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12 Aug
2011
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By Candice    3 Comments

A Jubilee Event: Elisabeth & Marco at Jonathan Edwards Winery, Stonington Connecticut

This was a very special wedding for us here at Jubilee Events– the bride is a close friend of ours and a colleague who we are so fortunate enough to get to work with quite a bit. Elisabeth and Marco were married on THE hottest day of the year in one of the most beautiful weddings we’ve ever had the fortune of being part of. Designed head-to-toe by the bride, infusing her love for blush pink and romantic flowers, their wedding was a celebration with their most closest family and friends. Their main inspiration for the entire wedding was the beautiful Cafe Au Lait Dahlia and a blushy pink large Dahlia that is only available for a short time during the year.

The bride wore a gorgeous yet simple gown from Monique Lhuillier with a beautiful, long floral appliqued veil and khaki colored Christian Louboutian Shoes. The bridesmaids were in khaki colored Calypso dresses. All hair and makeup was done by the talented team at Jennie Fresa Beauty Library.

Their ceremony took place inside the vines with guests sitting on custom made wooden benches from A Thyme to Cook. Just before the ceremony, the skies opened up and rain poured down for a good half hour. Luckily, with a little patience, they were still able to get married outside as planned… and it couldn’t have been more beautiful or romantic. Guests arrived and were greeted with refreshing fruit infused water. Their friend, Eric, played guitar as the bridal party walked down the aisle. Manson jars lined the aisle, hung from shepherds hooks and filled with Cafe Au Lait Dahlias, herbs and greenery. The alter was flanked by a beautiful arch, covered in bay leaf garland with Midori dupioni ribbon streamers in shades of blush pink, champagne and ivory– which fluttered in the breeze during the ceremony. Guests fanned themselves from the heat with chocolate colored wicker fans.

Elisabeth, along with her equally talented mom, spent months planning all the fine details of the day from every single bloom to the handmade signs labeling the food, favors and drinks. Her mom handmade the gorgeous chalkboard signs that were scattered around the reception, completed with handmade ivory paper flowers and leaves. They were so, so beautiful!

Cocktail hour was amongst the vines and along the beautiful rock wall during sunset. Guests dinned on local artisan cheeses paired with J. Edwards wine. Highboy tables had beautiful mason jars tied with twine and loose, organically arranged flowers which we later spread along the rock wall during dinner.

Elisabeth and Marco really wanted a laid back wedding, where they could spend a fun evening with all of their family and friends. Guests dinned on a relaxed, seasonal, and delicious menu prepared by A Thyme to Cook of spice rubbed sirloin, local green and yellow wax beans, wood grilled swordfish and cherry tomato and cucumber salad.

Their tablescapes will always be a favorite of mine– and I had so much fun seeing Elisabeth’s vision come together. They had a mixture of rectangle and round tables with beautiful floor length white linen and natural “tuscany” runners from La Tavola Linen. Each place setting had a beautiful rattan charger with an irish hemstitched linen napkin, blush pink menu card, and a spring of fragrant rosemary.

The floral design was a collaboration with Yumiko and the staff of Hana Floral Design, which helped to make Elisabeth’s visions a reality! I can only imagine what it must be like planning the floral design of your wedding as an event florist, so Elisabeth spent months planning her flower order to get just the right shade of blush pink and all the right textures to create the whimsical organic feel for the vineyard. She found these rich dark wood boxes that were the perfect addition to the round tables, filled with a mix of flowers in shades of pale pink, champagne with soft greens. The longer, family style rectangular tables had a wooden plant crate down the center, with varying mason jars filled with single flower varieties. Succulents and balsawood flowers added some interesting textures on both tablescapes. Candles were scattered all over in square frosted votives and mason jars.

The gorgeous cake was created by Ana Parzych and featured a large handmade sugar Cafe Au Lait Dahlia with chocolate branches and hand painted leaves, it was absolutely stunning! (and delicious!!)

Perhaps my favorite part of the wedding, Elisabeth and Marco supplied two large wheels of Parmesan Cheese with waxed bags for guests to take a chunk home–a nod to Marco’s Italian heritage and their love of cooking!

And as the night concluded A Thyme To Cook came out with delicious miniature ice cream cones filled with Basil Verbena Sorbet– they were so scrumptious and cooled everyone down after a night of dancing!

A huge thank you to Denise Creiger Photography for the beautiful images below!





Elisabeth and Marco just celebrated their 1 year anniversary– congratulations guys! It was such an amazing and memorable day and we feel truly honored to have been part of it. xo!

Credit Reel

Photography: Denise Creiger Photography
Hair & Makeup: Jenne Fresa Beauty Library
Flowers: Hana Floral Design & BLUSH Floral Design
Event Planning: Jubilee Events
Ceremony & Reception Location: Jonathan Edwards Winery
Cake: Ana Parzych
Invitations: Lucky Luxe
Celebrant: Victoria Burdick
Shoes: Christian Louboutin
Dress: Monique Lhuillier from The Plumed Serpent
Catering: A Thyme to Cook
Tent: Sperry Tents
Out of Town Bags: Le Petits Presents
Rentals: Jubilee Events
Linens: La Tavola Linen

12 Jul
2011
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By Candice    2 Comments

A Wedding Story: Melissa & Pete at L’escale at the Delamar Hotel, Greenwich Connecticut

Melissa and Peter were married on a chilly November evening in Greenwich on the harbor, with a beautiful vintage / deco wedding style with some modern elements. In a color story of crisp white, blue, and silver– they warmed up their palette with shades of amber and orange.

