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Hosting a Home Wedding in Connecticut
You’re engaged! Pop the bottles and cue alllllll the confetti. It’s time to celebrate AND time to start planning your wedding. What comes first? Well, the venue of course! You’re on the hunt for the perfect location for your wedding. You have a list, and you know with certainty what style you’re going for. But, you’re just not finding the perfect location.
After an exhausting search for the “perfect” venue, you’ve discovered that you can’t find what you’re looking for. They don’t seem to have the look, feel, or ambiance you want for your wedding. At this point, you’re considering just booking a plane ticket and heading off to a tropical island with your fiancee to elope! Then, suddenly, you think: what if we had the wedding at my parents’ house (or our home/family members ballin’ house, you get the drift!).
After the year we’ve all had, we’ve seen home weddings on the rise, and for very good reason! The outdoors are safer, your guests feel comfortable traveling to a familiar location, and there is an endless list of ways to make the space your own!
Photo: Carla Ten Eyck
Jubilee Events’ Love Affair with Home Weddings
Home weddings.. we love them. We really love them!! A home wedding gives you the opportunity to host your nearest and dearest in a place of absolute significance to you.
Home weddings are our specialty here at Jubilee Events. We’ve planned dozens of unique home weddings for our clients over the years. With our experience, we understand the logistical challenges and finer nuances involved with planning a home wedding. We also know that weddings can be stressful, and while it’s not only our duty to ensure you enjoy the planning process, it is also our mission to educate our clients on the who, what, and the why. With a unique property like your home, much of this stress can be heightened as the list of questions and details to consider grows.
You already have thoughts on your color palette, your date, maybe what you’ll be wearing. As you start to envision hosting everyone at your home that day, new expectations become prevalent, and it’s important to understand those before you hit the ground running!
Photo: Alicia Ann Photographers
A Home Wedding: Setting The Record Straight on Common Assumptions
You can control the costs because it’s at your home… Costs are not meant to surprise you, but we get it. Weddings are expensive (we will get into that topic in another blog post), but it’s important to understand what’s going into it so you can see the value coming out of it!
Regardless of the location of your wedding, costs can be controlled. It is understanding the price points of your potential vendors and the aspects that go into those costs. While there are “average” wedding costs available to you online, it’s vital to understand what goes into that “average.” Everyone is different — and for good reason!
Ask the questions to know what goes into the costs of your vendors and their packages. Some of your vendor costs may increase with home weddings, but that’s to ensure that all aspects are properly overseen and well managed, a value well received.
It won’t be as expensive because it’s not at a regular venue… This is a common assumption, but one quickly proved false. A venue has a site fee, of course, but this is the only fee you may be able to side-step when having the event at home.
Why?
There are a number of other necessities that you will need that a venue usually offers.
A venue comes with power, a roof, industrial kitchen, restrooms, flooring, lighting, a parking lot, and may even have some tables and chairs to utilize.
Your home, on the other hand, requires these additions — which are additional costs. Consider this: you are essentially building a venue from scratch. And that takes time, care, and a fine eye for details!
Circumstances are different with each home, but there are several details to consider (like the ones listed above). Simply put: having a home wedding requires you to build a venue in a matter of days, and you’ll have to rent and acquire all the necessary items to throw the bash of the year. Everything from salt and pepper shakers to parking lots.
Photo: Ali + Julie
You can have a month of coordinator for a home wedding… We highly discourage this for a home wedding as there are lists of logistics and details to oversee. Furthermore, don’t even consider a day-of coordinator. It’s entirely unfair to you to have someone step in so last minute and be able to successfully carry out your vision and day-of details as you have dreamt and planned them out to be.
It’s important to have an experienced planner on hand from start to finish. This will help alleviate a great deal of costly mistakes — errors that could have severe effects on your property or home and, more importantly, your peace of mind. A home wedding requires expert planning, which is why we want you to consider hiring a wedding planning team to be with you from start to finish.
When you wake up the next morning, you want to bask in the rings on your fingers, the speeches that were just made, and the fact that your feet are inevitably sore from keeping the dance floor packed all night! The last thing you will want to entertain is a clogged toilet, broken glass, or damage to your home or property.
