Posted on: Sunday, February 21st, 2016
So this event was actually a couple of years ago, but everything about it was unusual and I have never forgotton i, so thought I would share.
I had had a call from the bff of a very busy bride, we had a great chat, she spoke to the bride, and I was on board. It was the three of us that pulled a really fabulous looking and fun celebration off for a group of 80ish that all came in from Texas. The two of them worked side by side/hand in hand with the tasks to be done along the way, invites etc, and then when they came in for the tasting (yes no groom, just us) we pulled the vision together with furniture/linens/chairs and of course the florals.
I don’t have pics of this celebration, but wanted to post about it because it was a really unusual setup in the Pavilion Ballroom and worked well and looked awesome.
Our bride wanted it to be a party (it was a 2nd marriage for both), so we had a relaxed ceremony on the Gazebo Lawn with that beautiful Pacific Ocean backdrop that I know impressed those Texans!! Cocktails were held on the balcony with a mix of furniture and cocktail tables and that full on Pacific Ocean backdrop again. In the ballroom/which is one side 5 sets of french doors looking out to that ocean again, there was no assigned seating, but we had enough seats for everyone (very important, ladies must have a place to put their things down at and feel this is their home for the night), we did a variety of tables/size/height in the ballroom. We had a furniture setup in the middle of each table setup/ie each end of the room. We mixed things up, the guests may not have noticed but we enjoyed doing it, we used the same color chivaris in all three areas, ceremony/cocktails and dining room, but put different color cushions on them to match the different mood or linens we were using in that area.
A really great celebration, as I looked at it on the night I realised I would probably do this myself! That may have been part of why I enjoyed pulling the vision together with them, and couldn’t wait to see it come to life on the night. A fabulous floral display from Square Root/loved the cake table, we were all excited to see how that came out on the night. The girls loved Design Visage for hair/makeup so much they used them for pre events too. Enchanted Evening Strings played elegantly as always for ceremony and then cocktails, my fave band kept the dancefloor full inside – Full Spectrum, just love them and the energy they produce. Monico Décor did all the rentals and of course we had a gorgeous white dancefloor center. They were very considerate of those travelling with small kids (as they were) so we had a company come in and setup a daycare in a banquet room and then it turned from fun to sleep for the kids in there, so the parents were really able to enjoy enjoy enjoy. Of course the team at the Ritz as always helped us bring everything to a five star reality, xoxoxo
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