Regan and Jonathan – 9.02.14 – A Lovely Purple Garden Wedding

Who doesn’t love purple!  All shades of purple in a garden!  Marie Gabrielle/Dallas hosted this beautiful wedding!  Regan and Jonathan were so much in love and were so excited to spend their perfect day with family and friends that they don’t see very often.

Regan and Jonathan live in Berlin, Germany and live life on a volleyball tour overseas.  They play everywhere!  Regan plays for Team USA (indoor) and Jonathan plays sand volleyball for Team Ghana and hopes to be on the Olympic team.  They met in the Netherlands and were introduced by a mutual friend and had a sweet 8 year “court”ship.  OK, so how did they find me?  Regan and Jonathan are both from North Texas, even though they met in a foreign land.  Regan’s parents live in Houston and Jonathan’s parents live in Ft. Worth.    Regan did a little internet research and chose the beautiful garden of Marie Gabrielle for their ceremony and indoors for reception.  Most of the planning was done via email with 2 short trips to the US for some marathon planning.

Weather for outdoor weddings are always a little iffy, but it was September and the chances of rain were doubtful.  Right before the ceremony the wind picked up and we said many prayers.  10 minutes into the outdoor cocktail hour, the rain came down hard and there was a rush for the door.   The rain was quickly forgotten by friends and family and it was a fun and beautiful evening!   Thankful for the rain!  It produced the great picture with the umbrella taken by Allison Davis Photography.  The food was yummy, the cake was delicious thanks to Opulent Cakes,  the decor was spectacular thanks to We Plus You and S.E.A.T.S. by Design,  and the dancing and DJ Michael Jerome were amazing!  It was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT DAY!  Despite the rain!

 

Venue:  Marie Gabrielle, Dallas, TX

Photography:  Allison Davis Photography (Amazing)

Floral (Garden and Reception):  WePlusYou (the very talented Amanda Ferguson)

Cake:  Opulant Cakes (Delicious)! – Thank you Donna Nino!

Linens – S.E.A.T. by Design (Beautiful Eggplant Shantung)

Wedding Dress:  Bridal Boutique – Lewisville

DJ Music:  Michael Jerome

Ceremony Music – Erick Michael

Lighting:  Absolute Lighting

 

 

 

Laura and Ryan – Something Blue…..8.2.14

I have known Laura since she was in middle school.  Laura and my daughter, Melissa,  were friends in church youth choir.  Although they went to different schools, they both loved band and Laura ended up being a Middle School Band Director.  Over the years they remained friends and Melissa was her Matron on Honor.  This was a wedding that was planned from afar.  Laura lived in Pasadena and Ryan lived here.  The bride’s parents were in Austin, but with just a few trips to Dallas, we were able to plan a pretty wedding that was really sweet.  Laura loved “horizon blue”.  I love it when the bride steps outside the crayon box and uses a bright color.

 

Elephants…..  I am not sure an elephant is a subtle detail to a wedding, but Laura and Ryan made it work.  Ryan, the groom, loves elephants.  Laura adopted a baby elephant for him from the Fort Worth Zoo, has painted him pictures of elephants and wanted to somehow incorporate elephants into the day.  So the cake and the program had that little “elephant” accent.   A fact about elephants I did not know was that trunks raised on an elephant is a symbol of “good luck”.

 

They chose  Le Beaux  Chateau for their wedding and reception venue in Flower Mound.  The Jenny Layne Bakery added some sweet elephants to the yummy cake with lot’s of blue dots.    The chapel and ballroom are connected, so when their guests arrived, no one had to go in the heat except for a few pictures.  Julie Shields of  Phase 3 Photography caught some great moments and Mike Sanderson of Randy Ro Entertainment provided lot’s of fun music with hours of dancing.  Extreme Cuisine of Argyle provided some great Italian food.

At the end of the “perfect” day, what Wedding Planner doesn’t like her picture taken with the bride and groom?

 

Venue:  Le Beaux Chateau

Florist:  Rachael Alcon

Cake:  The Jenny Layne Bakery

Photographer:  Phase 3 Photography

Entertainment and Lighting:  Mike Sanderson/Randy Ro Entertaiment

Caterer:  Extreme Cuisine

Wedding Planner:  Pati Gann – Perfectly Planned by Pati

 

Laura and Jonathan – Love, love love! 7.12.14

One of the wonderful things about wedding planning is that one wedding, produces another and then another and then another.  See if you can follow this.  Sarah (Laura’s sister) was one of the first weddings I planned.  I have known Laura and Sarah since they were in elementary school  Sarah’s wedding was large and beautiful!  Laura (the bride’s sister) referred me to Holly who led me to Megan, Macey, Callyn and back to LAURA who married Holly’s brother, JONATHAN….which is what this blog is about!  Almost all of LAURA’s bridesmaids had been brides in weddings I had planned.   It is a circular world of referrals….of which I am very thankful!

Laura and Jonathan were sweethearts after high school (even though they went to high school together).  At that time it didn’t quite work out.  Then Jonathan’s sister (Holly) got married and they were brought back into each other’s presence and one thing led to another, which led to Jonathan moving back to Dallas from LA and Laura moving back to Dallas from Nashville, an engagement and then a HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

Laura was a bride who knew exactly what she wanted, what kind of wedding, what kind of reception, color, style and food. That makes my job easy.  She and Jonathan chose the beautiful Room on Main in downtown Dallas and Royal Lane Baptist Church.  Best blessing for me is that my husband, Sonny, with Love Notes, performed their ceremony.  He truly loves Laura and Jonathan and that makes it special.

Laura chose a beautiful and simple dress with pockets and a perfect bow in the front from Bridal Boutique in Lewisville.  The girls wore kelly green short dresses.  Sarah, the Matron of Honor, had a bow on the back of her dress.  So cute!

Floral was provided by Lisa Stiles of Coco Fleur Events. The bride chose a total ranunculus bouquet of white that was so perfect for her.  Cute lamps with the bride and groom’s monogram were subtle in the ballroom.  The monograms were also on sashes on the pews in the church, programs, the bride’s necklace and handkerchief. SO SWEET!

CN Catering provided fish tacos, beef sandwiches, waffle fries and other fun items for a station dinner, followed by fresh made donut holes with fun sauces and a traditional cake made by The Jenny Layne Bakery.

Randy Ro Entertainment provided music for the event and the talented Matt McElligott provided photography.

A very PERFECT day!

Venue:  The Room on Main/CN Catering

Church:  Royal Lane Baptist Church

Floral:  Coco Fleur Events

Cake:  The Jenny Layne Bakery

DJ:  Randy Ro – Randy Ro Entertainment

Planner:  Perfectly Planned by Pati

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