Let’s face it: things happen and you want someone trusted to put the fire out before you smell the smoke.
You can invite more guests because there are no space constraints… This may be true and, hey, more power to you!! There’s nothing like celebrating something so monumental with all the people you hold near and dear to your heart. More guests directly impacts your budget as with every additional friend or family member, your costs go up. The best way to consider it is that with just one more person, your budget increases by $700, to start. Rental quantities, food and beverage costs, and even tent sizes are considered the higher (or lower) your guest count grows.
But, wait! There’s more:
It will be easier to have it at home… It might seem that way because set guidelines don’t necessarily exist, but as we have mentioned a few times, there are lists of things to consider as you get started. Through our experience detailed above, we’ve mentioned a number of these items, but to focus on them a little more closely:
Photo: Carla Ten Eyck
- Rain plan locations — whether you are having your ceremony onsite or not, a home wedding always needs to have a backup plan in case of inclement weather. During the winter season here in New England, we never complain about snow because we like to call our favors in during wedding season. The night before our events, we will do an anti-rain dance, slip a spoon under our pillow and pray to our Gods, but, when it boils down to it, Mother Nature can be a bit unruly. Having a tent on site will give you good peace of mind, but you may like to invest in marquee tenting, which will protect you and your guests as you travel to the restroom or parking area. This will also help protect the caterers and the food you are all excited to enjoy! You may find that, with a rain plan, all of your moments are packed into the same space. They say rain is good luck, but we know it can be a bit of a hassle. Here, it becomes especially important to have a well-versed team onsite to handle all of this — this way you’ll be able to look back and smile at all the other memories instead of first remembering the weather.
- Transportation + valet — as most venues have onsite parking, you may have to look into creating a parking lot for your home wedding. Even with a free lot of land or parking nearby, your guests are going to need some direction and guidance. That’s where our expert parking attendants and valet come in. Guest comfort is one of our top priorities, and parking is where it starts.
- Wedding insurance! This is something we speak in-depth with all of our couples about as it thoroughly protects you and the elements of your big day. On a property so personal and sacred, take the easy steps to protect it, protect you, and protect all of those who are guests onsite that day. Need a little information about wedding insurance? Well, take a peek at this helpful blog post we created here!
- Extra staff — Throughout the course of your day, you’ll need a little extra help and it could be for just about anything. Moving chairs from your ceremony to the reception, helpfully ushering guests from one moment to the next, preparing your maid of honor or best man for their speeches, communicating with your caterers that toasts are just about done and guests are prepared for their amazing menu and so much more. A home wedding, especially with a large property, requires more hands.
Your mind may be filled to the very brim with everything here, but now you know you have what you need to make the next choice as it fits your wedding day! If anything, we are always available to talk through your home wedding further.
To check out more of our beloved tented home weddings, visit us here!
It’s not every day this girl gets to play around with her industry friends to create magic… Wait, yes it is! In this case, the purpose behind our get-together was just a little bit different, but still magical nonetheless! Together with some of Connecticut’s finest and best wedding creatives, we built a photoshoot around one of our favorite aesthetics ever: the classic wedding! If you look under our Weddings gallery, you’ll see a long list of weddings we’ve been trusted to design. Each one is as unique as the couple we’re celebrating, as our design expertise knows no bounds.
What are the most prominent elements of our designs? They’re timeless, iconic, classic, personal, custom, and fun, of course! For this shoot, we set out to create something we’ve only been dreaming of, and we hope this gives you an idea of how perfect your celebration can look!
A Classic Wedding: Inspiration Board
We started our palette off fresh with all white, touches of ivory only for dimension. We sprinkled some gold for added romance and built in an abundance of lush texture. The vibe for this was, you know it, classic, iconic, timeless, clean, romantic, elegant, and fresh!
A Classic Wedding: Bringing the Dream to a Reality
From there, we teamed up with the most meant-to-be crew to bring to life what was subtly living in our minds! Brooke Allison, our cheerleader, and leader-in-excitement captures the pure essence of anything on the other side of her lens. That day was no different, encapsulating this dreamy monochromatic goodness!
The final result? Well, take a peek and get wrapped up in all the perfection!
