Tag Archives: John Melchinger from A Perfect Witness

Wedding at the Rusty Pelican: Nicole and Eli

May 6, 2010 – 1:12 am

Nicole and Eli are just an awesome couple.  Dad photographed their engagement session last summer and had a great time with them.  He knew their wedding was going to rock!  Dad joined Nicole and Eli for their wedding at the Rusty Pelican.  Though the weather was a bit gray that day, Nicole and Eli were all smiles.  They had a terrific team of vendors including John Melchinger from A Perfect Witness as the officiant, Irene of For Better For Less for their beautiful flowers, Chad Whelan for videography, DJ Frank Lebano to get everyone dancing, and Chantilly Cakes for the wedding cake.  Nicole and Eli’s wedding colors were yellow and blue.  The flowers they used mostly yellow roses with blue hydrangea with accents of white stephanotis for the bride’s bouquet and groom’s boutonniere.  They also had blue candy for their candy table which went great with their blue and white cake.  The photo booth there was a big hit with the guests, and with dad and Chad!

The newlyweds went to Italy for their honeymoon.  We hope they built many fantastic memories on their trip to start off their life together.  Nicole and Eli, you two are wonderful and we are so happy for you!

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Amanda and Caton at the Don CeSar

May 16, 2009 – 12:04 am

Last Saturday Amanda and Caton were married at the Don CeSar.  The couple had Beth of Flawless Occasions as the wedding coordinator and dad was happy to work with her again.  Dad was also excited to see Cara from Hearts Video who was there for the ceremony and some of the portraits.

The ceremony was in the courtyard and Amanda and Caton had John Melchinger from A Perfect Witness as their officiant.  Mom absolutely loved the orange color that the couple used throughout the wedding.  The bridesmaids’ orange dresses were really cute and the flower girls wore white with orange sashes.  The other details such as the chair bows, menus, and favor boxes brought together the orange theme very well.  RJ Vida of Advance Entertainment Productions was the DJ for the reception and kept Amanda on the dance floor most of the night.

Dad said Amanda was lots of fun!  Both Amanda and Caton are great people and have wonderful families.  Dad enjoyed being there to capture these memories for them.  Now if only the newlyweds would have decided to fly dad to Italy to document their honeymoon trip too!! :)

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Mr. and Mrs. Coconut

November 6, 2008 – 4:18 am

Lynn and Matthew’s day finally arrived!  They booked with dad over a year ago and dad got to hang out with them for an engagement session and a family session.  They are such a kind and caring couple.  Mom has been following Lynn’s wedding planning process on both of her blogs.  Lynn is one of the bees on the Weddingbee website!  After seeing all of her fabulous ideas mom couldn’t wait to see the pictures from her wedding.

Stacy from Meant to Be Wed was the couple’s wedding coordinator and dad was excited to see her again and hear about her new (or not so new any more!) baby.  For hair and makeup, Lynn had the super talented and incredibly sweet Darla Stafford.  Mom thought Lynn’s hair looked so classic and bridal.  Lynn of course looked absolutely gorgeous in her Vera Wang gown.  And dad was thrilled to finally have a bride wear a bird cage veil!  Lynn wore it for some pictures during the couple’s first sight and then changed to a long veil for the ceremony.  At the reception, she had a cute hair pin as her accessory.

The wedding was held at the Magnolia Building in Lakeland and after a bit of an issue at the beginning of the couple’s planning with locations this site turned out to be the perfect place for their wedding.  Josh Gibson was the guitarist during the ceremony and dad said it was so sweet watching Lynn and Matthew exchange vows.  They were laughing and crying and so in love.  The officiant was John Melchinger from A Perfect Witness.

Echo Media Group was the couple’s videographer and the reception lighting was designed by Frank from Musitech (727-385-0800).  Rob Sword from Sword Sounds was the DJ and as always dad really enjoyed working with him!

Lynn and Matthew set up a “photo booth” during their reception for their guests to take some fun pictures and mom thought it was so funny when she saw the newlyweds in their “I Love Lynn” and “I Love Matthew” shirts with the silly props.  The photo booth was just one of many details that made the couple’s wedding so special.  The caramel apple favors, the flip flops in the wedding colors for all the guests to dance in, the gorgeous letterpress stationary, the multi-tiered cake with signs to describe the various flavors, and all the other little touches came together wonderfully.

Lynn and Matthew are going to have such a happy life together as husband and wife.  They are a terrific couple and they know they better stay in touch!


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