Purple and Silver Wedding Styled Photoshoot

The theme for this photo shoot for Southern Bride Magazine "Elegant Wedding in the City".  Some color choices I love to use when displaying elegance are purples and silvers.  Purple is a very regal color and can be used in softer tones against bolder tones for a varying look of soft elegance.  I started with stationery of creamy background papers and soft tones of lavender from Alan's Invitations.    Kelli and Daniel Taylor of Daniel Taylor Photography took all these beautiful images and made my vision come to life.

We displayed two invitation ideas including a more formal invitation tied with lavender ribbon and a more casual invitation framed in silver with a hint of lavender ink that might be used for a rehearsal dinner.

A more elegant and more formal look would be to stay with ecru papers with silver ink.  I like the way the silver ink softens the invitation opposed to black ink which gives a bolder appearance

This is our more casual look with Vietri china along with a stone look flatware all from Bromberg's in Mountain Brook Village in Birmingham Alabama.  Small additions to any tablescape could be the crystal salt and pepper shakers and tiny silver butter dishes.  I love to give each guest their own individual pieces of tablescape to step up the elegance one more notch.

A fun and interesting grouping of candles,  vessels and vases make a very pretty and more casual centerpiece for our tablescape created by J Ross Railey

A bouquet of lavender and purple, tied with a purple satin ribbin and a touch of "bling" with a brouche can be carried by a bride or bridesmaid wanting a pop of color

With the city in the background, this gorgeous bride's cake has the top two tiers designed with appliques, followed by the bottom two tiers of fondant ribbon and bow with a pearl brouche.  This beautiful cake was created by Jan O'Donnell of Cakes by Jan in Birmingham Alabama

I love this image of the tables scape with the wedding cake in the background against the city.  This photo shoot was done at The Summit Club in Birmingham, 33 stories above the city and has the most spectacular views.

Adding another special touch to an already elegant look from a mahagony chiavari chair are these purple sashes tied on the back.  This gives another splash of color and elegance to our tablescape

A simple bouquet of soft purple roses

Changing to a much more formal look to the tablescape by using a more elaborate table linen, Annie Glass as our charger plate under fine china from Bromberg's and using bolder pieces in our centerpiece.  Individual silver butter dish and crystal salt and pepper shakers add a little extra touch of formality to make a guest feel special

Another look at our formal tablescape with taller vases and vessels of puples and greens mixed with silver and crystal

This photo shoot was featured in Souther Bride Magazine 2011 issue and was so much fun to do,  thanks to a great team of wedding professionals including Jan O'Donnel of Cakes by Jan, Bromberg's, J Ross Railey, and of course my very special friends in the wedding business who are always such a pleasure to work with, Kelli and Daniel Taylor of Daniel Taylor Photography.  Kelli and Daniel took all of these gorgeous images and also were the fabulous photography team who did my headshots which was a very difficult task since taking pictures of myself is probably one of the least favorite things I like to do.  They actually made the experience very much worth it;  and I thank them from the bottom of my heart. :-)

Trameika and Joe's River view wedding day

Samford Pharmacist graduate bride Trameika had her dream wedding day this March with colors of Firecracker, tangerine and platinum.  The day began with all the girls gathering together for hair and make up and bride Trameika and on her way to the church in "Jack", a beautiful black Buick from Coats Classic Cars

One of my favorite moments is when the groom gets to see his bride for the first time on the day of their wedding.  Groom Joe is holding his bride's bridal bouquet and ready to see her!

And Joe is overwhelmed with emotion as he hands his bride her bouquet

I love these looks of love between a bride and groom.  Priceless

Beautiful colors of tangerine, firecracker orange and soft peach in Traeika's bridal bouquet created by Carol Riley of Lillies

A happy Groom on the day of his wedding, Joe is a 9/11 EMT hero from New York City and I was completely honored to plan this wedding

Bride Trameika had her late Mother right beside her the entire day with this locket with her Mom's picture pinned to her bouquet

This is one of the joys of my job as a wedding planner;  to see the happiness and fun my brides and grooms have on their wedding days.  Joe and Trameika are the best couple

Love this image of our 9/11 New York City EMT hero Joe sitting in this beautiful Buick "Jack"

Single long stem roses with ribbon were used as our pew markers in this old and historic church

All the Groomsmen met each bridesmaid at the alter of the church and handed her a bouquet before processing up to the alter.  

