A Very Creative Mother of the Bride

 This is Elizabeth.  She and Paul were married this past September at the Decatur United Methodist Chapel with a reception at The Houston Mill House.

Elizabeth is a very lucky bride in that she and her mom worked together to create some very beautiful details for her wedding day.

 Suzanne, mother-of-the-bride, made the lovely vintage card collector featured here.

She also brought an old chair to the church in order to get some pretty shots of the bouquet.  Elizabeth's bouquet was a collection of pinks, purples and whites - hydrangea, lisianthus, lavender roses, hypericum berries, stock and freesia.

Suzanne also created this sweet vintage inspired guestbook as well as the "mr" and "mrs" signs for the back of the bride and groom's chairs.

She also put together the wedding programs and handmade every single one of the escort cards!

The escort cards were then hung on a vintage garden gate.  These escort cards would have been sufficient as wedding favors, however Elizabeth is known for her delicious white chocolate dipped pretzels.  Each guest received their very own pretty little package of them.  Elizabeth dipped over 900 pretzels!

The photos featured here are courtesy of Suzanne (and a family friend).  You can follow her creative endeavors here.

It's a pleasure to work with individuals who really care about the details.

Katie & Scott at The Solarium in Oakhurst

 The Solarium in Oakhurst is an excellent venue for a ceremony and/or reception.  Or a rehearsal dinner, for that matter!   I've been promoting this venue ever since it opened.  It is in my neighborhood and I have attended many different types of functions there. 

This sweet little wedding was held in May and the bride was excited to use garden flowers in vintage tins and mason jars that she had collected. 

Bouquets consisted of daisies, roses, scabiosa, hydrangea, mint, astilbe, nerines, button mums and spray roses in a bright colorful mix.

Additional flowers such as sea thistle, tweedia, and cornflower along with ruscus and tree fern completed the summer, gardeny feel for the tables.

On of my favorite containers to use for gardeny, vintage, rustic weddings are old oil lamps.  The bases make very cool table centerpieces.

The groom at this wedding has his own landscape company so we actually bartered a portion of the wedding flower cost.  It's old fashioned, but they got wedding flowers and I've gotten some badly needed yard work done!

All photos courtesy of the bride's friend, Jessica Cobb.

Virginia + Robin at The Pace House in Vinings

Virginia and Robin's wedding was a milk glass extravaganza!  It was fun searching flea markets for all the different sized vessels.  Virginia chose a clean, fresh white and green color palette that perfectly complimented the classic southern ambiance of The Pace  House. 

 White lilac, standard mums, stock, kalanchoe, hydrangea, and button mums combined with green buttons, super green roses, bells of ireland and bundles of fresh mint comprised her floral selection.

 Cutest cake topper - from Etsy, of course.

 Southern gents wore seersucker blue.

Photography by Addison Hill.

Holly

Holly was married in November at the chapel at St. Philips on Peachtree with a reception at The Piedmont Driving Club.

We used a vintage compote for the bridal table at the reception.

This was a second marriage for her and she was class all the way. A simple and elegant combination of sahara roses, white hydrangea and seeded eucalyptus was the perfect color palette for her.

(Last 4 photos compliments of Becky Stein)

You know what they say....sometimes 'less is more'. Well done, Holly. All the best.

Emory University Board of Trustees event

Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health was the location for the Board of Trustees event last night. This brand new building is absolutely gorgeous with an 8th floor event space that has a stunning view of the sunset and the Atlanta skyline.

A combination of antique green hydrangeas, french tulips, sugarbear hypericum, sunset lilies and magnolia leaves were nestled beneath tall and short votive candleabra for the grand buffet.

Photos courtesy of Michael Kloss, Executive Director, Office of University Events.