It has been a while since the
event, but I’m finally posting about the Baker wedding in June I finally got the photos somewhat organized
in order to post about it and include the photos. Before the wedding, the bridal party got
together in Billings…to look for dresses of course. When we got together, I also did a few
mock-ups for the centerpieces so the bride could make a final decision and
items could be ordered.
She was trying to decide between
square and round vases. She was also trying
to decide if she wanted to use the white linens and add a table runner, or if
she wanted to rent blue linens. She had
decided on white flowers and lemons so I put together a few options. Of course some imagination was required.
After she decided on the type of vases, votive holders, and
table cloths, she had to decide on the type of flowers. She knew she wanted white hydrangeas and
yellow roses to match her bouquet and other flowers throughout her
wedding. She wasn’t positive on how she
wanted them arranged or what else she wanted with them. The bride had come up with some flowers she
liked, so I went to the local florist to pick up the flowers and put some
arrangements together for her to choose from.
Someone else had accidently sold the yellow roses I had put on hold
while I waiting for the hydrangeas to come in, so she once again had to use her
imagination. Here are just a few
examples of the options I gave her.
This one had 2 hydrangeas in the center, roses around the edge, and spider mums on the bottom.
This one had the roses in the center
She made her flower decision and all that was left was the
set up. We started with the paper
lanterns so we could use the ladder and not worry about the tables being in the
way. Her venue had the twinkle lights up
already, so it was fairly easy to line up the lanterns and center them with the
point the lights came together. She didn’t
want a set pattern or anything, but just didn’t want the same color next to
each other. We laid them all out on the
floor first to get an idea. After having
them laid out, we adjusted were adjusting was needed then hung them up. Before we moved the tables in, we turned out
the main lights and turned on the twinkle lights to make sure the bride was
happy with the effect.
We put together the centerpieces in a cool room where we
were keeping the flowers. We arranged
the flowers and wired the stems together in order to put them in the vases with
lemons hiding them. We found it easier
to put the lemons in the vase, and then put the arrangement in. She had decided on white linen with the blue
table runner. Ribbon accents were put
around the vases and votive holders to more color and their monogram.
The bride and groom’s monogram was hung behind the head
table with lights and tulle. This helped
bring more focus to the head table and make it the center of attention. The decorations on the head table were
slightly different, which also helped the head table get a little more
attention. Tulle and twinkle lights were
hung behind the cake as well. The bride’s
dad built a Plexiglas stand for her cake, allowing her to fill it with lemons
and pull the centerpiece design throughout the wedding décor.
At the church, tall vases were filled with lemons and the
extra flowers were arranged in these vases.
She had received lanterns from party lite and added ribbon, and then
placed them going down the aisle. The tall
vase arrangements varied slightly from the reception space because they were
skinnier vases. This made it so some
lemons were cut in order to fit in the vase and hide the stems. A few vases were left without lemons, using
yellow roses only and having their stems go all the way to the bottom of the
vase.
The wedding was beautiful and turned out fantastically. It was the first wedding in which I helped
coordinate as well as being in the wedding.
It was a little tough but with great support and lots of help, it went
very well. The bride was beautiful and I’m
so glad I was able to be a part of her and her new hubby’s big day.
Well, today we officially signed the contract!!! I'll be working on developing their marketing and helping them get all the paperwork in order that they may be missing. Neither has worked events or owned an event space before, so I get to help set it up!! (Insert excited noises and fireworks!!) They have had a few events already, which helped them see different areas that needed to be worked on and since I was hired by the bride at their first wedding, I was able to get a little of the client insight. I will also be taking over the scheduling of events and making sure the client has a pleasant experience. They already have a few weddings booked!!! This doesn't mean I'll stop with event planning but it means I have a space to use but can be hired for office site events, and I'll have more of an office space to go to!! The great thing is that I can still work from home a lot so that I don't miss out on watching all the milestones with the kids. There are still things that I need to set up and things that need to get done, but I just had to share since we officially signed the contract today!!!
