All Things Beautiful

Best of Weddings Show 2009

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:47:00 +0000

Well, it was the wedding show of my dreams! No cramped 10x10 vendor booths and a maze for the crowds to push thru. It was wedding eye -candy to the max!!! Such tremendous attendance and so much wedding buzz that it made all the hard work and expense so worth it.
Jonnaysa Kirkham gets the credit for Wedding Show perfection! You wanna talk about passion, energy and attention to detail???....she had all the bases covered and was relaxed, calm and smiling all day long.

This was the Spring Display using Tulips swirled under-water with a floating candle and lovebirds.

Couples with a tight wedding budget appreciate the simple, yet unusual centerpieces.

Leslie Gilbert just sent me a few shots she took of our team's Heritage Ballroom on the third floor of the Lancaster Convention Center. Check out her blog for the 2nd floor team's display.

This was a guest table in our Winter display. We used white birch branches in our footed cylinder vase with crushed ice and white tulips. Tulips are one flower that continue to stretch and grow in the warmth of candles and the lighting in the room. These tulips definitely stretched that day!

In our Fall display we used a giant artichoke for the center of long tables that formed an X. It was filled with purple artichokes, Scarlet O'Hara Peonies, Silver Dollar Eucalyptus, Purple Intergrefolia and Parrot Tulips.

It would be ideal for a small wedding where all the guests sit at one large table for a wedding feast, or as an over-sized Head Bridal Table.

And then of course the purple Cauliflower.

It was fantastic working with a first-class team of Central Pa. wedding vendors.

If you want to see Jeremy Hess' pictures then log onto: www.pictage.com/758759

The event key will be: November22

As of today, Tuesday the 24th, they are still being prepared for publishing. But keep checking back in.

More images will be posted when I receive them.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Let's be mindful of all our blessings.

Would you believe... Purple Cauliflower?

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:15:00 +0000

On my weekly trip to one of my many favorite 'happy places', which is downtown Lancaster's Central Market, I saw something that inspired me for one of the 4 Season's table displays at the Best of Weddings Show.
If you come to the Show, find me and mention that you saw this on my blog and you will have your choice of flowers from any of my 4 displays at the end of the show.

The Halloween Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:55:00 +0000

The couple planned a hot air balloon wedding but the weather didn't allow for the balloon to launch, so the wedding took place at the Eden with just the closest family members.

The Bride's favorite holiday is halloween so she wanted her flowers, centerpieces and wedding cake to reflect it.

I designed her bouquet with Orange LA Lilies and black raven feathers. The stems were wrapped in black ribbon with orange button details.

Centerpieces were hurricane globes with lots of spiders crawling over it and black candles. Flowers used were orange mini Gerbera, Pumpkin tree, Japanese lanterns, Kangaroo Paws and Curly Willow tips.

The wedding cake was made by Renee of Bella Manse. Notice the 2 little bats flying against the moon!

Only 2 more weeks until the biggest, best wedding show around:

http://www.bestofweddingsbridalshow.com/

Are you coming???

Catching up on a couple recent weddings.

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:31:00 +0000

From the first wedding at the Cork Factory. Green Mini-Cymbidiums

Kristi was a wonderful bride to plan wedding decor with. She had so many decorative elements that she really loved and wanted to somehow have all of them.

The elegant reception was held at the new Marriott in downtown Lancaster.

The beautiful bride carried an all white bouquet of Hydrangeas, Lisianthus and Freesia.

Bridesmaids wore gorgeous black dresses, and carried hot pink and light pink Roses with pink Hypericum .

Rehearsal dinner centerpieces made of Spider Mums in black vases did double-duty on the credenza in the pre-function area.

A classy display of Manzanita branches with Good Wish cards to hang and rose petals was the first taste of all the good things awaiting inside the ballroom for the guests.

The Head Table was a grand size with a gorgeous lacey, sequined overlay that sparkled like diamonds under the professional lighting done by Studio Jenz, a local event company. One hundred -twenty white Super Dendrobium Orchids were bursting out of our new footed cylinder vases and placed down the length of the extra-long table. If you look closely at the head table, you'll see the place cards are those folded paper finger games we used to make when we were kids to guess who we would marry. Kristi loves the details....my kind of bride!

