Jamie and Jillian, Just Married at Locust Grove!

I love a good love story.  When I saw the slide show of this event it completely took my breath away.  This wedding was beautiful.  I loved working with Jillian.  She is one of the most hysterically funny, and quick witted people I have known.  Her e-mails always made my day, and made me laugh out loud in the middle of the night as I read them.

All of our couples have a love story to tell and I love hearing each one of them!  However this one seemed so old fashioned, yet modern and sophisticated at the same time.  By the time I was delivering Jillian’s wedding flowers, I felt as though I was partaking in the wedding of an old friend.  I could go on forever about all of the details of this wedding, but sometimes I think it is easiest to let the photos speak for themsleves.  P.S.  You do not want to miss the link to the slide show either!  http://video214.com/play/hxsKRJJr0YyG1l85yUd3Rw/s/dark Unless otherwise noted all of the photos are courtesy of the amazingly talented Andres Valenzuela Photography. http://andresvalenzuela.com/

Here are more links from this wedding:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150413478836422.404006.276342806421&type=1

http://www.andresvalenzuelablog.com/2011/10/25/jillian-jamies-wedding-locust-grove-poughkeepsie-new-york/

http://www.andresvalenzuelablog.com/2011/01/12/new-york-new-york-engagement-session-jillian-jamie/

Here is what Jillian had to say about her and Jamie’s wedding, in her own words:

“The “vibe” I was going for on my wedding day was “macaroni and cheese meets champagne.” We actually ended up forgetting to buy champagne and toasting with some ginger ale and sparkling cider concoction, but that’s neither here nor there. The point is, I wanted my wedding to be both elegant and comfy-cozy. My fiance and I had been living 600 miles apart for 2 years while I was in grad school, and 6000 miles apart for 6 months while he was deployed overseas, so our wedding was all about coming home to each other (hence, the comfy-cozy feel). We chose Locust Grove as our venue because the grounds were beautiful and the reception room was a blank slate.

This was all inspired by a collection of vintage bottles that my sister, my father, and I spent many childhood afternoons digging out of the ground in the Bronx and Westchester. Some were chipped, some were crusty, but they were all awesome and I was determined to use them as my wedding center pieces. Heather made this happen in the classiest of ways by lining the bottles up on rectangular tables and filling them with an explosion of orange flowers, including dahlias and the most tremendous roses I have ever seen! We didn’t have enough bottles for all of the tables, and I wanted to add some drama to the room, so my mother found some amazing manzanita branches on recycled bride and set to work. She created gorgeous centerpieces by placing the branches in rustic tin buckets, covering the base with moss, and dangling mercury glass hanging votives from them. These beauties were placed on round tables with some pumpkins and gourds for some fall pizzazz and color. The whole room popped with satiny green (yes, green!) linens that Heather and I painstakingly picked out!

Other little wedding details included an antique ladder decorated with our initials, engagement photos, flowers, etc., chalkboards, photobooth,mini cupcakes, a surprise reception entry by the groom in his USMC dress blues, a surprise C-130 groomscake, delicious food, oh, and mums. Mums everywhere. Our colors were pewter, orange, and navy, and our bouquets and boutonnieres (which included billy balls, cockscomb, monkey tails, and vanda orchid petals) popped in every photo! It was the prettiest, happiest day” 🙂

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

For her personal flowers, Jillian really wanted Orange and purple to be the main colors in her bouquet.  I have been wanting to work with Vanda Orchids for sometime now, and I was so excited to be able to use them in this bouquet!  Their color is just amazing!  Jillian’s bouquet consisted of Ranuculas, Spray Roses, Double Stock Flower, Crocosmia, and a few others.  Her bouquet handle was wrapped in the same lace from her dress, and accented with purple and orange ribbon.

This is a photo of Jillian’s Mother’s posey bouquet, which was a nice modern option instead of a traditional corsage.

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

The bridal party carried bouquets containing Orange Mokura Orchids, giant orange Roses, Pin Cushion Proteas, velvety Coxcomb, Dusty Miller, and Craspedia.  They looked so beautiful against the pewter dresses.  I really wanted them to almost be reminiscent of a fuzzy, textural kind of sweater that you would find at Anthropologie or Urban Outfitters (hopefully you all know what I am talking about).  They were wrapped in pewter double faced satin and edged with very thin orange lace trim.

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

The Maid of Honor’s bouquet had the same lace trim from Jillian’s dress on it.

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

This photo shows the Mother of the Bride’s Posey Bouquet, The Maid of Honor’s Bouquet, and the Bridal Bouquet.

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

The amazing Groom’s Cake!!

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

 

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Here are the bottles which became the “macaroni and cheese” part of the day. The “champagne” was added into the decor by pumping up the color with the large bloomy, fully blown open roses and Dahlias.  We added even more formality by providing our own custom rental linens to the tables.  Jillian selected the most perfect olive green satin you could imagine, with soft wheat toned napkins.  This looked amazing with the wood toned chairs, and wall colors at Locust Grove. Despite all of these very different elements, I think we did a very good job of making everything look cohesive and put together.

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

Photo Courtesy of Andres Valenzuela Photography

 

Congratulations Jamie and Jillian!!!  I miss you guys already(sniff)!

 

We were delighted and honored to be a part of the all star cast of vendors working on this event.  Among them were the following:

Venue: Locust Grove

http://www.lgny.org/

k.snodgrass@lgny.org

Photographer: Andres Valenzuela Photography

http://andresvalenzuela.com/

Wedding Planner: Jeanne Stark, Hudson Valley Ceremonies

http://hudsonvalleyceremonies.com/

Entertainment: The DJ Solution

http://www.thedjsolution.com/

Catering: Gourmet to Go/Slammin’ Salmon

http://www.gourmettogony.com/

Groom’s Cake and Cupcakes: Corsino Cakes

corsinocakes@yahoo.com

Photobooth: Shutterbooth

harry@shutterbooth.com

Jillian’s Dress: Mikaella

Dress Alterations:  Were done by “the amazingly meticulous Rita”  (as per Jillian), at Reginella Bridal in Montgomery, NY – (845)-457-1737 (she actually made that lace bolero herself!)

Items for sale from this wedding:
Sheppard’s hooks (4 large, 8 medium, 8 small)
amber lanterns
votive holders (hanging mercury glass and amber & clear fleur de lis)
large chalkboards
easels

Marvelous Manzanitas!!!

Please contact us for more information!!