A Delightful Day - Event Planning - Blog

Meagan + Jerry- November 8th

In the excitement of what next weekend, November 8th, holds for Meagan and Jerry, I wanted to share these incredible engagement shots of the happy couple! These artistic and fun shots were captured by Gray Photography. Meagan and Jerry will be celebrating their love at West End Church of Christ in an early evening ceremony and dinner and dancing at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. Enjoy and we wish Meagan and Jerry many years of happiness to come!

 

 

 

Congratulations Meagan and Jerry and we're looking forward to a fun and beautiful day!

~ Mary Alice

Etsy.com Find: Rustic Wedding Sign

If you're not familiar with the wonderful website Etsy.com, go there now! Etsy.com is a great online marketplace that is full of hand-made goods produced by small artists and mom-n-pop boutiques.

Today's find is a great little shabby chic sign shop, Signs By Diane. Besides offering cute home decor signs, she also does custom designs. Here is an example of one of her custom wedding directional signs. This little accent would be perfect for an outdoor wedding ceremony and reception, giving your guests a hint of which driveway to pull into, or which direction the tent is. :)

 

-Amber

Wedding Day Tips by Wedding Chicks

If you're not familiar with the Wedding Chicks blogsite, be sure to check them out and bookmark them to your favorites! Wedding Chicks is a fabulous wedding resource that is for the Southern California area, but is filled with so many great ideas and inspiration, you'll find it helpful too!

I loved their recent top ten Wedding Day Tips feature, that I wanted to share it with all of you as well!

TOP TEN TIPS FOR YOUR WEDDING DAY

1. Choose if you will see each other before the ceremony for photos or wait until after the ceremony based on the time of year and the time the sun will set. Ask your photographer when the light will be the best for photos.

2. Get a nice hanger for your dress. Have shoes, rings (clean please), and bouquet ready for photos.

3. Be sure that the getting ready room has plenty of natural light, is tidy, and not too crowded with people.

4. If you have a corset style dress, allow 20 minutes for lacing.

5. Shoes, shoes, shoes!!! Every bride wants to wear beautiful shoes on her wedding, but oh, the price she pays in PAIN!! Bring a comfy pair of shoes to wear for your reception.

6. Inform family members and wedding party to stay close after the ceremony.

7. Serve salads BEFORE speeches. Speeches that run long make for wilting salads and put dinner behind schedule.

8. Serve your vendors as you are served so they can take a break and be back for all of the action! No one likes their picture taken while they are eating anyway, so it’s the perfect time.

9. Don’t hold you cake ransom! Cut and serve your cake about an hour after dinner. Guests tend to enjoy their cake and coffee. We are pretty sure that the sugar and caffeine give them a second wind!

10. Enjoy your day, don’t let the little things upset you. It’s a little late at this point to worry about things not being perfect, so just go with the flow and have fun!! Remember, this is about your WEDDING and the commitment you are making to each other – not about your napkins being the wrong color.  It’s a day never to forget. Be humble, graceful, be grateful, and be a beautiful person on your special day.

New Color Combos

I was searching through one of my favorite websites, Martha Stewart Weddings, and found some beautiful, and bold may I add, color combos for the new season. I love finding new colors and matching those that you wouldn't ordinarily put together. Enjoy! :)

The first color scheme is Gold and Aqua. I very regal combination, with the girly addition of the blue. I love the slight touches of gold and the girly blue ribbon on the cake stand. I love old fashioned cake stands. If you have a cake small enough on the bottom tier, I definitely encourage you to search in antique stores for a cake stand you can use at your wedding, and keep for future entertaining.

I love the modification of the monogram. This would be a perfect set up for any color combination! It's such a simple, yet glamourous set up!

A beautiful touch of color is perfect for bridal jewelry. A beautiful company to look at for colorful bridal jewelry is TenThousandThings.

Traditional letterpress would be gorgeous in this gold!

I love the non-traditional color of the cake itself, blue, with the gold as the stand out accents.

This gorgeous bouquet with incredible texture is composed of mini phalaenopsis orchids and ochre garden roses, yellow tree peonies, fuzzy bunny tails, and millinery flowers feels as if it has just been picked from a field of dreams. A gold satin ribbon ties it all together.

