From Flower Talk … Cathrin D’Entremont Weddings and FlowerTalk were invited by Sandalford Winery to participate in this year’s wedding open day. Once again Cathrin has shown her panache in styling the bridal table.

The theme was natural and organic to compliment the Bride & Groom Store’s walnut tiffany chairs. Flowers were jonquils, Michaelmas daisies, billy buttons and roses in jars and bottles.  FlowerTalk and her team of “bloom stylists” created a variety of bouquets to tempt and inspire brides to be, especially the music paper flower bouquet & ‘the bird’ which were both big hits!

Hazel Buckley from Organic Weddings came and photographed all these “goose bump” images. I’m sure this is the beginning… And lastly a big thank you to Sandalford Winery for inviting us to be a part of this exciting day where many brides, grooms and their families braved the wet and windy Sunday to attend this inspiring event.

Wedding Planner: Cathrin D’Entremont Weddings / Photography: Hazel Buckley Photography & Lynn Gail, Organic Weddings / Chairs: Tilopa Keech, Bride + Groom Store / Venue: Sandalford Winery / Blooms: Jappalin Manning, Flower Talk

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Today’s features are all about COLOR. Bold and beautiful ~ colorful weddings from around our Little Black Book network of sensational wedding vendors! Please give them some love in our comments section to let them know you agree … they’re the best!

First up is from Natasha at Waterlily Pond …

San Francisco wedding photographer Erin Beach chose Smith Mountain Lake in rural Southern Virginia for her wedding location because it’s close to her home town, her family and high-school friends. She wanted it to be a casual Southern BBQ – her mom’s friend catering, her cousin’s bluegrass band, beer kegs, lemonade and pies. But Erin is a very stylish girl, and we decided this will be 50′s style retro chic wedding. Dominated by primary colors and polka-dot patterns.

The lake marina had a basic picnic pavilion which I transformed by draping along the entire length of it with 200 yards of bright yellow fabric, and adding white paper lanterns. I am attaching before picture and a design sketch of the picnic pavilion.

The vintage carousel nearby was so much fun at the cocktail hour. And it turned out to be red and yellow! How cool since we designed the whole wedding in red and yellow and never got to see the inside of the carousel before the wedding day.

Erin’s retro-style dress and Chris’s suit were custom made by San Francisco tailor, and her shoes were Manolo Blahnik’s red with white polka dots. The bouquet was monochromatic yellow with a single red gerbera daisy.

I chose to create cute textural look for the centerpieces by putting together compositions of very simple monochromatic designs that required minimal labor. I used white, yellow and red dot stickers, and polka-dot ribbons to add patterns to simple clear and black glass cylinders. The sticker trick turned black cylinders into black with white polka-dots, and clear cylinders into yellow and red polka-dot. Making the centerpieces look adorable and stylish.

Mix of B&W polka-dot and yellow linens, and coordinating yellow and black paper napkins for the tables completed the look. Small white and yellow striped tent I rented for the bar added to the fun feel of the event. Colorful parachutes in the sky during the ceremony and beautiful sunset on the lake were just an unplanned bonus for Erin and Chris’s special day.

{see the entire wedding gallery here}

What a great way to start the week!! Congrats to Erin & Chris. Cheers to Natasha at Waterlily Pond on more sensational creations!

Event and Floral Design: Waterlily Pond Studio,  Photography: Stephanie Klein-Davis, Venue: Parkway Marina, Smith Mountain Lake, Huddleston, VA

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The colors ~ all those daisies~ absolutely amazing!

I can’t imagine a more perfect spot …

…or a more perfect couple!

Thanks SO much to Julie Afflerbaugh Photography for sharing these and all the previous engagement photos we brought to you today!

More images from Kelly & Michael’s wedding on Julie’s blog!

