Anna’s Wedding

My daughter always said her wedding was planned since she was born but in reality, to give her the wedding she dreamed and everyone expected took a lot of planning. It started about a year and a half before to make sure no detail was overlooked. Anna’s gown was made from her mother’s wedding gown material and a ten foot train was added. The headpiece was made from two bracelets and a pair of earrings from the fifties by Kenneth Jay Lane found in an antique store. She carried a sterling silver Victorian bouquet holder with white roses, her favorite.

The Church
A pair of stone urns filled with white hybrid delphiniums and apple blossoms framed the main entrance of the Church. A red carpet was extended from the main door to the curve . Inside, the Church was filled with white roses and Casablanca lilies (what a fragrance!). Anna and I arrived in a black antique Jaguar with a red interior. Once the ceremony was over Anna and her husband, Alex, along with his parent’s and us greeted guests outside the main entrance of the Church while being serenaded by a Mariachi Band.

The Reception
A line of waiters with silver trays holding champagne glasses received the guests at the entrance of the reception. The reception was exactly like my daughter wanted it… a Party! Nothing was programmed or structured, there was sitting everywhere, food, drinks, dancing and Cuban cigars. The buffet consisted of a variety of stations with meats, seafood and pastas. There was also a station with sweets and coffee. And of course the Wedding cake, one of a kind, specially designed for Anna.

The Décor of the Grande Room
Tables covered in white linen with a brocade overlay, surrounded by gold chivarri chairs and in the center a silver bowl full of white Carte Blanche garden roses flanked by a pair of silver candelabras with ivory taper candles. In the center of the Room a long table covered with white linen and in the middle, a floral arrangement eight feet tall of white roses and green apples and tall silver candelabras with pillar candles. There was ivy flowing throughout the table and four ice sculptures in the shape of swans in the ends. In the far end of the room the band played in back of a balcony railing created for the décor.  I asked the band to wear white jackets to contrast with the black background. In the Foyer two antique consoles were topped with silver urns filled with roses. The lighting completed the effect with the centerpieces pin spotted, the columns up lit to enhance the architecture of the room and candles everywhere.

It took a lot of planning and work but it turned out to be a lot of fun for everyone. I can proudly say it was the most beautiful wedding I have ever done.

Note: The wedding was featured in Town & Country magazine.

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