kerry holleran & Paul Bailey August 14, 2010

real new england weddings
Kerry Holleran & Paul Bailey
August 14, 2010
Chatham and
West harwich
Massachusetts
Photographs by Brea
M c Donald Photography
120 bostonmagazine.com spring | summer 2011
Until Paul got down on one knee, the only time he and his future wife, Kerry, managed
to stay in the same zip code was during their four-year stint at Connecticut College.
After graduating in 2001, the two were constantly on the move, but they managed to
keep things together despite the distance. “Sometimes it was New York City to D.C.,
sometimes New York City to California,” says Kerry. After all that traveling, the
peripatetic couple decided to come home to tie the knot. “No place really felt as nice
as home,” says Kerry, whose parents agreed to hold the wedding reception at their
West Harwich summer house following the ceremony in Chatham.
To ensure that Kerry’s parents could play host and still enjoy the party, they hired a
wedding planner—a decision that definitely paid off. “My family really loves Bill
Murray comedies,” said Kerry, “and in my dad’s speech he referenced the movie
Groundhog Day. He said that if there were any day he would want to relive again and
again, it would be this one.” K.C.
The file
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Gown
Melissa Sweet, Priscilla
of Boston, 617-267-9070,
priscillaofboston.com
Hair
La Sirena Hair Lounge,
508-240-7701, lasirena
hairlounge.com
Jewelry
Tiffany & Co., 617-3530222, tiffany.com
Bridesmaids
J.Crew, 617-236-5950,
jcrew.com
Menswear
Hugo Boss, 617-266-7492,
hugoboss.com
Catering & cupcakes
The Casual Gourmet,
508-775-4946,
thecasualgourmet.com
Flowers
Soiree Floral, 917-7102144, soireefloral.com
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(1) A photo booth at the reception—a lastminute addition–was a huge hit. “You couldn’t
drag our friends out of it,” says Kerry with a
laugh. “Even Paul’s 83-year-old uncle was in
there taking pictures of himself!” (2) Kerry knew
she wanted patterned bridesmaid dresses, and
when she found these cranberry and white
numbers from J.Crew, she designed the whole
color scheme around them. “It really seemed to
fit—cranberries and Cape Cod,” she says. (3) Four
tiers of pastel-colored cupcakes were arranged
in the shape of a cake. (4) The sparkler sendoff
was another last-minute addition to the
festivities. (5) Beribboned flower buckets hung
from the aisles during the ceremony.
(6) In honor of a donation they made to the
Northeast Animal Shelter, the place they
adopted their dog from, the couple gave each
guest a dog-bone-shaped chocolate bar
from Chatham Candy Manor.
Music
Sultans of Swing,
508-627-3746,
thesultansofswing.com
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