Reception
Ben & Emily – Green Woodend Wedding
Monday, February 1st, 2010
After literally investigating every venue from the Eastern Shore to Leesburg and in between, Ben & Emily ended up getting married at Woodend – the place they initially fell in love with. They wanted a full day of events with a not-so-formal wedding but lots of celebrating. They decided to have a day wedding with [...]
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Holly & Matt
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Holly & Matt were married on an unusually warm fall day at a beautiful outdoor ceremony on the patio at Meadowlark in Vienna. Music was played by a classical guitarist and fall tomes were enhanced by the large colorful floral arrangements and custom brown runner. Guests enjoyed cocktail hour outside and moved indoors for dinner [...]
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Tables on a budget
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
I'm a big fan of Real Simple and recently found this article online about entertaining on a budget. This was designed for home decorating, but you could use some of these tips to spice up an engagement party, rehearsel dinner or even a wedding reception.
A few highlights:
-Use stylish, high quality gift wrap to [...]
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A Golden Toast
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
A common trend at weddings now is to have specialty drinks that are given out during the cocktail reception. Passed drinks are a nice touch, as they can often reflect the bride and groom's personalities by the type of drink they choose, or it can reflect the locale, for example a tropical drink for a [...]
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Charitable Tables
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
DC is the land of non-profits so I thought I would share an idea for those brides interested in giving back. I just found out about Kiva, a website where you can identify the individual entrepreneur in a third world country that you will be lending to in order to help them get [...]
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