A Fall wedding

Last evening, we had the pleasure of attending the wedding of a couple very dear to us. The ceremony was held in a raw, former industrial space called the Green Building and the reception was in the back event room of the incredible Frankie’s 457.

The bride, a fellow event planner, asked me to imagine the decor for the ceremony. They had a limited budget and were concerned that the space, though gorgeous, was too raw and large for their small invite list.

On a site visit, the venue director casually told us that they had a large quantity of white and cream pillar candles that we could use -  I was delighted. Candles, in quantity, are so romantic – they don’t need anything else.

Two rustic wood tables in the space created a perfect altar. A curved line of pillars formed the aisle. Candles covered the altar tables and were interspersed on the concrete floor to fill space. A friend of the couple sat on the chair in the middle surrounded by the candles, and performed all of the ceremony music.

The result was nothing short of spectacular. The nervous groom did the final install and I think he did marvelously.

Note: I am waiting to hear back from the bride on which company did the flowers – which were exquisite.