change of plan.  The wedding was now going to be held back East in Connecticut.!  It just so happened that I was also going to be back East at this time and I was able to fit their now East coast wedding into my travel schedule!  It felt like it was meant to be and I am beyond thrilled that it worked out!  Erin and Jason are so adorable and kind and their wedding was so creative and quaint.  It was an amazing way to end my 2013 wedding season!

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Erin’s dress from Trudy’s Bridal fit her like the designer made it specifically for her!  It was so elegant and classic and unlike any dress I had ever seen before! Erin told me that there would be clothes lines later involved at the reception so the clothes line outside become the perfect place to hang the dress! Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1001 of 70)Oh and those buttons…. those TONS of tiny little buttons- REAL buttons that had to be done one by one!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1002 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1003 of 70)Erin is helped by her cousin, her Aunt and her friend!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1004 of 70)Off to the beautiful church on a stunning blue sky day! Considering how the weather has been back East this year- they really lucked out!!  They deserved it!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1005 of 70)Here’s the handsome groom waiting to serenade his bride down the aisle. Jason playing the guitar was a surprise to Erin! And what a romantic surprise that was!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1006 of 70)Erin is helped into the church by all her adorable little flowers girls and ring bearers!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1007 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1008 of 70)Here’s that moment- that split second moment when Erin walks in and sees and hears Jason serenading her!!!!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1009 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1010 of 70)Tears! Look at Jason’s face! That is one happy man seeing Erin as his bride!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1011 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1012 of 70)Erin and Jason recite their vows.Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1013 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1014 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1015 of 70)-1Family and friends looked on full of smiles and lumps in their throats!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1016 of 70)-1One of the youngest was monitoring me, making sure I was capturing the key moments!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1017 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1018 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1019 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1020 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1021 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1022 of 70)MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!  Love that he carried her out!!!!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1023 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1024 of 70)Where Erin and Jason headed next may come as a surprise to you. Jason showed Erin qualities every woman wants in a husband when he suggested on the way to the reception that they visit the graves of Erin’s Mom and Dad. Erin had gotten a small bouquet for her Mom and a boutonniere for her Dad to represent them at the ceremony and they left those flowers with them at their grave site.  It was an extremely touching moment that I was so honored to have documented. I know that Erin’s parents were smiling down on them; so brightly on their daughter as a bride and their new son-in-law!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1025 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1026 of 70)Chasing the falling late fall light, we headed on to the reception at the gorgeous Winvian Resort where the reception was being held to take some photographs!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1027 of 70)

Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1030 of 70)Erin and Jason were EASY to photograph, they just simply stared and smiled at each other the whole time!

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What a magnificent house the Winvian is! Stone walls… gah, photo heaven for me!

Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1031 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1032 of 70)The beautiful flowers were created by Flore in Woodbury CT.Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1034 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1035 of 70)Croquet anyone?Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1037 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1038 of 70)Although the day called for some rain, it was beautiful!  But since there had been some rain Erin sported her Hunter boots for walking around the grounds!!  Lovveeeeeee!! Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1039 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1040 of 70)Honestly, these two are adorable!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1042 of 70)And these two! Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1043 of 70)And this crew! I love this, the newlyweds with their sweet little wedding party!!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1044 of 70)Erin gives a little snuggle to her new nephew!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1028 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1046 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1047 of 70)The space at the Winvian was perfect for this intimate wedding.  The room was so quaint and I loved how the tables were set up so beautifully. Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1049 of 70)Love these creative little table signs!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1050 of 70)Smores as little favors- yes please!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1051 of 70)Off to the side was a table that perfectly held their wedding cake brought in from The Little Cupcake Bakeshop in NYC! Erin had told me that she had always secretly judged wedding cakes at weddings she had attended and wanted to make sure hers was delicious- even if that meant having a friend bring it up from NYC!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1052 of 70)Erin and Jason made all the decorations together! Jason even did the calligraphy!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1053 of 70)They created this sign with miniature clothes lines and clips for their guests to leave them well wishes!  What an amazing idea!!

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Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1055 of 70)Ahhhh, the rings!!  Lots of them and such a beautiful story!  Ready for some romance?  Let me let Erin tell you the story!
“One night in August… (just shy of nine months together)
We were laying in bed before my night shift and I felt so comfortable in his arms that I had said I could do this for the rest of my life. He started saying all of these romantic and kind things, and I still remember how I felt the moment he paused and then asked me to marry him. I thought maybe he was joking but I could feel his heart beating so hard and then I knew he was serious. After I said yes, he got up and said he knew he had some string somewhere and strung together some rope 😉 I truly went into work that night with this huge piece of rope on my finger. The next day, he brought me an actual piece of string braided together (well he made three sizes I think just in case… the ball of string didn’t have a manual on engagement rings lol. Later that same day, he sat me down and said he knew the proposal wasn’t traditional, so if I wanted traditional, he would do that. But I also had some thoughts about tradition, and even though I was over the moon about my string ring, there is just something about a diamond in our culture that is fun for a bride, so since my parents and all of my grandparents are deceased and I had all of this jewelry, one piece in particular from my grandmother that I adored, I told him if he wanted to size that ring for me, I would love to have my family of origin and him as my new family with that ring. So he took it, got it sized, and a week later while we were taking a walk on the beach, he got down on one knee. I love both rings, both original in their own ways and both give me the sentiment of family, which is what marriage and love are to Jason and I.”

Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1056 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1057 of 70)The night had set and the fun was under way!  The guests enjoyed cocktail hour and all the games that Winvian has there to play with!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1058 of 70)Their wedding date in pool balls….11/18/2013! Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1059 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1060 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1061 of 70)Busy little artist at work making art for Erin and Jason!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1062 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1063 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1064 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1065 of 70)Here’s Caitlin and Dave, our 2011 bride and groom!  Caitlin and Erin are both nurses and that is how they met!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1066 of 70)Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1068 of 70)Toast to the newlyweds!Winvian Resort Wedding- Susannah Gill-Photographic Storytelling  (1069 of 70)Here’s to a lifetime of love and happiness!!!!! Erin and Jason, thank you so much for the honor and how cool is it that us West coasters were both back East at the same time!  So thrilled it all worked out to be there for your spectacular wedding!!

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  1. Becca Donah says:

    Beautiful pictures of a beautiful couple! Much love to you both. Xoxo

  2. Natalie says:

    Beautiful work, as always! The proposal story was SO sweet!

  3. Amy Colt says:

    Erin, You look so beautiful. I am so happy that you liked your flowers, it was a pleasure designing them for you. I had fun switching them all up so everyone has something different and special, just for them. I will be thinking of you always. You deserve to have a fairy tail ending with your Prince.

    Luv ya
    Amy

  4. Andrea Garvey says:

    What an amazing story. I love Erin and Jason and I don’t even know them! All the incredible details that you showcased. So many incredible photos. I think I love the shot of the happy couple on the fence – Hunter boots:)) and rings on the string!! Beautiful.
    I felt like I was at the wedding!

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