Their ceremony was held in a local church with 200 of their closest family and friends. Melissa wore a stunning Claire Pettibone dress with a gorgeous lace back. Her bridesmaids were beautiful in state blue j.crew dresses and jewels. Datura: A Modern Garden created a stunning bridal bouquet, choosing white paphiopedilum orchids which were so fresh and perfect, accented with only a single green trick dianthus at the center and a few spirals of grass at the base. The bouquet was wrapped with fabric from her mom’s wedding gown. For her maids, Datura chose bronze cymbidium stems with uluhe fern shoots and grass.

The altar was dressed with two massive 14′ tall fall foliage trees at their autumn peak with Moroccan lanterns strung from the branches. The aisles were lined with fresh autumn leaves and accented with over sized lanterns and nearly 200 candles, designed by Datura.

Melissa and Peter’s reception was held at L’escale, a world famous restaurant in downtown Greenwich with the most delicious french food! They took over the entire restaurant, where guests dined in a room filled with thousands of candles and gorgeous long and round tables with two centerpiece designs: a white orchid and candle component composition in slender stemware along with gathering vases with an art-deco style branch centerpiece strung with white vanda orchids and votives in blown glass globes. For their sweetheart table, Datura designed a custom branch cascade with willow and orchids.

We used a mixture of gorgeous La Tavola Linen in the Andalusian in Silver and Nonius in Silver accented with a deep grey pintuck. Their napkins were Dupionique Iridescence in New Moon were folded horizontally across silver beaded chargers with a deco designed circular menu card.

They had an incredible lounge that guests enjoyed toward the end of the evening! L’escale’s long banquets were lined with silk pillows in varying shades of silver and blue, silver pewter chiavari chairs, and mirrored coffee tables. We created unique lounge vignettes with white leather tuffeted ottomans and mirrored coffee tables, along with a velvet tuffeted couch. Datura created varying centerpieces in square mirrored vases and round glass bowls. We lined the patio with hightops in the Nonius Silver and draped the edges of the patio with fabric and uplighting.

Guests danced the evening away to a sick band from Vali Entertainment and a photobooth by Carla Ten Eyck Photography! Check out the gorgeous images below by Katie Slater and after your finished, head over to Vantage Point Films to check out their highlight reel!

Melissa– Pete– thank you SO much for letting me be part of your wedding day. I miss our daily emails and planning pow-wows. I am so happy for you both and wish you all the very best things that life has to offer. XOXOXO!

Credit Reel

Photography: Katie Slater for Carla Ten Eyck Photography
Cinematography: Vantage Point Films
Floral Design: Datura – A Modern Garden
Event Planning & Design: Jubilee Events
Reception Location: L’escale at the Delamar Hotel
Dress: Claire Pettibone
Beauty: Jill Imbruogo and Arlene Cole
Bridesmaid Dresses & Jewelrey: J. Crew
Cupcakes: Great Cakes of Westport
Uplighting: Shoreline AV
Lounge Furniture: Jubilee Events
Linens: La Tavola Linen
Band: Vali Entertainment

2 Jul
2011
Posted in: A Jubilee Event, Connecticut Events, Weddings
By Diana    No Comments

Today is Christina & Doug’s Wedding Day!

Today, Danielle and I are headed down to the picturesque town of Old Saybrook to celebrate the love of Christina and Doug! Guests are in for quite the beautiful day right on the water at the Old Saybrook Point Inn and Spa. Christina and Doug’s families are such a blast and I can’t wait to see all of them celebrate this day they have eagerly been waiting for. We have the privilege of working with so many creative talents today, like Jennie Fresa, Hana Floral Design, Vantage Point Films, Derek Fowles Photography, Millennium Music, and DJ Bob Raina! Looking forward to getting this day started!

Christina and Doug–congratulations!! We are so excited to share in this day with you!

22 Jun
2011
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By Candice    2 Comments

The Lace Factory in Deep River, Connecticut Grand Opening

 

{ photography by carla ten eyck photography }

We were so excited to be apart of the planning for the grand opening of the newest event space in Connecticut– the historic Lace Factory in Deep River. It was a gorgeous and fun filled evening hosted by Bliss Celebrations Magazine and catered by Cloud Nine with nosh and nibbly from made to order mac n’ cheese to personal pizzas and sliders. Guests road on the antique Essex Steam Train and were greeted with champagne alongside the newest line of gowns from The White Dress by the shore, Ivy & Aster.

We transformed the raw, industrial style space with gorgeous lounge furniture, custom pillows, driftwood furniture, draping and chandeliers from Ryan Designs. The evening’s plighting and entertainment was provided by Rob Alberti Special Events. We brought in a gorgeous black and white checkered dance floor from Connecticut Rental Center and bright citrus orange linens from Rentals Unlimited.?Datura: A Modern Garden created artistic centerpieces using floral, greenery, rock, moss, and other interesting pieces. Tony even suspended tropicals from the ceiling! Coral Pheasant designed a beautiful e-vitation for the event.

The Lace Factory is a gorgeous location for your wedding or event. With it’s raw, industrial space, the possibilities for a uniquely designed event are endless.

Big thanks to all our amazing vendors who participated and the Lace Factory for inviting us to join them on such a wonderful grand opening!

xxoo

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