From Flora Nova Design … For their sophisticated winter wedding, Sarah and Steve wanted to create a streamlined yet elegant and warm atmosphere where their guests could relax and enjoy a great party.

The couple chose one of the most unique venues in town – Sodo Park by Herban Feast – a perfect location to pair the romantic-historic flair with contemporary-hip design details. The groom particularly liked the venue, originally built in 1907 as a factory to manufacture machinery, because of his background in construction and engineering.  He appreciated the exposed beams and unique characteristics such as the original trolley tracks that run through the venue. While the bride loved that Herban Feast uses sustainable and eco-friendly practices in their catering.  Both of them fell in love with the venue instantly and used it as inspiration for creating a unique wedding that infuses the past with the present, incorporating modern and vintage touches throughout the design.

Having been together for years, the couple desired to have an intimate ceremony for their family and friends followed by the best party their guests had ever been to.  Planning and designing this winter wedding with the couple was super fun, and once the initial ideas where thrown on the table (we decided on the wintery color palette of silver, white, slate blue and black), the details all came together quickly.

For the ceremony, guests were surrounded by floor to ceiling white draping which helped to divide the large factory-style room into a warm and personal space.  Winter white flowers lined the aisle illuminated by candle light and silver glass spheres, leading to an ultra-chic, illuminated arch adorned in orchids, roses, and hydrangea, and casting an ice blue glow over the ceremony space.  Tall sparkly branches, large hurricane candles, and large silver spheres also decorated the ceremony area.

After the ceremony, the wedding guests were treated to a special cocktail hour: Food was important to Sarah and Steve as they both love to eat out and try different cuisines with their friends.  Since they both love sushi, they decided to have a sushi chef hand-roll sushi rolls for guests during the cocktail hour.  To pay homage to their family roots, a “his and her” food station was also setup during the cocktail hour featuring family recipes from both sides.  For dinner, guests were served local Northwest faire in a three-course plated meal.  The bride has a sweet tooth and wanted to make sure that there was wide variety of desserts available for guests.  In addition to the wedding cake, petit desserts were served along with one of the most unique food items of the evening – dessert sushi.  Sara also loves her daily espresso and wanted to pay tribute to the Northwest culture by including an espresso bar for guest to enjoy in the warm yet wintery lounge areas.  As an added touch, their favorite espresso drinks were named after the couple and a raspberry hot chocolate was named after their little daughter.

For the reception, we created the perfect wintery atmosphere in a warm setting. We created long guest tables in a large U-shape, with the dance floor in the middle. The reception tables were decorated with great attention to detail: floral designs in varying heights featuring silver sparkly branches, flurry baby’s breath, fuzzy Dusty Miller foliage, and “cool” blooms like blue hydrangea, white roses, and orchids; hundreds of glassy baby votive candles in shades of blue and white added a warm glow to the tables; silver sparkly linens; a white orchid tucked into each napkin together with the menu card; silver rimmed charger plates; submersible lights inside the flower vases, and lots more.

Another beautiful focal point of the evening was the gorgeous wedding cake, which in a subtle nod to winter, featured handcrafted sugar snowflakes paired with a black satin ribbon. The cake was surrounded by a thick layer of flowers, forming the shape of a large snow flake.

Photography: The Popes | Photographers / Coordination and Planning: Perfectly Posh Events / Venue and Catering: Sodo Park by Herban Feast Catering / Floral and Event Design: Flora Nova Design / Draping, Escort Card Trees, Lighting and Lounge Furniture: Prop Gallery West / Chairs, Linens, Charger Plates: AA Party Rental / Cake and Desserts: Tallant House / Votive Candles: Glassy Baby / DJ and Lighting: Austin Beaver / Vintage Umbrellas: Bella Umbrella / Ice Bar: Luxco / Stationary: Chic Ink / Chocolate Truffle Wedding Favors: Intrigue Chocolates / Photo Booth: Photo Booth Services / Espresso Catering: Espresso Elegance / Officiant: Mary Calhoun

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From James with red Bicycle Media … Natalia and Wayne are a very warm, passionate, and loving couple who made us feel very much at home. Their vision was a winter themed wedding inspired by one of their trips to their weekend getaway in upstate New York. The film intertwines and contrasts their city life and the beautiful sereneness of the mountains. It culminates at Cipriani on 42nd Street where real snow, cold and wet came down at their first dance.

