Cori and E.B. planned a classic city wedding at San Francisco’s City Hall. We do love a good city hall wedding, San Francisco in particular. They’re city people who love architecture, signage, hotels, bridges, and brick. They live in LA, but retreat to SF for weekend getaways which gives them a sweet romantic attachment to the city. And it is a beautiful city… perfect for a modern, vintage-inspired wedding.
Cori and EB area both graphic designers so of course they made their invites themselves.
For favors, they gave guests (along with a goody bag stacked with quintessential SF treats) vintage SF postcards from the forties packaged in glassine bags. The best part was reading correspondence the original recipients had read about a friend’s trip to SF way back then.
After their intimate ceremony at City Hall, the wedding party hopped on a classic cable car (tour guide included!) and headed to the historic Tadich Grill for toasts and lunch.
Where EB surprised Cori with a vintage rolex on a plate of oysters. Cute wedding pressie!
They they headed to Crissy field for some outdoor photos with the bridge in the background, and then onto the Mission for more photo ops. Since their whole wedding party (guests included) was 10 people, they had plenty of time to talk and enjoy the day with everyone.
Finally, they finished the evening with a big meal at RN74.
What a fun and memorable way to spend your wedding day…touring the city you love with your closest family and friends.
Thanks so much for sharing, Cori and EB!
Photography: Jerry Yoon
Venue: San Francisco City Hall
Dress: Jorge Manuel
Veil: Hems and Bustles
Hair and Makeup: Sherri Long
Invites and paper: designed by the bride and groom
Flowers and Bouts: made by the bride with silk flowers, feathers, and vintage buttons
36 comments
Awww, RN74 is across the street from my office. SF City Hall is gorgeous. Lovely photos and a great event!
I love the gold shoes!
i love the groom’s shoes + and that amazing ring! stylish man!
his shoes are INCREDIBLE.
wow!!
Her dress fits her beautifully…and I die for the buttons in the back.
What a fashionable couple!
LOVE his peacock feather boutineer!
Stunning couple with impeccable style! Thanks for sharing!
Beyond gorgeous. I love how the groom is wearing mismatching socks.
Any info on where he got his suit/brand, etc.?
I love this idea- so sweet and personal and fun!! Yay for them!
OH MY GOD, your blog is amazing. I LOVE IT So much..is so inspiring and full of beautiful things!
The pictures are just perfect.
Such amazing photography and such a beautiful wedding. I love the key and lock on the invitations and the groom’s golden shoes!
What a glorious dress, the detailing and buttons on the back are perfection
GORGEOUS! Utterly gorgeous. What a killer dress, what killer shoes, what amazing photography. I love it and I love you too, 100LayerCake. Thanks for sharing.
I love it with the bride and groom have such style! So chic this wedding!
his are the best groom shoes i have seen !
What a great wedding! Loving that dress, and the groom’s shoes are certainly interesting!
Absolutely gorgeous! Love her dress, hair accessory and the vintage look of all the pictures.
They are probably the best invites I have ever seen. Would love to see more pictures.
I love love love her dress - and all the details of his attire are just perfection! That ring is awesome.
these are 2 of my best friends, and everything about their wedding, and relationship, was/is utterly original and amazing. so thrilled 100Layer Cake (one of the best, if not the absolute best, wedding blogs ever!!) posted this.
I like the photography samples here. Having a small wedding party really gives time to make the most of wedding photography. My point often overlooked by couples is - make sure you make and plan dedicated portrait time with your photographer .
This is gorgeous! Looks like a photoshoot! What a stylish couple… must have been a dream for the photographer. Adore.
Lovely weeding,awsome shoes and dress (what’s their designer?).Complimenti..tanti auguri
Would love to find those gold shoes — just what I’ve been looking for! Might the bride tell us where they are from?
Gorgeous wedding. Those gold shoes are fabulous.
Eiiiiie!! It reminds me so much of my own wedding. Historic courthouse, just a few friends, dinner to celebrate… beautiful!!
Picture perfect! What a day to remember.
Oh my god. Beautiful.. Someone please marry me!
The shoes look like paillette Very Prive Louboutins.
BUT MORE ABOUT HIS RING! Anyone know where it came from, where my groom to be can get one? He loves it.
Hi Kelly (and everyone who’s asked about the shoes)-
The shoes are actually vintage and the groom’s ring was made by James Elliot:
http://www.jameselliot.com/
Hope this helps!
I’m dying to know where they found the vintage post cards?! I’m trying to do the same thing for my wedding but need ones from to/from Mexico!
Hi Everyone! Thank you for the lovely comments! You are all so sweet. I will try to answer a few of the questions. The grooms outfit was a combo of Lanvin and Robert Geller. The grooms wedding ring is by James Elliot, but the vintage ring pictured is from ebay or ruby lane online (I can’t remember where i found it as it was a birthday or valentine’s gift i gave him years ago… it is very old). For Erin, post card advice to follow…. I did not need a lot of cards since we only had 10 guests (i gave each guest 3 or 4). so i was able to track down enough for everyone using ebay. Also looking for post card books will help, as they usually have like 20 cards in them. An alternative idea is to buy a few favorite vintage cards, then have them scanned and printed as new “vintage inspired” post cards. This will also give you an opportunity to put the wedding date or a little note on the back. Also your guests can actually use or save these newly printed cards. A great online resource for affordable post cards is psprint.com ( they are very environmental - be sure to use matte stock as gloss will look too new.). Hope this helps! Lots of Love to all of you! ~Cori
The dress is beautiful and the headpiece is unique and sophisticated!
I loved the invitations and how you put your own style to it. Where did you find those small key and heart lock charm to tie on the invitations?