Wedding at the Riverview

This past Saturday was so very hot.  The Riverview was decorated beautifully.  Lynda from Details Wedding and Event planning took care of making sure every little detail was in place.  Gorgeous platinum pintuck linens draped over every table looked romantic and sophisticated.  Curly willow and manzanita tree centerpieces adored crystals and hanging luminaries for a wedding guests are sure to remember.  Anna, Hot lady roses and pink cymbidium orchids twisted up the trunk of each tree. 

Bottles of oil infused with garlic and fresh rosemary were on the tables for guests to dip bread into.

Sneak Peak

I just opened my mail today and fell completely in LOVE!  Jamie Collins Photography worked with us last week for the most intimate and inspirational photo shoot.  Here is a sneak peak to get your senses ready!  Sara Faella was on site to style hair and make up.  She also creates couture hair pieces and accessories for weddings and events.

All of the (gorgeous) gowns were brought in by The Plumed Serpent.  You can find a wide variety of different designers and price ranges to fit your needs.  Their customer service will make you feel right at home!  We're looking forward to the entire feature of this shoot (which also featured Fizz Paperie, Kelly's Sweet Rewards and Butter Fly and Company)

Happenings of Summer

We just had the most AMAZING photo shoot with Jamie Collins Photography and a hand full of the best in the industry!  Jamie Collins has the most energy I've seen!  She gets so excited about what she's photographing and is practically rolling on the ground to get the best shot!  Just wait until you see her images! Just fabulous!!  Her images from Katie's winter wonderland wedding at the Society Room are simply breathtaking!!

The location: La Cupola Ristorante & Inn

637 Bantam Road (Rt. 202), Litchfield, Connecticut

860-567-3326

It's this stunning earthy stone villa with such a welcoming atmosphere.  Big beauiful windows overlook the entire property while you enjoy your reception.  French doors open into the dining room and gorgeous chandeliers are throughout the facility.  Creamy color walls with all white trim.  Enjoy cocktail hour down stairs and then dine upstairs or the opposite.  The outside grounds are amazing, with a pond surrounded by granite benches, beautiful trees and flowers.  A split-rail fence that borders the edge of Bantam River and the surroundings of Mother Nature.  If your party is over 100 guests you can have your wedding in the beautiful crisp white tent overlooking all of these views. 

Dress on site in your own private suite or in another private room.  Frank Rosa, the owner is meticulous over every little detail.  He makes you feel as though you are family and it's your wedding so it's got to be perfect!  Have your wedding what ever time is convenient for you, since you reserve the entire day.  Personalized service goes far beyond that when he asks you to come to dinner and pick out your dinner for your wedding.  He wants to personalize it and make something your guests are sure to remember for a VERY long time!  (you can ask our guests, they are still raving over 8 years later!)

Fizz Paperie created beautiful menu cards for our shoot.  She even created matching escort cards.  I designed family-style table settings, since that is what they do in Italy. (according to Frank)  Things are different there, not so fast pace as our American ways.  You take the time to enjoy each others company and soak in the aromas and flavors of good food and wine.  All of our rental items (including farmhouse style tables, beautiful stemware and flatware) were provided by Rentals Unlimited.

Sara Faella was on site (she's fabulous by the way!) to help with the stylings of the model.  She not only will travel to your venue to do your hair and make-up, but creates Couture (one of a kind, never duplicated!) head pieces, bird cage veils, etc.  So trendy and hip for the bride looking for something different than a veil, or to add to the simple veil.  Her pieces went great with the GORGEOUS gowns that Alison from The Plumed Serpent brought!  LOVE, LOVE the gowns... cannot wait for Jamie's images!

Kelly's Sweet Rewards made the most tasty creations ever!  Chocolate dipped cake (cake balls).  Melt in your mouth, yum!  Her cakes coordinated perfectly with our florals for each table setting!

The weather was perfect!  The clouds were in the sky with the sun poking through.  The rain held out right until the end!  Perfect timing for a down pour!

Keep your eyes on our blog for updates of where you can see the entire shoot!

Photo shoot for next week

I'm SO excited that next week we're working with some of the best of the best wedding professionals and that Jamie Collins Photography is working her styling magic to capture every little fabulous detail!!!

We'll be designing a photo shoot at La Cupola Ristorate & Inn, in Litchfield, Connecticut in July along with sweet creations of Kelly's Sweet Rewards!  I'm looking forward to seeing what Jillian Sullivan from Fizz Paperie comes up with for the menu cards, etc. She's a wonderful stationery designer! I've designed two really fabulous table settings that are to die for! Garden elements, yet sophisticated and simply romantic! With bouquets and unusual boutonnieres to coordinate. Sara Faella will be creating some pretty unique accessories for the models hair and taking care of all their hair & makeup needs! So excited to see what she comes up with!  Lovely gowns are being provided by the Plumed Serpent.