This is a beautiful spin on the traditional seating cards, bringing in luxurious satin ribbon in a solid and a print.

Or for an equally gorgeous color combination, choose a soft pink as a compliment for a girly touch. The unique stenciling was created by a stencil through Designer Stencils and could easily be recommended to your baker for a personalized style on the cake. You baker will love the extra thought you've put into it.

I love the garden soft texture that this arrangement brings with the soft pink accents and gold flatware and china.

And one of Delightful Day's favorite favors, candy buffets, set in monocromatic colors to match your color scheme.

Enjoy!

~ Mary Alice

A Delightful Day's Leigh + Joseph are married!

One of our own was married this past September 20th! Leigh Hosek, who assists at many Delightful Day weddings, had her own wedding day dream come true! Her attention to detail and desire to be in every part of the planning amazed me. Her beautiful day began at West End Church of Christ with a beautiful and heartfelt ceremony to the love of her life. Followed by fun with family and friends at The Rutledge, Live Music Venue on 4th Avenue South. I never would have imagined having a reception there, but the music lovers that Leigh and Joe are, they discovered this very unique space for their reception. We will definitely be using it again! Enjoy the incredible images that were taken by very hip David Molnar with the lovely assistance of his wife, Tammy!

Leigh's gorgeous gown was one that she had been eyeing for months! Her Rivini gown was purchased at Faccio in Cool Springs.

Leigh's gorgeous bouquet was created by the always talented Carry Ann of Fresh Nashville.

Leigh and Joe decided to see each other before the wedding to accomplish all pictures beforehand, but it also takes off some of the tension of the day having moments alone to see each other and take in what is going to happen that day. I always encourage brides and groom's to at least consider this option as I think it allows you to be more relaxed in your pictures together and takes the nervousness off of seeing each other for the first time in front of all your guests. Gorgeous and fun photos together!

I absolutely love this!!!

Leigh chose adorable black cocktail dresses that could easily be worn again! They were beautifully accented with bouquets of cremes and greens by Fresh Nashville.

The beautiful rentals from FABU flanked the bridal party and truly added to the romantic elegance that Leigh was wanting to achieve at the ceremony.

Although i have only been to concerts at The Rutledge, we found out it also makes for a beautiful reception location. we were also impressed with the ambiance that Nashville Event Lighting created.

Beautiful blown up pictures from their engagement session, personally bought decor by the bride, and additional florals by Fresh Nashville truly transformed this space.

The beautiful cake was designed by The Sweetest Day.

Leigh and Joe LOVE to smoke cigar's together. So, for a personalized day, Leigh and Joe had cigars available for guests with a custom ring label of their wedding. They decided to take a break from their guests and enjoy a favorite past time together! 

Congratulations Leigh and Joe! We love you both and are so thankful that you're apart of the Delightful Day family! Best wshes and many, many happy years! Xoxoxoxoxo! Thanks for trusting us to take care of your day! 

~ Mary Alice and Amber

 

Emily + Robbie Sneak Peek!

Emily and Robbie's wedding took place last weekend at The Factory in Franklin. It was quite a whirlwind production - both the ceremony AND the reception took place in the same venue - Jamison Hall, and we had 1 hour to "flip the room" for the guests. The wonderful Dove Wedding Photography team (Whitney + Peter) with third shooter, Zach of Gray Photography, were on hand to capture this fabulous event - and here are a few sneak peeks from Zach. More to come!

This first photo captures the beautiful modern florals of Rhonda Patton Designs...and the bride in her gorgeous Vera Wang gown.

 

The cake by Maples Wedding Cakes, Lighting by Blake at Nashville Event Lighting with gobo design by our very own Sweet Life Designs.

 

   

 

Holly + Lucas- Belle Meade September 6th

I wanted to do a quick post with the uploadedpicture from Adrian Hitt's blog of our wonderful September 6th couple, Holly and Lucas. It was such a delight to work with Holly for 9 months on this beautiful and personalized wedding! I can't wait for the full recap, but to give you a quick preview, enjoy these gorgeous pictures taken at Belle Meade Plantation by the wonderfully sweet and talented Adrian Hitt.  

