A Walking Song
Around the Corner there may wait
A new road or secret gate,
And though I ‘oft have passed them by,
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.
–J.R.R. Tolkien
I absolutely love how Chessa and John made every detail of their wedding reflect their style and personalities. Everything came together perfectly to create a day just for them! There was Chessa’s unique dress and veil, the bridesmaids’ beautiful dresses which each had a different color tied belt, bright and colorful bouquets and a different centerpiece for every table at the reception, a hand-drawn map included in the invitations which were typed on a typewriter and had sewn edges, origami decorating the centerpieces at the reception, typewriters set up for guests to write love letters, fresh-water stones hand picked by Chessa and John at Lake Michigan for their guests to take, a balloon twister, and a VW bus that the couple drove around on their wedding day and for a honeymoon road trip to Key West. It was such a unique and fun wedding!
The ceremony was at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the reception followed at the Tampa Marriott Waterside. Roma of Roma Rooms was the wedding coordinator. The couple rented their VW bus from Florida Oldschool Campers and also took a ride in a water taxi with Captain Larry from Tampa Water Taxi Co. Julian was the floral designer for the flowers from The Potting Shed. The band at the reception was DeLeon Entertainment. Chessa and John had their wedding cake decorated with flowers similar to those on Chessa’s veil and the groom’s cake was a VW bus! Kim at Chocolate Pi did a terrific job on the cakes.
The wedding was beautiful and unique and Jason loved being a part of it. Jason also thought it was pretty awesome that the couple’s sister-in-law had our same last name! Maybe we are all related somehow
. Chessa and John, thank you for having Jason there to capture your day and we hope your honeymoon VW road trip was as awesome as it sounds like it would be!