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Angel and Patrick are just beginning that journey! They ‘found’ Julie through Style Me Pretty’s Little Black Book. Yay! And Angel has shared a little bit about their own wedding plans with us … “Our wedding is about our guests. We want them to enjoy themselves as much as possible and so that plays a big part in the decisions we make to create our day. Trying to find the right balance between what’s best for our family and friends, and doing so in a way that expresses who we are at the same time has been a lot of fun. For example, I’m a HUGE foodie (and now Patrick is too, lol) so it was really vital that our guests enjoy engaging, memorable food. I’ve been to plenty of weddings where most of the adults ended up making their way through the kids buffet. So with that in mind we created an extremely light-hearted menu with a stylish flair including Miniature Grilled Brie Sandwiches on Brioche Served with Smoked Tomato Coulis, Petite Cheddar Cheese Sliders and Condiment Station, Homemade Penne & Three Cheeses Served Individually in Ramekins and Topped with Crunchy Herb Panko, Build Your Own Sundae Dessert Bar with Vanilla Gelato and Toppings to Include Bing Cherry Port Reduction, Dark Chocolate Ganache, Orange Caramel.

And when it came to bridesmaid attire, the same concept applied in making it about them first. People have more fun and look best in photographs when they’re comfortable so I simply picked a designer I liked and a palette of 7 or 8 shades of green ranging from spring green to moss and more in between. My bridesmaids are then able to pick whichever color they would like and whatever dress style they feel most comfortable in. The only other stipulation is that the dresses all have pockets because I have a deeply rooted love affair with pockets and since I couldn’t add them to my wedding dress (yup, that’s right, I tried lol) at least they can all enjoy the splendor of a pocketed dress. It’s details like those that are woven throughout the day that people will notice and say, yup, that’s so Angel.”

Angel is the author of her very own wedding blog, DIY Unveiled. She has lots of great DIY projects and wedding planning tips! To see more of their e*shoot, she has them posted on her  blog here!

We saw lots more great engagement shots on Julie’s blog ~

Erin and Scott were just married in Boulder Colorado. Here are a few of their gorgeous engagement photos …

Corina & Amos’s E*session is one of the ones that really caught my eye on Julie’s blog. Seems like everything we see from Colorado is amazing!

Corina & Amos’ wedding is next September.

And Kelly & Michael …

Kelly and Michael just got married and we have a couple of images to share with you from that!

That color combination of grey and yellow is really sensational! We’ll have more images from Kelly & Michael’s wedding up this afternoon. In the meantime, if you’d like to see more, you can take a look at them Julie Afflerbaugh’s blog right here!

Thanks SO much, Julie … for sharing!

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from Jesse and Whit’s blog …

Sometimes i take a break from my day and write a little what-i-am-thankful-for list and this past month jacqui and lachlan were on the top of my list. they are the kind of people that shine the light and no matter what kind of day you are having, they will rub right off on you. so needless to say…the whole wedding went like this. completely filled with light and love ...

… we already felt like old friends when the wedding began. our first meeting with them was over tacos and beers. it was instant love. then we met for their engagement shoot about 11 days before the wedding and it seemed like we were all a little frazzled between rush hour traffic, wedding plans and the wedding season that was ahead of us.  it took about 5 minutes before we all found ourselves rolling in green grass, breaking through fences and laughing our tails off! jacqui is the social sales manager at king plow so how she found time to plan her own wedding amongst everyone else’s is beyond me.

Jesse and Whit are the fantastic photographers of Our Labor of Love. They are based in Atlanta, but split their time between there and California, with a few trips to Martha’s Vineyard along the way. In other words, they will be more than happy to join you at your destination of choice! Just looking at the images of Jacqui and Lachlan’s wedding … well, you can see that Jesse and Whit totally connect with their couples in an intimate and privileged way. And isn’t that what you want for your wedding day? A photography team who really ‘gets’ you!?

