Amanda and Matt's Romance Wedding Story

Bride Amanda had a romantic wedding day full of details and personal touches.  Her wedding gown was a beautiful and elegant gown of lace by my good friends Cathy and Carolyn at The White Room

Amanda wore her beautiful new bridal gown from The White Room but wanted to keep family traditions and also wore her Mother's floor length veil, which complimented her gown beautifully

Vintage details surrounded Amanda on her wedding day with her Grandmother's pearl clutch and her Mother's pearl braclet

Dad had a private moment with his daughter when he sees her as a bride for the first time

Mom places her pearl braclet on her daughter's wrist as a finishing touch

Mom has a special moment with her daughter and gives her a favorite bible to carry

So many tender moments on a wedding day!

Amanda's bridal bouquet was tied with lockets and wrapped with lace from her Mother's wedding gown

Amanda's gorgeous bridal bouquets of soft pinks and creams was created by Carol Sullivan of Lagniappe Designs located in Crestline Alabama

So excited on her walk to see her groom for the first time!

Groom Matt anxiously awaits his for look at his bride holding her bridal bouquet

So sweet and so emotional

Taking a moment and a stroll through Shoal Creek Country Club

A beautiful bouquet and a beautiful couple on their wedding day

Amanda having a blast on her wedding day

This is such a pretty image of one of the bridesmaids holding her bouquet of soft pinks, creams and pale greens similar to the bride's bouquet.  Thank you so much to Mandy Busby of Mandy Busby Photography

Beautiful bridesmaids in soft flowing dresses of cream 

One of the ring bearers holds a pillow of Cream and Ivory color linen tied with a pretty ribbon

One of our Flower Girls hold a small bible decorated with small florals belonging to the bride as a little girl

Ready to walk down the aisle to see her groom

Holding tight to daddy's arm as Amanda walks down the aisle to her groom

Amanda walks down the aisle with her Mom's beautiful full length veil flowing

The gorgeous chapel at Shoal Creek Country Club as the ceremony begins

The rain came just as the ceremony ended but under a clear umbrella, Amanda and Matt enjoyed the rain

Married!  Happy!  And ready to celebrate!!

So excited!

The children walk through the country club with banners to let guests know of events to come

 

A romantic and fun first dance for Amanda and Matt

We had a fabulous 8 piece band, draping all around the dance floor area and high top bar tables with high bar chiavari chairs surround the entire room making this country club space a night club and festive feel for a wedding.  Amanda and Matt turn their first dance a little more upbeat and fun!

Our entire bridal party are ready to celebrate!

Guest book and a tower of small favor bags filled with truffles for the guests

Beautiful bride's cake with whipped buttercreme icing and trimmed in pearls.  This beautiful cake was served with a delicious raspberry sauce and created by Evelyn Criswell.  The cake sits atop a beautiful handmade table linen lovingly called "Gina" from two wonderful ladies who own a business called "Gatherings" in Mountain Brook Alabama. 

Having fun cutting into their cake

One of my favorite details.  Guests were invited to take these coasters to put on top of their glasses while  they were on the dance floor so staff did not throw away their drinks!

One of our centerpiece designs created by Carol Sullivan of Lagniappe Designs

This venue was separated into several parlors and rooms and made it quite interesting for all the guests as we had stations of food in each room.  This room was overlooking the golf course and we made a comfy window seat with throw pillows embroidered with the initials of our bride and groom.

Such a wonder and fabulously fun couple!

A fabulous send off for our bride and groom with very long burning sparklers.  The guests loved them too!

Such a fabulous wedding for Amanda and Matt and I absolutely enjoyed and loved every minute working with this wonderful and loving family.  Our very talented team of vendors really made this whole day come to life and I appreciate working with each every one of them.  Thank you so much to Shoal Creek Country Club, AG Lighting Design, Carol Sullivan with Lagniappe Designs, The White Room, McKenzie Miller Films, Main Street Productions, Evelyn Criswell , and of course Mandy Busby of Mandy Busby Photography for all of these beautiful images. 

Blessings!

Anita

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. :-)