Showing posts with label downtown wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label downtown wedding. Show all posts

1.28.2010

Angela and Matt - Down Town Club

We celebrated our last wedding of 2009 with Angela and Matt.

We started the day at Penns View Inn.


Angela has this amazing hair piece. I loved it so much!


She also had a blusher, and I especially loved this image. Angela had a beautiful gown that was absolutely stunning on her, with a vintage hair style and hair jewelry.



While Angela finished getting ready, I popped over Matt's room to help with their boutonnieres. Matt received this gift from Angela.

The ceremony took place at the Arch St. Meetinghouse in Philadelphia, which is a Quaker place of worship. At the front of the meetinghouse, stood the chuppah, and the ketubah was signed, and glass was broken during the ceremony. But the most meaningful of all, was having their good friend from law school officiate their wedding.


They had a custom made aisle runner. It was beautiful. I usually don't like aisle runners in fear that the bride may get her heels caught and fall. But this aisle was just too pretty not to use! I made sure we had it affixed securely to the floor.

The bridemaids held unique nosegays, created by Leslie of Whimsical Welcomes. All the girls wore different dresses. We love different dresses!


I went straight to the Down Town Club with intern Bree, while Tasha stayed behind at the ceremony to make sure everything went well, and items were packed up.
After the ceremony, the new Mr. and Mrs. Epstein walked around the city with their wedding party. The threat of rain didn't scare them off.


I loved Angela's coat she wore over her dress. It was so glamourous, yet looked so warm! I think one of the advantages of getting married in late fall and winter is being able to wear beautiful shawls, coverlets, and fur coats.


Jeremy Evans Thomas, their photographer, found some unique places for them to rest their feet (or rain boots).






Yes, it rained on their wedding day. BUT, it did not rain during portraits. It rained during the ceremony and rained just as they were walking into the reception. But the rain is pretty and they were good sports about it.

They had 3 different types of centerpieces, some included candles.

They had red uplighting, and a monogram gobo. Lighting and music provided by 4MostSound.

The cocktail tables had these adorable pieces, made of legos. It was so creative!

The lovely couple were all smiles that night, as they should have been! They're married! They were engaged since their last year of law school - finally two years later, they were finally married.

The guest book was an adesso album with polaroids. Bree and I took polaroids as the guests filed into the Down Town Club for the reception. Guests then signed a personal message by their picture.

In the middle of the guest book table, Whimiscal Welcomes made a tree centerpiece. If you looked closely at the tree, their initials were carved into it.
This is the tree that eventually ended up in the front seat of my car that night.




Towards the end of the night, Angela presented Matt with his grooms cake. I guess he really loves the Phillies! (The cake was a masterpiece by Night Kitchen Bakery).


It was great to end the season with such a great fun wedding! Congratulations to the Mr. and Mrs. Epstein!
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10.22.2009

Angela and Matt get married at the Downtown Club!

This past weekend, I came home from a wedding with this...

Yes, that is a tree, or part of a tree, in the front passenger seat of my car. This is the "most random thing I brought home from a wedding." But we'll get to that later.

It was early 2008 that I first met Angela and Matt, who were both third year law students back then. They had just gotten engaged and were about to book a venue, and somewhere along the line, they decided they needed a wedding coordinator! Almost two years later, their wedding day finally arrived, and the day could not have gone any better.

Please do not mind my iphone images. The photographer was the great Jeremy Evans Thomas, and I will recap again once the images are processed. Until then, please try to enjoy my photos which do not do their wedding any justice whatsoever.
The ceremony took place at the Arch St Meetinghouse where Jewish wedding ceremony components were integrated into their otherwise nondenominational ceremony. Their friend, Karl, who was ordained online, was a great officiant.

Whimsical Welcomes set up the chuppah and pew flowers.
I remember as Tasha and I rolled out their aisle runner, we were caught off guard by the monogram on the aisle runner. We had no idea! It was beautiful.
The weather man promised scattered thunderstorms, and I worried that my no-rain-on-wedding-day streak would finally come to an end. But the weather gods must love cHill Weddings because it barely drizzled after the ceremony, allowing Angela and Matt to walk to their reception venue and get portraits along the way.

