Rhoades-Franks Wedding

This wedding took place on one of the most beautiful days I have seen yet for an outdoor wedding! It felt amazing outside, and the soft breeze blew through the vines making it serene. Shonna wanted the wedding to be simple and not detract from the park or river, so I kept the decorations strickly red roses on the arbor…

…. and the chair ties themselves were her aisle markers. My sister-in-law who works alongside me occasionally invented this style, so in her honor I call these sideways bows “Ashley” bows. 😉

The clear sky made for great picture weather for the wedding party, especially with the river as the backdrop.

The riverfront pavilion where the wedding party got ready.  They came down through the trees on the side of the stone.

As the sun was setting and I was about to do the tear-down after the lovely afternoon wedding I wanted to grab one last picture…

I hope you enjoyed seeing this wedding as much as I enjoyed doing it! What did you think of the simple design and red aisle runner?

Brooke

Kolb-Sheridan Wedding

I know I usually only post events I do entirely, but I really enjoyed working with Britta and I want to show you how  her flowers turned out! This wedding I was only involved for the flowers and planning of the aisle markers, but I would like to show you how they turned out anyways! I have a few shots of things they did themselves I’ll show you so you get a taste of the feel.

Britta set a budget of $100 for her bouquet, 3 bridesmaids bouquets, 10 centerpieces, and petals for 3 flower girls. She was okay with silk, but to me they all had to be fresh because she deserved it! Whew! If that isn’t a tall order, I don’t know what is!

A few of the centerpieces were used as aisle markers and moved back to the tables when the wedding was over.

I used delphinium, dyed sage, carnations, and wheat for all the flowers.

The entryway greeted guests with warm sunlight, and small take home jars of jam.

They went sans the traditional on their guest book, and did a fingerprint tree. My favorite kind of guest book!

Britta was a beautiful bride who decorated her wedding with care and made it very personal.

Her groom certainly expressed his style at the wedding, as well! With the cowboy hats and boots and small touches at the wedding you could tell he took care to put his mark on their special day to make it truly theirs.

The cake had an elegant glass topper that pulled together the feel she created with her cakes colors and it’s wood slab tiered  homemade stand.

I loved how her flowers turned out, they were just her style and certainly just her budget as I came in exactly at $100 for the flowers, jars, and my fees for creating and transporting and setting up the decor.

What do you think of the wedding? Do you like the non-traditional pairings of flowers?

Brooke

Lexi’s Graduation Party-Part 2

The party turned out pretty well. I ended up having an incident with a table and my foot which pretty much incapacitated me on any ladder activity, so I disappointingly didn’t get to do everything I wanted to on the ceiling. I did a different centerpiece on each table, and kept the ties simple as bows.

I set up a photobooth as entertainment between dinner and dancing for the evening, and lines of photos on the wall of Lexi growing up and with her friends. Popcorn and cotton candy was served along side the Mexican deserts and cupcakes (her Mothers special recipe).

We started off the dancing with musical chairs for the little ones, and they had so much fun the teens and adults requested a game of musical chairs for each age group.

This party was the end of her graduation celebration day, the entire afternoon was spent on inflatables outside. There was a wet obstacle course and a 2 story slide!

Lexi truly loved her party, and everyone had a blast. It was a day full of friends, fun, and her favorite foods and tunes.

This party had a budget of $800 for everything excluding the venue which was paid for in advance by the family. I came in at $720.

Would you be interested in having your party planned by us? Give us a message below! We can do everything you need over the phone, sans the day of decorations. So why not? We only charge our gas/flight and hotel fee for coming to you! We work all over the U.S. as we’re known for saving you money and stress more than any other Event Planners around.

What did you think of this event? Is it your style?

Lexi’s Graduation Party-Part 1

I’m currently working on a high school graduation party. It’s style has been morphing so much, I’ve been holding off on posting! But now that everything is in motion, I’ll show you what I’m doing. After the party, I’ll be posting pictures of how it all turned out.

The party is going to be an all day event. It’ll start at 3, and go until 10. From 3-6 will be the open house portion, where there will be inflatables, a table of board games and cards for the adults, and food will be served. From7 to 10, it’s the dance party. There will be a photo booth and I’ll be dressing up the tables a bit more during my buffer hour, as well as there will be a few different small things to separate the two parties.

The party is in a large white metal building with brown and tan tile floors, it’s the only building that was available in the right price range with the set up we needed (a kitchen, electricity and water hook ups for the inflatables, etc) so I’m trying to make it work!