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Photography: Brooke Allison Photography
Venue: Gentle Bull
Event Planning + Design: Diana of Jubilee Events
Flowers: Flowers by Justine
Styling: Beth Chapman Styling
Stationery: Coral Pheasant Stationery
Beauty: Amber Papastavros
Fashion: WToo Watters by The White Dress by the Shore
Rentals: PEAK Event Services, borrowedBLU, Nuage Designs
Cake: Sugar Therapy
The Best Connecticut Venues for your Fall Wedding!
Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series have given you a glance at some of the magic Connecticut offers for your wedding day. Now, it’s time to cozy up to one of the best seasons Connecticut has to offer: Fall! A Fall Wedding in Connecticut is as anticipated as any combination of chocolate and peanut butter.
Despite what those holiday commercials say, Fall is the most wonderful time of the year! From the warm days and cool nights, right down to the foliage. It is, in my opinion, the best time of year to take advantage of the great outdoors.
Fall Wedding Venue Must-Haves and Considerations
- Indoor Options or Tenting Capabilities: You’ll see this noted on every venue list because Mother Nature is a finicky woman! While Fall tends to provide more expected weather circumstances, it’s the one thing none of us can control. If your venue lacks an indoor space (many unique locations do!), be sure there’s room to place a tent on the property. Even if your plan is to go alfresco, a rain plan is always a good idea!
- Exclusivity: Just like summer, this is a coveted time of year! Make sure you understand how many celebrations your venue hosts on any given weekend or per day!
- Noise ordinance: As we’ve said in the Spring and Summer wedding venue list, be sure to take the cutoff time for music into account, especially if your Fall wedding will be taking place outdoors in any capacity!
- Availability: The Fall is the most popular time of year for weddings here in Connecticut. Between the perfect temperatures, relative lack of destructive weather, and the foliage… Those scrumptious colors that dress our trees are quintessential postcard images and highly sought after! If a Fall wedding is what you’re after, the availability of your potential venue is something that can go quickly.
- Ways to keep your guests warm: This time of year is when we begin to see the nights get a little cooler. Infuse ways into your design to keep your guests warm. These things can include a hot cocoa bar, late-night bonfire, or custom blankets for guests to grab-and-go!
Here we have it! Read on to begin falling in love with some of Connecticut’s greatest Fall wedding venues!
Smith Farm Gardens
Smith Farm Gardens is one of my favorite locations for a wedding in Connecticut, no less a fall wedding, because it’s comparable to having a home wedding without having to build the venue in your own backyard! Their well-manicured gardens and grounds are noticed the moment you step foot onto the property. It’s idyllic in every sense it can be!
Set on 15 acres, your ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception can host within a list of beautiful corners of this property. The vegetable and flower garden, apple orchard, or the main house with its original posts and beams and massive fireplace inside! You can certainly toast with a large number of guests here as your event takes place 100% outdoors with the capacity for a tent! To top it off, there are stunning onsite accommodations in the house, which is perfect for getting ready and hanging with your favorite people once the last song has been played.
Audobon in Greenwich
The Audobon, specifically the Barn at Greenwich Audobon Center is idyllic for the lovers of a rustic aesthetic. This restored 1800s structure with its original exposed beams is perfect for a smaller, yet still lively guest group of 80 – 100 guests. Apple orchards and trails hug the property, offering unique opportunities to take advantage of the layout of your entire event!
For those with a philanthropic heart, the site fee goes to not only maintaining the inherent structure of the barn but also supporting a sanctuary for nature’s smallest creatures throughout the state!
Mayflower Inn & Spa
There is something picturesque about saying your vows with the colors in front of a pond filled with the reflection of the Fall foliage. Postcards couldn’t paint a better picture, though I’m sure a live painter could!
