Cat and Mike: An Aerial Wedding

Sorry for the post delay, ya’ll, life got all crazy-like. So now, we return to the fun that is Cat & Mike’s big day. You can read part I here

Photos by Red Letter Days, unless watermarked with brocade

Pre-wedding, Bride Cat and I got together to do a mock up of her centerpieces for her wedding. There’s a ton of benefits to the mock up– one, it helps you to visualize what you’ll actually see on your wedding day. If the version in your & my mind is somehow divergent from the actual product, a mock-up lets us tweak and change and make any needed modifications pre-event. That way, you’re super happy with the final, finished centerpieces.

The mockup series:

The bride & groom married at Aerial, a rooftop venue in downtown nashville with some pretty cool lounge furniture. The couches were white, and the linens were a beautiful black and white damask. Tall cocktail tables lined the side of the venue facing a view of Shelby Street Bridge. On the taller tables, we had single stemmed spider mums in slender cylinders:

The low tables had square vases with green jade roses & button mums:

Low square vases were filled with bright green button mums:

The aisle was set up in a space that would later become devoted to the dance floor. Black garden chairs were decorated with sprays of curly willow accented with black ribbon and button mums:

Because we had a bit of rain, we had an overhanging tent. The side panels were gathered together and then embellished with some curly willow magic at the end of the aisle:

Along the rail that overlooked lower Broadway, a series of cylinders with flowers were the main focal point:

I, admittedly, was obsessed with the altar/ledge behind and aisle and took a bazillion pictures:

On the ground on either side of the center of the aisle where the ceremony would be performed, I placed large glass vases with curly willow and orchids, which you can see along with some the other detail pics I took:

And one last one:

Right before the ceremony, we had a little rain– I managed to catch this pic and I love it:

The bride was escorted down the aisle by her father:

She looked absolutely stunning, and I was behind the glass getting all teary eyed watching her get married to her true love, Mike. Another shot of the gorgeous bride:

The interior of Aerial with green linens and hanging paper lanterns:

The interior tabletops reused centerpieces from along the ledge, as well as cylinders filled with hydrangea, dahlia, bear grass loops & curly willow:

I made a memorial candle surrounded by euphorbia and hypericum berries:

All in all, a beautiful wedding on a perfect day. I close with this image of the bride & groom and their first kiss– thanks so much for letting me be a part of your day, guys!