Love stories and celebrating the best day of a couples’ life is
the greatest part of this job. Being able to work behind the scenes to ensure
it goes smoothly….that’s unparalleled! Here, another installment of a recent
collaboration with Harry O Productions, 1st Impressions Invitations' Event
Coordination...
Cool, Classic, Sweet….
Sometimes your friends know better than you….that was the
case for Amy and Jeff. They had mutual friends who just knew that the two were
perfect for one another and had been talking each other up for over a year
before the two met in person. From the moment they were introduced on their
first date with their friends Brooke and Peter, Amy and Jeff knew that this was
indeed everything their friends had mentioned and more.
After getting engaged on a wine trip to Napa, the two
decided on the beautiful Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas for their July 10th
wedding. With a sweeping terrace and large waterfall as the background, it was
the ideal location for a posh and intimate wedding ceremony.
The entire event was based off the bride and groom’s
personalities: cool, classic, with touches of fun and sweet little
details. The invitations were a clean
black and white with just a touch of red added in the small heart on the
invitation and the custom liner in the envelope. The remainder of the couples’
stationery items all coordinated with the invitations in look and font style,
right down to the thank you notes following the event.
Keeping it classic and posh, was Amy’s gorgeous and sleek
wedding gown, care of Couture Bride: with a long cathedral length veil and low
dramatic back, Amy was beauty in motion. Meanwhile, Jeff was the epitome of
classic cool in a perfectly fit modern black suit.
When you have the opportunity to work at a gorgeous location
like the Four Seasons, you find that very little adornment needs to be added.
In Amy and Jeff’s case, we kept the flowers and decor simple and let the
incredible food and ambiance of the luxury hotel be the focal point of the
event.
The ceremony was sweet and intimate, focusing on the
couple’s love for one another with reading by the groom’s children, Jenna and
Ryan, and a very sweet love letter ceremony, performed by the funny and sincere
Pastor Pete. Amy surprised Jeff with live serenaded music: a crowd pleaser of Meghan Trainor’s “Dear Future Husband” was used as Jeff’s entrance for the wedding
and Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” was used as the rousing recessional.
In
lieu of a traditional sit-down dinner, the couple, who love to entertain, opted
for heavy hors d’oeuvres and cocktail party. The food was a fantastic mixture
of stylish nibbles and home-town favorites like macaroni and cheese. The guests
were treated to multiple carving stations and a fully appointed bar, including
the special drink of the evening, “The Pyle Driver” in celebration of the new
married surname.
Dancing
went into the wee-hours and the guests, shoes in hand, made their exits after
enjoying individual shaped cakes in three different flavors and custom made
chocolates and cookies. The flower girl, the bride’s adorable tom-boy god daughter stole the show on the dance floor in her sparkly gold high-tops!
The
Bride and Groom’s favorite moment of the Wedding Day…
The first look.
Planning a wedding is stressful and seeing each other for the first time
on the balcony of the hotel was magical, everything else went away and it was
just us.
Moment
of Truth/Behind the Scenes of the Day….
It
was very windy on Amy and Jeff’s wedding day which resulted in some quick
re-designing at the ceremony location. We had originally planned for an aisle
runner lined by rose petals but the wind whipped up and ripped the runner and
realizing it was a losing battle, we opted for sprinkled rose petals all over
the ceremony site instead. You never know what extra variables will come into
play on a wedding day and often have to roll with the punches. When you have
opted for a location as luxurious as Four Season’s Terrace though, it isn’t an
issue: the ceremony was gorgeous and beautiful. One added benefit of the wind:
Amy’s veil looks incredible in the pictures! The couple had their own “Wind
Machine” courtesy of Mother Nature.
Words
of Advise from the Beautiful Bride…
Although
weddings are expensive and you try to keep your budget in mind- make sure you
wont have any regrets…I wish we hired a videographer. At the time we didn’t think we needed one,
but looking back- it’s the one thing we wished we had to capture the day.
Our day was amazing and simply magical, and I know without
Cathy it would have been 1000 times more stressful, and we wouldn’t have been
able to enjoy the day. As stressful as weddings can be, having Cathy made the
entire experience so manageable. We
loved having a sounding board and friend to guide us. Cathy really got to know us as a couple and
became an amazing friend. Truly, we
found 1st Impressions Invitations and Harry O Productions to go
above and beyond, Cathy was able to make recommendations for other vendors, and
they were superb. Not to mention, we loved
our invites and thank you’s, which perfectly captured our style.
Special Thanks to:
Dawn at Couture Bride
Four Seasons Las Vegas
Pastor Pete Starzyk
Harry O Productions
Photography Courtesy of Laszlo Rathonyi
Enchanted Florist
Hair/Makeup Amy
Curiel and Patti Jones
Singer Cristina Wojo
1st Impressions Invitations
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