Melissa and Zvi

Melissa and Zvi were married on a day that mother nature did not want to cooperate. Despite rain showers that unfortunately lasted for the majority of the later afternoon, the wedding was absolutely beautiful. They decided to host their wedding at the Hillcrest Country Club (http://www.hillcrestgcc.com/index.php) and celebrated with 200 of their closest friends and family members.

Melissa wore a stunning white dress of white satin and lace and styled her hair with her signature style: a crystal beaded headband. For her bouquet, we hand tied a bouquet of very perfumed white peonies and studded some of them with crystals. The bouquet was tied with a matching white satin ribbon and pinned off with crystals. The bride's maids and junior bride's maids carried a bouquet of hot pink roses wrapped in white ribbon and criss-crossed ballet style with hot pink ribbon. For Zvi's boutonniere, we took an un-open peonie bloom and styled it to match Melissa's bridal bouquet.

Badeken ceremony was a simple one, were we placed a large bridal chair for Melissa with other chairs flanked for friends and family members on either side. We created a back drop of white fabric that was decorated with hanging balls of hot pink carnations and strands of crystals

The chupah was not Melissa's first choice, because she had wanted the ceremony outdoors. Although the morning promised beautiful weather, mother nature had a different plan. As we were putting the finishing touches on to the chupah outside, the clouds got dark and it didn't stop raining until well into the evening. We had no other option then to move the chupah indoors. However, the design had to change to fit indoors. We took our 8x8 flat top square shaped chupah and created a truly gorgeous wall of front flowers that included hot pink peonies, hot pink roses, hot pink and white hydrangeas, and strands of cascading ivy. Inside the chupah we hung hot pink orchid droplets and hanging crystals designed at assortment lengths. Down the aisle we had out acrylic boxes draped in crystals and topped with an explosion of hot pink dendrobium orchids. A runner and petals was all that was needed to finish Plan B.

Once the ceremony was over, we rushed to change over the room. Although it wasn't planned to leave the chupah in the ballroom, we decided that it made a lovely presentation for the cake, and made a last minute decision to leave the chupah standing over the cake. The table were moved into place in record timing. Each table alternated between our wrought iron trees painted in white with clusters of hot pink flowers, crystals, and hanging candles and two different designs that involved glass vases. The first glass vase look include a tall vase topped with a hot pink ball of carnations and surrounded by two medium height vases and two smaller height vases decorated with hot pink hydrangeas and hot pink roses tied in tight bouquets and placed at sharp and modern angles. The other glass centerpiece included an assortment of clear glass vases designed with matching hot pink and white flowers. All three looks incorporate tons of brightly lit candles to illuminate the tables in a soft romantic glow.

Although the weather didn't allow Melissa and Zvi to celebrate outdoors and many elements were added last minute to negotiate with mother nature's poor attitude that day, the wedding itself was absolutely lovely!

A special thanks to Ruben Senderey at Senderey Video Productions (www.sendereyvideo.com) for their special recap video montage. Please click on this link: http://vimeo.com/5522166 to preview!