Elizabeth and Sanjo

In planning for next year I am finding that we are seeing a few of the same color schemes and palettes being repeated this year. We are always so happy to work with the same colors or themes again because we get excited to see how we can change the old ideas into new fun and fresh looks for the upcoming events.

Elizabeth and Sanjo were married at Saint Luke's Chapel with the reception following at The William Aiken House. You might recall seeing a post to check out Tracy Turpin's beautiful pictures on her website, but I wanted to share some with you that are giving us great inspiration this time around. The deep cultural influences of Elizabeth and Sanjo's wedding as well as deep family influences really warmed the heart for this event. So many times we see the days come and go with no time to really sit back and enjoy it as a family. It was very important to Elizabeth that we really give them time to make this a family affair and spend time with the ones they love so much.

I love Saint Luke's Chapel because of its versatility. So many times we have the pleasure of bringing in cultural influence into the ceremonies which are not allowed at so many other chapels or churches.

Some of the shots of the reception show me places where slight changes and adjustments will re-fresh the look our upcoming bride. I loved how the dark tablecloths gave a really deep background for our beautiful bright pink flowers. Elizabeth's sister worked with Debbie Mock on her wedding and we were so happy to be able to team up with Debbie again for this event.

The Bride teamed up with a graphic designer friend and came up with all of the place cards and table numbers in the same color scheme of the wedding, but with fun touches of Charleston Charm.

The most important part of the decor of this event I think was the lighting that at night really brought through our color scheme and helped the floral and linen elements pop the way they were intended. This is something we will definitely bring into play again in the coming years events.

One key to such a great party is the right band for the group. The Heather Hayes Band brought the fun to this wonderful spring event. Not only were they high energy and fun, but they got the entire crowd moving and dancing.

Even our favors were customized to fit our color scheme. We found stone ground grits who's labels were stamped with a bright pink stamp. With a custom tag and a tie of our navy ribbon we had a personalized gift with which guests could remember the night.