Wedding Blog

photography by Vanessa Gavalya

guests walking around the garden to pass time until the ceremony begins…

Details:
We used white garden chairs with draped tulle and hydrangea details on each row. Each hydrangea bunch was wrapped with double-sided ribbon in blue and chocolate brown from the Container Store. We rented a blue and brown aisle runner, seen here, from Mosaic Linens - it was approximately 75 ft if I remember correctly and was the perfect length.

Altar Arrangements:
We had two medium-sized urns on pedestals filled with vendela roses, virginia roses, blue hyacinth, bells of ireland, curly willow, and delphiniums on either side of the aisle. They were super fresh and looked great in person - they lasted a long time considering it was humid and hot outside.

Isn’t this a fantastic shot?? Our photographer captured a butterfly landing on our altar arrangements!

I spent the weeks prior to the wedding making these pomanders and burning my fingers with hot glue in the process - here they are hanging from the trees around the ceremony site:

the unity candle:

View from under the ceremony site:

The beautiful garden where we got married - Marie Gabrielle

Ceremony Musicians:
We hired a string quartet to perform before, during, and after our ceremony. After much research and quote-finding, we decided to go with Gyros String Quartet and were very pleased with what we got. They were very professional, dressed properly, and were great to deal with - prompt, respectful, and very talented. A+++

And now… back to the ceremony….guests walking to the ceremony site

part of the wedding paparazzi

front part of the wedding processional standing around…

mother-in-law and family standing around

more waiting for the ceremony…

Stay tuned! Next time, the processional begins!