While I was over in Frederick doing Kristine's wedding, Designer Jessie delivered my bride, Tiffany, her flowers.  I hated to miss this delivery as I loved this family, but we handle the deliveries on a first come first serve basis, so I was off to Maryland.  I still make the bridal and oversee the event but one of the other designers gets to make the delivery.  I always want to see the day unfold, so I am incredibly grateful to the wedding cordordinator Stephanie Hughes from Diamond Events.  She very quickly got me these images, so that I could share in the joy of the day.  I heard from My bride's mom today how happy she was with Stephanie and  her services. Stephanie was the calm before the storm, literally. During the ceremony a huge storm hit and the ceremony moved from outdoors, to indoors under the tent. Stephanie was there to make the transition smooth.

Have you heard the saying "It's good luck if it rains on your wedding day?"  I have always known that quote and repeated it to countless brides through the years, never really understanding why it could possibly be good luck.  Tiffany's Mom explained the wives tale to me today. When we marry we are "tying the knot".  Of course we all know that, so here is the cool part and it all makes total sense to me now.  When it rains the knot becomes wet. A wet knot is harder to untie than a dry one. In other words the knot is tighter. I think that is a pretty cool story. I am so glad I have an explanation for a quote I always use. I am also glad that this family who had to deal with rain during their ceremony was privy to that knowledge. I am glad Tiffany got to tie a really tight knot this weekend.

When I see this picture I find it very hard to believe that it rained in the middle of the ceremony. They must have been destined to tie a really tight knot. This just looks to perfect. She got her outdoor wedding and a tight knot, very cool.  I like this excuse for rain, I could get carried away with this.

This is a close up of her bouquet. The feathers became part of our theme. Her invitations had a beautiful little bird on them. The bird was repeated on the incredible cake which we will see in some of the images.

The maids had bouquets of all deep pink with just a touch of bright green. We used hot pink roses, hot pink stock, spray roses, green hypericum berry and hot pink Gerber's. 

I love this image because if you look very closely you can see a part of the house at Oakland Green. This venue is also a delightful bed and breakfast. The house is amazing, with fireplaces so large you can actually walk inside of them. The grounds are extremely private and so very lovely. This is a jewel in Loudoun County, one among our many historic properties.

The buffet piece.

 The centerpieces, we used two different styles.

The incredible cake was created by Jason at Market Salamander. This young man is taking the industry by storm. He is also a winner of the front line employee of the year from the Loudoun County Dept. of Tourism. You can see here that Jason picked up the exact same bird that was on the invitation.

I still have 2 more weddings from the weekend and more images have been arriving all day. I will try to get the blog moving a little faster. However, we are busy receiving flowers for this weekends weddings. As usual this place is hopping.

Holly

 

While I was over in Frederick doing Kritine's wedding, Designer Jessie delivered my bride Tiffany her flowers.  I hated to miss this delivery as I loved this family but we handle the deliveries on a first come first serve basis so I was off to Maryland.  I still make the bridal and oversee the event but one of the other designers gets to make the delivery. Which in truth I have already mentioned in past posts is the best part.  I always want to see the day unfold I am incredibly grateful to the wedding cord. Stephanie Hughes from Diamond Events who very quickly got me these images so that I could share in the joy of the day.  I am in love with this wedding cord. My bride's mom also told me how very happy she was with her services, and that Stephanie was the calm before the storm, Literally. During the ceremony a huge storm hit and the ceremony moved from outdoors, to indoors under the under the tent. Stephanie was there to make the transition smooth.

Have you heard the saying "it is good luck if it rains on your wedding day".  I have always known that quote and repeated it to countless brides through the years, never really understanding why it could possibly be good luck.  Tiffany's mom explained the wives tale to me today. When we marry we are "tying the Knot".  Of course we all know that, so here is the cool part and it all makes total sense to me now.  When it rains the knot becomes wet. A wet knot is harder to untie than a dry one. In other words the knot it tighter. I think that is a pretty cool story and I am so glad I have an explanation for a quote I always use. I am also glad that this family who had to deal with rain during their ceremony was privy to that knowledge.

Here are more photos of a truly orignal and unique wedding.

I love this image because if you look very closely you can see a part of the house at Oakland Green. This venue is also a delightful bed and breakfast. The house is amazing with fireplaces so large you can actually walk inside of them. The grounds are so private and so very lovely. This is a jewel in Loudoun County among our many historic properties.