 

Beautiful Holly wore a gorgeous, beaded gown that she found back in Arkansas where her family is from. Adorable cocktail style black dresses were worn by the girls and their choice of sexy black heel. I can't wait for you to see a close up of the bouquets, because they looked incredible next to those black dresses. Bouquets were created by the wonderfully talented Carry Ann of Fresh Nashville.

 

Aren't these a handsome group of men?!?! They were a wonderful group of guys to work with! I've never had so many guys come up and compliment us on a job well done! I love the dark fuchsia ties on the guys, and the groom wearing a white handkerchief in his pocket to separate him from the group.

I can't wait to show you how beautiful Holly and Lucas' day was! Recap to come soon! Check back for that!

~Mary Alice

Candy Buffets

The hot trend in weddings, that I think is going to be around for a while is candy buffets! We have produced many candy buffets and let me tell you, adults become kids again around all their favorite old and current candies. I love how candy buffets can really assist in creating a signature wedding, one that truly brings out who you and your groom really are. If you're a candy freak, aren't a wedding cake fan, or want to bring out the nostalgia in your guests, candy buffets are the perfect favor for your wedding! I wanted to share some fun ideas with you and inspire you to find the fun elements in your wedding day, whether it includes a candy buffet or not.  

I love when the candy buffets are color coordinated with the color scheme of the wedding. We did a wedding recently at the Hermitage Hotel that featured this fun aqua color and she incorporated mini cupcakes and peeps, her favorite candy, into the candy buffet. 

This set up is adorable! You don't have to go this detailed. Even a simple color coordinating linen and runner will suffice. What are your favorite candies? Incorporate those in the color coordinating shades. I think using three total colors creates the texture that you need for a candy buffet. If you have 2 colors in your scheme like the above aqua and apple green, incorporate a third color like they have in a yellow or ivory. 

Some things to keep in mind when deciding to do a candy bar are:

What type of container are you going to purchase for guests to put their candy in? For our brides who rent the candy buffet set up that we have, Amber and Sweet Life Designs make adorable monogrammed labels to adhere to plastic cellophane bags that you can get in many sizes and has ties available for guests to secure their bags. Other options could be chinese take out boxes, metal tins, glass jars, organza bags, or a themed idea like wooden baskets for a fall wedding. Be creative in your packaging!

How much candy are you going to need? Make sure that you purchase enough candy to keep your buffet stocked all night! You'll have your guests who will fill a bag to take home with them, and some that will munch on it all night! I suggest to have about 1/4 to 1/2 lb., or 15-20 lbs. of each kind, in total per guest to make sure their is plenty! But do keep in mind that some guests will not partake.

How many different kinds of candy do you want? I think that a good candy bar has at least 5 candy choices. No more than 10 since I know you're wanting to stay within a budget! Think of you and your new hubby's favorite candies and choose from that. It's always good to have a variety of candies including chocolate, old fashioned, different flavors, and different textures.

Do you have an odd favorite candy? One wedding that we had in North Carolina, the bride's favorite comfort sweet was cotton candy. So we did a cotton candy machine with an attendant that served Cotton Candy during the dessert portion of the evening. The guests loved it!

Here are some other delightful candy buffet set ups!

 

 

I love the apothocary jars! These are rental that we provide to our Delightful Clients who choose our services for day of or planning! We bring in the jars and scoops and maintain the bar for the night, candy provided by the bride!

I love the set up this candy buffet, very nostalgic and I love the refences to Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, one my favorite movies!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29771885@N07/2784544974/

Another great souce of inspiration is www.simplycandybuffets.com. Great photos and ideas for your own candy buffet. 

Since this is Halloween month, a Halloween themed candy buffet for your enjoyment! 

 

Here are some wonderful resources for candy in bulk that you can purchase:

www.candyfavorites.com

www.bulkcandywarehouse.com

www.hometowncandy.com

www.candywarehouse.com

www.sweetnostalgia.com

I hope you have a wonderful time creating your candy buffet to please any sweet tooth!

~Mary Alice

A Delightful Day's Caitlin & Daniel featured in Sunday's Tennessean

Another lovely Sunday edition of the weddings section of The Tennessean, and another lovely A Delightful Day wedding couple featured.

You can see our original wedding recap at our post here: http://adelightfulday.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/caitlin-daniel--august-16th.html

Click here to read the full article in The Tennessean: Soprano, tenor hit perfect pitch together.