Leigh and Kelsey were married on a gorgeous and warm Monday afternoon in June at Belle Mer in Newport, Rhode Island. Not even a trip to the hospital on wedding day (fear not– everything ended up being okay!) could deter these two from celebrating their love for one another. They were surrounded by an incredible group of close family and friends and shared an intimate afternoon of laughs, love, and celebration! Leigh and Kelsey spent dozens of hours crafting their wedding, which was filled with personal paper touches. It was an eclectic mix of vibrant colors against a clean, modern backdrop. A huge thank you to the incomparable Carla Ten Eyck and her team for these stunning images!

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Photography: Carla Ten Eyck
Planning: Jubilee Events
Location: Belle Mer
Floral Design: Datura: A Modern Garden
Paper & Invitations: Leigh & Kelsey
Officiant: Rev Steph
Bridal Gowns: The White Dress by the shore

1. red “bardot” dress from kate spade; 2. model with red lips via wildfox couture; 3. suede red booties from alexander mcqueen; 4. red dress via ulyana sergeenko’s 2011 collection;  5. vintage vogue from wookmark (august 1956); 6. red valentino dress via the sole train; 7. red chanel nail polish; 8. classic red leather handbag from j.crew

This past weekend was glorious! With a well deserved weekend off, I caught up on many important things: sex and the city episodes, online shopping which involved a major chloe purchase, and my netflix wishlist which included Valentino: The Last Emperor. Watching Mr. Valentino prepare for his 45th Anniversary collection and retirement was riveting– and it also reminded me that I’ve been straight up sweatin’ the color red.I’ve managed to purchase a killer red jacket from j.crew (along with a bright red dress and sweet red pumps… opps). I’ve been rockin’ my  favorite red mac lipstick for a while too. What is it about the color red that’s got me switching out the pink from my wardrobe? I think the reason why I love it most is it exudes confidence.

Considering refreshing your hangars with some new, vibrant red pieces. It’s a big color this year at j.crew and kate spade. My favorite way to wear red is to wear it from head to toe. Red dress? Check. Red jacket? Check. Red shoes, lips, belt and bag? Che-ck! Wearing all one color can be really dramatic and bold. I’d die to design an all red event with neutral touches! Someday I might be able to add the ultimate red piece to my collection: a red valentino. A girl can dream, right?

xoxo

 

A beautiful summers afternoon was the setting at The Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown, Connecticut for Cameron and Josh’s classic wedding. Surrounded by 100 of their nearest and dearest, they exchanged heartfelt vows on the great lawn and danced the night away under a beautiful Sperry Tent.

Cameron and Josh chose simple shades of white, blush pink and charcoal. In their pursuit for wedding decor, they amassed an impressive collection of unique milk glass pieces that Elisabeth from BLUSH arranged peonies and large garden roses in. Gourmet Galley served up a delicious evening of vegetarian delights as guests dined on lasagna and pappardelle pasta. Yum!

Many thanks to the talented Charlotte Jenks Lewis, who made it nearly impossible to complete this blog post because I couldn’t pair down her images into a short list of favorites. Enjoy!

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Photography: Charlotte Jenks Lewis
Videography: Buzz Media Company
Planning & Rentals: Jubilee Events
Location: The Wadsworth Mansion
Catering: Gourmet Galley
Floral Design: BLUSH Floral Design
Paper & Invitations: Mr. Boddington’s Studio
Calligraphy: Tara Jones
Tent & Lighting: Sperry Tents
Officiant: Mary Coburn
Musicians: Millenium Music
DJ: Rob Alberti
Bride’s dress: Amsale (from the Blue Label Line)
Bride’s shoes: J.Crew
Groom’s suit: J.Crew
Junior bridesmaids dresses: David’s Bridal

 

Yippie! The gorgeous wedding of Cameron and Josh is featured on 100 Layer Cake today. Thanks for the beautiful feature, lovelies! We’ll be sharing their gorgeous wedding with you next week. Stay tuned…. xo

