A&P Designs did a remarkable job creating a tropical invitation suite with a modern twist! The blind impression on the main invite was a subtle hint towards the rest of the cards.

We had a lot of fun mixing up the three different types of bouquets. The majority of the gals held tropical foliage, while the MOH had a few bright blooms tucked in. For Michele’s bouquet, we went all out with the vibrant, bold red blooms. It matched Michele’s exuberance and beauty perfectly- and was such a show stopper!

Their ceremony was perfectly situated between palm trees- and the view of Morada Bay was a divine setting for the guests to drink in while they waited for the fun to start!

We wanted to celebrate all things tropical and Floridian- and the florals were such a huge part of that vision. The floral chandelier over the dance floor was a moment that we’ll never forget! It was the perfect focal point in the clearspan tent. While Michele + JC love a laid back environment, we knew that their wedding day was one that they wanted to pull out all the sophistication and glam. We couldn’t have agreed more! It was so fun to incorporate the modern, elegant touches of black throughout the day.

One of the other final moments of the day that stuck out to us were the acrylic bars from So Staged Rentals. We filled them with tropical blooms & fairy lights, and we can’t lie, the guests LOVED the look of it. It was the perfect element to keep beckoning them back for more!

Oh, and if you haven’t spotted Michele’s dress change at the reception- you need to take a look! She was radiant!

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K+R said “I do” in front of their closest friends and family at Haus 820 in Lakeland, FL. This venue was the perfect neutral backdrop for the eye-catching florals, rich colors, and bold textures we used in this design. Scroll to see for yourself!

VENDORS

Planning, Design, & Florals: Ashton Events // Venue: Haus 820 // Photography: Dson Photography // Escort Display + Tabletop rentals: Treasury Rentals // Linens: Nuage Designs Inc. // DJ: Graingertainment // Cake: J’aime Cakes // HMU: Ciara Liebl

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Talk about a stylish wedding party! Our bride M found her bridal separates on BHLDN combining a long sleeve lace body suit with a chiffon skirt. Her bridesmaids rocked these beautiful two piece dresses from Shop Revelry with dusty blue skirts to play off the yellow bouquets!

The couple wanted to include all of their loved ones in their special day, including their precious dog who wore a bow tie to match the bridal party! And although the bride’s grandfather wasn’t able to make it, he illustrated the front page of their ceremony program.

To make their ride from the church to the reception even more special, the couple rode in the Groom’s Grandpa’s restored ’57 Chevy! The car was also used for the front of their Save the Dates (shoutout to Bump Galletta for this custom artwork!).

Haus 820 was the perfect venue for their reception. We made huge greenery installations on the walls and hanging above tables to add a whimsical garden feel to the industrial space, and on the tables we used an assortment of blue and yellow glasses to add indigo and amber to the white lace tablecloths. For the escort display we used 5 circle mirrors with all the guests’ names printed in vinyl on them as the seating chart. It turned out beautifully! The last detail we absolutely loved was the guest book. Instead of a traditional book, they had a map of national parks for their guests to sign.

VENDORS 

Photography: Everence Photography | Reception Venue: Haus 820 | Event Planning, Stationery, and Floral Design: Ashton Events Planning & Design | Desserts: Born & Bread | Wedding Dress: BHLDN | Bride’s Shoes: Jimmy Choo | Bridesmaid Dresses: Shop Revelry | Jewelry: Olive and Piper | Groom’s Attire: The Black Tux | Hair Styling and Makeup: Lasting Luxe Hair & Makeup | Event Rentals: Flock Decor | Event Rentals: A Chair Affair | Event Rentals: Treasury Rentals | Event Rentals: Party People Events | Linen Rentals: Nuage Designs | Linen Rentals: Marilyn’s Linens | Catering: 4 Rivers Smokehouse | Music: DJ Cory Barron | Videography: Jeffrey Stoner Video | Stationery: Bump Galletta | Submitted via: Matchology

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Their tale actually starts back in May of 2016. After getting engaged, they began planning their dream wedding, only to find out that the groom, Z, was being deployed to Japan within a few weeks. Their families quickly threw together a sweet, memorable courthouse wedding followed by a stop at a bagel bar. Flash forward 3 and a half years, and these two finally get the celebration of their dreams at the bride’s parents house with all of their friends and family surrounding them! Oh and did we mention that the bride’s sister/maid of honor is also a past bride of ours? That was the icing on the cake!

Their day was jam packed with personal and sentimental details, and the wonderful Renee Nicole Photography was there to capture every bit of it. Scroll to see for yourself!

First up, let’s start with all of their print materials. We did a custom watercolor design of L’s parents house where all the festivities took place and it turned out so beautifully!

