The cocktail tables were dressed in green poly linens and then accented with arrangements both rustic and refined: moss formed the base, then we accented with amnesia, cool water, and faith roses, mums, and mokara orchids with curly willow wisps:

The couple married beneath an arch decorated with grapevine loops, carnations, orchids, and roses:

Another image of the arch

And in pretty black and white:

The aisleway was framed with antiqued white lanterns embellished with flowers:

We had a series of different table centerpieces. The first was a cluster of three pomanders with elevated heights and accented with moss & candles:

The second set was lantern centerpieces covered with flowers & set upon a bed of moss embellished with flowers. Roses & mums wound up the base:

A closer look at the lantern centerpiece:

The pomanders proved a perfect backdrop for a ring shot:

We designed programs and they coordinated with the candy apple favors beautifully:

A tall vase was filled with curly willow lashings then embellished with hanging mini pomanders in purple. The base of the arrangement was accented with glass lanterns filled with candles:

We draped the cake area in organza, then covered the tablecloth in purple petals and embellished with delicate blossoms:

One last look at the cake as we round up the celebration for such a great couple– a lifetime of happiness, Stephen & Taylor!

The colors were shades of purple, merlot, and dashes of cream & green– with earthy accents. The overall look was something magical.

The beautiful bride:

The bridal bouquet was comprised of antique purple hydrangea, dahlias, amnesia roses, callicarpa berries, and framed with white hypericum berries:

We embellished the bouquet handle with a strand of pearls that was the bride’s “something borrowed”:

The father of the bride, seeing his lovely daughter (this picture made me get a little teary eyed. Mr. Putnam, you are the best dad in the world):

The boutonierres were composed of fresh acorns, callicarpa berries, hypericum, and manzanita lashings:

We of course fashioned a smaller version for the darling ringbearer

The bridesmaids carried a miniature of the brides bouquet– but we collared theirs in green hypericum for contrast:

Our darling flower girl carried a pomander of purple mums:

Stay Tuned for Part II, and in the interim, let me share the lovely vendors with you:
Photography & all photos contained herein: Krista Lee Photography
Venue: The Belle Meade Plantation Grounds & Carriage House
Cake: The Savannah Tea Company
Lighting: Nashville Event Lighting
Catering: Martha Stamps Catering

The Menu Cards were printed on shimmery gold cardstock:

Their monogram “R” became a central theme in the dinner papergoods, we also incorporated the same header design in the large seating chart organized alphabetically.

The table number cards featured the same color combination and design attributes, and was also printed on shimmery cardstock:

The doctors had a favor of chocolate covered espresso beans that we placed in cool vintage-inspired dispensary bottles and labeled for each guest to serve both as favor & seating assignment. I had a lot of fun making these look like a prescription label:

And now, for flowers
The bride carried a bouquet of ivory hydrangea with accents of cream hypericum & ivory & pink kissed roses:

The bridesmaids all carried a similar style, but with more pink and accents of green:

The bouquets contrasted beautifully with the girls’ navy blue dresses:

The guys had hypericum berry bouts. The grooms was in cream (to match his bride) and finished with antique gold wire:

The centerpieces were a combination of ivory hydrangea, pink roses, and green hypericum berries and white oriental lilies:

We had several series of looks– here’s from the mock-up session we did about a month before the wedding:

I love this image of the cocktail table arrangements:

And, to end on a sweet note: The delicious cake from Dessert Designs was embellished with layers of pink hydrangea accented with green hypericum berries,then topped with a family heirloom cake topper of sweet little birds:

Special Thanks to Chris & Adrienne Scott for the beautiful images, Kristin Kaplan from Simply Stunning for her divine Planning, Dessert Designs for the yummy cake, and the venue, Union Station for being a beautiful backdrop for a lovely wedding. Craving more details? See coordinator extraordinaire blog on this super sweet couple: Rehearsal Dinner, Ceremony, Reception

Luckily, this fab couple had a fab planner to help pull all the details together– Kristin Kaplan with Simply Stunning Events. She was by their side each step of the way and also helped in working with me to come up with the essential details of the weekend’s festivities. Chris & Adrienne Scott were there to document the rehearsal dinner and wedding, so no special moment was missed.

The night before their wedding, we had a fabulous rehearsal dinner at Marathon Village that was inspired by lush, tropical flowers & hatch show prints. The colors: orange, steel gray, and hints of magenta & green. We wanted to stay far removed from the colors of the wedding (creams, blush, navy & gold with pops of green) so the rehearsal dinner was a very solid departure in style and theme. Hamilton Bartending Services kept the libations in quick supply, and Bacon & Caviar did an amazing job catering the soiree. When guests entered, they found signage that we created that asked them to fill out a nametag and get signed in– the perfect way to let out of town guests and family members get to know each other in a handy way. Each sticker asked the guests their name & their relation to either Andrea or Mario that Brocade designed and printed for the couple. I love the use of informative signage as a means to keep your guests in the know each step of the way.

