Baltimore Wedding Firsts

on Sep 14 in Baltimore Wedding, Wedding

I had a few firsts at the wedding I completed recently.  This was my first Baltimore wedding, and it was great.  The ceremony and reception were at the Walters Art Gallery.  The venue was beautiful.  It was like having a wedding in a Roman Sculpture Garden.

This was also my first time getting to work with Lisa Nelson, of Elegant Event Design.  She was such a joy to work with and she did an amazing job of both planning the wedding, and designing the whole event.

I asked Lisa about her experience designing this event for the couple, and she had this to say:

“It was a lot of work - a lot.  But it was really refreshing to be able to see everything come together, from the monogram, programs, menus, favors, linens, food, look and feel.

Most importantly, there was a feeling of love in the air.  Everyone loved everyone else so much - and it made it that much more intimate and special.”

I have to agree with Lisa.  It was a beautiful day.

Lisa recently interviewed me for her blog.  You can read my answers to her well phrased questions here.

This was my first time meeting and working with Randy Woods, of Wicked Willow.  They did an amazing job with the floral arrangements for the ceremony and the reception.  The flower design really made the event, and it all looked great as you can see in the amazing photo.

The photo is compliments of Rachel Smith, who was also a great person to work with, and a first time for me as well.  She was easy to work with and seemed to be everywhere the day of the event - a good thing in the case of your photographer.  You can see more of her work on her website.  Click here to learn more about Rachel Smith.

DC Green Wedding Meeting

on Sep 09 in Wedding

Today the DC Green Wedding Consortium met to discuss our plans for the next year.  Katie Martin, of Elegance & Simplicity, started the meeting off by telling the group about compost methods used by Occasions Caterers, one of our newer members.  We went on to discuss the Earth Day wedding for 2010 and what members have committed to offering their services in order to raise awareness of Green wedding practices.

So far we know that Ralph Alswang and Andrea Jacobson will be photographing the Earth Day wedding.  Jessica Pi Productions will once again be providing wedding video services for the event.  You can see last year’s Green Wedding video here.  Debbie Delardi, of Cakes By Design, will be providing some more delicious cake to the lucky couple.  With Carola Myers doing makeup, and Elegant Hair by Giselle doing hair, the bride will look beautiful.  Ampa Events will lend some decorative and practical touches to the already swanky Decatur House.  Aaron Couch, of Disc Jockeys on Call will be keeping the party going with his deejay services.  And, of course, Elegance & Simplicity will be providing the floral arrangements.

We wrapped up the meeting by getting to know one another a little better.  Present at the meeting but not previously mentioned were Stephanie Ward, of Punk Rock Bride; Nicole Wolf, of Sota Dzine; Michelle Slaughter of Herpresign; Jim Burch; Ashlee Van Veen of Documentary Associates; and Ann Cooper of Table Manners.

European Style Floral Design

on Sep 03 in Wedding, Wedding Flowers

A good friend of mine, and a great florist, Christi Lopez, was recently awarded a scholarship to attend a European Style Floral Design class taught by world-renowned floral designer, Els Hazenberg.

You can read more about her experience, and view some photos from the class at: The Bliss Blog

Click here to find out more about Christi and her shop, Bergeron’s Flowers & Events.

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