From the bride, Carter…

Our rehearsal dinner and the “Spooks & Spirits” costume party afterwards was so much fun and really added something different and unexpected from the typical wedding weekend. We knew that we wanted to get married at the French Huguenot Church in downtown Charleston and when Kate from Soiree, one of our wedding planners called she told us that the only Saturday available around the time we wanted to get married was November 1st. At first I thought, oh we can’t do that, Halloween is the night before, which is a huge night in Charleston and then I thought, wait how fun would that be to have a rehearsal dinner on Halloween? So we decided as long as everyone was on board we knew we wanted to work with the holiday and come up with something really special and unique.

The Confederate Home used to be a home for confederate wives and orphans and sort of screams spooky but is still so beautiful. The Lettered Olive came up with the greatest invitations that totally set the mood and got people excited about the party, the attire for the dinner was “gothic cocktail”, and we asked people to wear only black. We wanted the dinner to still be really beautiful and traditional but also go along with the Halloween theme so we decided to use white and silver pumpkins and lots of candles as well as the black, white and silver accents on the menu cards, place cards, etc. which when put together looked really elegant but still had a total Halloween vibe. It could not have been more fun and I’m so glad we decided to have the wedding then because that party was one of my favorite parts of the whole weekend.

Credits: Location, The Confederate Home & College, Photography by Liz Banfield, Wedding coordination by Soiree, Invitations and paper goods by The Lettered Olive, brides dress by Lela Rose.

I love the painted pumpkins… imagine the possibilities?!?! Holiday or not, all these details are seriously amazing… very stylish and still perfect for the setting. This rehearsal dinner is the perfect example of a classy, but still playful, themed event. Thank you to the wonderfully talented, Liz Banfield for sending this our way. Happy Anniversary Carter & Fred!

Coming up later today, a vintage Halloween affair… yep, vintage Halloween. You are going to love it.

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from the lovely ladies at Table 6 Productions …

Since the ceremony took place in the “Loo Family Wing” AKA the Art Gallery of the Colorado Fine Arts Center, we were unable to bring in any flowers or décor because of the surrounding artwork of this room. Therefore, we decided that Tracy would walk down the aisle with a button bouquet, purchased from Etsy’s RBK Creations.

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Their son, Myles, escorted his mom down the aisle {… so sweet} …

Tracy LOVES to surprise people and so when a friend of their’s wound up marrying them … everyone was …. well … surprised!

Paul is from South Africa and Tracy from Colorado Springs. They are avid bikers, so it was especially important to them to include lots of bicycle and “South African” details (think Protea flowers on the “cake centerpieces”) throughout the wedding!

more from Table 6 …

To incorporate the button theme throughout the wedding, we put buttons on top of the programs and made button table numbers as well. Their officiant {and close friend}, even made a “wheel of objection” that he spun prior to them saying their vows! Luckily, it did not land on “objection”!  They read their own version of Dr. Seuss vows and even had their son read from “The Owl and The Pussy Cat”.

Reception floral design was by Little Black Book member Delilah’s Flowers of Denver.

Wedding Cake by Elegant Bakery, Catering by Garden of the Gods Gourmet.

LOVE the images from Otto Schulze Photographers!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to Ashley & Heather at Table 6 Productions for sharing Tracy & Paul’s SO cute wedding!

Update ... a few more production details  from Ashley @ Table 6 Productions …

Following the Ceremony guests were lead down the hall for cocktail hour which began with a surprise Flamenco performance. Their Reception tables were two long banquet tables, each seating 30 people. Their escort cards hung from a bicycle wheel and the reception tables had “cake centerpieces” , which was a request from the Bride who didn’t even want to see the cakes until the day of! I had to design 6 cake centerpieces and their wedding cake, so that this would be…what else but a surprise on their wedding day! Their table numbers (made from buttons) were displayed from iron bicycles that I discovered at a local craft store. Their guestbook was a large white blank canvas where they wanted guests to write and draw their well wishes so that they could hang the canvas in their living room. At the end of the night, guests were sent home with cookies (from their favorite local bakery) and milk that had a sticker on the milk carrier that said “we hope you had a wheelie good time” love Paul and Tracy!

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