Lounge spaces are probably one of my favorite aspects of weddings because of their supreme functionality and, let's face it, they're super fun.
A cocktail hour is great with scattered bar-height tables for mingling, but it's nice to break up the space visually with lower seating as well. Grouping various love-seats, sofas, chairs and stools allows guests to mingle in a homey atmosphere - like they're making conversations with others in their own personal living room.
Lounges can range from extreme rustic with hay-bale seating and blankets; to simple industrial with stacked wooden palettes and throw pillows; to antique vintage with mismatched tufted chairs and old steamer trunks; to ultra modern with square stools or rectilinear metal and lucite tables. There are so many possibilities!
Some of my favorite examples and various options are shown below. The inspirations I've chosen mostly happen to be outdoor seating arrangements, but the lounge is just as easily achievable indoors! See below for more loungey-loveliness...
2018 Year in Review
What a year 2018 was! Hard to believe its all over and we are still trying to process it before we fully tackle 2019.
Here are just a few of 2018 highlights:
We celebrated our 200th Wedding!
We traveled to Cabo, Mexico for not 1 but 2 weddings!
We took a girls trip with a few of our favorite vendors to Montana for 2 epic editorial shoots.
We planned our first editorial shoot that turned into a real life elopement
We styled 7 editorial shoots!
We were featured in 11 different print and online publications
Here are a few of our goals for 2019:
Plan a very fun elopement in a never before done location (if you are game, hit me up)
Book a very International Wedding (hello Australia?)
Book at least 2 weddings at our bucket list venues. (If yours is listed below and need a planner, let us a know, we are offereing a Discount for these venues only)
The Admiral’s House
The Arctic Club
The Corson Building
Bloedel Reserve
Fremont Foundry
Continue our Weekly Instagram Live convos with Seattle Wedding Professionals
Attend a Professional Worshop/Retreat
Plan a Retreat/Workcation
Finalize work on a super secret project with a good friend of mine. Stay tuned for more details!
Personally this is the year for me as I turn the big 4-0 so in other words, hello 2019 I am so excited to see what you have in store!!
The True Meaning of Christmas
Normally I don’t get too personal here on our blog but today I felt that it was the time to change it up as I wanted to share with you my meaning of Christmas.
Growing up I knew what Christmas was all about and the reason why we celebrated. I attended Sunday School at my family parish and even served as a Shepard in the Nativity Story (yes I am still bitter I was the only girl who was a Shepard and I was desperate to play Mary but I was stuck wearing a boy’s robe).
But it wasn’t until I was a mother when I truly understand this day.
In 1991, I was 12 years old and we had finished opening presents and getting ready to celebrate with my dad’s side of the family when the phone rang. I clearly remember answering and it was my aunt whom I could tell was crying. The next thing I heard was my mom scream and I knew something was wrong. It was my cousin Amy who was 7 and had passed away.
Amy was born with down syndrome and dealt with various health issues. Sadly she passed away after suffering a seizure. To understand death at 12 and the death of someone so young was so hard but truly not until I became a mother and how much you could truly love a being more than anything. It took me a very long time to come to grips of the loss of Amy and for a long time I was so angry at God for taking her away from us and on Christmas. It wasn’t fair and still not fair to this day 27 years later. Amy had so much life to give and we all loved this little blonde hair blue-eyed ballerina.
It was at this point Christmas was more than just a story and presents, it was about the love of family and friends and we need to take the time to celebrate that. Truly we should celebrate our relationships more than just on Holidays.
When I had our boys I knew they were everything to me and I remind myself to hug them everyday and tell them I love them. As they grow older and don’t want to hug me as long as I want to I treasure these moments because before I know it they will have their own families.
I reflect on this day now as not a sad one but a happy one knowing I will see Amy again and get to introduce her to my boys and that makes me smile.
I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!
Lori