An elegant pink candy buffet was being set up by Marriott staff when we were leaving. (Sorry, no picture )

Wedding Planner Jonnaysa Kirkham and her team were as always, a delight to work with.

Beautiful wedding cake by Rosie's Creative Cakes

Leslie Gilbert Photography documented the day. Her blog slide show is amazing!

Congratulations Kristi and Jeff. We loved being involved in such a wonderful day in your lives. ATB wishes you a happy lifelong blessed marriage.

Next post: A Halloween Wedding!

Next big event for ATB

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:44:00 +0000

This is a' must-see' for all of those in the beginning stages of their wedding planning. Each of 3 ballrooms at the Lancaster Marriott will be fully dressed for several themed wedding receptions that will blow you away!

The 3rd floor ballroom is where we are teaming up with Stationer Renee Connors, cake designer Martine of House of Clarendon, Jeremy Hess Photography, Event Designers of Shumaker pdt, Occcasions DJ's,
Events Central rentals and Special Occasions, linens. This is our big chance to pull out all of our very best, most creative ideas for each of the Seasons and work as 'design teams'.

More than that, there will be a fabulous fashion show, food, entertainment plus gift bags for registered brides and giveaways.
Register in advance online soon for discounted admission.
http://www.bestofweddingsbridalshow.com/

Fall Weddings

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:36:00 +0000

The Casa di Fiori at Leola Village Inn was the venue of the day. After 3 days of gloomy, rainy, cold weather, we were happy for all those couples getting married today.
I forgot to take bouquet pictures, but we got a few of our reception centerpieces. The bride wanted earthy items and fall colors of oranges, purples and greens. The head bridal table was a large square for 16, so we filled the center from corner to corner with moss, orchids under glass and succulents with lots and lots of candles, plus large vases of Curly Willow branches with Cymbidium Orchids hanging from them.

Some tables had unique candle holders that we added Circus and Black Bacarra Roses and Orange Freesia with Green Hypericum. One table had all Freesia, one had all Orange Dahlias, one had all Green Spider Mums, and one with Purple Picasso Callas. All centerpieces were on a bed of moss with roses and candles.
The wonderful staff at Casa Di Fiori with Stephanie Lambert and Scott Hengst made it easy for us to work creatively on this unique wedding. We were given 'design freedom' by the bride and that is always so enjoyable, but it takes a great venue and staff to allow us to do our creative best.
My 'Team Beautiful' designers Joyce, and daughters Amy and Lindsay did me proud today-thanks girls!!!
It's always a pleasure to be teamed up with Jonnaysa and Diana from Planned Perfection.
Special Occasions provided the gorgeous linens.. they always do a great job suggesting the perfect linens for the venue. Thanks Cynthia !
And our best wishes and congratulations to Jessica and Greg. Wishing you a whole lifetime of love, health and happiness.

Later I'll blog our first 'halloween wedding!

The New Cork Factory's First Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:26:00 +0000

It's Lindsey Dukeman's wedding day! Lindsey is the friendly face of Hamilton Ballroom, and now also of the new The Cork Factory She's been assisting with hundreds of weddings in the past few years, and today it was her turn to be a beautiful happy bride, marrying Brad.

Lindsey and Brad's invitations had lovebirds on them, and she used them throughout the decor

on the table numbers, cocktail tables, little salt & pepper shakers on the sweetheart table, and on the wedding cake. Just enough, not overdone.

Beautiful linens from Special Occasions.

Below Rosie Rohrer assembles and finishes another cake masterpiece.

Lovebird details.

It's so exciting to have a another beautiful venue in Lancaster County. It's a great historic building and has been beautifully restored and enhanced. The Powder Rooms are a must-see!

To make an appointment to see the Cork Factory for your wedding reception go to:

http://www.hamiltoneventsinc.com/

Wedding season is winding down in the next couple months, and we're looking forward to putting on the best wedding show EVER, the Sunday following Thanksgiving.

Patriot News Wedding Style Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:36:00 +0000

My husband 'just happened' to pick up the Harrisburg Patriot News at work and noticed a nice full-page feature on wedding planner, Jonnaysa Kirkham of Planned Perfection. He had no idea the picture of the flowers was our work, he was just so excited to see Jonnaysa in the magazine, so he put it on the kitchen table for me to discover this morning. What a nice surprise to wake up to. Kris of KM was the artist behind the lens. She always wows me with shots of the details. Thanks both of you!