The main area of the building, where everything will be set up.

The entryway

The theme is basically a soft goth vibe with a touch of batman. You read that right! It’s a pretty crazy theme that has been unusual working on. Right now I’m doing chocolate base clothes on the tables to tie in the floors since they’ll be so visible, with white garden chairs and cardinal red ties. For the dance party, black overlays will go on. My centerpieces are black bacarra roses with lily grass, and I’m playing around on the containers for them still.

A black bacarra rose, basically a really deep red.

Over the dance floor I’m draping it with red tulle, and making a column at each corner with lanterns. I have a 30” lantern I’ll be hanging from the center, and will possibly be lit depending on if I get a light the color/weight/intensity I want for it in time.

The tulle I’ll be using

Classic white even ribbed paper lanterns like this one is what I’ll use for around the dance floor.

As far as the touches of batman, there will be a few props for the photo booth batman related, and the 30” lantern may have bat cutouts in it if I get it glowing. The favors will most likely have something with batman as well.

This party is definitely going to be really different. Let’s just hope it is in a good way!

What do you think? What would be cool for this party? What would you do for it?

Brooke.

Edwards-Lovell Wedding

Meghan Edwards chose the Robert S. Kerr Conference Center and Museum, or as it’s known to the locals Kerr Mansion, of Poteau, Oklahoma for her wedding and reception. Her colors were champagne and guava. The budget was $10,000.

The wedding took place on the lawn of the mansion, overlooking the drop off.

She chose to use artificial flowers for the bouquets and centerpieces, and smaller tables for intimacy for the dinner time reception.

A collage of the wedding day!

Top left-aisle marker, top right- the wedding set up, bottom left-bubbles for the guests, bottom right-fans for the guests.

I realize this is a wedding that took place nearly a year ago! But I thought I would bring it out for my new category of past events, as it was one of my favorites. Kerr Mansion was a gorgeous back drop for this wedding, and the colors were perfect for the weather and the brides personality.

Have you been to an event at Kerr Conference Center? Was/is guava or champagne in your wedding?

Brooke

Summerlin-Ward Wedding

Amy Summerlin was a laid back bride. She knew she wanted shades of purple, fresh flowers, and barbeque! The wedding took place near a local lake. There wasn’t really a budget, we just knew we had to keep it small. It came out around $2,000 for the entire wedding.

There was touches of more feminine things around the room to soften the stone walls of the reception, so it all blended well with her dress.

Her seating tables for the reception were rectangle, so we went with white cloths, and purple runners to keep it simple with touches of purple. Her centerpieces were fresh flowers in jars.

The couple cutting their cake!

I love doing shades of one color to break from the traditional color scheme. I think her wedding was a great combination of country laid back, and feminine.

Is this wedding your style? Will you be using any of these elements?

Brooke

Woods-Lovell Wedding

Taylor Woods was one of the busiest brides I’ve ever had. I actually didn’t meet her until the day of her wedding! The budget wasn’t exact, but everything  rented and purchased, as well as event planning came out to $1800, plus about $300 for food and drinks that was prepared by friends.

Taylor married Ricky Lovell on August 18th, 2012. Her colors were candy pink, chocolate, and burlap. 😉 She wanted it to be as country as it could be!
Since I didn’t get to meet her beforehand, I just went with the things I knew she wanted from speaking with her Mother in person. She had chosen an unusual combination for her flowers, wildflowers and carnations! Carnations are the birth flower of her baby sister, so it was important to her to have them a part of the wedding. She knew she wanted burlap, and her dress to be pulled together with the theme.

It was a backyard wedding outside of town, with about 100 guests. It was raining all day during the set up, so it has to be artfully done to keep everything dry and ready for the wedding! Thankfully, the rain let up about a half hour beforehand, and the sun came out for the cake cutting. It was perfect timing for beautiful pictures, and the weather was pretty amazing for the wedding.

The wedding set up, underneath a hexagon tent

Her boots at the opening of the aisle

The archway, handmade just for Taylor and Ricky

The reception tables

Her large cascading bouquet proudly displayed on a stand next to the cake, with a special charm tied in of her baby sister.

Announced husband and wife!

Cutting the cake!

Enjoying their special day…

It was a great laid back wedding. They were all a pleasure to work with! Best wishes to the couple and their new child.

What did you think of this backyard country wedding? Is it your style? What are you doing for your country wedding?

Brooke

Goad-Scoggins Wedding

You may recognize this bride from Ashley’s Personal Shower post!