Our little ring bearer was absolutely adorable and carried this square of moss, tied with a ribbon and calla lillie.  A colorful and fabulous alternative from a ring pillow

Bride Trameika was escorted by her brother for half of her walk down the aisle, and was then met by her Groom Joe who joined her and they walked the rest of the aisle together

Groom Joe meets his bride half way down the aisle to walk with her to the alter

Finally husband and wife

Trameika and Joe were the first to exit the church after they were married and carried out a bouquet of white balloons.  They stood together in front of the church for a private moment of prayer, led by Joe, to honor and recognize Trameika's Mother in heaven.  The balloons were released after a moment and made their way to heaven

And now it's time to celebrate!  Bride and groom are off to their reception on the river, driven in "Jack"

Guests were greeted with a signature drink created and named especially for our bride and groom.  "TJ's" Blood Orange Margaritas were served upon arrival and were made with fresh blood oranges

The Demopolis Civic Center completely transformed for this beautiful wedding.  White draping covers the walls, platinum twist linens and firecracker pintuck linens cover all the tables and high tops and silver chiavari chairs were brought in to add more elegance.  When the sun went down, the lighting design completely moved this look to the next level

Each food station had it's own menu of favorite items starting with the Joe and Trameika's Alabama favorites of fruits and cheeses, spanikopitas, bruchetta and Alabama Caviar all thanks to Bill Bouloukos of Happy Catering Company

A splash of color with two high top tables in firecracker pintuck on the dancefloor of our ballroom.

The Gobo design in the background is beginning to glow as the sun sets in Demopolis Alabama.  

The patio on the river was lined with more high top tables with firecracker pintuck linens tied with a platinum sash

A shrimp and grits bar gave our New York City guests who joined us a Southern taste as The Happy Catering Company created this station called "Soul of the South"

A closer look at one of our tablescapes.  Very simple centerpieces of various candle heights, low vessels of flowers in bright colors atop silver twist linen

Our beautiful bride's cake was placed on a round glass cake plate with buttercreme icing tinted in a soft peach/orange and accented with white lillies.  Surrounded by bridesmaids bouquets, this cake was created by Diane Olexa of Birmingham Alabama

Another look at our exquisite cake by Diane Olexa.  The uplighting in the background is just beginning to glow

A beautiful view of the river at sunset 

Lights are aglow with a gobo design of the bride and groom's initials on the draping and uplighting all around the room.  Thank you to Andy Tolar of Design Productions LLC

Our bride and groom share their first dance together as the bride sings to her groom

Such a special moment for this couple

Abstract lighting design on the patio at sunset as guests enjoy the view of the river.  It was a bit windy this night, but guests enjoyed to cool breezes

Joe and the guys enjoy a good cigar

There is something about holding a cigar that makes guys just serious..... :-)

Time to toss that bouquet to the next bride to be

One last dance to finish off the evening

A fun evening for our bride and groom and all of our guests as Trameika and Joe are showered with rose petals

And our bride and groom are off to Jamaica for a fabulous honeymoon!

Demopolis Alabama is about 2 hours driving distance from Birmingham where I am based and I was able to form a team of fabulous wedding professionals to travel with me.  This was absolutely a top notch team and I could not have done this without these vendors I had the honor of working along side for this wedding and many others.  Thank you so much to James Coats of Coats Classic Cars , Carol Riley of Lillies, Andy Tolar of Design Productions, Geoff Carlisle of Jamm Entertainment, Angela and John Deaver of Main Street Productions, Bill Bouloukos of Happy Catering Company, Laura Eason on make up, Lisa Davis of Perfect Events Music, Diane Olexa for bride's cake and the always fabulous Jerrod Brown of Jerrod Brown Studios for all of these gorgeous images

Hope you enjoyed this fabulous wedding for our Samford Graduate and 9/11 hero!!

Blessings,

Anita