The Green Chica

on Jan 08 in Green Wedding, Wedding Flowers, Wedding Planner

I am happy to once again be working with Katie Martin, of Elegance & Simplicity, on this year’s Earth Day Wedding.  This will be the third wedding video I have donated for a good cause, championed by Katie, and the second in the name of green wedding practices.

Katie is a very busy woman.  Not only is she a fabulous wedding planner and an amazing florist under Elegance & Simplicity, she recently published a new online magazine – Eco Beautiful Weddings, is working on getting her third book completed and published, and runs the DC Green Wedding Consortium, of which I am proud to be a member.

I recently asked Katie a few questions about what makes an Eco Beautiful wedding.

What makes you a “green” vendor? Read More

A Simple Wish Wedding

on Nov 13 in Wedding, Wedding Cake, Wedding Flowers, Wedding Planner, wedding photographer, wedding video

“Jessica,

We just got finished viewing our video and loved it!!! It really captured the whole day and brought me to tears a number of times… thanks again!

Julia”

I had the best time working on the video for Rhett and Julia this past month.  Partly it was because the couple were a joy to work with, and partly because of the amazing team of vendors that I got to work with.

A Simple Wish pulled together this team and planned the wedding from start to finish.  Ashley Gordon ran the show the day of and did a great job making sure everything went like clockwork.  I truly do love working with wedding planners.  They take care of all the details and leave the bride and groom stress free.  Not to mention, they know what vendors will work great together and fit the couple’s tastes.

I met and got to work with a fabulous photographer I have never worked with before – Marilynn Spindler, of Sandi Foraci Photography.  She brought a great eye and a great attitude to the wedding.  We worked side by side and had a great time doing it.  Marilynn provided all the photos for this post.

The musicians at the church, provided by Music by Anthem, had a great trio of strings, not to mention all the perfect notes provided for the procession and recession.  It makes for great audio, for my video, when the musicians are professional and on key the whole time!  They also provided a harpist who played through the cocktail hour and sounded like an entire orchestra all by herself.

Westfields Marriott was a great venue for the reception.  I have been there several times and am always impressed.  I especially like the outdoor patio where cocktail hour was held.

Holly Chapple, of Holly Chapple Flowers, did an amazing job with the ceremony and reception flowers.  Fall colors were everywhere, and the bouquets looked beautiful with the bride and bridesmaids dresses.

Connie Schweizer, of Connie’s Cake Creations, made a beautiful cake.  What I love about Connie’s cakes is that, on top of looking great, they taste wonderful.

All in all, Rhett and Julia had a beautiful wedding and a great time, and that is what is most important at the end of the day – that the bride and groom were happy every step of thye way!

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.

Flowers at a Garden

on Aug 13 in Wedding, Wedding Flowers

I just completed a great wedding video for Cristina and Ben, who got married this summer at Meadowlark Gardens, in Vienna.  As usual, the Atrium was a great venue for a wedding and fortunately we had the perfect weather for an outdoor ceremony.

Cristina and Ben were great to work with.  You can view the video we did for them below.

A Wedding at Meadowlark Gardens from Jessica Piscitelli on Vimeo.

Cristina and Ben had this to say after receiving their DVDs:

“From our first meeting, we felt very comfortable with Jessica. We did not meet with any other videographers because we knew she would do an outstanding job. Throughout the planning process she was very flexible and easy to work with, quick to respond to e-mails, and on the day of our wedding, was very unobtrusive, fun, and professional. Once we viewed our DVD for the first time, I cried at least three times! She captured every single moment that I remembered and cherished from that day and did it with seamless transitions, perfect matching to the music, and such class! We are very happy with her work and would recommend her to anyone considering a videographer for any special occasion.”

Gail Dobberfuhl, of Blooms in Reston, was kind enough to refer me for wedding videography.  I have worked a lot of weddings in which Blooms provided the flowers, and I always fall in love with the bouquets!  Gail has been listed as one of the area’s best florists by Washingtonian Magazine for the past several years, and you can really tell why when you’ve seen her flower arrangements.  Reston Floral Designs now owns Blooms and their new name is Blooms Reston Floral Design.  You can check out their website at BloomsReston.com

In addition to working with a beautiful bride and groom, getting to capture a great venue with great décor, I had the added pleasure of working with a fun, real, and natural photographer who I always have a great time working with.  You can see more of her work here: marthafitzsimon.com

Or contact Martha FitzSimon Photography – Real. Natural. Fun.  – at 703.273.0077

Lastly, I got to meet a new planner, well, new to me.  Lisa Borchert, from Detail By Detail was the wedding planner that day.  It’s always great to meet new people and the wedding couldn’t have been nicer, so you know she had something to do with that.