This week Lindsey, of Hamilton Ballroom is getting married, and we're designing her flowers!! Her wedding is the first to happen at the new 'Cork Factory' venue. I'll be sure to be posting some detail pictures. (That is if I can get any decent shots!!)

Very exciting upcoming wedding event-not to be missed!

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:46:00 +0000

Birght Colors for a wedding at Stoudt's Black Angus

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:58:00 +0000

Bridesmaids wore dark blue and carried bright colorful bouquets of Sweet Akito Roses, Hot pink Motso Moto Asters, Orange Babe Spray Roses, Bright Blue Volkenfreiden, yellow Waxflower and purple Alstromeria. Designed in color groupings rather than scattering them throughout so each flower is highlighted.

Bride's Bouquet was made of hot pink mini Callas, Mango mini Callas and yellow Sun City Spray Roses.

The Head Table for 16 was a large rectangle. Three pilsner vases, (very fitting for a brewery), had Curly Willow branches, orange Lilies, Volkenfreiden, and green & yellow Spider Mums. Cylinder vases with floating candles and purple Hyacinth bean, and lots of votives filled the length of the table.

Two kinds of Guest table centerpieces .....

Purple Hyacinth Beans were added for a bit of interest to the low centerpieces. Oranges and limes added to at the Groom's request.

Fun House Mirrors are in the entry to the venue. What a hoot, especially for those that have had a few drinks! Jessie and I looked like munchkins with cone-heads!

Strands of crystal beads with light pink spray roses attached for a backdrop hung at the ceremony area.

Five Grandmothers carried a tiny colorful bouquet. Colorful handmade programs made it very personal.

~Congratulations to Tabitha and Jason. Wishing you a lifetime of blessings and love.~

Chocolate and Pink

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:21:00 +0000

Each bridesmaid carried a different shade of pink roses. Left to right: Light Orlando, Topaz,
Esther, Espirit and Aqua. Looks so pretty with chocolate.

Bride's Bouquet was Engagement Roses, white Mini Callas, and Alchemilla. Fall wedding season is soon here and we have some exciting ones coming up; 2 of which are at the new Marriott/Lanc. Convention Center, then the Best of Weddings on Nov. 22.

An all B & W Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:51:00 +0000

Bride's Bouquet of White Peonies, Tulips, Mini Callas and Viking Poms. This wedding will be in the Knot soon. http://www.kmphotographyweddings.com/ shot this one in Harrisburg in May and submitted her work. This is 'our shot' of the bride's bouquet. I'll be posting when the issue hits the stands. Kris' photography is always being chosen for publication, we're just the lucky ones to have done the flowers! Thanks Kris, again......... and if you can book her, let me tell you; you're one lucky couple to have her document your wedding day!

Each bridesmaid's bouquet was a single kind of flower, and each centerpiece was a different white flower and that's how each table was named rather than numbered.

Here's a simple idea for high top cocktail tables................ .... mini Cymbidium Orchids in a wide cylinder vase. So many colors to choose from. You could float a candle on top too.

And now to show off my little birthday boy Kole. He has such a happy heart and will wear any hat you put on him. We'll probably be in trouble for the fuzzy birthday crown in a few years, but he's GG's boy!

Hudson is 16mos, going on 3 yrs. . He's adventurous, curious and calls me 'Gig-ee' These little guys "melt my heart like a popsicle on the 4th of July",

( as quoted by Darla in the 'Little Rascals').

Busy wedding week. Hope I get chance to take pictures of flowers, we'll see......................

New Postcards and other random good stuff.

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:22:00 +0000

Jessie and Doug's thank you postcards just arrived. Matthew added the 'Thank you' to the image. www.tennisionphotography.com

Thank you to all my blog -followers for your nice comments and emails. And thank you for still reading my blogs even when they are still peppered with my own daughter and son-in-laws' wedding pictures. I have so many that I love that I will probably eventually have posted all-777 of them!....just kiddin.

My new postcards http://www.kmphotographyweddings.com/ took this shot of Jessie's bouquet I made for her pre-bridals. Orange roses, yellow Ranunculus and pink & white Sweet Peas. This is one of my personal favorite bouquets of all time. It's the colors I love. The Ranunculus and Sweet Peas were no longer available at wedding -time, so Jessie was very happy to have them at least for her pre-bridals. Kris added my logo and made them into my new postcards.

