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Wedding at the Lion’s Eye Institute: Alyssa and Michael

Sunday, November 7, 2010 11:13 pm

Dad has so much fun at Alyssa and Michael’s wedding! They were married at the Lion’s Eye Institute Events Center in Tampa. The building is over a hundred years old and was originally built as a cigar factory. Dad took advantage of its proximity to Ybor City for some great bride and groom pictures that night.

The groom’s cousin was the officiant for the ceremony which made it more meaningful to the couple. The flowers were from Hassell Florist, Olympia Catering made the food and the cake, and the DJ was from Grant Hemond and Associates. The bride and groom had so many cute details to decorate the wedding. Mom loved the wooden crates and washboard which went great with the wooden signs of the couple’s new last name. The sweetheart table had a runner with miniature roses making the initial of the couple’s last name as well. There were lots of butterflies as decor, as well as tin buckets with flowers and flower petals. The candy buffet had a big sign which read SweetHarts Bar. October and November are great months to have a candy bar at your wedding because you can stock up on all of the Halloween candy the stores have!

Alyssa and Michael were kind, down-to-earth, and fun to hang out with. Dad really enjoyed spending their wedding day with them. All the best to the newlyweds!

Posted in Weddings Tags: Grant Hemond, Hassell Florist, Lion's Eye Institute, Olympia Catering

Wedding at St. Leo Abbey and The Lange Farm: Paige and Eric

Friday, August 27, 2010 11:14 am

Dad had a wonderful time at Paige and Eric’s wedding. The ceremony was at Saint Leo Abbey. The couple decided on a first sight before the ceremony which gave them lots of time for bride and groom pictures and bridal party pictures. Dad always loves having extra time for pictures with the couple, and brides and grooms always love having more pictures with more variety after the wedding day! The reception was held at The Lange Farm which is one of dad’s most favorite venues. Michelle just rocks and there are lots of beautiful places for pictures there.

Paige had the talented and sweet Darla Stafford with her that morning for hair and makeup. Paige was a gorgeous bride and mom loved the lace and ribbon on her gown. The flowers were by Fishhawk Florist and matched the wedding colors of white and dark blue. At the reception, dinner was from Catered by Vesh, the guests danced to music from a Grant Hemond DJ, and the pretty butterfly cake was made by Cakes by Design. There were other butterfly details at the reception as well, such as the blue butterflies on the table markers. Butterflies are becoming more and more popular as a wedding theme!

Thanks to Paige and Eric for having dad share your beautiful day with you and your friends and family. We wish you lots of love and happiness!

Posted in Weddings Tags: Cakes by Design Inc, Catered by Vesh, Darla Stafford, Fishhawk Florist, Grant Hemond, The Lange Farm

Nicole and Mike are Married

Sunday, January 18, 2009 6:00 pm

Dad is having an awesome weekend! He has three days of weddings and at each one he gets to see some of his past couples again!

On Friday dad photographed Nicole and Mike’s wedding. They are friends with Sarah and Rob whose wedding dad photographed a little more than a year ago. Some of you might remember Sarah and Rob from their Trash the Dress session. Pictures of it are on our old blog but we still get emails about it from time to time! Sarah and Rob got their wedding party together again after the wedding for the only Trash the Dress session dad has ever photographed where the dress really did get trashed. Most brides keep their dresses pretty clean but even those who haven’t cared about their dress getting soaking wet or dirty have ended up with their dress being fine after being professionally cleaned. Sarah made sure her dress was truly trashed when she came up with the idea of playing paintball! Dad said it was the most fun trash the dress session he’s done so far! It was great to see Sarah and Rob again, and dad says if you two are up for another game of paintball he’s in!

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Nicole and Mike’s wedding ceremony took place at St. Raphael Catholic Church in St. Petersburg. Dad has been to that location many times and likes photographing there. Mike started smiling the moment he saw Nicole and didn’t stop throughout the entire ceremony. After pictures, the couple headed to North Redington Beach for their reception at The Wine Cellar where there was a DJ from Grant Hemond and Associates. All the guests at the wedding were ready to celebrate. There was lots of dancing and that kept going right to the end of the night. The wedding colors were white or cream with brown and the couple included those colors thorughout their stationary and decor. The detail on the cake was pretty and the couples monogram was on the cake and the cake serving set. We think it was neat that tables were marked with postcards from different resorts and parks in Disney. It reminds us that dad said he would take us to Downtown Disney this week!

Darla Stafford did a gorgeous job with Nicole’s hair. Mom loves the pins and was amazed that the curls still looked great that night.

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