Certain words come to mind when you think “Dr. Seuss.” Whimsical, definitely. Colorful, for sure. Adventurous. Lighthearted. Fun as all get-out. Each one of these descriptions fits Katelyn and Steve’s Philadelphia wedding to perfection. I mean, just look at Katelyn’s shoes — those have to be hand-decorated, right? How amazing are they? This Dr. Seuss-themed event covered it all: book titles as escort cards, Truffula trees for centerpieces everywhere, and am I seeing a guest with a genuine Lorax mustache? Please tell me he did that just for the wedding. Please.
What’s that? You want more bad-ass-ness? WELL. Katelyn and Steve set up their Dr. Seuss wonderland in West Laurel Hill, which happens to be one of Pennsylvania’s most historic cemeteries. Bad-ass-ness assured.
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Photography: Alix Passage • Second shooter: • Venue: Laurel Hill Cemetery • Dress: Janice Martin Couture
24 responses to “A Dr. Seuss wedding in a Philadelphia cemetery”
The dress! the shoes! the mustaches and decor!!! I love it all! <3 Beautiful wedding!
Wouldn’t normally put Dr. Seuss and a cemetery together but the result was pretty cool. LOVE her dress too.
OMG..I love it all…so creative..The lorax candy display is my favorite!!
Love her pink wedding dress and her flowered shoes!! The candy bar table looks yummy… and great wedding cake stand too!! Congratulations to the couple!!
Butter Battle, anyone? 😀
Hey y’all!
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SO-SO-SO gorgeous and I am officially obsessed with those AMAZING Earrings!! has anyone google-fu’d them?
The first movie the FH and I ever saw together was the Lorax… we weren’t there together… We were both the guests of a friend who’d gotten a stack of tix to the sneak preview. That was the day we met. I will have an M&Ms Lorax!
Just curious as to why a cemetary )other than the beautiful backdrops of old graves and landscaping)? Would this offend people going to pay respects to relatives during the event? Curious as to how grieving people would recieve this and how the event would respect these families.
Hey Marilyn,
I’m one of the photographers for this wedding. As it was explained to me by Laurel Hill Cemetary, the area of the event is in a historic area of the cemetery which is one of the oldest in the country, and in most cases there is no remaining family to reach out to. The events are held after the cemetary is closed for business hours, and the tents put up in a fairly remote location. The “Receiving Vaults” where the group photos were taken, are all just empty buildings used for storage.
Oh wow, I live down the street from her dressmaker! It is even better on a person, and not the dress form– what a lovely wedding.
You had Tastykakes!
I half-joked to the future hubby that if our cake fell through we should make a Tastykake sculpture with a cake topper on it. He is now almost serious about that.
So cute! I love all the sweets, the fun colors and the face on the candy jar! 🙂
That dress is a stunner. I can’t stop looking at it – it’s like a peony. Gorgeous!
Oh my gawd!!! That decor is fabulous! Who is the real-life Lorax with the ‘stache there?
What a sexy and fabulous wedding! I love the colors and how the bride and groom match with their pink!
OMG OMG! I would not have imagined such class in a children’s book themed wedding. Artfully put together. I love it!
Where did those bridesmaids bouquets come from??? I’m looking for something EXACTLY like that!
Are we seriously crediting second shooters now?
Hi, AC! We try to credit every vendor included in the information we get with the wedding submission. A lot of our photogs love their second shooters and want to give them kudos. We agree!
I love this so much! The decorations are done so well. And I love the dresses and bouquets!!!
Beautiful bride and wedding, and I love the theme!
Having just lost my mom last year, your memorial table quotation just made me cry. Thank-you.
Did anyone else notice in his shirt pocket? That’s awesome! (Though personally I would have put a Wocket in it…)
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