We loved being part of Liz and Andy's beautiful dreamy Key West wedding at Audubon House that started in rented Airbnb near Flamingo Crossing Ice cream where Liz and Andy had a small ice cream break and then we took a trolley for "Photo Safari" around town for more fun wedding pictures.
Congratulations Liz and Andy!!
Congratulations Liz and Andy!!
1. How did you meet and how?
We met on bumble! Liz made the first move and messaged Andy in December of 2019, with her perfect bumble bee imitation: buzz, buzz, buzz. We decided to meet at a Kurt Vonnegut inspired restaurant (local Indy author) called Bluebeard for dinner and drinks. A few weeks later, we knew we had found something special. The world started to shut down because of the pandemic, but our adventure was just beginning!
Many nights of Netflix, takeout and more walks around the neighborhood than we can count, we bought a house and moved in together. After 6-months of renovation work on our house, we decided to take a trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to get away for Liz's birthday weekend -- and it was on a snowshoe hike, on a quiet snowy morning at Taggart Lake that Andy got down on one knee and asked Liz to be his forever!
2. Why wedding in Key West and Audubon House?
We chose Key West for several reasons -- but the one that sticks out most to us was being able to spend quality time with the people that we love. We had a wedding of 48 guests (including the bride and groom) and by the end of our 3-day weekend together, we got to enjoy so many meaningful conversations and fantastic memories all together! We started the weekend with a joint bachelor/bachelorette party on Duval Street with all of our friends and their significant others . Then, the day-before the wedding, we hosted a Sunset Cruise as a Welcome Party for all of our guests. It was definitely a highlight for our guests, and we wanted to do something that was a special, enjoyable experience for everyone! People still tell us that the sunset cruise was one of their favorite parts of the wedding weekend!
As for the Audubon House - when we came across the venue we instantly knew it was perfect! Andy's family collects the Audubon paintings and have several prints in their home -- as do Andy and I. We couldn't believe there was an actual historic home devoted to the Audubon birds.. It was an absolutely beautiful venue and the layout for our group was perfect.. We truly could not have asked for a better place to say 'I do' and we cannot wait to bring our one day babies back to explore too!!
3. What was your inspiration for your wedding?
Honestly, my pink shoes! Once we had decided on Key West, I saw the shoes probably a month later and fell in love with them! From there, I let the pink shoes guide me thru my design process and how I envisioned the day. Spoiler alert: Lots of pink, subtle glam, whimsy 'Alice in Wonderland' vibes. I think most brides really get that feeling of attachment to their wedding dresses.. But mine was my shoes! So fun! Since we also got married at the Audubon House, we chose to include lots of fun feather elements as a nod to all the birds (: You see that in our getting ready outfits, the gold feather in everyone's place seating, cute bird cocktail glasses for the cocktail hour and the vintage Audubon Bird collector's book - Birds of America - that we used for our guests to sign!
4. Describe some of your favorite moments at the wedding.
Of course, committing our lives to one another and sharing that moment with our absolute nearest and dearest was a highlight!! But aside from the beautiful ceremony -- we would have to say the brass band parade down Duval Street was pretty epic! We kept that as a surprise from all of our guests - so getting to see and hear people’s reactions and all the energy and well wishes from all the strangers we paraded by on our way to the after-party spot was really, really fun and unique!! Again, I wanted everything to have meaning as to why we did or did not add an element to our day. The big band/second line parade is a tradition to weddings in New Orleans -- and Liz knew that Andy was the one for her after a girls weekend away to the Big Easy, about two months into our relationship. When I returned from that trip we told each other we loved one another .. I wish I would have written it into my vows, but that trip away gave me such confidence and peace that no matter where either one of us is in this world, we had finally found our homes within each other. I truly felt that way and the second line parade was a perfect way to celebrate it!
5. What would be your advice to other brides from you?
My advice to other brides would be to trust your decision making - but to also make decisions! It's easy to get caught up in all the beautiful things that can be a part of your wedding - but keep the day about you and the person you are marrying, it makes the decision making process so much easier when you know WHY you want to include something. Know that you did the due diligence to put together a professional and well qualified team of vendors to make your wedding day come to life! Everyone says to prepare for something to not go according to plan... We can happily say that everything was executed flawlessly - and if something didn't go to plan, we still don't know about it! We had such a fantastic team for our big day with Romi and her crew, Flo and videographer team, and Guadalupe from Little Miss Wedding Planner. They were so huge part of our big day and really helped to pull it off!
6. What are your future plans? Honeymoon? If you had honeymoon, tell me what you loved the most?
We left the day after our wedding for the Maldives! It was a truly magical, sun-filled two weeks in the middle of the Indian Ocean. This was our first international trip together, since we have been unable to travel due to the pandemic, and we loved every minute of it! We both got scuba certified before our trip and ended up scuba diving three times while we were away - absolutely beautiful to swim along the coral reefs, fish, sharks, sea turtles and even dolphins! We enjoyed sunset dinners with our toes in the sand, and daily bike rides along the beach to get some ice cream or snag a chair with some shade. If you ever get a chance to go to the Maldives, we highly recommend it!
We set a goal to return every ten years.. Can’t wait!
We met on bumble! Liz made the first move and messaged Andy in December of 2019, with her perfect bumble bee imitation: buzz, buzz, buzz. We decided to meet at a Kurt Vonnegut inspired restaurant (local Indy author) called Bluebeard for dinner and drinks. A few weeks later, we knew we had found something special. The world started to shut down because of the pandemic, but our adventure was just beginning!
Many nights of Netflix, takeout and more walks around the neighborhood than we can count, we bought a house and moved in together. After 6-months of renovation work on our house, we decided to take a trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to get away for Liz's birthday weekend -- and it was on a snowshoe hike, on a quiet snowy morning at Taggart Lake that Andy got down on one knee and asked Liz to be his forever!
2. Why wedding in Key West and Audubon House?
We chose Key West for several reasons -- but the one that sticks out most to us was being able to spend quality time with the people that we love. We had a wedding of 48 guests (including the bride and groom) and by the end of our 3-day weekend together, we got to enjoy so many meaningful conversations and fantastic memories all together! We started the weekend with a joint bachelor/bachelorette party on Duval Street with all of our friends and their significant others . Then, the day-before the wedding, we hosted a Sunset Cruise as a Welcome Party for all of our guests. It was definitely a highlight for our guests, and we wanted to do something that was a special, enjoyable experience for everyone! People still tell us that the sunset cruise was one of their favorite parts of the wedding weekend!
As for the Audubon House - when we came across the venue we instantly knew it was perfect! Andy's family collects the Audubon paintings and have several prints in their home -- as do Andy and I. We couldn't believe there was an actual historic home devoted to the Audubon birds.. It was an absolutely beautiful venue and the layout for our group was perfect.. We truly could not have asked for a better place to say 'I do' and we cannot wait to bring our one day babies back to explore too!!
3. What was your inspiration for your wedding?
Honestly, my pink shoes! Once we had decided on Key West, I saw the shoes probably a month later and fell in love with them! From there, I let the pink shoes guide me thru my design process and how I envisioned the day. Spoiler alert: Lots of pink, subtle glam, whimsy 'Alice in Wonderland' vibes. I think most brides really get that feeling of attachment to their wedding dresses.. But mine was my shoes! So fun! Since we also got married at the Audubon House, we chose to include lots of fun feather elements as a nod to all the birds (: You see that in our getting ready outfits, the gold feather in everyone's place seating, cute bird cocktail glasses for the cocktail hour and the vintage Audubon Bird collector's book - Birds of America - that we used for our guests to sign!
4. Describe some of your favorite moments at the wedding.
Of course, committing our lives to one another and sharing that moment with our absolute nearest and dearest was a highlight!! But aside from the beautiful ceremony -- we would have to say the brass band parade down Duval Street was pretty epic! We kept that as a surprise from all of our guests - so getting to see and hear people’s reactions and all the energy and well wishes from all the strangers we paraded by on our way to the after-party spot was really, really fun and unique!! Again, I wanted everything to have meaning as to why we did or did not add an element to our day. The big band/second line parade is a tradition to weddings in New Orleans -- and Liz knew that Andy was the one for her after a girls weekend away to the Big Easy, about two months into our relationship. When I returned from that trip we told each other we loved one another .. I wish I would have written it into my vows, but that trip away gave me such confidence and peace that no matter where either one of us is in this world, we had finally found our homes within each other. I truly felt that way and the second line parade was a perfect way to celebrate it!
