We were so honored to be a part of fabulous wedding photographer, Gayle Brooker’s big wedding day in May.  The wedding was so ethereal and lovely.  I can only share a few little fun shots from her rehearsal dinner which took place on the Friday eve of the wedding at local Folly River waterfront eatery, Bowens Island.

the happy couple on a beautiful evening!

this famed establishment encourages guests to leave their mark and “art” on the walls of the dock house…

friends and family toast the pair

Artful Wedding

Tara is in one of my other favorite Southern towns, Richmond, Va today and tomorrow for a couple of appearances. After  the local morning show, she will head to the Virginia Musuem of Fine Arts for the sitxth annual Artful Wedding event.  Here is the interview in the recent Richmond Bride magazine where she shares her words of wisdom…

The View From Here

We just finished a big double header this weekend (rehearsal party and wedding), and I can’t wait to see the real shots from this one!  The young fun couple really let us play with patterns and the fresh mix of color was one of the most original we’ve had in a while… We mixed up the tent layout a bit at this one and placed it on a spot at Lowndes Grove Plantation where it has never been placed before, and it really payed off!  Here is the view right after sunset from their lounge..

Expert Advice

We had a really fun time designing our events for our Gorham’s Bluff, Alabama wedding back in May.  We were involved in all of the wedding events, from the bridal luncheon, to the after rehearsal party, the wedding day brunch, and of course the big event!  We wanted all of the events to have some uniting factor that made it obvious to those guests that would be attending every event that they were related.

The wedding colors were a coraly pink, peach, and grey, so for the luncheon we made it super girly with a hot pinky coral and silver accents.

We still brought in the little details like embroidered napkins that took a small pattern from the wedding invites- a nice token fro the bride to have afterwards for her home.  The menus were all hand calligraphied…

Since the bride got embroidered napkins, we thought it would be fun to do embroidered cocktail napkins for each guest, which also double as their place card.

Ahhh, the things that we do for our clients.  Tara and I were in the kitchen personally hand spinning the cotton candy our bride just had to surprise her girls with!

At least we had fun doing it…we had to sample some of course before it went out…

Everyone loved their surprise treat… a perfect ending to a perfectly girlie lunch.

Proud Planners…

We are always so excited to hear about all of our couples successes- whether it’s career related or starting a lovely family together.  One our brides, Lee Boren, owns a hugely successful design store in Atlanta, Pieces, and has an awesome feature in the new LonnyMag. Be sure to check out her fab inventory and the magazine “piece” on her…

Tara’s Tidbits

Luckily, having our New York office gives me a chance to always be on the pulse of what’s new and fabulous… I found this little snippet in the new Town and Country and can’t wait to make an appointment to see their “all-white bridal” floor next time I’m up there…

As planners we sometimes have vendors that our clients bring to us versus the other way around… sometimes this can be a good thing or a bad thing.  In the case of our videographers from our Gorham’s Bluff wedding in May, it was a great thing!  Thank you to Epic Motion, whom the bride found through her sister in law and we brought all the way down from Michigan.

I’m thrilled to share the trailer from Beth and Graham’s Wedding.

Beth + Graham’s Teaser Trailer from Epic Motion on Vimeo.

New Bridesmaid Options

One of my favorite designers is now doing bridesmaid attire-yippee!

Tara’s Tidbits

I had a big laugh with my rental guy today over this!  Everyone in the industry should be able to relate to this in one way or another… Enjoy!

Back in the Limelight Again…

Back in the day, this was THE hotspot to go to in the City for dancing, clubbing, whatever it was you were looking for…  it evolved over the years into many different things, lastly a decrepit old rundown church that was once a club, but a church first. (if that even makes sense).  This being right next to our New York office, we were less than pleased at it’s most recent condition.  We were so excited when we saw work being done it early this year, and even more overjoyed when we were there last week.

it is now what they are calling the Limelight Marketplace.  Several companies from Marie Belle chocolates, Brocade Home, Hunter boots, etc. all have little outposts set up. It’s too cute!

thank god for landscaping – this used to be piles of old trash!

An Inside Peek…

Ever popular local interior designer Angie Hranowsky has now opened a space downtown along with photographer, Julia Lynn, and designer Stacey Bradley creater of Perla Anne.  I love seeing someone’s work space, so was psyched when Angie sent over some shots..

sometimes you need to look up and just see the word “yes”…

love the electric blue silk stools…

skinny drawers!