After the ceremony, cHill Weddings headed over to the Down Town Club, where we were greeted by Kelly and staff. What a great team of people to work with (and food was aplenty and delicious)!

So here's the beautiful tree that ended up in my car.

Whimsical Welcomes created this escort card centerpiece. It was so unique, we loved it! Their initials were carved into the tree, and adorned with two small pomanders.

Angela made these cute leaf escort cards. You can open them up, and inside was your table assignment. Guests loved them.

The escort card table also had the Adesso Photo album and two Polaroids. Bree, the intern, and I manned these and took picutres of guests as they came off the elevators. Guests loved looking at all the polaroids! And I think Angela and Matt will forever love having these cute images of all their guests. *

Angela and Matt had 4 different type of centerpieces:







It was great working with Angela and Matt. They brought me in as their Day of Coordinator, but since we met so early on, I feel like we've been working together forever! I was happy to refer them to some of my favorite vendors.


Vendor Roundup:
Day of Coordinator : Christina and Bree of cHill Weddings, LLC
Photography: Jeremy Evans Thomas
Ceremony Venue: Arch St. Meetinghouse
Reception Venue: Down Town Club
Makeup: Bella by Design
Groom's Cake: Night Kitchen Bakery


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9.28.2009

Vicki and Larry get Married!

A few weekends ago, cHill weddings had the HONOR of working Vicki and Larry's wedding in Philadelphia. Vicki and Larry hired us for full service planning, and we first met at a little cafe in Mt Airy last year. One of the things I remember from our first meeting was that she felt like we were very similar and knew that I would identify with her since my marriage to my husband is a cross-cultural one. We also shared a love for good food and drink, anything city and stylish, and retro fashion. Vicki's never seen Mad Men, but I think her wedding resembled that a bit.

Please enjoy some teaser pics from our beautiful friends at Doll Face Studio. More images can be found on their blog!



Vicki was all happy tears today. She's beautiful even when she cries!



The ceremony took place at Old St. Joe's - the oldest Catholic Church in Philadelphia. The cermeony also incorportated Filipino traditions, such as the Cord and Veil, and incorporating Sponsors.


The girls all wore charcoal dress of different styles, and they all looked amazing. What a great group of ladies! Not sure when this adorable bulldog came from, but it's perfect, since Vicki and Larry are dog lovers.


Her shoes were so Hot! Blue Tux shoes dyed a beautiful blue color. They looked especially great with her second dress, which was shorter, and totally showed off her hot heels.

The reception took place on the rooftop terrace of the Philadelphia Free Library. It was very "Sex in the City" but with a very happy ending. During cocktail hour, Vicki and Larry took pictures in the stacks and in various parts of the library. I love the composition of this one.

Margaux of Fleur De Lis did all the flowers for this wedding, and they were spectacular. Very unique and creative, and was amazing about working with their budget. The wedding looked like a million bucks because of Margaux's expertise!

This picture was taken at the reception after Vicki's dress change. Vicki climbed onto the ledge (ah!) with Larry supporting her... it was so scary, and I was so nervous, but they were both so brave, and Doll Face is also pushing the limits to get a great shot, and it was worth it!

Now, some non-pro detail pics from my iphone:

Awesome seating chart created by June Park, or June Park Designs. She also did their invitation suite.

Cake by Tartes in Old City. I didn't get a chance to try a slice, but I heard it was delicious.


Submerged callas and orchids for the family photo table by Fleur de Lis.


Gift table arrangement, also created by Fleur de Lis. The same tall arrangement was used on all the middle square tables under the tent for dinner.
More pictures to come in a few months!
Vendor Round Up:
Full Service Planning: cHill Weddings, LLC
Invitations: June Park of June Park Designs/cHill Weddings
Photography: Doll Face Studio
Rentals: Select Event Rentals and Cricket Catering
Music (DJ and Band): Magical Sight and Sound
Dress: Melissa Sweet
Makeup: Tricia McKeown of Cheekadee

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