For smaller, more intimate celebrations, the Mayflower offers The Garden Room and The Tap Room which have been recently renovated to create a space you’ll never want to leave. For groups up to about 150, you can host your loved ones in their brand-new custom tent, tucked privately behind the spa alongside the property’s pond. Not only are onsite accommodations available, but this venue is also the perfect location for a full weekend buyout as there are personalized amenities to appeal to any type of adventurer! I love how easily this property lends itself to a destination wedding as the onsite offerings, most notably the spa and surrounding trails allow for enjoyable getaways no matter the interests of your guest group!
photo: Carla Ten Eyck // planning + design: Jubilee Events // floral: Blush Floral Design // tent decor: Drape Art Designs
Chatfield Hollow Inn
Also known as the Chatfield Hollow B+B, this natural oasis offers a variety of ceremony locations. Choose between their two ponds, fruit orchard, grassy meadows, or birch grove to start. Imagine being snuggled in among all the colorful foliage, or having a small breeze carry some leaves around you and your guests during your vows. Just like a pretty snowfall without the cold and wet!
Along with the clear top tent on-site for up to 150 guests, the property — including their charming inn — belongs to you the entire weekend. With fully functioning flower and food gardens, you have the opportunity to bring the freshest details to your menu or decor, found right on site. The amenities and care this location provides is unparalleled and ideal for a variety of design approaches for your fall wedding!
photo: Carla Ten Eyck Photography
Jonathan Edwards Winery
Located in North Stonington (not to be confused with the beautiful town of Stonington), Jonathan Edwards offers all the lush, rolling greens that a vineyard should. Hugged by trees that provide a colorful splash of Fall foliage vibrantly welcomes guests to the property. The winery includes a tent for dining and dancing all night long for up to 200 of your friends and family. Additionally, their rustic barrel room is perfect for a smaller affair – even that back up rain plan we mentioned! Their tasting room and the wrap-around porch are the best way to take in the views of your entire wedding day in addition to enjoying their wine that is produced during this season.
Entering the Fall season reintroduces you to those sinfully-favorite foods that we all love to indulge in! Surrounding Jonathan Edwards Winery are several local farms that your caterer can partner with to create a one-of-a-kind farm-to-table dining experience for you and your guests!
photo: Robert Norman Photography // planning + design: Jubilee Events // floral: Just For You Floral Design // lighting: Ryan Designs
Gallaher Mansion
Having enjoyed the most amazing Fall wedding at the Gallaher Mansion, it’s no wonder why this venue sits comfortably on our list! The Gallaher Mansion provides a timeless setting and romantic views indoors and out. Open to hosting 100 guests inside the gorgeous stone monument or 200+ on their tented terrace, the Gallaher offers some rentals and several other amenities to help make the day your own!
Pro tip: take advantage of the side garden and sprawling lawn for photos or other moments of your wedding day to create a big impact for your guests!
photo: Anaise Prince Photography
South Farms
One of the most iconic farm venues in Connecticut, exclusively reserved for weddings and celebrations taking place onsite! Set a little more inland in Morris, South Farms is one of our favorite family-run farm venues! Once you step foot on the property, you’ll know exactly why! Not only do they offer the parlor, hayloft, bull room, and stone barn, plus their brand new Garage, opening the opportunity to their couples to host just under 50 guests all the way up to 175. Whether rustic, natural, or industrial, this space offers so much to its clients and exceeds your wildest dreams!
Graybarns on the Silvermine River
Where luxury meets comfort! The Graybarns is the first venue I think of for the perfect intimate wedding. Able to accommodate up to 75 guests, you and your guests can enjoy a variety of settings throughout the property, including their courtyard, the barn, the tavern, and the porch. I anticipate seeing a surplus of more intimate events with our couples this year and beyond. This venue is the perfect location to make it your own for the weekend!
As if the venue wasn’t enough to love as is, they have the most flavorful and memorable menus to enjoy, something that certainly impacts the overall experience imparted on you and your guests! Their onsite accommodations make getting ready and other weekend events seamless and relaxing.
Winvian Farm
This storied estate offers multiple sites and venues on its unique property, prepared to host you and your loved ones with their onsite accommodations. This charming site is 113 acres of rolling lawns, stone walls, wildflower meadows and enchanted woodlands, all of which are in their full, lush, colorful state during the Fall, making an impactful statement for your wedding weekend experience!
With the level of opportunity of Winvian Farm, you can host more intimate celebrations to grander affairs with larger guest counts. I love how easily this property lends itself to a destination wedding as the amenities, most notably the spa and surrounding trails allow for enjoyable getaways no matter the interests of your guest group!
