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Caroline and Doug

Ceremony: Chapel at Hawthorne House
Reception: Hawthorne House
Photography: Adrienne Maples Photography
Cake: Annie O's
Flowers: Branches and Twigs
Ceremony Music: Helios String Quartet

Caroline and Doug were married on October 10th, 2009. They were such a joy to work with. You could tell just how excited they were to be getting married.

Such a quaint little chapel. Just simple and beautiful.

A little pre-ceremony smooch!

I love the Uggs. It was unseasonable cold that day for October in Kansas City.

Doug and Caroline had some real troopers in their wedding party. I think they endured an hour of outdoor photos even though it was freezing out.

Caroline really did look so gorgeous. I think Doug agreed.

The table decor was very crisp and fresh. Various colors of hydrangea and lime green napkins were so bright and pretty in the Hawthorne House which is mostly white.

The first dance.

Caroline's little sister gave a speech that moved them both to tears.

The evening finished with a grand exit into an antique car with their guests ringing bells to celebrate. Doug and Caroline are the type of client make my job so enjoyable and rewarding!

Danielle

Emily and David

Danielle and I have a "November List". Throughout the year, we'd get behind or think of things we needed to update/do. We were crazy busy with weddings so we always said, "Put it on the November list". Post pictures of our weddings on our blog is on the November list, so over the course of the next month or so, we'll be doing what we're going to call our Year In Review (in no particular order).

First up, Emily and David - August 14, 2009. Emily and David are crazy in love with each other and it was so apparent all day. Their thoughtfulness and care for each other was inspiring. Emily and her mom Kay put so much time and effort into making the event have a very cohesive look and feel. Very modern and art decoish.

Church - Queen of the Holy Rosary Wea - 227th and Metcalf (by far one of the coolest churches I've worked at so far)
Photographer - Jennifer Fortin Photography
Videographer - Mike Varel
Flowers - 18 Flowers
Reception - Terrace on the Green
Specialty Lighting - Celebration Party Rental
Catering - Affordable Elegance
Cake - Spectacular Cakes

Monica with 18 Flowers did an incredible job making the flowers feel very modern by using lots of wires and really cool shaped flowers.

This church was by far the coolest church I have worked in. It was WAY out south at 227th and Metcalf and it was gorgeous! It was built in 1870 but then destroyed in 1905 because of a lightning strike. The church was rebuilt and almost near completion when it was destroyed again due to a tornado! It was rebuilt - again - and has avoided natural disasters since!

This was the sweetheart table for the bride and groom. Monica created a halo of orchids that hung over the table.

The cake was amazing. Emily and David got engaged in a gazebo so Emily's dad re-created that very gazebo which was place on the cake. He also made the cake topper and all the mirror boxes that the centerpieces sat on!

I love first dances.

The day was gorgeous and so were the bride and groom!

Ashley and Taylor

This is the wedding of Ashley and Taylor Hankins on August 16th out at the Loose Park Rose Garden. We were so lucky to have the wonderful team of Josh and Jenny Solar to photograph the whole thing. We were in between flooding rain that had be going strong all weekend. They caught a 20 minute break of the downpour to say their vows.

Taylor could hardly wait to see his bride. Needless to say he was thrilled at the sight of her.

Just as the officiant instructed Taylor to kiss Ashley the rain started pouring down! It couldn't have been more perfect timing.

They were such great sports about the rain that day. They made it safely to their car and on to the rest of their evening.

The night ended with family, friends and beautiful send off as husband and wife!

Vandenberg.O'Neill Wedding

With the new store under construction and a busy wedding season underway, we've been bad about posting on actual weddings!

We're going to try and change that. To kick things off, here are some images from Corinne and Tom's big day! We were hired by Tom's mom Mary Etta and I have to say, she is one cool mom! Mary Etta put her heard and soul into this wedding and it turned out to be amazing! It was classic in its tradition, but modern in all of its detail and personal touches - including lots of "subtle" Irish undertones (the colors were orange and green - like the Irish flag!). The day was so much fun - even on my side of things. Corinne was one of the most calm and collected brides I've ever worked with. She just truly enjoyed herself the whole day. And Tom was great as well - he just wanted Corinne to have her day.

