Celebrated Events

What hurricanes?! 😅…
What a PERFECT weekend 🌴☀️🥰
Our new fam at our ‘Sunset Cocktails and Beachside BBQ’ the night before💞

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Our twin sons’ weddings are the “bookends” of our wedding season this year and I simply have no words for how this feels… Over the moon… heart overflowing….overwhelmed with gratitude 🤍🤍
(And the best reason possible to be a little MIA here this season)
We love you all beyond words!! And we cannot wait to celebrate you, Ally and Cam💞💞💞

Favorite little detail captures from our favorite Friday at the lake - ever! 🤍
With special thanks to and for a special rendering of our family fave Key Lime Pie with Macadamia Nuts and Raspberries 😍
For Mariam and Jacob 🤍🤍
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It’s August already?!
We’re just going to embrace it with this lush, mid-summer beauty from - a little BTS snap from our Garden Party engagement celebration this past weekend!
Cheers Madeline and Beau!! 🥂🤍🌸

And… they’re off!! Mariam and Jacob are married, feted, mini-mooned and rested❣️❣️
Launched by an overwhelming flood of love, joy, sunshine and beauty🥰
We love you two more than words can possibly say❣️❣️😍😘xoxoxoxox

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Thank you, Aaron 🤍

My heart is overflowing 🤍
6.15.24 - the most perfect day

What an utterly joyful experience to be both MOG AND planner for Mariam and Jacob!
Early on, we encapsulated their unique design mantra as “Bringing Troutbeck to the lake - via Brooklyn” and it guided all of our design elements which I’ll share in upcoming posts.
Firstly, Troutbeck - a lovely Hudson Valley inn nestled in enchanting mossy, ferny woodlands was the first getaway destination Mariam and Jacob shared and loved years ago and it became the touchstone of their wedding aesthetic: Late spring woodlands suggested by lush, just leafed-out white paper birch trees and ferns surrounding the dance floor and a room full of exquisite Arena’s spring flowers, layered with ferns and textural greens overflowed mossy wire baskets in their dream - lavender, white and Carolina blue with tiny bits of yellow - palette!
We’re still floating on all the beauty of our perfect three days at the lake… more details to follow 🤍

Photography
Floral
Videography
Rentals, lighting, custom fabrications
Tabletop
Venue
Music
Linens
Invitations
Custom monogram
Calligraphy
Photo Booth
Graphics
With special thanks to Suzanne, Mary and Emily for all you did to make this day such a dream come true!

Such a magical favorite ✨

Beth and Rory in B+W from Mary Dougherty Photography 🤍🖤

For all of you needing some brilliant summer color in your feed this weekend💕
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Bouquet for Emily

We finished our 2023 season with stars in our eyes 💫

Happy New Year, friends and family 😘
May your 2024 be filled with this much love, happiness and magic ✨✨✨

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B+W perfection for Beth and Rory from Mary Dougherty Photography

This stunner needed a private residence on my feed I could visit forever!
A great photo really doesn’t need words but I’d love to share a little backstory… When Beth and Rory said they wanted a few moments alone following their ceremony, we had an all-team collaboration to make it happen for them here in this beautiful but quite public space at The Lake House. .dougherty was undaunted and able to capture a series of the most gorgeous portraits of our stunning couple in this little jewel box of a room - with little space or time to spare. This particular image will forever be one of my all-time favorite portraits of our couples.
(Of course Mary’s image fully captures her train with the perfect amount of ‘breathing room’ but IG…)
THIS is why it’s so important to find a photographer who gets YOU, your style, your vibe, someone you can be completely yourselves even in front of his or her lens. We are blessed with many talented photographers but it’s important to do your homework and find YOUR person. Clearly, Beth , Rory and Mary were a match made in heaven 💫

Equal parts style, whimsy and welcome!
The perfect way for Beth and Rory to greet their guests at the storied Sand Bar for their Rehearsal Dinner and Welcome Party!
This wonderful navy polka dot embroidered slubby linen was the first design decision we made for their fall wedding weekend and it truly ‘set the stage.’ Add navy centered anemones, a soft navy velvet napkin held with a nautical ring, ‘navy wavy’ papers, and a ton of tiny votives dotting the tables… Has the Sand Bar ever looked so chic and cozy?

Cheers to gathering around the table with those you love… Happy Thanksgiving friends and fam 💛

The day after celebrating Megan and Andy, I headed to Ireland for my first Engage!Summit! It was an unforgettable experience on so many levels... Under the leadership of the brilliant Rebecca Grinnels and Kathryn Arce, the conferences are renown for their luxurious venues, extravagant dining and entertainment (they ARE hosting the world’s best hosts!), experiences reflective of the venue’s culture and incredible ‘papers’ and curated gifting. Most importantly – to me at least - the summits attract a community of planners, photographers and videographers from all over who seek to learn from, connect with and be inspired by the top creatives, thought leaders and planners of our industry. I realized that I’d never posted about this aspect of the trip that was the most important to me…and what a creative ‘feast’ it was! Every planner I’d admired from afar, some for decades, was there to speak, share, teach, and inspire others from all different career phases. David Beahm, whose posts had kept my ‘planner soul’ nurtured through covid, creators of decades of absolutely stunning work such as Laurie Arons, Lynn Easton, Michelle Rago and Marcy Blum and pushing-the-envelope designers such as David Stark and Rishi Patel - just for example! It was a total career peak experience to listen to them share their planning experiences, speak with them and be inspired by them. Although they work on an entirely different plane, with enviable budgets, in amazing locations all over the world, it was heart-warming and affirming to hear all the ways they face parallel challenges and goals. And the experience only reinforced my own guiding mantras:
Travel is good for the creative soul.
Never stop learning – or creating. Inspiration from across the art and design worlds, curiosity, humility, intuition, collaboration, respect for and teamwork with clients and fellow vendors, transparency and just plain old (Irish?!) work ethic.
Slainte!
Still glowing and forever grateful for the experience 🤍
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