Photography: Charlotte Jenks Lewis / Planning & Rentals: Jubilee Events / Location: The Wadsworth Mansion / Catering: Gourmet Galley / Floral Design: BLUSH Floral Design / Paper & Invitations: Mr. Boddington’s Studio / Calligraphy: Tara Jones / Tent & Lighting: Sperry Tents / Officiant: Mary Coburn / Musicians: Millenium Music / DJ: Rob Alberti / Bride’s dress: Amsale (from the Blue Label Line) / Bride’s shoes: J.Crew / Groom’s suit: J.Crew / Junior bridesmaids dresses: David’s Bridal

So many people through out Connecticut are feeling the affects of hurricane Irene this Monday morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone as they clean up and rebuild from such a devastating storm. Along with the property damage and power outages across the state, many couples and families are also devastated that their weekend weddings were cancelled in light of the terrible conditions forecasted for Saturday and Sunday. We know it was extremely difficult for caterers to cancel weddings this weekend, but the safety of traveling guests and their staff is most important. We also can’t begin to understand how the couples and families are feeling after having been told their weddings couldn’t take place with over a year of planning and emotion invested in such a special day. Our hope is that most of these couples had wedding cancellation insurance, which protects you from a variety of cancellations should something happen on your wedding day.  I wanted to take the opportunity to encourage anyone planning a wedding to invest in cancellation insurance. It guarantees that you’ll receive your money back from the insurance company should your wedding be cancelled due to weather, health issues, or a variety of other unforeseen acts of god.

You can purchase cancellation insurance from a company called WedSafe, which has several policies available at different price points based on your level of spending. For such a small investment, it’s worth every penny. In this business, we always say you have to have a plan B for everything because there are some things beyond your control.

This past weekend we had an amazing wedding in Old Lyme, Connecticut at the Florence Griswold Museum. Our clients hired us only a few months ago to plan and design their spectacular wedding– and at the very last hour on Friday afternoon, we made the call to take a 5 pm ceremony and start it at noon. I wanted to also thank our spectacular team of vendors who really pulled it together to make this happen. When faced with tough and uncomfortable situations, it’s truly a measure of someone’s character when they rise to the occasion and due whats necessary. Big thanks to our team here at Jubilee Events, Coastal Gourmet, The Florence Griswold Museum, Sperry Tents, Ryan Designs, Blush Floral Design, Lisa Berry Photography, Carla Ten Eyck Photography, DD Nickel, Ted Gibson Salon, Elan Artists + East Village, Divina Strings, Rob Alberti,  Liberty Limousine, Bee and Thistle Inn, and Party Rentals. xxoo

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!

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Photography: Denise Creiger Photography
Hair & Makeup: Jennie 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

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It’s safe to say that I’m basically nuts about coral right now. Coral lipstick? Check. Coral pants? Check. Coral Chloe bag? Cheeeeccckk! What I love even more about Coral is pairing it with a super neutral color story– crisp khaki colors, ivories, whites, shades of grey. It makes that one burst of color pop even more. My ultimate fav? Skinny khaki trousers, crisp white collared shirt, gold accessories with pop of coral lipstick. A simple but effective accessory! I’m also crushin’ on coral + animal prints. Coral meets leopard print and fur? Hi. This leads me to my next conclusion: coral also isn’t just for summer. Brights are going to be very popular this fall– especially paired with neutrals. So dust off your tweed skirt and pair it with that amazing coral cardigan you’ve been sporting all summer.

So, how can you incorporate this same coral aesthetic into your event? Start with a neutral backdrop and build in subtle coral accents like khaki bridesmaids dresses with gold jewels and coral bouquets; oyster linens with a coral napkin and simple coral floral arrangements; ivory crane with gold emboss invitations and a coral envelope. Happy planning! xx

Attention brides! The White Dress by the shore is having one of their legendary sample sales THIS Saturday, July 16th from 9 am – 3 pm. They are offering 10% off their already marked down prices from 30-70%. What a steal! The sale is first come, first serve. Before marking arrangements to go, be sure to read Beth Chapman’s suggestions on how to shop a sample sale.

Happy shopping! xo

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!

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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