Calhoun Beach Club Wedding

Ally and Jason had a beautiful sunny day for their purple and ivory wedding at the Calhoun Beach Club.  They had both their wedding ceremony and reception all in the same room - which was absolutely beautiful!  Ally had some great ideas and inspirations for what she wanted the room to look like and I think together we really came up with the modern elegance she was looking for.  I really loved the final product....and I loved being able to work with Ally throughout the process.

Here's the bridal bouquet - just purple stock, lisianthus, and Picasso mini-callas.

 It had a dark purple wrap with crystal pins.  On the head table, we added some bud vases of white orchids, white rose petals, and mercury glass silver votives.



The bridesmaids' bouquets were purple stock and lisianthus with white hydrangea and stock.

Ivory wraps with crystals

Here's the room set up for the ceremony - beautiful room and chandeliers!  Windows all along the side and mirrors all along the wall.  The lighting in there was just beautiful.  The only decoration from us for the ceremony were the huge six foot tall arrangements in the white planters at the front of the aisle.  Ally found the white planters, which were perfect. 

These were curly willow, glads in purple and white, larkspur in purple and white, and dendrobium orchids wrapped in the branches.

When we "flipped" the room after the ceremony, we moved the large arrangements to the sides of the grand staircase.  Always re-purpose ceremony flowers at your reception to add to the decor and save a little money.

We had made up the arrangements prior to the flip and put them along the windows to have them done in advance, as well as add to the look of the room.  Then we switched them all to tables while the guests were at the cocktail hour.

 They were a tall vase of purple hydrangea, medium of dendrobium orchids and lily grass, and a smaller one of purple larkspur and a floating candle.  When on the tables, we added three more vases with floating candles and then votive candles outside of that.  It was soooo beautiful having all of that candlelight at the end of the evening!

Bud vases of white dendrobium orchids were placed around the venue - here at the guest book table, cocktail tables, etc.  All the vases had a little bit of bling ribbon around the base to add some sparkle.

The cake we just did some purple lisianthus, white dendrobium heads, lavender freesia, and white hydrangea on the top.  Mercury glass votives around the base with orchid head accents.

Congratulations Ally and Jason!