Great Couple + Fun Wedding - Andrea and Tyler

The Good Ol' Trolley Barn.  Great, casual place to have a wedding/reception.  Andrea chose this location because she wanted a laid back, have fun atmosphere.

I was pleased with this location and even more pleased with the arrival of this little fellow when I was setting up the wedding!  Nothing spells good luck like a ladybug landing on your bouquet!

The aisle was very simply dressed with green wraps on the end chairs.  A very budget-friendly yet neat and clever idea.  These chairs were then repurposed for the reserved tables.

 Andrea and her mother searched flea markets for these cute vintage hankies.

Andreas's dress is one of my all time favorites.  So simple, elegant, comfortable and a tiny bit sexy!

She requested a little photo frame charm of her doggie to be attached to her bouquet!



The blue hydrangeas and small sunflowers complemented the linen green dresses of the bridesmaids.

The groom's boutonniere of daisy, cornflower and tiny scabiosa buds wrapped with wire.

And yes, there was a bagpiper.

Guests were directed to their tables via hang tags identified with different European castles. 

The soy candles, the napkin rings and the table identifier frames were all made by Andrea or her mom!

A clever and simple, yet thoughtful detail.

 Some tables had floating cornflower, sunflower and daisies.

Others had submerged sunflowers and hydrangea. The water presence helped give a bit of a "cooling" atmosphere to the warm summer evening.

Andrea and her cute grandparents!



Catering by Badda Bing and photography by Lori Suzanne.

Kelley + Trevor at the Trolley Barn

Here is one of my favorite brides from last season!  Kelley is an amazingly creative chick and really added some super beautiful details to her day.  She was also a pleasure to work with and her mom is a hoot!  They were so much fun. 

Her bouquet was chock full of white stock, hydrangeas, white anemones, green hypericum berries, scented geranium, and mint.  It was totally gorgeous!  Anemones are always a bit tricky to work with but they behaved nicely for Kelley's day.

Kelley, an art teacher at The Children's School, made the adorable clay birds that held the signs at the drink and bar table.  She also hand wrote the signs and chose the miniature plants and containers for the decor. 

Guest favors were lottery tickets placed on a ticket holder designed and made by Kelley!

Attached was a shiny penny for extra luck. 

 

bloom created a fabulous floral display around a vintage birdcage on the buffet table but unfortunately there were no photos of it! 

Brides - make sure you discuss clearly with your photographer the types of photos and detail shots you would like from your day. 

Here's a thank you note from Kelley:

All I can say is that your work is amazing!  I was in complete awe when I looked around and saw all the wonderful flower details covering The Trolley Barn.  When planning our wedding, I felt that the flowers were a very important part of the event.  It was breathtaking to see our vision come to life.  Thank you so much for helping to make our wedding day one of the best days of my life.  Many Thanks, Kelley

All photos courtesy of sean randall. 

P.S. I am all for photographers branding their images, but not when they do it smack across the center of the photo.

Lindsay and Ben - more!

Reception held at the Trolley Barn.

A creative guest.

Lindsay handmade all the wedding favors.

Photo booth - ha ha.

Her gown was a stunning Vera Wang.

Rosemary: Friendship, fidelity and remembrance. Their signature drink. Rosemary was also utilized in the all the bouquets and centerpieces.

Wrought iron lanterns for the patio tables.

Vases were wrapped in burlap and moss ribbon. Bells of ireland, rosemary, kangaroo paw, astilbe, nerines, snapdragons, dahlias, and poppies for centerpieces.

Whimiscal candle trees were wrapped in tree fern, sprinkled with blooms and nestled in a bed of sheet moss and more candelight.

Patio centerpieces were sword fern, montbretia, snapdragons, sweet pea, kangaroo paw, ranunculus and bells of ireland.

Carolina jessamine vine - wrapped lanterns.

Lindsay made the floating candle vases for some of the outside patio tables.

And this is my favorite photo of the day - Lindsay's mom surprised her with a butterfly release when she and Ben arrived at the reception. Here's a real live detail enjoying herself on the rim of the signature drink. You can see the blurred image of Lindsay and Ben in the background.

What a cool photo. (All photography courtesy of Christine Gallager.)

More Lindsay and Ben

Again, photos courtesy of Christine Gallagher photography. Beautiful shots of all the details. bloom created three different centerpieces for the reception. The small one in the upper left was outside on the patio. A glass vase, wrapped in burlap and moss ribbon and filled with sword fern, fiddlehead fern, sweet pea, ranunculus, bells of ireland, snapdragons, montbretia and poppies.

The image underneath that is a wrought iron candletree. These were used inside The Trolley Barn and along with the 10 votive cups at the top of the tree, three additional votive cups were hung from its branches to bring candlelight to all levels of the room. Smaller votives were nestled at the base of the tree. (click on an image to see larger size) And of course, butterflies were everywhere! They even had a package of live butterflies that were released when Lindsay and Ben arrived at the reception.

First pics of Lindsay and Ben

Here's a photo montage of the first pictures released from Lindsay and Ben's wedding on September 12. They were married at the Decatur United Methodist Chapel with a reception at The Trolley Barn. Lindsay is a true creative soul and her handiwork is evident here in the fabric flower hair clips worn by some of the bridesmaids. She handmade lots of other things as well, as you will see...

If you look closely at her bouquet, a tiny turquoise butterfly is perched amongst poppies, freesia, snapdragons, sweet peas, astilbe, nerines and rosemary. I'll admit that she cried when she saw her bouquet! She's gorgeous and doesn't her groom look like Dave Matthews?

Photos courtesy of the fabulous Christine Gallagher Photography.