Tara and I had the pleasure of helping Liz & Brian design their wedding day on 11/7 at the . While I was at the Hay-Adams for Maureen & Brendan’s wedding (photos coming shortly), Tara was with Liz & Brian!
Liz and Brian planned their DC wedding from all over the US. Living in New York and traveling often for business made it imperative for them to hire a wedding planner. Liz loved the fact that we do both wedding planning and floral designs! We save our clients a lot of time and hassle by doing both services. Liz also liked the fact that we are an eco-friendly company and we strive to provide only the best in quality “green” floral and event design elements. She asked, like many ask me, how are you able to do that? Well, we have staff and I love to create beautiful things! The people that work for Elegance & Simplicity are dedicated and loyal. More than half of our staff have been with us for over 5 years. We take our employees seriously and we are constantly learning (or educating others) about innovative wedding trends, technology and eco-friendly practices. Take a look at a few of the eco-friendly elements in their wedding below.
The couple chose a floral motif for all of their wedding stationery. The dried pressed flowers were also on their beautiful invitations. Our in-house calligrapher used soy ink for their escort cards.
Instead of a wedding cake, the couple choose fantastic cupcakes from Kendall’s Cakes! At the top of the cupcake tower they used a family heirloom cake topper. I absolutely adore this particular topper as it is simple and it just has an enormous amount of character and charm. Reusing items for your wedding and donating what you have left over is key for an eco-friendly wedding.
All I have to say here – the cupcakes are almost as cute as Kendall! If you have not met with her yet for your wedding cake, desserts or cupcakes – click on the photo here and get in touch with her! Cream cheese frosting on top of red velvet cupcakes in cute paper holders- seriously yummy for the eyes and the tummy! If you have not noticed already – she decorated the cake stand with matching ribbon. Ahh – how I love thee (Kendall)! A wedding professional that understands the importance of the details! You would think this happens all the time, unfortunately such is not the case. Just a case-in-point of why asking questions is so important when meeting with all of your wedding professionals!
Yet another reason why I love Jennifer…she is the only photographer that I have had at the City Club at Franklin Square who has taken a photo of the club outside after dark. I love my city at night! The City Club at Franklin Square is right in the center of the city and easily accessible via metro and within walking distance of a couple of museums, restaurants and hotels!
The couple chose a mixture of low centerpieces with tall arrangements with manzanita branches and hanging glass votives. I love using these branches – they create a sense of wedding whimsy to me!
These photos from people dancing to Aaron Couch’s skills as a DJ are hilarious. LOVE IT!
I want to hug Jennifer for taking this photo…perfection…
I will post again about their flowers in a separate post! For now, I want to just say a big congrats to Liz & Brian. Another happy couple to add to the Elegance & Simplicity, Inc. newlywed column!
~Katie Martin
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