Chamard Vineyards
Another popular vineyard, but this time located right in Clinton. Whether you’re hosting an intimate celebration of 30 guests up to a bash of 150 of your loved ones, the vineyard has several outdoor and indoor locations for your ceremony or reception. As an added bonus to the local wine you can enjoy, Chamard is responsible for your fresh culinary experience. While quiet and set back, the vineyard is not far from the center of town, so some noise ordinance rules may apply!
I will never forget Morgan and Matt’s summer mansion wedding at the Branford House! First and foremost, the Branford House is one of our all-time fav venues, having hosted some of our most memorable love stories. There’s not one corner of this venue that isn’t magical. Between the confident stone structure that greets you at the top of the hill to the ornate wood and marble details carved into the walls and fireplaces within.
In addition to our picturesque setting, this day started as bright, warm, and stunning as Morgan and Matt are. Right at the end of their ceremony, a storm rolled in, and everything but the Wicked Witch of the West came pouring out of that sky. I like to think it was Morgan’s dad popping in to say hello! Thankfully, it came as soon as it went, not diminishing the celebration in any way!
Morgan and Matt are easily the two most stylish people I’ve ever met. I swear every time I met with them, I left with notes on how to improve myself. They’re also two of the loveliest souls you’ll ever get a chance to encounter, which was proven by the liveliest, most supportive, and wonderful guest list we’ve ever partied with!
The Design of a Summer Mansion Wedding: Modern Meets Glam
Now having the level of style they possess, our wedding design had to pack the same level of oohs and aahs. Morgan is a glam girl at heart and so many of our decisions were easily made as we took inspiration from our couple. For a Branford House wedding, you need to add some softness or pops of color to balance out the inherent wood of the venue. Our mixture of round and long tables were dressed in gold leather linen. Yes — leather! It was so sophisticated and sexy, I’m still not over it! Each table was then dressed with a tall candelabra statement arrangement of lush white flowers and candles. Pops of gold, acrylic, and white leather laced the rest of our details, from stationery to furniture, all the way to our chandeliers overlooking the dance floor.
Right outside the Branford House mansion was our bar (the most gorgeous bar ever!), and our dance floor. My favorite thing about the mansion is that there are so many ways to customize it and utilize the space. The only thing I could wish for was a bit more room as this group was tearing up the dance floor! Some of my favorite moments can be seen on the dance floor in the photos below.
There is nothing quite like a summer mansion wedding, and I invite you to enjoy the story below! Be sure to enjoy the video at the end from True Color Productions. It’s a tear-jerker, but so worth it!
Morgan and Matt, I wish you two a lifetime of happiness and adventure. I am confident that your date of 8.18.18 holds some type of infinite love and good fortune, and there are no two more deserving people than you!! XO
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Photography: Jennifer Sullivan Photography
Ceremony + Reception Location: The Branford House
Event Planning + Design: Diana of Jubilee Events
Flowers: Victorian Rose Florist
Entertainment: CZone Entertainment
Catering: Gourmet Galley
Stationery: Coral Pheasant Stationery
Beauty: Kiss + Makeup
Lighting + Draping: Drape Art Designs
Rentals: PEAK Event Services, Big Top Rental, *designer8, Nuage Designs
Cinema: True Color Productions
Ally & Zac’s Tented Wedding
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: curating a tented wedding is our jam! So much so, that I would even call it our love language. Personality and family history are infused into these events and there’s no better way to celebrate the love of two people than to be immersed in who they are. Peep more of our favorite love stories and tented wedding inspiration here!
We knew we were in the presence of greatness from the moment we first laid our eyes on this home. Rich in history and so much love, it was the perfect setting to host almost 200 of Ally and Zac’s nearest and dearest. Between incorporating inherent structures on the property to including sentimental nods to the parents of our couple, this is a wedding that will forever live on in our minds as one of the most personal we’ve had the honor to be a part of. We’re eternally grateful that we had the talented Sasithon Photography to capture every sweet detail!
The Property
The Tented Wedding Design
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Photography: Sasithon Photography
Ceremony + Reception Location: private residence, Darien, CT
Event Planning + Design: Diana of Jubilee Events
Tent: Greenwich Tent Co.
