Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Lowery Wedding Part 3

This is the final, long-awaited installment for the finished wedding! We have our wintery, white Ceremony, complimented by brilliantly intense, eye-popping color with the Reception. It was fun to work with such an extreme palette. It made for a really unique environment. Yaay! I'll start with the ceremony....




The newly draped room, is now completely full of orchid covered Birch Branches, and a massive iron structure, over flowing in Hawaiian Dendrobium Stems. Extra up-lighting, and floating candles give the room ambiance and glow.






A two dimensional Rose sphere complements the Place Card Table.

This gorgeous swagging marks the entrance to the ceremony. Opposite this room is an open foyer that leads to the reception area.


Hanging Crystals and exotic Orchid plants are displayed on Manzanita Branches.







You can never go wrong with too many candles!






Silver Beaded Chargers, Grey Bengaline Napkins, and Menus, add detail to the table top.



Vibrant Shades of Raspberry, paired with earthy silver hues make these collection centerpieces really pop in the room. The pin-spot lighting really helped the Fuchsia Rose Spheres glow!




















Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Lowery Wedding Part 2

Friday night we started the initial set-up. The ceremony room was to be draped around 10:00am. We were all surprised by how much smaller the room was. We knew it would be tiny, but it was even smaller than remembered. Also, the room had been filled with leftover wine glasses, tables, other odds and ends. This poor room had basically been used for temporary storage, which inhibited the draping process and took longer than expected.




The Silver Chiavari Chairs for the reception had arrived! They had to be stored in this room also, which made space a precious commodity.

Originally, the ceiling was going to be completely draped. However, the logistics of the room were such that draping the entire ceiling would take away too much head space. So sad, because it would have looked beautiful. However, the fantastic guys from Quest Drape made some innovative changes and transformed the ceiling into a billowing mass of sheer fluff:)


The finished Ceremony Room!


This lovely pic denotes the extremely skinny hallways to and from the ballroom. These led from the load-in area, through the kitchens and up to the ballrooms. We had to take these tight spaces into consideration when planning the execution of this event. Our motto..."Take more people, and get there way early"!!