Centerpieces from last week's wedding. South American blue Hydrangea and green Spider mums.

The Knot magazine

Hershey Gardens and Hershey Country Club.

This image board was chosen to be published in the Knot magazine. Kris's photography (KMphotography), and our floral designs. Thanks again Kris. Not sure what month it will be in, but it's our 4th time to be in the magazine. The bride, Amy chose a very light pink colored rose called 'Sahara', and white mini Gerbera daisies. We add crystals to the centers. Some tables had 3 vases of flowers in orange, purple and green. The bar had a 24" cylinder vase full of limes, and purple Gerbera daisies. Thank you Kris!!

So much good stuff coming up for us this fall. That's the up-side of summer winding down!

Peace.

An Eden Resort Reception/Rewind a few weeks.

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:38:00 +0000

It was a wedding at Highland Presbyterian church with

a Bride & Groom

a Flower Girl and a Ring Bearer.

No bridesmaids or Groomsmen.

Very simple but very beautiful.

110 Guests

All white flowers.
The bride, so classy and elegant.

An antique Bentley.

Jeremy Hess and assistant Nicola to document the day.

Showing a very small portion of the Head Table flowerscape. We used Jumbo size white Phaleanopsis Ochids, Green and White Dendrobium Orchids, green Mini Hydrangea, garlands of glass beads and pillar and votive candles running down the length of the large square table.

Elegant linens were provided by Special Occasions. http://www.specialo.com/

Guest Tables with our brand new 24- inch footed cylinder vases we're now offering for rental.

South American white Hydrangea, white LA lilies, white Dendrobium Orchids, Green Mini Hydrangeas and Aspidestra. (very poor quality picture, I'm not a photographer!!!)

Jeremy Hess will be posting much better images soon-check it out!

http://www.jeremyhessphotographers.com/ Two of the tall cylinder vases from the ceremony at the church were placed in the windows of the Presidential Ballroom at the Eden Resort.

Can you guess who made the cake??? Rosie Rohrer, of course! This bride is from the south, so Rosie made gum paste Southern Magnolias. Beautiful! http://www.rosiescreativecakes.com/

I wish I had bouquet pictures, but we were so busy that I delivered it to the bride before I remembered to take a picture. She carried white Akito Roses, white Lisianthus, white Cymbidium Orchids accented with crystals.

The flower girls bouquet was white Lisianthus.

As always, it was pure pleasure to be working at the Eden Resort. Thank you to first-class staff leaders of Mike and Cindy for making our job there so pleasant and convenient.
www.edenresort.com/weddings/overview

Thank you too, to my "Team Beautiful": Amy, Joyce, Lynne, Lindsay, Denise for 2 jobs well done.

The other wedding (Lauren and Brian's -in Mount Joy, with a Hamilton Club reception is now posted on www.lesliegilbertphotography.com/blog

I'll post a few shots of ours in a few days.

Rewind: August 1

The couple is from London, and came all the way to be married at Lauxmont Farms to be near the bride's family.

The bride loved the aqua colors in the ceiling of the rotunda, so she wanted to work with it, along with her favorite colors : Coral and orange. It was a unique combination; but I really loved it. The groom was born in South Africa so the bride wanted to carry the Pincushion Protea, as it is the National Flower. It also included large green Cymbidium Orchids, and orange Nora Brown Mokara Orchids.

Bridesmaids carried blue and white Hydrangea, orange Pincushion Protea and Coral Movie Star Roses. The stems were wrapped in aqua ribbon coordinated with the dresses.
Centerpieces were Hydrangeas, Movie Star roses and Pincushion Proteas.

This wedding business is so great, meeting people from all over the world and the thing that makes every single one alike in one huge way is : LOVE How awesome is that!

More Wedding Details

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:06:00 +0000

We planted hundreds of white Pansies and Impatiens to create the aisle. If you ever need best quality garden flowers for you wedding~ Eve's Garden, just a few miles past Millersville in Central Manor is the place to get them. Eva Diller, the owner has the healthiest most beautiful garden flowers. She will custom fill your garden pots or grow flats and flats of the flowers you need.

