Lauren and Kevin

Lauren and Kevin's wedding at the Venue was a beautiful celebration of Jewish American tradition.  Lauren's color scheme of tiffany blue and rose red gave a feeling of timeless elegance.  Photos by Ryan Bumgarner.  By the way, we love working with Ryan--his laid back personality combined with a creative eye and ability to capture the perfect moment makes for an exceptional photo experience for all involved.  

 One of my favorite cakes in 2010...  By Michelle Fountain with Icing on the Cake.  Isn't it elegant?

Bobby Hill of BobbyMark's Designs listened to the Bride, then created exactly what she had in her head.  I love the simplicity of the bold red, softened by slender curly willow.

 

A family member MADE this beautiful chuppah.  She very patiently educated all of the wedding party members in how it would function for the ceremony.  What a sweetheart!

Sweet ceremony music provided by Corine Brouwer of Allegro Music Events.

Because trolley photos are fun...

And what point is there to a wedding blog post if there are no inspiring photos of the bride and groom?  Ryan captured Lauren and Kevin's heart for each other in these photos set in downtown Asheville.

 

And credit to a few more wonderful people:

Bride's Makeup by Scott Thompson of Makeup at the Grove Arcade

Bride's Hair by Hayley at L'eau de Vie

Ceremony officiated by Rabbi Meiri

Reception music by DJ Sean Lowman of Premier Sound and Light

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)

Southern Weddings

Southern Weddings is a super-chic blog that publishes beautiful, creative weddings from our very own region. Last week they published Brian and Marcy's Biltmore wedding complete with their story, peacock feather details and a great photo of Marcy's make-up being applied by the expert, Scott Thompson. Check the link for more fun details about this wedding and to admire more of Angela Stott's photography.
http://www.swsmag.net/blog/2009/8/18/real-north-carolina-wedding-marcy-brian.html

Wedding at the Conservatory on Biltmore Estate

Here are the amazing photos from Marcy and Brian's wedding. Angela Stott is a truly gifted photographer. I had trouble picking my favorites--so here are several. Enjoy!

Brian and Marcy are so happy to be together--can you tell? They are a delight to everyone around them!

Beautiful arrangment by the Bloom Room. The pin belongs to the Bride and echoes the peacock and art nouveau theme.

Another fabulous arrangment by the Bloom Room.

The tulips are always beautiful at Biltmore. They make a great background for a gorgeous Bride.

I love this--to me it symbolizes Marcy and Brian's family circle.

A debonair young man in front of a classy car.

Isn't he handsome?

Marcy and Brian look like they just stepped out of the 1930's in the photograph. They couldn't be more "picture-perfect"!