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Trend Wedding 2007

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Photo by Kate McGough of
Perspective Studio

Guests were greeted by courteous and well-groomed Hire A Host wait staff, dressed in black tails and white gloves, courtesy of Savvi Formalwear. The wait staff served cool refreshments of lemonade and iced tea in the outdoor courtyard before the ceremony began. Guests signed the matte of a black and white candid engagement portrait, shot by photographer Kate McGough from Perspective Studio, a trendy alternative to a traditional guestbook.

Guests, dressed in black tie attire, were directed down a hill and along a path surrounded by a wide-open pasture, complete with horses grazing in the tall grass. At the path’s end, the sound of contemporary classical music, played by Sonic Sound Entertainment, filled the air. A visual masterpiece towered before them.

Sassafras Floral and Garden Design had taken the 100-year-old elm tree and festooned it with love knots reminiscent of 1920s bridal bouquets. Each made of thick champagne, ivory, and copper-colored satin ribbon, the bouquets trailed from the lower branches, providing a truly dramatic display. Each love knot was embellished with a cluster of blooms in rich tones including copper cymbidium orchids, heather, roses and trailing amaranthus foliage. Après Party & Tent Rental created an altar with rich champagne satin linens and overlays of hand-beaded embroidered sheer tulle, framed by an ivory chiffon drape suspended in the tree. Upon the altar, Sassafras created a lush asymmetrical arrangement grouping deep colors together, from oranges to reds to deep plums, finishing with burgundy-black feathers for maximum impact.

At the entrance to the aisle was a custom birdcage containing two white doves from Wings of Love. A champagne damask aisle runner ran between the rows of gold chiavari chairs from Après Party & Tent Rental. With each alternating row, Sassafras created aisle markers from rusted metal pipes (salvaged from a local metal scrap yard) serving as a frame along the path to the tree. Atop the pipes sat a lush combination of cymbidium and gladiolus blossoms, fresh plums, roses, dahlias, tritoma and miniature calla lilies, framed with textural draping accents of andromeda heather, diabolo ninebark, red bud and maple seedpods, hanging amaranthus, dates, feathers, and locally-grown grape vines.

Photo by Kate McGough of
Perspective Studio

Samantha, wearing her couture strapless Michelle Roth ball gown with organza shimmer lace embellished lightly with crystals, and Katherine, wearing a camel-colored Amsale strapless A-line gown, both provided by Mestad’s, rode in style from the Chateau to the ceremonial pasture in a horse-drawn carriage, provided by Petersen’s Carriage Service.  The bride and maid of honor both wore stunning Tacori necklace and earring sets from Arthur’s Jewelers. Their jewelry truly glistened in the sunlight. Samantha wore a choker from Tacori’s Vintage Pearl collection, handcrafted with sterling silver, freshwater pearls and Swarovski crystals. Her earrings were genuine freshwater pearl with sterling silver, white topaz, and Swarovski crystals.

Samantha carried a dramatic trailing bouquet in rich tones of coppers, plums, and reds. Flowers included copper cymbidium orchids, plum and burgundy dahlias, tritoma, ‘curiosa’ ‘black baccara’ and ‘freedom’ roses, black, plum, copper and apricot miniature calla lilies with textural accents of andromeda heather, scabiosa pods, dates, leucadendron, and burgundy hanging amaranthus. Six-foot-long trails of thick copper satin ribbon were twisted into love knots with thin copper wire. Phalaenopsis orchid blossoms were tied into the knots.

Katie carried a more compact version of Samantha’s bouquet, with colors graded from coppers to reds to plums, framed with twisted true copper metal ‘ribbon,’ also from a local metal salvage yard.

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