Congratulations Jack and Delaney

This wedding was perfect for such a sweet couple.  With the wedding colors of lavender and grey, the walls of windows allowed the colors to blend in with the spring weather outside.  After the indoor ceremony (good idea for the heat this time of year), we moved on to the reception.   To match the wedding colors, the tables had floor length ivory linens and lavender overlays.  The tables were topped by alternating centerpieces of ivory and lavender flowers or ivory lanterns.  For a fun touch, Jack’s grandfather, who is a professional accordion player, played some songs during dinner, and later, some during dancing.

When guests arrived, they were greeted with a unique guest book.  The book was about the historic properties of Galveston and each guest picked a page to sign.  The wedding was held in Galveston in a historic property, so the book was perfect.  Next to the book was a jar holding favors of sugar almonds in lavender bags.  There were also goodie bags for the kids, holding coloring books, markers, stickers and candy.   Delaney’s three-tiered cake with natural frosting matched the wedding colors as well, as it had lavender roses accenting the tiers and making up the topper.  Jack’s groom’s cake was chocolate, and the guests loved that one too!

There was plenty of dancing before the night came to an end with the last dance.  The newlyweds ran through a tunnel of waving glow sticks before heading off to their new life together.  Congratulations Jack and Delaney!

Vendors:

Catering, Cakes, Linens, Flowers: Carriage Caterers

Photography: Gary Blake Photography

Congratulations Cody and Genevieve

This couple wanted a fun and Cinco de Mayo influenced day, and they got it!  To start, the ceremony was held in the venue’s outdoor chapel.  With tall beams and pew-style seating, it was beautiful.  For a memorable entrance, Genevieve and her bridal party arrived to the ceremony in a boat!  The groomsmen met the bridal party at the dock and escorted them to the altar.  The guys wore khakis and blue oxford shirts with yellow ties, and Cody was handsome in his blue suit and yellow tie.  The bridesmaids wore blue dresses and carried bright colored bouquets with yellow sunflowers.  During the water-side cocktail hour, guests enjoyed appetizers including chips with a queso fountain.

This wedding was filled with many details that personalized the day.  The path to the ceremony had buckets of water bottles wrapped in personalized labels.  The guests picked up blue fans with the ceremony program printed on them.  There were signs with the table assignments in the elevators and in the ballroom, to help guests find their seats.  At each place setting, there was a personalized drink coaster, with the couple’s names and wedding hashtag on it.  The area around the elevator was decorated, and there was a chafer of warm, moist washcloths in the restroom! 

The ballroom was decorated perfectly with the wedding colors.  Each table had a white tablecloth topped with a blue pin-tuck overlay.  Each had a centerpiece of bright flowers and yellow sunflowers.  The chairs had white satin chair covers with blue ties.  To give the room a golden, candelight glow, we had amber uplights lining the walls. 

The four-tiered, stacked wedding cake was perfect for this Cinco de Mayo wedding.  Each tier had Mexican-style designs running down the front.  To top that, the cake was surrounded with four satellite cakes, each a different flavor, and each having a different cake topper.  The guests loved the cakes!

We were told this wedding was going to be a lot of fun, with a lot of dancing, and they were right!  The dance floor was packed from the first song to the last.  Country, Pop, Oldies, it didn’t matter, the guests loved them all!  When the reception came to an end with the last dance, guests headed outside, lined up to the dock, and waved glow sticks as the newlyweds made their exit on a boat.  How awesome!  Congratulations Cody and Genevieve!

Vendors:

Venue: Sea Star Base Galveston

Photographer: Sam Floyd Photography

Cakes: Scrumptious Cakez

Congratulations Phillip and Lindsey

This was another reception that proved you can have tons of dancing and fun in the daytime.  But first, let’s get into the details.  The colors of the day were navy, pink/blush and gold.  The tables had navy floor-length satin linens and were topped by gold chargers.  The high/low centerpieces were either tall gold candelabras with hydrangeas or low vases with hydrangeas and greenery.  The bridal party matched the colors with their short, navy dresses, and the groomsmen looked handsome in their grey suits with navy bow ties.

Lindsey’s white, stacked cake was so beautiful!   It had roses in shades of white and pink flowing down the front.  The topper was a sweet little Precious Moments bride and groom.  Phillip’s groom’s cake had a surprise: when the couple went to cut it, he found that it was covered in candles.  We played Happy Birthday as everyone sang along!  Obviously, the wedding day was Phillip’s birthday. As a nod to his love of Star Wars, his cake also had a BB-8 cake topper.  For the guest’s sweet tooth, there was a candy buffet with all kinds of delicious chocolate.

When the guests entered the reception, they were greeted with a custom sign welcoming them.  The sign-in book was a photo book of the couple’s engagement photos, and guests signed around them.  To give the kids something fun to do, there were coloring books and crayons as well.  We saw something we’ve never seen before, and I loved it.  It was a six foot wood ladder painted white, holding white wood shelves.  Each shelf held pictures, framed sayings and flowers.  For one more special touch, the couple had a paper flower wall for guests to use as a selfie-station.  It was so pretty!

Lindsey and Phillip’s first dance was amazing!  They did an incredible waltz, one of the best first dances we’ve ever seen!  Phillip even asked for another waltz later, so they guests got to see them dance again.  They were great!  As I said earlier, you can have plenty of fun dancing at a daytime reception, and this wedding showed it.  There was dancing from the first song to the last, and we had a great time watching it.  Once the last dance was over, the guests headed outside to shower the newlyweds with bubbles as they made their exit.  The couple then got into a horse-drawn carriage and headed off to their new life together.  Congratulations Phillip and Lindsey!

Vendors:

Venue: Ashton Villa

Catering, Cakes, Linens, Flowers: Carriage Caterers

Videography: Smart Video

Photography: Alicia Cargile Photography