Ashley Goad and Javan Scoggins married on May 13th, 2012 at the Skelly Lodge in Catoosa, Oklahoma. The wedding and reception were outdoors. The budget was $10,000. We came in well under!

She wanted the wedding to be simple and not draw attention away from the surroundings of the Lodge. Her colors were white and shades of pink, but mostly blush. All the flowers were fresh.

The wedding took place under a large tree, overlooking the cliff. The ceremony was in front of an archway overgrown with ivy.

The reception tables were covered with white rose damask cloths, and placed with fresh rose and baby’s breath centerpieces, accented with tea lights.

The cake was made by Ann’s Bakery, one of our favorites to work with. It was placed on a silver stand for simplicity.

Their first dance took place under the stars, on the dance floor covered porch of the Skelly Lodge.

The bride and groom took a moment to enjoy their photo booth, which was a big hit with the guests!

And to finish off this post, a collage of the more personal moments of the day.

All the rentals for this wedding were provided by The Party Loft of  Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

Thanks for checking out this post, I hope you enjoyed it!

Brooke

Jared and Heather’s Wedding Shower

Jared and Heather are one of our more recent couples. They married July 1st at the Jazz Hall of Fame in Tulsa, OK. We don’t yet have their pictures, but we’re told we may sooner than later! Heather is a photographer who has her own studio, and Jared owns his own construction company. They’re a busy couple that didn’t have much time for planning, but wanted everything to be just right.  Their shower was held at the University Club Tower in downtown Tulsa on a warm summer day. The original plan was to have the shower in the evening on the fantastic patio and yard of the Tower, but it was so incredibly windy our plans changed 2 hours before to have it inside!

My inspiration for this shower was the that the groom was my brother. 😉 So basically, I did what I wanted cause he had to let me! Haha okay no so much… But it was much more personal than most events I do. The budget was $500.

I chose hydrangeas for the centerpieces because the home we grew up in had large, beautiful hydrangeas all along the front of the house (see above! Our childhood home, now a bed and breakfast I hear is lovely in Southeastern Oklahoma)  Seeing them always made us think of home, so I knew it was a must, despite how frail of flowers they are (I bought extras, and the flowers held up beautifully, I even took some home to keep on my desk for another week!)

He loved the hydrangeas so much he wore one around for a while! This is Jared with his bride-to-be, Heather.

I went with green silk cloths to keep it a bit dressier, as the University Club Tower is a nicer place.

But I had to have some butterflies there! My brother and I were quite the bug collectors, butterflies and fireflies were our favorites, so that was a must.

The butterflies on the windows, hand cut by my Mother and I.

I also knew immediately where my cake would be from, Ann’s Bakery! You cannot have an event within two hours of Ann’s and not have them.  They’re known for their longstanding quality and customer service. You don’t know who they are? Check out their website.  http://www.annsbakery.com/

They have the best flavored wedding cakes you’ll ever eat (orange pineapple, anyone?), and they are by far the most impressive on design as they pretty much refuse to use fondant, so the cakes stay delicious. What does that mean? Butter cream art, all by hand! No laser cutting fondant machines for these pros. So how could I not get the most lovingly created cake from thisoutstanding bakery for my brother and his new wife? Especially because they have amazing gluten free cake, so that was a must for my gluten intolerant soon to be sister in-law.

The gluten free cake and the cake balls. Ignore the terrible plastic cloth. Ugh! That was because of a horrible mishap with the intended linen.

For the favors, we did tubes with small thank you cards, and filled them with jelly beans and skittles, their favorite candies.

The favors sat in a basket by the door for guests to grab on their way out.

They got a lot of great gifts and were excited to see all the family there.

It turned out to be a great shower, and everyone was willing to lend a helping hand.

So what did you think fo this glimpse into my personal life? What did you like about the shower?

See you next time!

Brooke

Ashley’s Personal Shower

Ashley was a May bride. This is her personal (or lingerie) shower. It was actually held in The Loft, so you get to see our work space! We did have the lighting low, so the pictures aren’t of the absolute best quality. I’ll show you what my ideas and inspiration was, what the final products were, and what she thought of her shower. My budget was $800. I came in well under!

My inspiration:

Ashley is a modern girl who likes clean and contemporary style in her everyday life with a touch of nature and is definitely girly underneath that. Her favorite color is yellow, but she didn’t want to use it in the wedding since she felt it would wash her out in all her pictures. Hm… Well that decided I would be using yellow for her! I like to try to find a cake that embodies the style I’m working towards when I start a design from scratch, so that’s why 2 of 3 of my pictures here are a cake. 😉

I loved the rosette details on this cake I had seen at a Bridal Show when I first started working on the shower. I decided I wanted to use gray/silver from this cake.

