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.)

Lindsay and Ben - Decatur United Methodist Chapel - Part One

The Decatur United Methodist Chapel was the obvious choice for Lindsay because she had grown up down the street. In fact, her parents still live close by and Lindsay has a house around the corner. It is a sweet little chapel with a top notch wedding director!

The handrails leading up to the chapel were lightly decorated with tree fern, colorful flower sprigs and butterflies. As you will see, butterflies were a very important part of the day!

Lindsay is so completely photogenic it is hard to choose the best photos to post since they are all so good. And that is due also to the incredible talent of photographer Christine Gallagher.

This is undoubtedly my favorite bridal bouquet of late. A vibrant mixture of astilbe, kangaroo paw, freesia, nerines, sweet pea, rosemary, snapdragons, and poppies. And, of course, a tiny turquoise butterfly.

Bridesmaids bouquets were a stunning mixture of rosemary, nerines, poppies, sweet pea, snapdragons, and freesia wrapped with a beautiful brown faux bois ribbon that Lindsay had special ordered from Paris.

(The above shot is currently the wallpaper on my laptop...!)

Ben's boutonniere was a pink nerine with hypericum berries, fiddlehead fern and sword fern wrapped with bark wire.

And that is just the beginning...check back soon for part two!

Matt and Peggy at Maggianos

Matt and Peggy are tops in my book this year for having a Sunday brunch wedding at Maggianos Italian Restaurant. First of all, Sunday is off the beaten track and to have a brunch - yum! I could eat eggs and cheese every day!!

The photographers were Our Labor of Love and of course these photos are quite awesome.

Bridesmaids bouquets were green cymbidium orchids and sword fern.

Peggy has fond memories of growing up in New England surrounded by woods and ferns. Her bridal bouquet was a classic bundle of white callas and sword fern.

Matt's boutonniere was a white calla with sword fern and threaded hypericum berries.

I LOVE this cool unconventional shot of the boutonniere.

Very nice veil shot.

Now, this shot looks like it could be 1974! Timeless and classic.

Here's a good one of a happy groomsman - threaded hypericum berries, fern and all!

Doesn't this guy look like he belongs at Maggianos????? Love him.

Cute and sweet. Just like Matt and Peggy!

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.