This welcome table was one of our favorite ones to date! It was full of personal details and subtle nods to their past and their future together. A white English mailbox with gold lettering was ready to collect cards from guests, representing the bride’s mom’s family who are British. Their welcome sign had their original wedding date on it from 2016. And for the guest book, L+Z brought back two sayonara dolls to signify their time in Japan.

Our bride L always dreamed of having a backyard wedding, and boy did she get one! Her parent’s house was the most perfect setting for their celebration, so sweet and sentimental.

L actually got her dress when they were planning their original wedding. When they found out they were moving, she decided to save her dress to wear at their celebration of marriage over 3 years later. And boy was it worth it! She looked absolutely radiant, as did her bridesmaids in their stunning dark green dresses.

You knew this one was coming… we love creating escort displays, and it’s always so fun to think up something creative and unique for each of our couples. We absolutely loved how eye catching L+Z’s was. It tied in perfectly with the rest of their elegant and classic reception details!

We turned this backyard into the dreamiest set up for the reception. L+Z liked the feel of a tent, but didn’t want to block the gorgeous view of the lake. So what did we get? A roofless tent! As the sun set, the shimmering, delicate lights lined the frame of the tent and created the most dazzling canopy overhead while guests enjoyed dinner and dancing!

What better way to end the night than with an epic sparkler set up? We hope you all enjoyed getting a deeper look into L+Z’s amazing celebration of marriage!

VENDORS

Planning, Design, & Florals: Ashton Events // Photography: Renee Nicole Photography // Rentals: A Chair Affair // Rentals: Premier Party Lakeland // Rentals: Royal Restrooms // Stage: Stages Plus // Linens: Nuage Designs // Tabletop Rentals: Treasury Rentals // Entertainment: DJ Cory Barron // Catering: Millenia Catering // Hair & Makeup: Brides by Kelly Anne

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Our number one priority when dreaming up our wedding was to make every inch of it “us” and as personal as possible, while also doing everything on a budget. We wanted it to feel like us, look like us, taste like us, and be a total reflection of Zach and me as a couple. We really didn’t want it to feel super traditional, more so just wanted to hang out with all of our friends and family and celebrate this new adventure together with all the people that helped get us there.

Picking The Acre as our venue was a no brainer for us. We both knew we wanted an outdoor space, and the atmosphere and vibe is just unlike anywhere else. We truly felt like we were in our own little magical Zach + Abby world! Want to hear a funny story? The number one reason why we picked January was because in Florida, its the driest and coolest month of the year and our entire wedding + reception was outside. I was dead set on not having a tent, we had designed everything without one, but leave it to Florida to throw some bizarre weather our way. You can’t tell from the pictures, but it was supposed to STORM all day. But we didn’t let that shift the focus of our wedding day, and it actually ended up being the most amazing weather of all time. Piece of advice: ALWAYS have a back up plan. We didn’t plan on having a tent, but we ended up scrambling to get one just days before the wedding because of the weather risk. And it actually turned out so beautifully!

My favorite design element was definitely the flowers. I didn’t want matchy matchy or traditional wedding flowers at all. I wanted them to be funky and unique, just like us! For the ceremony I wanted more neutral, dried flowers for the altar so that all the plum details and our bouquets would really pop. I actually didn’t even know what the ceremony was going to look like. I told Laura the general idea of what I was thinking and just let the team have complete creative freedom to come up with whatever they wanted. So when I saw the ceremony set up on the day of, it blew me away! They knocked it out of the park with all of the florals.

Zach’s favorite color is purple, so that was the basis for our entire plum/purple color scheme. I wanted him to feel like this was as much his day as it was mine, so choosing his favorite color as the center of our whole design was perfect and added an extra layer of personal touch. Little things like even just holding my bouquet made me feel even more connected to him because I knew it was something he loved and helped me choose. He wore a dark plum suit and all of his groomsmen were in black. We wanted him to stand out and be set apart from his guys in a subtle way.

The escort display was also an idea I dreamed up and my amazing team of wedding gurus created something more amazing than I could have ever even imagined. I love pressed flowers and wanted to figure out a way to incorporate that into our day. So we used pressed flowers in acrylic for the welcome sign and seating chart.

For the reception tables, we went with a neutral champagne colored linen to let the bold florals really pop. We had several different centerpiece styles for the tables to give lots of variety and a unique experience for each guest. We chose chic, black flatware and Acacia Wood chargers with plum goblets from Treasury Rentals and topped it off with a purple knotted napkin from Nuage. Our sweetheart table was a dreamy, bohemian oasis for Zach and I to have a little moment to ourselves during the reception. Our friends at Flock Decor brought our dreams to life with the most epic set up for us! The cocoon chairs with fun pillows and blankets in them were our favorite detail. We wanted our place settings to be different than everyone else’s, so we had black flatware and black chargers with the plum goblets, a light orchid napkin, and ruscus tucked in the napkin as the little cherry on top. It was stunning!

