Sarah and Drew

We love being at the Grove Park Inn, particularly when the weather is gorgeous and the wedding is outside!  For Sarah and Drew's wedding, we spent hours watching the sky and counting every rain drop, in hopes that there wouldn't be one too many that would send us indoors.  Everything turned out perfectly as you can see in these beautiful photos by Yasmine of Berkson Photography.

Guests were greeted on the Sammons Porch with glasses of champagne, white wine or perrier.  A classic, welcoming  touch on a hot June day.

Julie, in-house florist at the Grove Park Inn designed these stunning orchid bouquets and centerpieces.

I love place cards...

The lit globe floating above the guest tables is from Asheville Event Services.  The guests loved having a personal "moon"!

Sarah and her mom, Karen, are planners extraordinaire themselves!  We loved working with them and were thrilled to help them make all of their plans come together so perfectly.

Other great professionals involved:

Lola Salon (hair)

Scott Thompson (makeup)

Lou Berkson and Donna Germano (ceremony music)

Orange Krush Band (reception music)

Cami Photo (videography)

Candy Bars

The jury is still out on whether candy bars at a reception are a hot trend, or a little passe.  However, we all know that people love them!  After all, who wouldn't want a box of sugary sweets to munch on after a fabulous party?  So in our opinion, as long as people like candy, brides can't go wrong with giving it out in one form or another.

Here are a few photos of a candy bar we were asked to create for the Association of Bridal Consultants state meeting in Asheville.  The candy was provided by Sweets from Heaven, based out of Concord Mills, NC.

This is celebrity wedding planner Mark Kingsdorf (seen on Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?) owner of the Queen of Hearts Wedding Consultants in Pennsylvania.

Celebrity planner Samantha Goldberg (middle) and my Associate Planner, Kay.  By the way, Kay was the creative designer for the candy bar.  She rocked it!