Fruit, cheese and bread sticks butlered in wine glasses. Jessie's Grammy Rosie and I handmade 300 chocolate cigars wrapped in foil and finished with a personalized cigar band. They were displayed on a table in cedar cigar boxes of all types with personalized yellow match boxes. An appropriate favor since their name is 'Smoker', huh?

Jessie found a vintage -type initial pin and some blingy brooches to imbed in the buttercream layers.

Bands of sugar crystals were at the base of each layer. Rosie Rohrer asked her to bring a paint sample of the color she wanted the cake to be, and she made it a perfect match!

http://www.commonwealthcaterers.com/

The fantastic catering staff is serving dinner in the 'kids tent'. They had very their own menu of chicken fingers, tater tots, mac 'n cheese, applesauce and juice. They loved it! They could color, wiggle and have fun while mom and dad had dinner under the big tent. After they were finished they had a 'Bug Hunt' with their favors of bug nets and bug boxes, a candy scramble and a scavenger hunt. Then they posed for pictures with the banner that said ........."and they lived happily ever after'.

When asked what their favorite part of the wedding was, Asher and Sophia said" gettin' babysitted!!" A zillion thank -you's to Stephanie Fisher and her assistant for the babysitting services. She did a terrific job keeping the little guys safe and very, very happy!

Call me for her contact info. if you need someone to make it extra fun for your little wedding guests!

Strings of paper flowers hung from the top of the kid's tent. After dinner they are working on making a special book for the bride and groom, which was so cute.

The special tent ceiling lighting with the leaf pattern similar to the invitations, and entrance fabric draping was done by the crew from http://www.shumakerpdt.com/

They also worked out the mechanics for my hanging tulips over the favor table. They are the ones to talk to for all of your sound and special effects needs. They also project light patterns on the dance floor. What they did really made the difference between a nice tent and a beautiful tent! And speaking of tents: http://www.tentrentalservice.com/ owner Ron Sparks was terrific. They have beautiful sheer sides and pole covers that really make the tent look finished.

Maid of Honor and Best Man, Erika and Brian passing thru the draped tent entrance. Thanks Louise from Shumaker, PDT. http://www.shumakerpdt.com/

This was the seating card design that we came up with to keep extra paper clutter off of the tables. The patterned paper was strung on colorful ribbons and hung from wrought iron rods and hooks and anchored in the ground. This hung outside of the tent entrance.

We preferred long tables and natural wood chairs rather than white ones for the outdoor setting.

Matthew Tennison took 777 pictures, and I'll never post them all on the blog, but seriously we couldn't have been any more delighted with his work.

Choosing the right photographer for your wedding .........priceless!!!

http://tennisonphotography.com/

Ahhh, vacation....

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:35:00 +0000

We had a much needed break this week so I don't have any new wedding pictures to post, however I wanted to brag a bit on Joyce and Lynne. Together they created 2 of these beauties for Doug and Jessie's wedding. We had lots of unused flowers when I made my exit from our on-site flower shop to get ready for the ceremony, so I told my girls to have fun with what was left -and they did a fantastic job surprising me. These were massive floor arrangements placed outside the tent entrance. I was so impressed and as always, Wowed! Great job girls!! LOVE IT!

I absolutely love the wedding blog http://www.stylemepretty.com/ In fact, I'm a member of the

I read it everyday before hitting the hay. Here is something from SMP that I thought was such a cute favor idea for the fun, colorful, party-type reception. Gumballs!! Love that!

And...starting to plan again for the "Best of Weddings" Showcase at the Lancaster Convention Center/Marriott.

I'm so excited about all the plans that our team of designers have, and we're getting pumped about putting it all together. We are very fortunate to be teamed -up with

Shumaker PDT, House of Clarendon, Special Occasions, Jeremy Hess Photographers, Event Central, Occasions DJ's, and Designs By Renee. We are designing together for the Four Seasons.

It's going to be FABULOUS on the 3rd Floor /Heritage Ballroom!! No rows and rows of individual booths of vendors! You'll be stepping into professionally- lit, fully-staged reception areas with music, cake and floral decorating ideas to make your little heart skip a beat!!

New Date: November 22. Same Time, Same Place. Get your tickets online early for great gift bag giveaways. This truly will be the Best of the Best wedding showcases.