The invitation that we designed, inspired by a Hatch Show print :

Guest Nametags:

One of the big focal points to the room was this…thing…we lovingly referred to as “The Temple”… it looked like a homage to Mayan Architecture. I had the bright idea to make it a beautiful space with candles & single stems of flowers:

The tables were lovely rectangles covered in white linens with green runners & napkins from Connie Duglin Linens. We did arrangements filled with tropical flowers that the mother of the groom & the soon to be newyweds loved: pincushion protea, dendrobium orchids, torch ginger and birds of paradise along with bells of Ireland and lily grass:

A lovely shot of one of the centerpieces:

And another. The balance of color is achieved by integrating the crisp greens of the spider mums & bells of ireland, then pairing with the bold color of the birds of paradise & the dendrobium for a tropical look without overpowering the senses:

I love the use of lighting in this space– Nashville Event Lighting always does an amazing job.

A wonderful night was shared by all at this beautiful space.

Stay tuned for details from the wedding & reception!

The bouquet was a monochromatic yellow, with 2 shades of yellow callas, yellow button mums, yellow craspedia and yellow freesia, framed in bi-colored aspidistra leaves with green lily grass loop accents:
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Love this shot– the dress is from the Bride Room:

What a bright & beautiful way to welcome the weekend! Thanks for the awesome shots, guys

First off, their wedding style was Steampunk. Having a bit of a literary background myself, I was totally intrigued by the concept– here’s the rundown in a nutshell. Steampunk is a blended genre that’s part sci fi and part fantasy. It’s kind of a Victorian dystopia– think H. G Wells, Mary Shelly, and Jules Verne for a literary reference (or more modernly, or Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series), and if you like videogames, kind of think of Final Fantasy’s visual style of FF VI. It’s about top hats and curly mustaches, a modernized victorian era style of attire, and a lot of rich and fanciful details. Daniel, our dashing groom, illustrates the style perfectly:

The bride and groom at the exterior of Union Station– what a perfect backdrop:

The bride’s bouquet was vintage inspired yet still modern, with the incorporation of the very Victorian pheasant feathers, cream & deep ruby garden roses, deep eggplant calla lilies, fresh sage and chocolate cymbidium orchids along with fern curls, ivory lisianthus, and coffee break roses. It’s one of those bouquets that you make and fall a little bit in love with:

I found this brooch (a vintage piece in a lot of jewlery) and had to incorporate it into the fully wrapped bouquet handle:

It really correlated well with the details on the bride’s empire waist gown with cap sleeves (swoon):

Doesn’t Bonnie look divine?:

The gentlemen’s bouts consisted of rich eggplant calla lilies with pheasant feathers, hypericum berries, sage, and fern curls:

And seeded eucalyptus, sage, calla liles, freesia, roses, and fern curls made up the ‘maids delicate clutch bouquet, with awesometastic pheasant feather accents:

To coordinate with the bride and embrace the vintage brooch theme, I found matching cameos for the bridesmaids bouquets:

The entire party together:

A wonderful couple with great style and class– Bonnie and Daniel!

Check out more details from their wedding at the Mclellan Style Blog (including an awesome teaser video in vaudeville style), and Weddings Unveilled

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!

Cat met with me soon after I opened the studio (and was super sweet & understanding that I didn’t yet have a consult space–it was still in construction). She’s the cutest & sweetest bride (you’ll see what I mean in a sec) and wanted a gorg wedding inspired with shades of green, white, and black.

So, without further adeu, let’s check out their gorgeous wedding, shall we?

Deets:
Photography: Red Letter Days (all the lovely wedding pics are theirs; the ones I took are noted below them)
Venue: Aerial
Cakes & Deliciousness: Dulce Desserts
Catering & yumminess: Down South Delights
Linens: BBJ

Cat, the lovely bride, had some really awesome ideas about what she wanted for her wedding, and when we first met she shared some of those with me– she loved the look of curly willow, and we thought curly willow going down the aisle would be awesome. She wanted lots of green, with touches of black and white. Green spider mums, orchids, and button mums along with hydrangea became our favorite picks for the flowers. The style: elegant, but naturalistic. Styled, but a little bit frayed about the edges. Damask was a love, love, love, and appeared on her tabletop linens.

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The bride carried a bouquet of white hydrangea, white dahlia, and white dendrobium orchids, hand tied with double faced Earth satin ribbon in white. A side view:

And a full view of the top

My studio shot of the bouquet pre-delivery:

The lovely bridesmaids carried bouquets of green hydrangea, green hypericum berries, roses, and white dahlia, hand tied with double faced satin:

My studio shot of the bridesmaids bouquet:

The darling ringbearers carried pillows made of moss and button mums, with white and black ribbon embellishing:

And there were a total of 4 flowergirls: two carried moss & flower baskets, with handles woven with beargrass, and the other two carried spider mum pomanders:

A shot I took with all the accouterments of the flowergirls:

An entire shot of the beautiful bridal party (the guys bore bouts of green hypericum berries bound with wire):

More to come in part II!

Images courtesy of Joe Hendricks Photography

For more details about the wedding including great images, check out the Joe Hendricks Photography Blog

Thanks, Lauren & Dustin! Congrats!