Natalia and Wayne are the exactly the type of couple we love to work with. They appreciated and loved the art of our storytelling and were “all in” as far as the process.

Natalia has said the Same Day Edit makes not just her cry, but has made her husband, their loved ones, and even relative strangers tear up. I have no problem admitting that I can attest to that fact. So grab you’re tissues and enjoy this stunning Same Day Edit from red Bicycle Media.

natalia + wayne // SDE from red Bicycle Media on Vimeo

From the bride … My husband and I both grew up in New York City.  When we decided we wanted to marry in the City, we envisioned something very formal and very romantic.  We selected a venue, Cipriani 42, which we felt captured all of the romance of old New york.  Converted from an old bank, the space still has the tellar walls and giant marble columns.

We thought the most romantic time of year to be married in New York is in the winter.  We pictured a white wedding; all of our flowers were white and we brought in trees dusted with silver to ceate the feel of a snow covered forest.  We chose to call for black tie, to further the formality and romance of a winter wedding in New York.  People couldn’t understand why we wanted a winter wedding, and, at first, kept asking “What if there is a storm?”  We really wanted the city to be covered in a layer of white snow.

Of course, it hardly ever snows in New York in the middle of December, so our event designer David Beahm brought in a snow machine and timed it with our first dance. None of the guests could believe it was snowing on the dance floor!  New York City is a magical place to get married and we are so happy we chose to celebrate the beginning of our new lives together in our city!

Photography: Jerry Ghionis / Cinematography: red Bicycle Media / Floral & Event Design: David Beahm Design / Ceremony and Reception Location: Cipriani 42nd Street / Invitation Designer: Bernard Maisner / Catering: Cipriani 42nd Street / Cake: Sylvia Weinstock / Band: Starlight Orchestra / Wedding gown designer: Oscar de la Renta / Bridesmaid dress designer: Vera Wang / Bride’s Jewelry: Maurice / Bridesmaid Jewelry: Amanda Rudey Jewelry

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Debra and Alex are getting married this December and wanted their Save The Date to reflect the season! Maribeth and fellow-photographer, Erica Loeks came up with the idea of a Stop-Motion Video. LOVE IT! Take a look ….

click here:  Debra and Alex’ Stop-Motion-Save-The-Date

Thanks for sharing!

Here’s the link to their engagement shoot … LOVE IT, TOO!!

more from maribeth …

a pretty, pretty, pretty Jewish wedding in Minneapolis

a gorgeous California wedding at Rancho Santa Fe

an uber-elegant wedding at The Semple Mansion

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Materials

Heavy Card Stock
Labels
Muslin Bags
Thread / Sewing Machine
Corner Punch Tool
Cellophane Envelopes
Resealable Glue Strips
Individual Hot Coco Packets
Recipe for Homemade Marshmallows

Instructions:

1. Print pattern onto a card stock and trim to 3.75 x 3″ then round the right side corners with a corner punch tool.  (You could use any patterned paper for this project and just mount it to a card stock with spray mount.)

2. Print the smaller labels onto a card stock. I used a silver metallic to coordinate with our wedding colors. trim each one out using an x-acto knife and ruler. Then hole punch (only half) on either side for sewing.

3. Line up pieces of paper with the left edge of the muslin bag and sew with a coordinating thread color. I used my basic sewing machine to do the sewing and they turned out well.

4. For the note inside we printed a greeting onto the same silver card stock and rounded the edges with a corner punch tool.

5. The homemade snowflake marshmallows were made from a recipe found at marthastewart.com.

We packaged the marshmallows in cellophane envelopes with a re-sealable glue strip to maintain freshness. Add individual hot cocoa packets in similar colors to complete the gift!

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