IT WILL NOT BE POSTPONED AGAIN BECAUSE THE Lancaster Convention Center and Marriott IS NOW OPEN!!!

Amanda and Tyler's wedding

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:42:00 +0000

Amanda's color paltette was charcoal, orange and red. So she chose green Hydrangea, orange and red mini Gerbs and Mango mini Callas for her bouquet.

Each bridesmaid chose her own her own style dress in charcoal. We added a pop of color to their bouquets by adding Moonshadow mini Carns.

The popular Unity Sand table at the Altar.

Thanks to Stumptown Mennonite Church's wedding coordinator, Janet Groff for sending these pictures to me!

Their reception was at Leola Village Inn's Casa di Fiori. There we floated Standard Gerberas in orange and red. No pictures-forgot my camera!

Yesterday we were at Hershey Gardens and Hershey Country Club. Check out the http://kmphoto.bigfolioblog.com/ for those images soon. Did I take pictures? Of course not... left the camera in my office once again! Good thing I'm not a photographer, huh???

New Camera?!?#&*%@!#! (not supposed to blog bad words)

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:48:00 +0000

http://drumoreestate.com

So my husband Jerry bought me this nice new camera as a surprise, and since I'm not so technical, especially at midnite, nor do I have the time or patience to read the whole entire manual tonite to figure out the crazy thing, I'll just let you tilt your head if you want to see them.

But Amy and I were seriously blown away by how absolutely gorgeous the Drumore Estates venue is -boasting perfectly manicured formal gardens with statuary and fountains everywhere you look.

Karyn and her husband are the owners of this lovely property and they just love weddings at their home! They are such delightful people. Jonnaysa and Marah asked to be adopted by them:)

Shawnee is a stunning bride! Just look (sideways) at how happy she is.

I think the bridesmaid in the back is laughing at me!

Her bouquet was Siberian Lilies and blue South American Hydrangea. ...................... the centerpieces

The 7 girls carried white South American Hydrangea and Esperance Roses, collared with Salal. (aka: lemon leaf).

Her Flower Girl loved modeling her fairy wand and roses clipped into her hair for Amy.

An outside shot of the back side of the reception tent and cocktail area.

So much to enjoy at Drumore, you just HAVE TO SEE IT in the summer time to be able to really appreciate it.

I'm really hoping to get this thing figured out before my next post.

And more pictures of the details of Jessie and Doug's wedding will be coming soon!

TTFN~Kelly:)

J&D Engagement Story and Wedding Trailer Post 4

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:12:00 +0000

Derek Dienner along with Matthew Tennison have produced together Doug and Jessie's Engagement Story that was shown at their reception.
Derek has since produced a 3o second trailer of the wedding video to come.
Both can be viewed here:

http://lavonfilms.com/blog/

****click the pause " button to fully load the video for uninterupted viewing.

Thanks Derek and Matthew for giving us such wonderful memories to re-live over and over again. These two guys are terrific at what they do, not to mention the nicest guys in the world.
(Next to my new son in law!)

Jessie and Doug's wedding-post#3

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:49:00 +0000

Jessie is just beginning her walk down the aisle with her dad, biting her lips to keep from crying when she sees Doug standing there waiting for her.

Click here to view the slideshow : http://tennisonphotography.com/061309/

I think I've watched that slideshow at least 20 times in the past 24hrs. Thanks Matthew, this mom really needed that!

Now for some random, out-of-order pictures.....just because...

Thanks to my friend Steff for taking these shots. Close-up of Erika's bouquet and some random flower pictures.

Doug's sister, Sondra on the left, and roomate BJ on the right (scratching her nose:) Lisa is in-between. Their cute dresses are from J.Crew. Yeah, these are candid shots from my friend; not Matthew's work, but I still love them. Also Jacob, Doug's nephew, and our little friend Asher at the wagon. Mike and Hudson in the background.

'The Smoker's' Post #2

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:27:00 +0000

This is where it all begins. Doug's dad and I spent 3 hrs. planting 12 flats of white pansies to create an entrance for the Bride and her bridesmaids as well as the parade of children. We would later hang flowers in little jars in the trees above the bride and groom.
We obtained beautiful wooden benches for our ceremony from Central Manor Campmeeting Assn. Camp meeting is a special childhood memory for Jessie. The benches look better than chairs in this setting.

