The New Cork Factory's First Wedding

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

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!

Birght Colors for a wedding at Stoudt's Black Angus

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

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

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.

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.