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Wedding at the Mirror Lake Lyceum: Jamie and Tristan

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 1:39 am

Jamie and Tristan are such good-hearted wonderful people and dad was honored to take part in their wedding day. They had donated 101 cans of food as part of our contest to help feed the hungry (WOW!) and won an engagement session with dad. Their wedding day was in June and they were married at the Mirror Lake Lyceum. Meghan of Dream Day Productions was their coordinator and she did a terrific job, along with the rest of a talented team of vendors including the awesome Darla Stafford, Cara of Hearts Video, Delma’s, The Flower Booth, A Better Cheesecake, Amici’s Catering, and the always fun RJ Vida of Advance Entertainment Productions.

The wedding’s theme was A Midsummer’s Night Dream and the flower girls wore pretty fairy costumes in purples and greens. Mom loved the bridesmaids’ attire! They all had different colored gowns in beautiful summer colors. The reception was decorated in pinks and purples and greens with lots of orchids and branches. Tables were named after couples from Shakespeare plays and guests got their seating assignments on a booklet of cookie recipes. Guests were also treated to lots and lots of homemade cookies. Thanks to Meghan for setting some aside and sending them home for us, and of course thanks to Jamie and Tristan for that as well!

It was a day filled with emotion and love to celebrate an amazing couple. We are incredibly happy for them and the wonderful future they have to look forward to. Tristan and Jamie, thank you so much for having us share in your wedding and we hope you two stay in touch!

Posted in Weddings Tags: A Better Cheesecake, Amici's, Cara from Hearts Video, Darla Stafford, Delma's: The Flower Booth, Dream Day Productions, Mirror Lake Lyceum, R-J Vida from Advance Entertainment Productions Inc

Rusty Pelican Wedding: Katie and Colin

Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:30 am

When dad photographed Katie and Colin’s engagement session last fall he thought their dog was so cute. Dad was excited to see that some pictures of Bentley at the session were made into cufflinks for the wedding day!

Katie and Colin put together a fantastic team of vendors for their wedding day. Darla Stafford is so talented and super nice. She was there for hair and makeup. Chad Whelan is a wonderful videographer and dad has lots of fun working with him. Reverend Tom Greene officiated over the ceremony and Rob Sword of Sword Sounds rocked out as the DJ for the reception. Debbie of The Bride’s Bouquet did the flowers and Chantilly Cakes made the yummy wedding cake. Dad enjoyed working with everyone.

Mom loved the bright pink flowers and especially the mini crystal chandeliers used in the centerpieces. The reception room looked beautiful! Thanks so much to Katie and Colin for having dad as part of your wedding day. Congratulations you two!

Posted in Weddings Tags: Chad Whelan, Chantilly Cakes, Darla Stafford, Reverend Tom Greene, Rob Sword from Sword Sounds, Rusty Pelican, The Bride's Bouquet

Lakeland Wedding at the Magnolia Building: Molly and David

Sunday, May 16, 2010 12:07 am

We love this group! Molly and David were married at the Magnolia Building in Lakeland. Dad has photographed the weddings for 3 of Molly’s co-workers, Erin, Katrina, and Kyla, and all of them were married at the Magnolia Building as well!

Molly and David had their ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church in Lakeland. It was a beautiful church despite the extremely grumpy church coordinator. Darla Stafford joined Molly earlier for hair and makeup. She is always terrific to work with. Doug Decker from Grant Hemond did an awesome job as the DJ too. The reception decorations came together so well! The couple used a black and white damask pattern and their colors were yellow with white and black. Mom loved all the details! There were white and black ceramic bowls with lemons, a candy buffet with all sorts of yellow and black candies, and white and black lanterns filled with flower petals and candles as centerpieces. Molly even wore little yellow flowers on her shoes!

Thanks to Molly and David for having dad there to celebrate your day. He said you two were super nice and he had a great time. Congratulations and enjoy your honeymoon!

Posted in Weddings Tags: Darla Stafford, Delectables Catering, Doug Decker from Grant Hemond, First Presbyterian Church Lakeland, Hollis Gardens, Magnolia Building

Lange Farm Wedding: Kristen and Chris

Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:29 am

With all the laughs they had at their engagement session, dad knew Kristen and Chris was going to have a wedding day that was full of love and happiness. They were married at the beautiful Lange Farm, one of dad’s favorite places for weddings. Dad got to work with Michelle who does a great job. Everyone always loves Darla Stafford who was their to share her talents for Kristen’s hair and makeup. The couple also had the incredible Rob Sword from Sword Sounds as both the officiant and the DJ. Delectables was the caterer and the yummy Disney cake was made by Laurie of A Piece of Cake. What an awesome team of vendors to work with!

Kristen and Chris chose a pretty persimmon color along with a chocolate brown as their wedding colors. Dad loved that they strung up pictures on a clothesline as decoration and included some of their fun engagement images. Mom’s favorite detail was the string of pearls that Kristen had draped on her bouquet. Pearls make every wedding feel more classic and romantic! Kristen and Chris, have fun on your Disney cruise and we hope you do live happily ever after!

Posted in Weddings Tags: A Piece of Cake, Darla Stafford, Delectables Catering, Rob Sword from Sword Sounds, The Lange Farm

Clearwater Beach Wedding: Sommer and Kyle

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:59 pm

Sommer and Kyle had their rehearsal dinner at Crabby Bill’s Seafood. They had dad there to capture all the fun of family and friends getting together with anticipation for the next day. It was a fun night with dinner, a slide show, toasts, and guests enjoying games of Gators bean bag toss.

The wedding the next day was at the Clearwater Beach Recreation Center. Shawna with Flawless Occasions was the couple’s coordinator and she is a blast to work with. Dad also got to see the talented and kind Darla Stafford who was there for hair and makeup. Dana Dineen put together the beautiful flowers and the officiant at the ceremony was Pastor Dean Ryder. For the reception, lighting and drapery was done by Weddings Done Bright and the room looked pretty with the pink uplighting and gobo light of the couple’s names on the dance floor. Sommer and Kyle had a terrific team of vendors which continued with Wayne DeLair of DeLair Entertainment as the DJ. Delectables was the caterer and the Island Way Publix made the couple’s cake.

Sommer and Kyle are an awesome couple and dad loved spending their wedding weekend with them! Thanks Sommer and Kyle for being so wonderful! The newlyweds are heading off to Mexico for their honeymoon. Have fun!