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Jill & Jim: A Modern Wedding in Winterthur, DE

Shades of white and champagne were used throughout this unique wedding for a contemporary, elegant style. The Bride Jill Twardowski, 30, creative dir

Shades of white and champagne were used throughout this unique wedding for a contemporary, elegant style. The Bride Jill Twardowski, 30, creative director The Groom James Kotulka, 29, art director The Date September 9 A spotless apartment tipped off Jill Twardowski that her boyfriend, James Kotulka, was going to propose. Jill and Jim met through mutual friends and realized immediately how much they had in common. After five years of dating (and a ring burning a hole in his pocket), Jim treated Jill to a romantic dinner at their favorite restaurant. When they returned to their New York apartment, it wasn’t the flowers and candles that made Jill suspicious: “I started to wonder what he was up to when I noticed that he had actually cleaned,” Jill says. Jim proposed on bended knee, and the two returned to the bride’s home state of Delaware the next day to report the good news.

In the back of the room, Jill and Jim set up a midnight-snack table -- an all-white buffet of candy, cookies, and nuts where their 160 guests could fill up small bags of treats for later.
The Dessert
The Boutonniere
The Escort Cards
The four-tiered cake was filled with strawberries and cream. The white frosting was decorated with vertical stripes and beading.
The bride created their monogram design, which was surrounded by a wreath made with asterisks rather than flowers -- “a typographic wink to our design backgrounds,” Jill explains. The logo was incorporated into the programs, menu, and favors, along with the invitations that Jim designed himself.
Jill’s custom veil was made to fall smooth and tight to complement her simple, strapless, champagne-colored silk gown by Ulla-Maija
The couple exchanged vows at the Catholic parish where Jill attended school as a child. “The modern architecture of the church appealed to our simple, clean aesthetic,” says Jill.
The Reception Decor