From the beautiful bride, Jacqui …

We had the most fantastic experience from start to finish with all of our vendors! From our planner, Christina Zubowicz from Magnolia Weddings, to Bold American Events and Catering for their unreal flowers and food, to Michelle Smith from Inviting Ideas for her invitations, programs, and menu cards, Frosted Pumpkin for his unreal hanging wedding cake, and lastly but most importantly Whit and Jesse from Our Labor of Love!!!!

Lachlan and I met in Aspen Co while both working a Ski season. He was the bartender at the famous Little Nell Relais and Chateau and I was a hostess he is Australian and I am South African, so it was really important to incorporate this into our wedding. One of the ways we did this was to serve red wines from Australia and white wines from South Africa. We had over 4 continents represented, making it a truly well traveled wedding crowd! I love black and white but wanted a fresh spring feel, so all of our flowers were yellow – my favorite color! I also love the contradiction of modern and vintage so having when I found my Rivini lace dress, I knew we had to have some fun old fashioned elements – hence the yellow umbrellas, soft personal flowers, and long vintage veil. We have been in Atlanta for 3 years and love it! Lachlan is starting his MBA at Emory in the fall and I have been a Sales Manager for Bold American for 3 years.

Again, from Our Labor of Love’s blog … this was “out-of-the-box” and “into-amazing” wedding for king plow. steve, michelle, susan blew minds with their interiors. Tulips hung upside down from a moss base that reflected into the mirrors of the table tops. hanging cakes. rooms filled with umbrellas. floor to ceiling tapestries. it was insane. and so was the smilebooth. {If you’re not familiar with the Smilebooth, you totally need to take a look {here}! SO much fun for your guests!}

Upside-down tulips??? Hanging cakes??? Whoa!!!!

Now that is truly awesome! The stunning cakes were provided by Little Black Book member The Frosted Pumpkin Gourmet, Inc.

The yellow, black and white color palette has made a big splash in the wedding world, but none so grand as this!

What a warm and enticing wedding celebration this was. Just the perfect mix of sophistication, bubbly charm and a big dose of whimsy !

THANK YOU~ to Jesse & Whit and the whole OLOL team for sharing this day! And a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Jacqui & Lachlan !!

Be sure to visit the Our Labor of Love website and their blog for so many more gorgeous examples of the work!

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Post categories: Centerpieces, Little Black Book Blog, Real Weddings, Traditional Elegance, Wedding Details, Wedding Flowers, Wedding Photography, Whimsical

photographs by Lisa Franchot

From Lisa at Oh How Charming!

The draping that we chose for the dinner reception tent was such a beautiful shade of blue. It created the most serene atmosphere. We combined the soft beachy blue hues of the wedding with “beach chic” elements from Classic Party Rentals such as bamboo folding chairs, wicker chargers, bamboo flatware, and wood tables. I had Barker Decor add their amazing bamboo dance floor and stage, and my absolute favorite…7500 square feet of their sisal flooring in the tent. It was extraordinary!! The sisal mixed with the blue draping was such a gorgeous combo.

For the florals – we struggled a bit to really figure out what Courtney loved. Everything we came up with was pretty — but just didn’t have that “wow” factor. So — at the very last second — we collectively decided to change the florals (it was very exciting!) to ALL daisies. The amazingly talented Mindy Rice and I were SO excited that Courtney was daring enough to let us rock out the daisies. There were daisies everywhere! Mindy did beautifully aged galvanized buckets of daisies, and peppered in some super sweet hand tied bouquets of chamomile and feverfew. Mindy also painted all the weathered signs that we had throughout the wedding.

Carlos and Anna at Tabella did a fabulous combination of washed linen and delicate embroidered silk runners on the wood tables. They were stunning. Amy and Jeremy at Vanilla Bake Shop did yet another extraordinary dessert display and a spectacular cake!!! Everything was captured beautifully by the super talented Lisa Franchot. Aside from all the beautiful decor, the wedding was truly stunning because of Courtney and Andrew and their awesome families and friends. It was an event filled with a ton of love and laughter. We were delighted to be a part of it!

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photographs by Lisa Franchot

So much more to come!

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