Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani have been teasing wedding plans for months – and Gwen shared the happy news of their union over the Fourth Of July weekend.
On Saturday (July 3), Blake and Gwen said “I do” to each other in an intimate wedding. According to Page Six, the couple tied the knot in the chapel that Blake had reportedly built for the occasion on the grounds of his ranch in Oklahoma.
Sharing the first photos from their beautiful ceremony on Instagram, Gwen gave fans a glimpse into their big day – posting loved-up photos of her and Blake, which also featured her two gorgeous wedding looks from Vera Wang, their six-tiered wedding cake, and the magnificent views from the hilltop chapel they got married in.
She captioned the photos, “July 3rd 2021 dreams do come true !!!”
The Voice host and long-time friend of the couple Carson Daly officiated the wedding and shared more photos on his Instagram, writing, “Here comes the bride…so honored to get to marry two of my favorite people on earth. May God bless you guys in this new chapter of your lives. We love you!”
Carson, who attended the wedding with his wife and their four children, shared a photo of Gwen walking down the aisle towards a grinning Blake – he himself was all smiles as he stood waiting to begin officiating the wedding.
According to PEOPLE, the wedding party kicked off as early as Friday (July 2), with a pre-wedding family dinner at Ole Red in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.
“They looked really happy together and definitely in love,” a source told the outlet.
Sources also shared that Gwen’s three sons, 15-year-old Kingston, 12-year-old Zuma, and seven-year-old Apollo, were there and everyone enjoyed a meal of burgers, fries, tacos and more.
The radiant bride rocked two Vera Wang looks for her big day.
For the ceremony, she wore a gown with “a sweetheart plunging neckline, cut away back, fitted bodice and high low hand tumbled tulle skirt,” per PEOPLE. She also sported a “white chapel length veil, which featured the hand embroidered names of Stefani, Shelton, and their kids.”
Gwen also shared photo of the mini dress she wore to the reception on social media. Tagging the designer, she captioned it, “you need a party dress when u get to marry @blakeshelton.”
She completed the look with high-cut white boots and a shorter veil. According to the outlet, her dress also incorporated sweet tributes to Blake and her three sons – a pair of hand-sewn love birds as a symbol of the newlyweds and three baby love birds representing her three sons.
Blake also put his own spin for his wedding look. He looked dapper in a black tuxedo jacket over a white shirt, black vest, and bow tie…with blue jeans!
Carson also shared even more details from the wedding on the Today show.
“It was perfectly them, the whole weekend and the marriage itself. It was as elegant, and refined, and cool as Gwen is, and it was as country, and down home, and fun as Blake is,” Carson shared. “They just work. They’re an unlikely pair. They’re like if you paired delicious fried chicken with a glass of champagne. On paper, on the menu, it doesn’t seem to work, but it works.”
“They’re comfort food with class and everybody roots for that,” he added. “… It was just their family. It was small and it was perfect.”
He also dished on the couple’s wedding vows.
“At the wedding, Gwen starts and she wrote this [speech] saying ‘since I was a little girl… blah blah blah’ and she crushes [it], not a dry eye in the church,” Carson recalled. “… It was so perfect that I said to Blake when she was done, ‘Top that, buddy.'”
Blake took up the challenge, opening up to the crown, saying, “Gwen has always given me a hard time about not writing enough songs, so I wrote a song.”
“Guitar comes in, stool, next thing you know, he wrote her a song, and he sings her a song — while he’s crying — that he wrote specifically for her. ‘Reach the Star,’ I think it was called,” Carson continued. “Not a dry eye in the house. That was a highlight.”
So how did Carson become the officiator at the wedding?
“I’ve known Gwen for 25 years. I was friends with them both when they met separately. I love Blake to death. He’s like the brother I never had,” he said. “… When they called me, they had me on speaker phone and they said, ‘We think you’re perfect for it.'”
“Gwen and I both share a deep sense of faith. We talk a lot about faith, the two of us, and to work with them and their family to get to be a part of that day with my family was really an honor,” he added. “It was fun, too. I don’t want people to think ‘Oh, a big celebrity wedding.’ We had a blast all weekend long.”
Sounds like an amazing wedding!
Heartfelt congratulations to Blake and Gwen!
