Happy April Anniversary!

Happy happy anniversary this month to Cindy & Mike married April 17, 2010! Hope you've had a wonderful year!!

Photo courtesy of Carrroll's Photography.

Amanda & Doug Pro Pics!

Just a few pro pics of Amanda & Doug's wedding last October. For more, please visit our Facebook page. Enjoy!

Derek of Derek Cookson Photography did a fabulous job! Thank you for letting us use these photos!

Lisa & Phil

Ceremony Location: Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Detroit

Reception Location: Masonic Temple, Detroit

Wedding Colors: Red, Black & Gold

Number of Guests: 200

Lisa & Phil's "Christmas In The City" wedding took place at the beautiful Fort Street Presbyterian Church in downtown Detroit. The reception took place at Detroit's historic Masonic Temple. This building is absolutely beautiful; I had not been inside since my dad took me to see "Cats" there as a teenager. There are several rooms and theatres inside!

The centerpieces were Eiffel Tower vases with clusters of deep red roses, greenery, and branches dripping with red crysals sitting atop a square of deep red pintuck linen:

Full table setting complete with the Masonic's black & gold China:

Sweetheart table for the bride & groom:

Shot of the entire room, and the balcony above where guest enjoyed cocktails and appetizers before the reception took place:

The escort "cards" were actually holiday ornaments with each guest's name written in gold:

The beautiful tree decked in gold that Lisa's mom put together:

Memory table:

Lisa & Phil's Vendors:

Hotel -Motor City Casino & Hotel

Hair - Salon Lux, Maria 586-709-7429

Makeup - The Makeup Loft, Janelle 734-891-7962

Bakery - Jerry Perhogan (Lisa's father, and the cake was delicious!)

Florist - Irelynn Designs, April Oboza 734-818-7135 (April rocks!)

Photographer - AM & FM Photography, Angelo Simon 248-443-1667

DJ - Jamie Flanagan

Lisa & Phil, I really enjoyed working with you! Good luck always!

Sarah & Will

Ceremony Location: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Saginaw

Reception Location: Hellenic Center, Saginaw

Wedding Colors: Silver and shades of blue

Number of Guests: 275

Emergency Kit Items Used: Nail polish remover, ribbon, earring back

Sarah & Will's wedding took us all the way up to Saginaw for a pretty, pre-holiday wedding. The color scheme was silver and blue with lots of sparkle!

Will really wanted a monster truck at his wedding, hopefully this was a good compromise!

Memory table:

A sparkly sleigh-full of programs:

The reception room had a mix of round and rectangle tables:

Head table details...

Snowflake ornaments hung from the candles centerpieces:

Sarah & Will's Vendors:

Bakery - Cake Ladies, Lori Campbell 810-655-6036

DJ - Rusch Entertainment, Cori Rusch 989-781-1553

Florist - Swan Valley Florist, Tom Matula 989 781-7673

Limo - Mobile Boogie Bus 1-800-411-MBoogie

Photo Booth - Rock the Booth

Photographer - Enjoy The View, Beth & Mike Severn

Videographer - Shutterspeed Productions, Jamie Ball 517-420-0042

Congratulations, Sarah & Will! It was a pleasure working with you!!

Happy January Anniversary!

Wishing Heather & Steve a very happy one-year anniversary this month! Heather and Steve's wedding day details here.

Hope it was a terrific year for you and Happy New Year to all!

Photo by Jen MacPherson of Amanda Williams Photography.

Katie & Jeremy

Ceremony Location: St. Joan of Arc, St. Clair Shores

Reception Location: Grosse Pointe War Memorial, Alger House, Grosse Pointe

Wedding Colors: Purple, Silver, Black

# Guests: 100

Package: 8 hours reception

Emergency Kit Items Used: Scissors, ribbon, glue dots

The historic Grosse Pointe War Memorial's Alger House banquet area is actually a large house, separated in to several smaller rooms. The guests are served an intimate dinner in the main room area, music and entertainment in the library area, cocktail hour in another room off to the side, and the bar on a patio area surrounded by large windows overlooking the Detroit River. This location offers a truly unique setting and beautiful, picturesque grounds.

