Princeton Cap and Gown Club Wedding: Margaret and Brenden

This cheerful Princeton Cap and Gown Club wedding perfectly captures the bride and groom’s sweet personalities. Margaret and Brenden met in college and enjoy playing games and watching their favorite shows together, and especially love their big, beautiful dog Amos (Kyo photographed them taking a long end-of-the-day walk with Amos at St. Michael’s Farm Preserve last fall). They live in the Washington DC area but decided to get married in Princeton because it’s near where Margaret grew up.

It’s always lovely when someone who is personally close to the bride and groom can officiate the ceremony. In Margaret and Brenden’s case, the ceremony was a “one time only” event officiated by Margaret’s high school music teacher. And all the design decisions and little details — like the invitations, place cards, decorations, Margaret’s accessories, and the paper lanterns — were coordinated by Brenden’s mom, Roma. She picked out the flowers and cake from Whole Foods. The jaunty orange and blue color palette was unusual, and looked fantastic!

Margaret and Brenden love food. Some of their favorite pastimes include cooking and trying new restaurants. So they wanted great food at their wedding, and that was one of the criteria they used to choose their venue. They were impressed by the Cap and Gown Club’s catering staff, and for good reason: the food at their wedding was not only delicious, it looked gorgeous, too! The colorful drinks and appetizers matched the style of their wedding perfectly.

To get ready for the first dance, Margaret and Brenden took dance lessons at the American Ballroom Company. The fact that they prepared a choreographed dance was “probably a surprise for the people who know us!” Margaret exclaimed, and it set the tone for a very lively, very happy dance floor. 

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CREDITS

Venue: Cap and Gown Club, Princeton, NJ

Flowers: Whole Foods

Cake: Whole Foods

Wedding dress: Vatana Watters

Bridesmaids dresses: J Crew

DJ: SoundChoice 

Dance lessons: American Ballroom Company, Ewing, NJ 

Hair: Artistic Designs, Pennington, NJ 

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