A Very New England Wedding
New England Travel Writer Kim Knox Beckius Shares Her New England Wedding Photo Album

It's claws for celebration! Kimberly Knox and Bruce Beckius invite you to share the joy as they join together in marriage on Sunday, the 2nd of September at the Webb Barn, Wethersfield, Connecticut A traditional New England Lobster Clambake will follow the ceremony. Festive, casual attire, please. Continued Below

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You might expect your New England Guide to have a lobster bake wedding. You might not even be surprised if you heard that she carried a bouquet in the shape of a lobster. But I'll bet you never would've guessed in a million years that she also rode on a giant, inflatable lobster in her wedding gown!

A theme wedding can be a challenge to plan--but it can also be an enormous amount of fun, particularly when the theme is so intertwined with the things about which you are most passionate. Bruce and I cherish the opportunities to travel in New England that my writing affords, and lobster was the first meal that he ever prepared for me!

We were fortunate to find the perfect, rustic New England setting for our outdoor marriage ceremony and lobster clambake reception--the historic Webb House Barn in central Connecticut.

Krause Caterers of East Hartford, Connecticut, prepared the fabulous meal including steamers and other appetizers, the traditional lobster dinner and watermelon sorbet for dessert. Our seashell wedding cake was deliciously designed by Donna Everett of Creative Cakes by Donna in Haddam, Connecticut.

We were especially thrilled with the fine work of our florist, Bill Cusano of deVars-Phillips Florists in Hartford, Connecticut. I approached other florists with the notion of a lobster bouquet and was told it wasn't possible, but Bill's immediate reaction was, "I'm not afraid of this wedding." He was also responsible for the floral full moon and glittering starfish that adorned the barn wall behind our bridal table--it was a full moon evening, and we wanted to be prepared in case the "real" full moon was obscured by clouds.

As you'll see, we needn't have worried. The weather was spectacular, in spite of foul weather predictions by the Old Farmer's Almanac (yes--I checked!), and I'm pleased to be able to provide you with this glimpse of our incredibly memorable day.

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Photographs by Debby Fowles. Used with Permission.