Flowers: Flowers and Flowers by Adam
Catering: BITE New York
Entertainment: Gypsy Jazz
Stationery: Greenwich Letterpress
Lighting + Draping: Drape Art Designs
Rentals: Party Rental Ltd.
It’s not every day you decide to host a wedding in your own backyard, but when you do, you can believe it’s a day we all come to cherish and remember. What better place to celebrate a day in your family’s history than in your own home? The personal details and signature design become so significant to seeing your day unfold. This romantic home wedding is no exception in our books! We’re throwing it back to honor one of the most timeless designs we’ve ever created for a family that still holds a special place in our hearts!
The Home Wedding Design: Organic, Romantic, and Modern
Set on the family’s private estate, our couple wanted a wedding design that complimented their surroundings. We kept the color story soft and simple with blush, green, and white and infused an organic, romantic style with modern elements. The floral design of this wedding brought about that natural, rustic style with the long, lush garlands with full blooms tucked throughout. Our stunning clear top tent, lighting and lounge furniture was a nod to a more clean and modern design.
A clear top tent carries the perk of allowing you to fully embrace your surroundings, with some added protection to all the elements an outdoor wedding may pose. Peruse the photos below and you’ll see how we were able to appreciate the rows of full bloom hydrangea bushes!
Our tent was dressed with sparkling crystal chandeliers and clean white draping to tie together our home for the evening. The chandeliers and candlelight were enhanced by our white dance floor, creating such a soft, natural glow. The tables were textured with rustic pieces reminiscent of our outdoor ceremony, set in front of the family’s pond, hugged around their favorite Oak tree, which became a personal motif we used in stationery details throughout the weekend.
The Designer
We love a home wedding setting!! So much so that it is the venue we develop the most and are best known for! Designing a backyard wedding requires a firm understanding on all the finer nuances of building a venue from scratch. That is, after all, exactly what we’re doing! From there, we begin designing with the blank canvas of the tent, taking inspiration from the inherent nature of this idyllic property.
The design itself is much more than just the color palette — it’s the entire experience, which we thoughtfully construct based on who you are. Our couple’s story was infused into a moment that is part of their legacy, their history. This day is a forever staple in so many memories.
To see more of our favorite designs and home weddings, check us out here!
VENDOR REEL
Design + Planning: Candice + Diana, Jubilee Events
Tent: Stamford Tent
Dress: Cristos by Amsale
Beauty: Catie + Amy
Photography: Carla Ten Eyck Photography
Caterer: Cleaver + Co.
Calligraphy: Tara Jones
Florist: Blush Floral Design
Lighting + Draping: Ryan Designs
Rentals: Party Rental Ltd., Taylor Creative through Jubilee Events
We’ve produced an eclectic variety of weddings, but our favorite might just be tented weddings! Starting with a blank canvas allows us to create a venue from scratch, creating a unique design. We often times see tented weddings take place at private residences or home properties, which tend to carry a very special sentiment behind them. Tent decor, furniture rentals, and a thoughtful spatial layout add to the personal setting of an outdoor wedding and allow us to embellish the personality of the couple in a location that already holds so much meaning!
The tent design is where we spend much of our time. It equates to designing your home, which is something we all love to pour ourselves into one way or another! Tents don’t speak to just one or two styles of weddings — they can quite literally be dressed up to evoke whatever vibe you’re drawn to.
Tent Decor: The Ceremony
For Nicole and Mark’s wedding day, we wanted to design a space that embodied the rest of their aesthetic: colorful, vibrant, and whimsical. Two frame tents were constructed on the property, one for the ceremony and one for the reception. It’s essential to have a rain backup plan with an outdoor wedding, so why not use what we had reserved, even in perfect weather?
Our ceremony took place in the front of Nicole’s childhood home, which is the perfect shade of yellow!! We enlisted the talents of Drape Art Designs to execute the cheerful setting of our dreams! Bunches of colorful ribbon swags created a slight canopy of shade around our guest seating. Lavender fabric draped around the side poles, softening the space a bit further! As the first space that greeted our guests, this gave a perfect introduction to the rest of our home for the evening.
photos: emily kirke photography // tent decor: drape art designs // tent: greenwich tent co.