5. What would be your advice to other brides from you?
My advice to other brides would be to trust your decision making - but to also make decisions! It's easy to get caught up in all the beautiful things that can be a part of your wedding - but keep the day about you and the person you are marrying, it makes the decision making process so much easier when you know WHY you want to include something. Know that you did the due diligence to put together a professional and well qualified team of vendors to make your wedding day come to life! Everyone says to prepare for something to not go according to plan... We can happily say that everything was executed flawlessly - and if something didn't go to plan, we still don't know about it! We had such a fantastic team for our big day with Romi and her crew, Flo and videographer team, and Guadalupe from Little Miss Wedding Planner. They were so huge part of our big day and really helped to pull it off!
6. What are your future plans? Honeymoon? If you had honeymoon, tell me what you loved the most?
We left the day after our wedding for the Maldives! It was a truly magical, sun-filled two weeks in the middle of the Indian Ocean. This was our first international trip together, since we have been unable to travel due to the pandemic, and we loved every minute of it! We both got scuba certified before our trip and ended up scuba diving three times while we were away - absolutely beautiful to swim along the coral reefs, fish, sharks, sea turtles and even dolphins! We enjoyed sunset dinners with our toes in the sand, and daily bike rides along the beach to get some ice cream or snag a chair with some shade. If you ever get a chance to go to the Maldives, we highly recommend it!
We set a goal to return every ten years.. Can’t wait!
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Nadine merabiVenue: Audubon House & Gardens
Planner: Little Miss Planner
Photographer: You (: Weddings By Romi
Videographer: Florence Nebbout / Key West Videography
Florals: Kutchey's Florals
Table: Table 7
Linen: Nuage Design
Rentals: Eventfully Yours
Catering: Great Events
Cake: Key West Cakes
Music: Chris Thomas Music
Cigar Rolling: Rodriguez Cigars
Second Line Band: Bop Shop Brass (Miami)
Hair: Hair by Assel (Miami)
Makeup: Bella Luxe Makeup
Transportation: Keys Luxury Transportation
Officiant: Liz's Aunt - Esther Cottrell
Sunset Welcome Cruise: Sunset Watersports
Wedding Gown: Purchased at The Wedding Studio (Carmel, IN) -- Designer: Alyssa Kristin
Wedding Veil: Purchased at The Wedding Studio (Carmel, IN) -- Designer: Martina Liana
Wedding Shoes: Christian Louboutin
Wedding Gloves: Custom made from Etsy - Kerry Parker Store
After-Party Dress: Nadine Merabi
After-Party Veil: Custom made, Jane Rhyan Collection
After-Party Shoes: Steve Madden
Bridesmaids Getting Ready Outfits: Nasty Gal
Maid of Honor Dress: Alamour The Label
Andy's Tux: Purchased from Formally Modern Tuxedo
Tux Shirt: Bonobos
Cuff Links: Custom from Etsy
Rings: Diamonds Direct
Planner: Little Miss Planner
Photographer: You (: Weddings By Romi
Videographer: Florence Nebbout / Key West Videography
Florals: Kutchey's Florals
Table: Table 7
Linen: Nuage Design
Rentals: Eventfully Yours
Catering: Great Events
Cake: Key West Cakes
Music: Chris Thomas Music
Cigar Rolling: Rodriguez Cigars
Second Line Band: Bop Shop Brass (Miami)
Hair: Hair by Assel (Miami)
Makeup: Bella Luxe Makeup
Transportation: Keys Luxury Transportation
Officiant: Liz's Aunt - Esther Cottrell
Sunset Welcome Cruise: Sunset Watersports
Wedding Gown: Purchased at The Wedding Studio (Carmel, IN) -- Designer: Alyssa Kristin
Wedding Veil: Purchased at The Wedding Studio (Carmel, IN) -- Designer: Martina Liana
Wedding Shoes: Christian Louboutin
Wedding Gloves: Custom made from Etsy - Kerry Parker Store
After-Party Dress: Nadine Merabi
After-Party Veil: Custom made, Jane Rhyan Collection
After-Party Shoes: Steve Madden
Bridesmaids Getting Ready Outfits: Nasty Gal
Maid of Honor Dress: Alamour The Label
Andy's Tux: Purchased from Formally Modern Tuxedo
Tux Shirt: Bonobos
Cuff Links: Custom from Etsy
Rings: Diamonds Direct
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