We arrived to the facility a little early to begin setting up the chair covers and candy buffet containers, both of which were rented by the couple from us. Centerpieces, table letters, escort cards, table runners, votives, menu cards, of course all of their purple-colored candy, and a few other items were soon to follow. The rooms came together beautifully.

Katie and Jeremy and photographers Lynn & Andy Bernardi of West Park Photography arrived with their immediate families, best man and maid of honor about an hour prior to the reception for photographs on the Memorial grounds. After photos, they made their way inside to greet guests and enjoy cocktails and appetizers with everyone.

The War Memorial's procedure is to ring a bell to alert guests and get their attention - the cake cutting was done just before the dinner hour, and as mentioned above, guests were served an intimate dinner together in the main room followed by the cake with ice cream for dessert.

Guests were then summoned to the library where the couple shared their first dance followed by the father/daughter dance. Tunes were spun by DJ Sean McDonnell of All Night DJ's. Later, a special song was dedicated to Katie's parents to celebrate their 34th anniversary, a tune many of us are familiar with: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. While this may seem an odd song choice, the song has special meaning to Katie's parents and I just love things that celebrate being unique and different!

We opened the candy buffet which was full of candies in assorted bright purples and even some silver items; it was a big hit! Guests later enjoyed a late-night fruit spread and of course, more dancing.

Meeting this couple last August, I knew that Katie & Jeremy's wedding was going to be all about simplicity and intimate elegance. This couple is one who truly focused on what the wedding day was about, their marriage, and their families coming together.

Congratulations, Katie & Jeremy, and thank you for letting us share your day!

Table setup with runners, table letters and centerpieces:

The cake by Josef's Pastry Shop in Grosse Pointe:

The purple candy buffet, containers rented from us, and candy provided by the couple:

The main banquet room before our chair covers:

The main banquet room after our chair covers, huge difference!

Amanda & Doug

Ceremony Location: Greenmead Historical Church, Livonia

Reception Location: Radisson Livonia

Wedding Colors: Ivory, Gold, Black

# Guests: 115

Package: Reception-only, 6 hours

Amanda and her ladies began their day at Number Six Salon in Farmington Hills for hair, then returned to her suite at the Radisson Livonia for makeup by Jen of Deux Adore. Photographer Derek Cookson of Derek Cookson Photography was already on-hand to capture photos of the ladies getting ready, and more photographs of the groom and his men in the hotel lobby.

Motor City Party Bus arrived to pick up the men, then the ladies, and take them to Greenmead Church. Rental of this location also includes use of the grounds and other historic buildings on the Greenmead property which makes for some beautiful photo opportunities.

I arrived to set up the details such as the candy buffet, centerpieces, escort card table and other items. Linens had been set the previous day by Affordable Elegance. The ivory and gold color scheme looked so timeless and elegant when all was complete.

After the ceremony, guest arrived to enjoy a variety of appetizers and cocktails. Our bridal party arrived and made their grand entrance, and guests enjoyed a plated dinner and cake by Sweet Dreams (586-751-8900) for dessert.

DJ Joe of Ultimate Events Productions, who also did the ceremony music, kept the fun going throughout dinner and dancing. Steve of Volk Video and photographer Derek were there to capture all of the key moments.

Amanda & Doug, best wishes to both of you, and thank you so much for allowing us to be there for your day!

Just a few photos....

Great guest book idea - Guests each took a page and answered a series of fun questions regarding themselves and the couple, to be placed in the main book afterwards:

Escort card table, each guest's name was also atop a piece of delicious chocolate:

Completed room:


Super-cute cake topper:

Candy buffet - each container also had a sign advertising the contents inside: