Saturday rain showers hit Wilmington all week long and on the morning of June 29, 2013 but nothing can stop Kelly and Jordan on their wedding day. Kelly and Jordan are such sweet, bright and loving people that the "a little bit" of rain can't even put a frown on their faces today. Today is the day that Kelly and Jordan tie the knot! They are getting married at St. Mary's Catholic Church at 2:00pm. Then, guest will have a couple hours to explore Wilmington before heading to
The RiverRoom reception around 5:00pm.
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Edison lights are hung, lanterns are lit, cornhole on the deck and the room is set. For this 110 guest wedding reception, we had guest seating outside on the deck and inside the room. We placed 7 guest tables outside, with 10 tables inside. That way, there was plenty of room for dancing, mingling and hanging out.
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Do you remember us telling you about the awesome A Boxed Event yet? Well, listen up!
A Boxed Event is a local Wilmington-based company that offers "travel boxes" for any type of event. Say you want input and advice from a wedding planner but can't afford the full service planner? Khalilah with A Boxed Event will find out what style/color scheme/overall look you are going for and develope a tablescape just for you! Then, she drops them off the day of and you can set it up. It's so simple! As the day-of coordinator today, Khalilah designed the tables and I just set it all up. This is a really awesome idea to me. Plus, Khalilah is extremely talented and easy to work with! She designed 16 tables and Kelly and Jordan also rented one of their custom couches from the sister company,
AbeL Lounge Rental, as part of the travel box.
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DJ Professionals & Video knew all the right songs to play to get people on the dance floor. The dance floor opened up with Kelly and Jordan's first dance to "You Send Me" by Sam Cooke. Then, Kelly danced with her father to "The Way You Look Tonight" by Allison Burns. After that, we were on to more dancing and desserts!
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Coastal Catering prepared a gourmet dinner buffet for us, with all of our favorites such as chicken, salmon, mac n'cheese, fried okra and green beans! They brought in their own beer and wine and had a friend of the family bartend. They hired
The Audio Visual People (an extension of DJ Professionals) to hang lit Chinese lanterns over the bar. It looked great!
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Dana Laymon is the photographer. She never missed a beat! She's definitely one of Wilmington's unsung heroes when it comes to photography!
Etc. Party Rentals provided extra tables, chairs, linens and plateware. Etc. has the cheapest set up and delivery fee so you gotta love that! The desserts were a combination of homemade favorites and Kelly's favorite cake from
The Basics in Downtown Wilmington, a hummingbird cake! Coastal Catering also made two different cobblers!
Kelly is involved with an international charity called SaludHondu. Instead of party favors, she was going to make donations in honor of her guest to the organization. When she contacted the charity about getting some literature for her guest, they offered to supply coffee party favors to all her guest for free and they still were able to donate to the charity. Such a good way to give back.
The guest book was a bit nontraditional - a time capsule. They asked each guest to write them a note of wisdom, advice and love and then put it into a beautiful glass vase. They promised not to open them until a year from now! Such a cute idea.
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At the end of the evening, Jordan and Kelly enjoyed their last dance to "You are the Best Thing" by Ray LaMontagne. Then, it was time for a sparkler send off. Congratulations to you both! I'm so fortunate that you all decided to host your wedding reception here and have me as your day-of coordinator. I think things happen for the best and this is definitely one of those situations. Enjoy the honeymoon! We'll see you both walking your dog downtown soon!
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Here's a few other shots from
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Thank you, Melissa, for the clever, calm and competent way you handled everything for us. I was so impressed that you were actually monitoring Doppler radar for us a few hours before the reception! Your unfailingly upbeat attitude made everything pre-reception, as well as the day of, so much fun. Our friends and family had a wonderful time. We truly danced the night away thanks to you and your wonderful team. Thank you for such happy memories. Fondly, Pat Burns, a.k.a. Mother of the Bride.
ReplyDeleteWonderful recap of the day! Hope to be back at the River Room soon!!
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