City Club Wedding

I stumbled across a Spring wedding of ours today on Kevin Millard's blog and thought I would post a few of the shots.  Lura and Babur were married in June at the City Club in downtown Wilmington. 

I am not typically a fan of pink, but I loved this bouquet, a mixture of cymbidium orchids, garden roses, hydrangea, lily of the valley, lisianthus, ranunculus, poppy pods, millet, and blueberries.  We went to a blueberry farm a few days before the wedding and cut the berries for the bouquets.

The City Club is very formal, so the decor lends itself to candlesticks and traditional greenery.  Lura collected all kinds of antique silver from her family to use as vessels for the centerpieces. 

Outside of the City Club there is a huge four-level garden, perfect for lanterns and seating areas.  For a traditional Southern Wedding, you cannot beat the charm of the City Club. 

 

A Few of our Favorite Flowers

We all have our favorites flowers and luckily, here, we are exposed to all kinds of new and different floral and non-floral fresh stems.  I asked everyone on our staff what their favorites are and somehow, even with everything they are exposed to, the girls still picked flowers that have been around and available for a long time.  We all had a hard time and could never pick just one, but these are a few of our top favorites!

ANNA'S FAVORITES

Ranunculus & Viburnum

 ASHLEY'S FAVORITES

Scabiosa & Anemones

JILLIAN'S FAVORITES

Peonies & Oncidium Orchids

SARA'S FAVORITES

Gloriosa Lilies & Cymbidium Orchids

JENNIFER'S FAVORITES

Sweet Peas & Tulips

Wrightsville Beach Magazine

When Wrightsville Beach Magazineasked us to design a fall table, I knew exactly where I wanted to set it up.  I asked Abi from Orton Plantationif we could put a table together in front of Elijah's Farmhouse on the new event space property and she, of course, said yes.  So Abi and I dug through Orton's collection of old furniture to find a table, some old trunks and a great old pew.  We set the table with an eclectic combination of plates, baskets of pears, lanterns and containers of millet, scabiosa pods, magnolia.  We hung lanterns from the trees that were already draped with Spanish moss.  The day was perfect for picture taking, and we were really happy with the result.  But we never expected the cover!  Thanks Wrightsville Beach Magazine for featuring our work and Orton for allowing us to use this gorgeous setting!!

Click here to read the article!

Alma + Mark

Alma and Mark came all the way from New York City to have their wedding on the gorgeous Bald Head Island.  Many of their guests, though, came from even further-- Australia, Germany, Sri Lanka, Brazil.  So many different countries were represented that Alma and Mark wanted to honor the diversity of culture present on that day.  We came up with a slightly nautical travel theme, naming the tables after the home countries of their guests and using maps, compasses, and lighthouses throughout the design. 

Millie Holloman Photography blows me away every time.  You would think that every photographer must take a few bad photos.  NEVER happens with Millie!  Every wedding is breathtaking!  Not sure how she does it. 

The ceremony took place in the chapel at Bald Head overlooking the marsh.

 

Programs contained an image of the Bald Head Island Lighthouse.  We tied them with twine and tucked them in an old trunk.

Aisle Markers were a very natural combination of grasses and millet, secured to the pews with twine.

Alma wanted her bouquet to be inspired by her mother's wedding bouquet, a cascade of white orchids.

 

Alma had sent us a disc of photos to frame for the reception, so we shrunk down a few and enclosed them in a locket on the bouquet handle. 

 

Bridesmaids bouquets were a combination of green orchids, scabiosa, hydrangea, lisianthus, and millet.

Alma and Mark wanted to include small touches that may not be noticed by guests, but that they would appreciate as significant.  The guest book included rice paper (inspired by Alma's mother's culture) where guests could write the couple messages. 

Mark's mother wanted to include Jordan almonds as a part of their family's history.  We boxed them in small brown boxes and tied them with blue bows.

Escort cards were pinned to an antique map and guided each guest to thier country (table).

 

 The centerpieces were hydrangea, millet, lisianthus, and orchids. 

We framed the table names in these great wooden frames and used the compass as a watermark. 

We attached this sign to the couple's golf cart, but Jane Roberson (our wedding director extraodinaire) snuck it into a photo ahead of time! 

Millie's truthboothis always a hit, but these guests has a BLAST!  We brainstormed with Millie to come up with cute nautical props!

Thanks so much Alma and Mark for letting us be a part of your day!

Great Blogs!

We are so lucky to live in an age when such an abundance of talented people are networking across cities, states and even countries.  10 years ago, we would never have been able to see what great wedding vendors were doing on the west coast while we were working on the east coast.  Now it is at our fingertips.  Recently, another great blog has been developed right from our own North Carolina!  White Thread is doing such great things, providing exposure for southern vendors and inspiring brides all over the country!  Today we, along with Millie Holloman, were featured on the blog.  Thanks Dina from White Thread for thinking of us!  Hopefully, it will be the start of great things to come!

Check out the full post by clicking here!