All of the incredible rentals are being provided by Rentals Unlimited.  They are amazing and have a wonderful selection of unique rentals for all of your wedding or party needs.

Stay tuned to Style Me Pretty to see the entire shoot reveiled.

Fall inspiration

I absolutely adore autumn weddings in New England.  Here you will find the most lovely wedding held at the Guilford Yacht Club in Connecticut.  All of the details are stunning!  Troy Photography captured every little fabulous detail.  Including the flower girls adorable gown which was hand made and purchased on Etsy.com.  The bride, dressed in her stunning Modern Trousseau gown looked simply beautiful and just glowed with pure joy!  All of the details for this entire wedding were strategically brought together by the styling team at Sixpence For Your Shoe.  See more of the wedding on their blog.

I captured some of the table details.  We bought lady gala apples from a local orchard and clustered them at the base of each curly willow 'tree' centerpiece.  I have this endless roll of copper wire (which I hope never runs out that I "borrowed" from my dad's collection of stuff in his garage)  Luckily for me, living on a farm has it's benefits!  Last summer my parents put new siding on their sugar house.... and I happily gathered and saved every SINGLE piece of aged texture one-eleven board! 

I've been SO very inspired lately with my surroundings.  I've found so many cute things at stores I typically wouldn't shop at.  For the wedding we're designing at the Farmer's Museum this coming August I've stocked up on natural twine to wrap the bridesmaids hand-tied bouquets (which will look as if they gathered them that morning) and wonderful glass pickle jars for the couples candy display.  I'm on the hunt for natural wood clothes pins for Caitlin's escort card display.  She is working on DIY escort cards which are seed packets with the guests names and table numbers.  We'll hang them with strings of natural twine and attach with wooden clothes pins.

Cooperstown, New York wedding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer is finally here and in August our design team is headed up to the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown, New York to design Caitlin and Mike's wedding.  (They are one of our 2010 deserving couple winners)

 

Caitlin was extremely lucky to get a stunning wedding gown from The White Dress by the Shore and Modern Trousseau. 

What can I say.... except that the gown raised the bar for the look and feel of the wedding!

 

I believe that your guests should be wowed as they enter your reception with a great entrance piece, which is usually the escort card table/display or a wonderful hors d'oeuvre table. (or both)

 

We'll be hanging green oxidized metal lanterns from the earthy wood beams of the barn for her reception and lots of candles to her tables.  Low centerpieces will be overflowing with lavender dahlias, mini green hydrangea, 'cool water' roses, 'super green' cabbage roses and unripe raspberries.  They'll be in a lovely footed chocolate/bronze color metal urn and touches of fresh mint surrounding them.  Sweet sophistication and romance will fill this wedding!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABC cakes will be designing an amazing cake for the couple and we'll be adding touches of flowers to the top of it.  We are teaming up with Cookie creatives to create a fabulous candy station with touches of vintage charm and candies handmade right in New England (including rock candy and fruit slices).  I stopped by Ocean State Job Lot for some incredible glass jars with wooden tops for displaying the candies.  (they have wonderful bargains on things like that!) Honestly, it's kind of hit or miss.... so I tend to stop a few times a week when I'm in the search for something.  I also picked up a few rolls of natural twine.  (to twist around the stems of bouquets and adding that touch of country rustic charm to boutonnieres)

 

This is her inspiration board she put together.  I'm completely in LOVE with all the details of this wedding!  We are so very fortunate that Justin and Mary Marantz will be capturing every little gorgeous detail. 

 

She along with a friend designed a simple and very pretty wedding invitation.  With deep sky blue writing and flower motif at the bottom... I'm in love!  She's going to create DIY menu cards to match that will be tucked into every guests' napkin. 

Romantic summer wedding at home

This vibrant wedding full of summery flowers took place at the uncle of the groom.  Luckily, the weather couldn't of been more perfect.  Not too hot, with a little breeze.  The couple exchanged vows under the pergolia which we adorned with an abundance of green hydrangea, 'milva' and 'hot lady' roses with just a touch of Italian ruscus greenery.  Those perfect colors of lime, melon and raspberry making your senses come alive with feelings of summer.

I always say it's a great idea to use what ever is already on site at the location and add to it.  The surroundings of this entire property were simply stunning!  The oversized pergola made a wonderful backdrop for the couple, so we just added a ton of seasonal flowers. 

For the flower girl, we had a custom designed mango color raw silk purse with Swarovski beading which was from Belle Bags.  Then, simply added orange mokara orchids.  A lovely keepsake for the flower girl and something rather unique.

The bride carried an absolutely stunning collection of mango color mini calla lilies, cinnamon color cymbidium orchids, 'milva' and a few 'hot lady' roses.  We wrapped with a dark copper ribbon and added ivory raw silk French knot detailing.  Simple yet so very dramatic!  The gentlemen's boutonnieres were simple, with a single mango color calla lily wrapped with galax leaf and twisted with a touch of wire.