Tent Decor: Dinner & Dancing
One of the reasons why I absolutely love clear top tents is it allows you to really immerse yourself in your surroundings. It creates an open air feeling while still protecting you from the elements. With that, you don’t need too much tent decor, but a bit of something to tie into the design creates a memorable experience for you and your guests.
Together, Drape Art Designs and I carried the ribbon design over to the reception tent, creating a focal point over our dance floor. That floral chandelier by Botanique pushed our heart eyes over the edge and dropped our jaws to the ground!
It’s always an absolute pleasure collaborating with Drape Art Designs! Complete with a wide range of lighting styles to accentuate your tent decor and vision, their inventory completes our design perfectly. Not to mention, we love their bar selection, too!!
Dessert is a way of life at Jubilee Events, so getting to explore the various sweets to offer guests is a treat — pun entirely intended! For Nicole and Mark’s wedding cake, it was a must to embellish the colorful, whimsical aesthetic of their wedding design, so we enlisted the talents of Sarah and Simon Cake Design! To see how their full design came together, take a peek here.
The Cake
Nicole and Mark’s main confection was the perfect complement to the scope of the day and provided some serious eye candy for all guests and vendors alike! Like the rest of the wedding design, each tier was packed with bursts of colorful bubbles and petals traveling down the sides. Each tier was a mixture of flavors like lemon on lemon!
photos: emily kirke photography
Sweet Details
No dessert display is complete without its sweet counterparts. Remember the Love Cats from our stationery suite? They made another guest appearance as the cookies. Sarah and Simon completely blew us all away with the detail on each cookie. It made it almost too hard to eat. Almost! We couldn’t think of a more perfect nod to our couple’s story together than to have a Cookie cookie!
In addition, guests snacked on rainbow mousse, colorful macarons, marshmallows, and tri-colored donut holes. We were in heaven!
We couldn’t be more grateful to have Sarah and Simon’s talents as part of the day! Having a history in art and design brings about the most detailed and eye-catching confections you’ll ever come across. Get lost in her story and more of her work on her site! Whether abstract, colorful, traditional or clean, it can all be done!
Thank you, Sarah, for your amazing cake and cookies! We still smile every time we come across these sweet images! XO
Wedding stationery is one of my favorite and most expressive elements of a wedding design! It’s the first real introduction to the experience your guests will enjoy on your big day — it invites so much personality!
Colorful Wedding Stationery: Save the Dates
Nicole and Mark’s wedding was every bit whimsical and vibrant as it was exciting and festive! To start, we decided to ignite a bit of buzz with our Save the Dates. Employing confetti poppers from The Confetti Bar, a mixture of color, sparkles, and custom name and date monikers gave guests all the need-to-know wedding details. The best part? Receiving videos of all of our guests popping open their Save the Date, bursting with the same level of excitment!
confetti poppers: The Confetti Bar // packaging + custom labels: Coral Pheasant
Colorful Wedding Stationery: Invitations
The invitation is the part of our stationery suite where we further tailor to the wedding design, giving hint to the day that’s unfolding. For Nicole and Mark’s suite, we introduced our colors of coral, pink, lavender, and serenity blue with punches of other tones throughout our vintage postage and hand-tied ribbon hugging everything together.
We love to infuse our couple’s story into the design in every way possible. It’s this that makes our wedding designs so memorable and experiential. Think about it: you attend wedding after wedding, but the ones that really stick out are those whose story evolves from the couple you’re celebrating! It gives you a story, however you walk away with many more memories.
One of our personal details came by featuring Nicole and Mark’s cats, Cookie and Stevie, who we affectionately donned the Love Cats. Though they couldn’t celebrate with us in person, we were sure to incorporate their presence in a few elements of the day with stationery being the forefront of those details! Making it even more meaningful, our Love Cats were designed by Nicole and Mark’s talented brother-in-law, Salvador. They came back in our day-of stationery, in our escort card display, bar signs as well as our dessert bar (more to come on this in a later post)!
invitation suite: Coral Pheasant
As always, much love goes to Nichole from Coral Pheasant for bringing this whimsical, burst of energy to life!!
To take a peek at other stationery suites we cannot get enough of, take a peek here!
