Congratulations, Tami & Greg!

 

Photos Courtesy of David Lynn Photography

You remember reading here about Hitched in the Highlands don't you? The event organized by Happy Cakes in which some fantastic local vendors donated products and services worth over $25,000 for one lucky winning couple? Well, although the winners ran off with the prize a short 8 weeks ago, we just had the wedding last weekend ... and if I do say so myself (and on behalf of the other vendors), it was AWESOME.

The wedding was at my new favorite venue, Mile High Station, which boasts an incredible mix of industrial chic and contemporary elegance. The giant (I mean seriously GIANT) chandeliers make for great ambiance and fantastic pictures, such as those that the incredible photographers, Dave and Lynn of David Lynn Photography, captured again and again. Tami had rich flowers designed by Erin at Plum Sage, and looked old-Hollywood stunning in a Monique Lhullier gown generously donated by the glamorous ladies at Anna Bé and fit to perfection by DeeDee at The Wedding Seamstress. Greg is one seriously lucky dude.

Biscuits & Berries provided a bountiful buffet of some of Tami and Greg's favorite dishes, and they even helped Tami surprise Greg with a pre-wedding gift of his favorite meal: a Philly cheesesteak and a Stella Artois (so cute!) And what wedding would be complete without ending on a sweet note: Happy Cakes cupcakes, of course! 

Although all the vendors were fantastic and the wedding was perfect and went off without a hitch (no pun intended), the most important part, of course, is that Tami and Greg are now married!! They were so happy and in love all day, and we all send them our best wishes that those feelings continue every day of their new lives together. Congratulations, you two!

The flowers and the trees (and, I guess, the birds and the bees)

It seems safe to assume that when there's a bridal shower, a wedding is not far behind, followed by the wedding night (hence the birds and the bees part, which I'll spare you in this post - you'll need to find some teenage mother's blog for more info on that). One of the most important elements of a wedding and the events leading up to it is the flower arrangements, which, let's face it, you have to be pretty visually adept to create. As a Type A organizer kind of person, my visual skills are basically less than zero ... and that, thank goodness, is where fantastic event designers and florists come in.

If you're a fan of Events Laureate on Facebook (and if you're not, you should be! www.facebook.com/eventslaureate), you probably saw that I have an amazing new floral designer who will be our go-to gal for in-house arrangements: the lovely and talented Jenni Hohensee. Jenni's first gig with Events Laureate was Lindsay's bridal shower last Saturday, and boy did she start out with a bang! For her wedding in late May, Lindsay wants big, full flowers in champagne, pink, and bronze, so Jenni did some genius shopping and found beautiful early spring versions: stargazer lilies, gerber daisies, sweetheart roses, and ranunculus. We were also lucky enough to have a generous friend whose budding maple tree broke in a snowstorm last week, and who gave us an incredible bunch of the maple branches for the arrangements! TIP: Champagne + maple sprig + ranunculus = hilarious Harry Potter impressions. 

Being a non-visually creative person, I have absolutely no idea what Jenni actually did to make beautiful arrangements; I only know that it involved tape, wire cutters, pruning shears, and a crowbar. Okay, maybe not that last item.

Suffice to say that I looked at cookbooks for a few hours to create a menu for another upcoming event (stay tuned, readers ...), and when I looked back up there were 6 incredible flower arrangements waiting to amaze Lindsay's bridal shower guests. Everyone at the shower commented on the beautiful flowers the next morning, including the happy bride-to-be. Keep your eye on the blog to see more pics of Jenni's beautiful work!