This is when I decided how I would pull together the entire shower. This cake is the theme I wanted. I was planning on using this specific design for the cake, but we only needed two tier, and I just didn’t like it like that, so I did my own design

I really wanted to use daffodils. They just didn’t quite go, so I ultimately went with carnations. I loved the clean white of the tables in this photo, as well. So I decided I would use white overlays and chairs to keep it crisp and contemporary.

My ideas:

Her favorite flower is a daffodil, and I really wanted to use them for centerpieces. I looked around and discussed it with the florist I used, but we ultimately decided carnations would be our best bet for the style. I had been wanting to make a chandelier for a while, so I jumped on it and went and got a lot of paper doilies to make a Martha Stewart style one. Well, my doilies didn’t want to be a chandelier. So I snatched some tissue paper from Angela (she was hand making some invitations, for a birthday party, that she used tissue paper for that week) and I did a test run. Voila! Works perfectly. So I go get my paper in the colors I wanted, some ribbon, and a board to cut into a frame.

My chandelier:

This took me awhile to make. I put it off until the week before, which isn’t like me. It had been so busy, I was making 100 other things for events in the month leading up to it. Well, that didn’t turn out too well. I ended up having an accident and breaking my index finger and part of my hand a week and a half before the shower. It was pretty bad and surgery was being discussed seriously for a while, so I was in and out of specialist appointments. On top of that, Angela was packed with her own events to finish up this shower for me, so I just spent some really late nights all the way up to the night before making everything painstakingly slow. So this shower was not the end result I wanted, as I didn’t get to do a few of the projects I really wanted to. But! I did finish that chandelier…

Ashley stopped by the night before to check everything out. This is her checking out the chandelier

The chandelier hanging in the entryway, completed.

It took a while to choose the layout for the room, where my touches of yellow would be, and how exactly I would use my color scheme. For the layout, I scattered sitting height cocktail tables around the room, with conference tables for serving to save space. I used standing height cocktail tables for the entryway, and the cake table.

My touches of yellow, I used yellow carnations in the centerpieces, yellow on the top layer of my chandelier, and yellow tulle poms hanging from the ceiling mixed with my white paper lanterns.

For the overall color scheme, I wanted it to feel airy despite the charcoal gray, so I used that as my base cloth, with a white overlay and pewter napkins.  The centerpieces were mercury glass with fresh carnations and greens. I hung white paper lanterns from the ceiling with yellow tulle poms, and had a few LED trees for ambiance. I lit the gift table from underneath, as well as the recipe basket with the wine glasses you see above. I then strung small lit lanterns and groupings of yellow tulle on top of my white serving table linens. Those elements were all difficult to see in the pictures as it was low lighting in the there to make those things be the focal points, but I’ve got some pictures below anyways.

The cake:

I’m sure you’re curious to see what I came up with! I decided on doing some sparkly gray fondant as the base, and some delicious butter cream light yellow rosettes as the top layer, which really looked cute on the girly lace overlay with the charcoal peeking through on the cake table.

I loved the colors, so I was willing to overlook the poor fondant job, that I was sure only my trained eye would see.

We had a bit of a disaster with it, though.

Little did I know that was just a taste of the disaster to ensue!

But I happen to have a good friend who is a baker who rushed to the rescue with her repair kit and fixed it on site when the baker, who had a bad recipe and didn’t ice the design tight enough, refused to come fix it. Thanks again, girl!

Tah Dah! She really did some fancy work with only some paper towels and 3 tips on her icing bag. She even mixed that color by my description of it over the phone when she was making it at home for me! Talk about talent, it was an exact match.

Enough talking! Now the final pictures, and some shots of the party being enjoyed.

The centerpieces assembled and ready to be placed. I was happy with how they turned out! Organically arranged, and a bit frilly looking but balanced by the mercury and dark greenery

I was pretty excited to use this thing, we had just gotten them about 2 weeks before the shower.

Laying out the tulle and string lanterns before setting up the food

Almost there!

One of the standing height cocktail table centerpieces

The food out and being arranged

Looking good!

Ashley holding up a pearl necklace

And a cute nightie 😉

All in all, I was pretty happy with the turn out of the shower. So tell me about it! What do you think? What did you like? What did you dislike?

If we get some good feedback from our readers, this will be a regular post. So be vocal! Share with us!

Brooke