Here are some details of the event:
Photographer - Kdog
Florist - Blue Bouquet
Church - Visitation
Ceremony Music - Panapolli Trio
Reception - Hobbs Building
Reception Music - Three Dollar Band; Reddell Productions
Cake - Take the Cake
Hair/Make-up - Be Chic

As I said, Corinne was totally calm the morning of the wedding. I love the anticipation captured here.

Notice the green bridesmaid dresses - they had orange shoes! Again, so much anticipation!

I just absolutely love Visitation. I think the church is amazing from the courtyard to the sanctuary, its just stunning.

I love this shot by Doug from Kdog. Bride. Groom. Church. Married.

After the ceremony Tom & Corinne and the wedding party went and took pictures down by the Hobbs building. I love the artwork in the background.

Blue Bouquet did an awesome job. I love it when brides put color into their bouquets.

Tom and Corinne's grand entrance was so great. As they walked up the ramp into the patio at the Hobbs building, the Three Dollar Band was playing traditional Irish jig music. They followed Tom and Corinne into the building and played as they cut their cake. It was awesome and totally set the tone for everyone to have a great time. The band played out on the patio through dinner and beyond and had everyone up dancing (including a traditional Irish dance performed by Mary Etta!)

I love first dance moments.

Thank you for allowing us to be a part of this wonderful event!

Soirée Wedding Featured in National Bridal Magazine!

This mon

th you can find one of our weddings featured in Grace Ormonde wedding Style - a bi-yearly national wedding magazine! The featured wedding is that of Michelle Hynek and Jason Anthony, held in Barnes, KS last August, and by far our most challenging event to date!

When Michelle and Jason contacted us in February of 2008 to do their wedding we instantly knew it was going to be a challenge, but we were also very excited. See, Michelle grew up in Barnes, KS (population 165!) which is an hour north of Manhattan, KS. However, for the past ten years she has called Los Angeles home, and Jason has lived there his whole life. Michelle still has a lot of family in the Barnes area and they felt that “coming back to her roots” for the wedding was very important. Since 50% of the wedding guests would be traveling from LA, Labor Day weekend was chosen and we got started planning the 3 day extravaganza!

A sampling of our challenges included getting guests from theKansas City airport to Barnes without them getting lost, no cell phone service and more than sketchy walkie-talkie reception, no running water or restrooms at the reception site (thank you to Scotties Potties!), we had to do everything off generator power, high winds and tents, multiple event sites in a rural town and the list goes on! Although the day was extremely stressful, seeing Michelle arrive in her horse and buggy with her dad to the amazing ceremony site and walk down the aisle to a very exciting Jason made the weekend all worthwhile.

And all the hard work felt even more worth while after seeing the beautiful images in the most recent issue of Wedding Style! Thank you to Photo Mementos for submitting this to the magazine and to the other Kansas City vendors who made the trip to Barnes

with us and worked so hard on this wedding as well including flowers by Branches & Twigs and the tent and rental by Celebration Party Rental. All of the other vendors were sourced locally including amazing local food by two caterers and cake baker, pies by family friends and relatives, an elegant horse and buggy, Scotties Potties from Illinois and many others! We'd also like to give a shout out to our husbands and Megan's mom for making the trip with us and for all their help and for burning the candle on both ends with us!

And a very special thank you to Jason and Michelle for allowing and trusting us to be a part of this very special occasion. Happy Anniversary!
The article can be read in its entirity at http://www.weddingstylemagazine.com/featured/wed-s71.aspx.

We've Joined the Blog World!

Since I collectively spend about two hours a day reading other blogs of wedding professionals, event designers, friends and just plain interesting people, I thought maybe it would be a more productive use of my time if I spend a portion of that time creating our own blog! So here it is - the new Soirée blog. Danielle and I are going to do our best to keep up with updating this as we've got lots of new stuff on the horizon. However between a baby, a new store and a busy wedding season in full swing (plus attempting to also have lives), we can promise it won't be daily!

For our first post I thought I'd share some photos with you all of some past weddings. This is just a random sampling of the past year. Enjoy!