Thank you to Joe Simon Productions!
www.joesimonproductions.com
Kelly and Robert
On a beautiful December day, Kelly and Robert were married inside the Artisan Ballroom. A large basket of petals at the end of the aisle was provided for the children attending the wedding to scatter however they saw fit down the aisle before the ceremony began.
Underneath a candle arch decorated with green and purple hydrangeas, the two said "I do." The bridesmaids' dresses were pewter and the girls carried bouquets of purple anemones, green hanging amaranthus, purplw freesia, and green button chrysanthemums.
The bridal bouquet also featured a delicate array of purple anemones, green hanging amaranthus, purplw freesia, and green button chrysanthemums paired with purple delphenium and hand-tied with purple satin ribbon topped with a green satin ribbon bow.
The boutonnieres also featured the striking purple anemones.
After the ceremony, the ballroom was transformed from ceremony site to reception site. The tables featured ivory floor length linens with bright and cheerful lime green toppers. Purple flowers stood out brightly in the center of the tables. And a sweetheart table in the center of the room was set up for the newlyweds.
The guests were treated to passed appetizers and then gathered together for a plated dinner, with the option of a winter salad with dark greens, beets and citrus or marinated seared prawns with bruschetta for the first course.
For the second course, guests had the option of grilled chicken and bread stuffing with carmelized onion, bacon, and apples; or acorn squash stuffed with apricots and cornbread; salmon with an herb crust and wild rice stuffing.
For dessert, the bride's cake featured white icing with brown chocolate stems and purple waxflowers. The groom's cake featured purple and green satin ribbon with an ivory modeling chocolate dot pattern resembling their wedding invitations.
Blue Mist Band provided the entertainment and kept everyone dancing. For the kids, the couple provided bubbles and cupcakes. It was a beautiful winter wedding with a upbeat, modern sense of style.
Many, many thanks to Tyler Schmitt, with Schmitt Photography, for providing these images.
Breanna and Amit
Breanna and Amit wed each other on a gorgeous, while a bit rainy, October day. The sweet couple said "I do" under a chuppah adorned with purple roses, green hanging amranthus, curly willow, and white tool.
Mazel tov!
Just a few short hours before the ceremony began, a huge completely healthy-looking tree uprooted itself and fell in front of the ballroom covering the zen garden and pathway to the ballroom. All the Barr Mansion staff pitched in to remove it in plenty of time before the guests arrived—you would have never known it happened. The bride and groom remained characteristically cool when they arrived to see the gigantic tree sprawled all over the place—they knew us well enough to know we wouldn't let anything so much as a tree ruin their wedding day.
(photo by Abby Daigle)
The wedding flowers featured bright blue dendrobium orchids, purple roses, and gray dusty miller. A beautifully combination of colors, and a perfect fit for the day.
The evening was enchanting with candles everywhere.
This untraditional couple had very creative wedding cakes. The bride's cake featured silhouettes of the Beatles, sheet music, and fresh strawberries. And the grooms cake featured a blue pendant surrounded by three yellow triangles with sheet music and a lemon grass border.
Guests dined on food stations of New Bride chicken curry with naan, cheese fondue with cool weather vegetables, shiitake mushroom pizza, baby turkey-feta burgers with smoky aioli, and sesame potato and russet potato home fries. And waiters passed hors d'oeuvres of organic la Quercia prosciutto Americano bruschetta and pear, Cowgirl creamery triple cream cheese and olive tarts.
A beautiful end to a beautiful evening.
Gorgeous photos by Michael Hooks.
www.HookedPhoto.com
Catherine and Jacob
Catherine and Jacob were married on September 5th underneath the arch, which was covered in greenery and dripping with green dendrobium orchids.
A bride with some serious style—Catherine's bouquet featured green succulents, green hydrangeas, green hanging amranthus, and green cymbidium orchids, and green scabiosa pods wrapped in green variegated leaves and raffia.
The groomsmen wore green cymbidium orchid boutonnieres, and Jacob—not to be outdone by his bride—wore an orchid with a small green succulent, a bit of green hanging amranthus, and a sprig of curly willow wrapped in raffia.
The bride, an artist, hand-made aisle markers for the ceremony chairs. Guests enjoyed music from a gramophone, which was a family heirloom. The music for the processional was also played on the gramophone.
It was a beautiful evening and guests were treated to a plated meal of peppered beef tenderloin with pumpkin mash or greek lasagna with feta and local vegetables, and a toasted pine nut and sweet potato salad. For the kids who attended the wedding, DVDs and games were provided by the bride and groom in the Mansion with nannies to watch them—fun for the kids, and the adults got to relax. The guests were also treated to a projector show of the couple's courtship during the reception.
The bride's cake featured a cake topper resembling the bride and groom with piped brown twigs and real white wax flowers atop a yellow background. Instead of a groom's "cake," they had groom's "cupcakes."
Stacy Cross—amazing photographer that you are—thank you for the beautiful pictures and congratulations on your new baby!!
Allison and Will
It was a rainy day Allison married Will. But it was a beautiful day. And an even more beautiful evening. It rained during the ceremony, but magically cleared for the reception. The young couple had a huge wedding party, and a large guest list. Surrounded by all their family and friends they were married under a white canopy in front of a beautiful cross. The wedding party proceeded to the tent with matching umbrellas. When they entered the tent, a staff person at the back of the chairs quickly took the umbrellas.
Following the ceremony was dinner and dancing. The guests enjoyed passed appetizers of roasted squash bites with pumpkin seed pesto, pear, cowgirl creamery triple cream cheese tarts, and prosciutto Americano. In addition, in stations around the room, guests were treated to beef tenderloin sandwiches, a green salad with pecans and cranberry vinaigrette, sesame sweet potato and russet potato home fries, shiitake mushroom pizza, grilled shrimp kabobs, roasted vegetable and Mt. Tam cheese Cuabatta rolls, and a cheese board with fruit and crackers.
The couple had a romantic, organic feel to their floral and design elements. A beautiful tree trunk with floral accents in the center of a buffet table was a wonderful touch.
The cake was adorned with olive branches and topped with a wreath of fresh lavender.
The bride and groom left in style—in a vintage convertible.
