Rebecca wore a gown by Jenny Lee and a bolero custom-made with fabric from her mother's wedding dress and veil—the lace featured a dogwood flower pattern with tiny pearl clusters. Mark sported a suit by Linus and a peach tie by Charvet.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
The bride's sunny, modern bouquet was composed of silk dogwood flowers, peach calla lilies, yellow freesia and cream peonies. Bouquet and all flowers by Michaela's Flower Shop in Palo Alto.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
Since real dogwood flowers were not in season, Rebecca used silk ones in her hair. "They held up much better to all the hugging anyway," she says. Updo by Carrie L'Esperance.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
The groom wore a sprig of yellow freesia tied with a sweet peach ribbon as a boutonniere.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
The wedding was held on the Archer Taylor Preserve, owned by the Napa County Land Trust. The couple wrote and performed their own vows. "We wanted the focus of our ceremony to be on the two of us," says Rebecca.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
The bride, who owns her own custom stationery business, Rebecca Van Sickle Paper, designed all of the paper products herself, including this program. The graphic dogwood flower motif inspired the wedding's theme.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
For the guest book, Rebecca pasted mini envelopes from Paper Source into a Kolo photo album embellished with dogwood ink-stamps. Guests wrote messages to the couple on tiny cards, and then placed them in the envelopes.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
The escort cards were tied to branches placed inside vases from Ikea. Calligraphy by Tamiko Tsurudome.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
A talented friend of the bride wrote the names of the 10 children in attendance on their plates with a lime Sharpie marker. Linen and silverware rentals from La Bella Party Rental in Novato.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
Since many of their guests have dogs, the couple handed out treats from the Polka Dog Bakery in Boston—owned by the bride's brother—as an extra thank you.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
The couple's caterer, Gina Moy, whipped up several drinks to match the wedding's color scheme, including guava lemonade rimmed with yellow sugar. All 115 guests dined on Mexican fare, inspired by the three months Rebecca and Mark spent sailing in Mexico.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
The chocolate cake with mocha cream cheese frosting was baked by the Prolific Oven in Palo Alto, but was assembled and decorated by friends of the couple at the Preserve. The sugar dogwood flowers were made by a family friend's niece who lives in the Philippines.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
The post-reception pool party was held at the nearby house of family friends. Their donkeys, Sophia and Maria, were in attendance too. "The kids had a great time feeding them carrots," says Rebecca.
Bride: Rebecca Van Sickle
Groom: Mark Covec
Location: Napa, CA
Theme: Destination wedding