For dessert, we knew from the start that we didn’t want cake. Both of us are huge donut fans and BIG time candy lovers. So our dessert table consisted of just that. A bunch of donuts/donut holes and all of our favorite candies! Instead of the traditional cake cutting/feeding pictures we shared a fruit roll-up and it was hilarious. Something we’ll be able to look back on forever and laugh about! We had our dessert table set up in a little chapel house with a fabulous lounge area by Flock Decor so our guests could kick back and enjoy some donuts in peace if they wanted a break from the dance floor!

VENDORS

Planning, Design, & Florals: Ashton Events // Photography: Renee Nicole Photography // Venue: The Acre Orlando // Tabletop Rentals & Flatlay Styling: Treasury Rentals // Rentals: A Chair Affair // Linens: Nuage Designs // Lounge Area + Sweetheart Table: Flock Decor // DJ: Graingertainment // Makeup: Aysia Sylvia // Hair: Lexie Rose Hair // Dress: Made With Love // Wedding Dress Boutique: Malindy Elene Bridal // Bridesmaids Dresses: Lulu’s // Groom/Groomssmen Suits: Men’s Warehouse // Donuts: The Donut King // Catering: Catered By Bruno

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We love getting creative with welcome tables and this was one of our favorites! Instead of a traditional book, guests could sign their names on a tropical leaf, drop it in the white case, and then grab a refreshing drink before taking their seat!

The most epic bar ever! We wanted to make a bold impression for the reception area, and our friends at Vivant Event Design and Treasury Rentals definitely helped us make that happen with the bar. Keep scrolling to see all the details up close and personal!

VENDORS

Planning, Design, & Florals: Ashton Events // Photography: Kati Rosado // Venue: The Gasparilla Inn & Club // Bar & Table Rentals: Treasury Rentals // Bar & Furniture Rentals: Vivant Event Design // Rentals & Decor: Kate Ryan Event Rentals // Dance Floor: Letz Dance On It // Lighting: Lightworks Stage Productions, Inc. // Linens: Nuage Designs //  Tent: Sperry Tent // Entertainment: DJ Cory Barron & Co. // Beauty: Brides by Kelly Anne

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Celebrating these two was such a treat and their story is simply the sweetest. What started as just a casual summer romance turned into an epic love story and we couldn’t be happier that we got to be a part of celebrating it! Scroll to see the beautiful details of their day captured by M Three Studio.

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VENDORS

Planning, Design, & Florals: Ashton Events // Photography: Jordan Weiland Photography // Ceremony and Reception Venue: Haus820 // Wedding Cake: Publix // Wedding Dress: The White Magnolia Bridal Collection // Groom’s Attire: Bespoke & Co. // Hair Styling and Makeup: Ciara Leibl // Event Rentals: RW Events // Event Rentals: Kate Ryan Event Rentals // Light Fixture: Premier Party Rentals // Linen Rentals: Nuage Designs // Cake Pops: Adelicious // Videography: Wayfarer Film Co // Submitted via: Matchology

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E+J’s beautiful resort wedding was a sentimental celebration packed full of beautiful details, romance, and elegance. We loved getting to utilize the beauty of The Vinoy in St. Petersburg as the backdrop for this fun-filled evening while also using the gorgeous, lush greenery around the grounds as inspiration for the reception and florals. We used a more soft, neutral color palette for decor and florals with pops of green and gorgeous purples as accents. The head table at the reception was one of our favorite details and pretty epic if we may say so ourselves. We created a huge, glamorous floral arrangement that lined the whole table and paired it with a gorgeous gold patterned linen to really make a statement!

We had the always wonderful Renee Nicole Photography there to capture every detail of the day. We hope you enjoy this celebration as much as we did! Scroll to see all the beautiful details for yourself.

VENDORS

Planning, Design, + Florals: Ashton Events //  Venue: The Vinoy // Photography: Renee Nicole Photography // Rentals: Nuage Designs Inc // Rentals: Kate Ryan Event Rentals // Beauty: Lasting Luxe // Transportation: Jolley Trolley // Wedding Dress: CC’s Bridal Boutique // Entertainment: DJ Cory Barron

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1. Statement head pieces.

2. Dried blooms + pampas grass.

3. Mismatched bridesmaids dresses.

4. Color! We saw tons of bright, bold colors this year and we are definitely hoping to keep that train rolling into 2020.

5. Fun patterns/textures: We saw lots of brides embracing the all funky patterns and textured goodness out there, and we are not complaining one bit! We love working with bold linens and using patterns to take our designs to the next level.

7. Personalization: Personalizing your wedding is a trend we hope never fades! We believe that your wedding should reflect your style, personality, and story as a couple. There are so many ways to convey this throughout your design, and it would be our pleasure to help you do that!

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