Pictures courtesy of Lindsey Beckwith Photography
I started working with Jill only in April, about 7 months before her November 4 wedding to Joe. The Kirkbrides team had worked with her fiance Joe on his daughter's wedding just a year and a half earlier so it was a great match!
Jill and I worked on creating the ULTIMATE event of class and sophistication. Our reception was held at the incomparable Union Club in downtown Cleveland, with guest accommodations (and a Blue Bar afterparty) right across the street at the Wyndham Hotel. We surprised Joe with his favorite local band, The Chozen Few, led by JT Krohe. He didn't know they were there until he and Jill were announced at the reception as man and wife!
Our stunning floral arrangements were created by Arne and team at Blooms by Plantscaping and our scrumptious dessert bar featuring large gourmet cut to order cakes, tartlets and assorted sweets was crafted by Bridget and team at Luna Bakery! Our custom stationery came from Maria at Sobella Paper Boutique.
Guests were sent off at the end of the night with a large bag full of goodies including specialty coffee and tea, a Wall Street Journal newspaper and individually wrapped apple cakes baked from Jill's family recipe.
What a fabulous wedding to be a part of. Congratulations to Jill and Joe! We wish you many years of love, laughter and happiness!
A note from Jill from her honeymoon:
Hi Valarie,
I
hope you are recovered from Friday's festivities! Joe and I are
working on R&R ourselves, sitting on our patio on the beach
waiting for breakfast...
it's beautiful here in Anguilla.
it's beautiful here in Anguilla.
I
just wanted to write and say thank you for everything you and your
team did leading up to and including the wedding. Joe and I had a
wonderful time, because everything looked and tasted great and went so
smoothly, and all of our friends and family agree, at least those who
could speak thru their hangovers on Saturday. I know it takes a lot of
effort and planning to make a party like that come off, and I also know
I wasn't nearly as helpful (or timely) as I should have been, so I
appreciate all the more how things turned out.
I
feel bad the day rushed by so fast, I keep trying to grab on to
memories, and there are so many guests I hardly got to talk to...let
alone say a proper goodbye to Lindsey and you when you left - so please
excuse me for that. What can I say? I was having too much fun!
In
any case, I will follow-up in more detail with you, Scott, Arne,
Lindsey and Maria when I get back. If Scott is still speaking to me - I
think the party got a little obnoxious at the end, so I hope I don't
have any bad guest behavior to account for. Ditto at the Wyndham!
So,
again, a million thanks. Please email me if there are any loose ends
that need immediate attention, and enjoy the rest of your year.
Personally, I think you ended your wedding season on a high note!
Jill (and Joe too)
PS
Joe LOVED having JT and The Chosen Few there, the surprise worked,
and he got a huge kick out of the golf ball I Heart U - thanks for
that!
Pictures courtesy of Lindsey Beckwith Photography
When Christie and Steve first contacted me in the summer of 2010, they were not sure where to begin with the wedding plans. Christie called me the very next day and said as soon as our meeting ended and I left, she turned to Steve and said, "Can we keep her?". I love that reaction!
These two are quite the "smarty pants" couple. They are both rocket scientists. Yep! They are. So they met working at NASA and of course once I heard that, we had to incorporate elements of space and astronomy into the wedding! Also, they were so excited that their desired date of 9/10/11 was available at the Union Club! We did not want to compromise a classic wedding feel though, so as you can see in the pictures of the wedding below provided by Marisan Photography,
it still looked very beautiful and sophisticated. We used names of planets and stars throughout the ballroom, had a Blue Moon specialty drink, projected a star maze with lighting throughout the room, and used the iridescent blue crush linens on the guest tables! The candy table featured all blue candies including blue chocolate stars. Our menus by Clearly You had star shapes cut into them to let the blue background show through, and our cake was quite the "astronomy feel" with all of those hundreds of tiny beadwork done by Bridget at Luna!
it still looked very beautiful and sophisticated. We used names of planets and stars throughout the ballroom, had a Blue Moon specialty drink, projected a star maze with lighting throughout the room, and used the iridescent blue crush linens on the guest tables! The candy table featured all blue candies including blue chocolate stars. Our menus by Clearly You had star shapes cut into them to let the blue background show through, and our cake was quite the "astronomy feel" with all of those hundreds of tiny beadwork done by Bridget at Luna!
Christie and Steve's wedding ceremony was held at St. John's Cathedral. Their wedding reception was at the Union Club in downtown Cleveland. Our floral was provided by Grande Designs and cake by Luna Bakery!
Congrats to Christie and Steve, and thank you so much for involving me in your plans. It was a BLAST working with you!!! :)
{Pictures provided courtesy of Marisan Photography}
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