Rachel and Dan threw the best kind of New Year’s Eve party this year – their wedding! They were married at St. Aloysius in Washington DC at 6:30pm on December 31. With the ceremony over, guest piled into shuttle busses and were taken to the Galleria at Lafayette for the reception and to ring in the New Year. While balancing the effort to create an elegant wedding reception and a fun New Year’s Eve party, we kept with the bride’s colors for the tables and used lavender pintuck linens with alternating tall sprays of white orchids and short clusters of white calla lilies, spider mums and hydrangea’s. We used warmer up lights for a festive tone and at 11:30pm, champagne and New Year’s hats, glasses and noisemakers were passed out to the 225 guests. At midnight, the wedding planners shot confetti over the balcony (with special permission!) over the guests as they all found someone to kiss!

I loved this event – they guests had such a blast and Rachel and Dan, you two were wonderful and we wish you all the best!

A huge thanks to Jamie for these awesome images!

Vendors:
Wedding Planner: Alex from Cherry Blossom Weddings & Events
Venue: The Galleria
Photographer: Jamie from Turner Photographey Studios
DJ: Aaron from Chris Laich Wedding Music
Flowers: Barbara from Growing Wild
Videographer: Matt from Buerhaus Designs
Place Cards & Table Numbers: Christina from PaperZest
Caterer: Catering by Uptown