Real Wedding: Bailey + Matthew

For this bride, she based her wedding dates around her favorite flower, the gorgeous peonies thus found that June 6, 2015 was the perfect date to marry her best friend at her grandparents house turned rental house.

Bailey and Matthew were such a joy to work with. I loved how involved Bailey's parents were in the planning process and attended all of our meetings. 

Choosing Elegant Affairs to be part of their special day 8 months before their big day was perfect because we got to assist in selecting all of their vendors and really give this couple their dream wedding.

When it came to wedding day, we couldn't have asked for better weather, maybe a few degrees cooler but hey who are we to complain right? Besids a beautiful ceremony, officiated by the bride's older bride to Sadie, the couple's flower-puppy, our favorite part of this ceremony was the confetti explosion as the couple walked back down the aisle as husband and wife and Photographer Brooks Scribner expertly captured this moment.

This DIY family (her father included) really thought about every single detail when it came to the perfect wedding. From the invitations to the favors to the gorgeous floral box centerpieces handcrafted by dad along with the arbor, Bailey wanted to have a hand in every detail to make sure everything was perfect.

As for the details when it came to the centerpieces, Bailey and her mom found an unbelievable peonies vendor at Pike Place Market and scored amazing deal. I remember walking into their garage the day before the wedding and saw their floral find and I about fainted. They were the most luscious flowers I had ever seen and I couldn't wait to get my hands on the flowers to create floral magic. Rachel served as my assistant on wedding day and she really had a vision for those stunning floral wood boxes and with the help of three assistants they were able to bring to life 15 centerpieces. The best part was showing Bailey and she was so happy that it was a highlight of our day seeing her face.

Due to the heat of that day and how the sun hit the venue, we had to wait to set out the amazing dessert table of delicious candy, cookies (which of course the bride made) and cake until the sun had moved. but it was a nice surprise for guests as we started setting out everything.

Guests danced the night away to the sounds of DJ Stephen Morton and enjoyed the photo booth and didn't want to leave at the end of the night which is always a sign of a successful wedding.

Vendors
Venue: Bride's Parents Rental Home
Planner: Elegant Affairs
Photographer: Brooks Scribner Photography
Caterer: Dickey's BBQ
Florist and Cake: Safeway & Susanne's Bakery
DJ: Stephen Morton
Rentals: AA Party Rental and American Party Place
Photobooth: Emerald City Photobooth
Officiant: Austin Braaten, Bride's Brother
Transportation: Kitsap Airporter
artender: Stacey Lange

Real Wedding: Kara + Kyle

Vendors:
Wedding Planner: Elegant Affairs
Venue: Pickering Barn
Photographer: Tasha Owen Photography
Caterer: Bitteroot
Florist: Countryside Floral & Garden
DJ: Apolonio Soriano
Officiant: David Mueller
Draping: A Tailored Affair
Bartender: The Invisible Hostess
Hair & Make-up: Salon Maison
Cake: Bride's Step-Mother

What can I say, but boy do we love doing Coug weddings. And by Coug, I mean Washington State University, home of the Cougars. And as a very proud alum I love when I get the opportunity to work with fellow Cougs in planning their weddings. Over the years we have done more than30 weddings where one or both members of the couple are Cougs so having Kara + Kyle and most of their bridal party was an absolute joy.

Booking us out close to a year in advance, Kara + Kyle had a clear vision for their April nuptials at Pickering Barn located in Issaquah, a phenomenal venue that we have worked over more than a dozen or so times.

With the color scheme of gold green and cream, this couple wanted to incorporate these colors into their decor, from the flowers, table elements and flowers.

What we loved most about working with this amazing couple was all of the love and support they had from all of their parents in planing this big day. From the bride's father constructing the beautiful arbor and the bride's mother who was a decoration genius to the bride's step-mother baking a delicious wedding cake.

This couple and their whole wedding team truly thought of everything from the boutonnieres with beer caps (genius!!!), to the personalized glasses they gave their guests as favors to the Black and Tan Ceremony during their acutaly nuptial to the stunning herb plants which served as decor down the aisle to their table centerpieces.

The couple and their guests danced away and it was such a magical April day and we couldn't be any happier for this Coug couple!.

Real Wedding: Mark + Erica

Vendors:
Wedding Planner: Lori of Elegant Affairs
Venue: Red Cedar Farm
Caterer: Snuffins
Photographer: Aubin Ahrens Photography
Cake: Blackbird Bakery
DJ: DJ Abel
Flowers: Melanie Benson Floral Design
Officiant: Brennan Webster (Bride's brother)
Wedding Crest: Lemontree Calligraphy
Linens; A Tailored Affair
Paper Products: Wedding Paper Divas

With only 12 days until their wedding day, I met with Erica at my "office" aka a Starbucks in Gig Harbor to talk about her upcoming wedding. Originally she wasn't going to hire a wedding planner but with an impending move across the country for a new Naval assistant for her soon to be husband Mark, she knew she needed some help to ensure her day runs smoothly so she said it was a no-brainer to hire us.

Ironically we began our 2014 wedding season at Poulsbo's Red Cedar Farm so it was only fitting that we start 2015 there too, We absloutley love this venue, it has it all but its the Pinball room that gets me everytime so we were excited to be back there again.

Because we came into the planning at the very end, it was really tying a few loose ends and doing a walk-through to make sure we understood her vision.

What we loved most about this beautiful wedding were all the little details that Erica spent on, from the hand written aisle runner to the beautifully crafted signs she had commissioned to the Wedding Crest she had made on silk that also served as the couple's wedding favor to their guests.

Another highlight during the evening was the presentation of a very prestigious Naval award to the groom, which was a surprise to him and the perfect way to send off this couple who spent their honeymoon driving across country in a U-Haul to their new home in New Hampshire.

Thank you Erica + Mark for allowing Elegant Affairs to be part of your magical day.