This is my mom and dad enjoying the chocolate cigars we made as a gift from the' Smokers'

Our sweet little flower girls enjoying some appetizers while waiting to go to the children's tent for a kid's dinner of chicken fingers, mac n' cheese, tater tots and applesauce-then off for a bug-hunt, a scavenger hunt and a candy scramble. These little girls said that Stephanie Fisher was the best babysitter they ever had!!
More pictures coming soon.

Check out the slideshow that Matthew Tennison has posted!

http://tennisonphotography.com/061309/

Post #1-Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Doug Smoker

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:49:00 +0000

Don't they look so happy???

Thank you Matthew Tennison for supplying some of these images to me. They are pure gold!

Please look a his blog for more at: http://www.tennisonphotography.com/

Jonnaysa is checking on the Bride and Groom to see if there is anything they need before they sneak away to their little getaway spot for some time alone before the reception.

Jonnaysa Kirkham and assistant Marah- http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/- wedding planning

Matthew Tennison and assistant Steve- http://www.tennisonphotography.com/ -photographers & video photography

Rosie Rohrer- http://www.rosiescreativecakes.com/ - fabulous wedding cakes

Claudia Himes and staff- http://www.specialo.com/ -beautiful linens

A small part of the head Bridal Table decor.

The parade of children that Jessie and Doug love.

Kole, Hudson and Max, pushed by Eli

The person in the background is artist Nancy Perotti painting on- site

something special for the Bride and Groom.
Jacob and Asher pull the wagon... then the little flowers girls are

carefully dropping petals before the Bride. They all did a great job!

That's all for now. Much, much, much more to come!

We're in the Knot again!

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:02:00 +0000

Thanks to Melissa and Rob Banta and Amanda Kraft photography for submitting to the Knot this beautiful wedding at Lauxmont Farms Sunken Garden. Melissa was such a beautiful bride. Everything was a beautiful sky blue, including the cake which was made by Rene of Bella Manse. We had South American blue Hydrangeas everywhere................so pretty! This was also a feature in the wedding blogs www.stylemepretty.com and www.theprettywedding.blogspot.com
a few months ago.

Computer is Fixed, Yay!!! Catching up on Posts

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:55:00 +0000

This bride loves the rich fall colors but her wedding was in the spring. So we added some purple and coral and it worked perfectly for the colors at Lancaster Country Club. Epic Photography http://www.epic-photos.com/ did an awesome job and shared these images with me. Jonnaysa Kirkham of Planned Perfection http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/ made sure everything went smoothly. Isn't this one bunch of beautiful girls????

Place Card Table

Bride's Bouquet

Head Table

Need to back-up a little bit. Here's the image of the DIY Lingerie Shower invitations that Amy made for Jessie's shower.
And for the sake of those that didn't see the rest in a previous post..........

The Centerpiece

The Cake Bra and Panties Cookie Favors

So much fun!
Anybody wanting to borrow these cookie cutters just call me, but here's a little warning.........They take endless hours to make!!!!!!!!!!!! But worth it. They're yummy!

One of our Spring Tulip Weddings.

I Love these colors!

Well, only 10 days from today, June3rd, till Jessie and Doug's wedding. I can't believe it's here, and I get to be the Mom this time. My wonderful 'Team Beautiful' consisting of Amy& Lindsay-my daughters, Joyce, Barb, Lynne, Bailey, Lindsay G. will make sure the flowers and details are beautiful, And the wonderful team of Jonnaysa and Marah will make sure everything goes smoothly while I relax and watch them work their magic. What a team!

I have nothing in the world to worry about on this one! I won't be taking pictures, but I'm sure lots of others will be. Check Jonnaysa's blog for the first ones. That girl blogs right away-sometimes the very same night!! Is she passionate about her work or what!?!?!?

Technical difficulties......rrrrrrr

noreply@blogger.com (All Things Beautiful) — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:54:00 +0000

Well, the big excuse for no new posts in weeks is that
No. 1-my daughter is getting married very soon.
No.2 I've had lots of big, wonderful weddings and
No. 3- I have no time right now.

But.....when my computer problem is fixed and will upload pictures again, boy do I have lots and lots to post! ..................................But that won't be until after June 13th!
Happy holiday weekend everyone!