Lauren and Jon's Wedding

The words to best describe this wedding would be Purple Perfection! Lauren and Jon were married in November of last year in front of their family and friends in the Rose Garden Ballroom at the Hyatt at the Bellevue. Before saying their I Do's, Lauren and her ladies spent the morning getting their hair and makeup done while Jon and his fellas hung out in their own suite before getting dressed. Lauren's dress was a beautiful A-line gown with a sweetheart neckline. She embellished the gown with a beaded belt and long veil. Her bridesmaids matched the wedding's color scheme by wearing floor length purple gowns and carried bouquets that had varying purple flowers! The aisle was decorated with lavender, pink, and red rose petals and the sides of the aisle were lined with floating candles in vases. The ballroom was up lit in purple by Synergetic Sound and Lighting and it really completed the vision this couple was looking for! The couple was pronounced husband and wife and then headed out into the city with their bridal party for some photos. While guests enjoyed cocktail hour, we were hard at work flipping the ceremony space to the reception. The tables were topped with deep eggplant colored linens and finished off with silver vases tall and low that featured flowers of all different shades of purple with subtle pops of red! Guests were treated to a favor of Godiva Chocolates that were placed on top of their menus at each of their seats. Their purple ombre cake was placed on top of a metallic silver linen which really made it pop in the room! After dinner, guests danced the night away to the tunes played by Dave from Synergetic. This was a huge dancing crowd and everyone had a great time!

Congratulations Lauren and Jon!

Ceremony & Reception: Hyatt at the Bellevue
Photography: Carley K Photography
Entertainment & Lighting: Synergetic Sound and Lighting
Florist: A Garden Party
Makeup: Cheekadee
Coordinators: Caitlin and Jen
 

Corrie's Dream Wedding

My boyfriend Joey and I have been together for the last three years...while not engaged yet we have spent more time than probably socially acceptable discussing our possible wedding. Most guys may be afraid for a girlfriend to have the opportunity to draft their "Dream Wedding", but Joe (Joey as I like to call him) who is currently deployed serving overseas was excited and surprisingly offered a lot of opinions...
So I present you with Corrie and Joey's Dream Wedding!

Some background that will help this make sense: Joey and I met June 6th, 2010 in the JETRO Parking Lot tailgating prior to the Phillies game. We share a common friend and found our way to the same tailgate. We had a series of unconventional first, second, and third dates all of which were road trips to see Phillies away games. The Phillies would become the primary passion that we both share- and now the backdrop for our Dream March Wedding. 

Date: March 
The Phillies will be in Spring Training so we will be able to have a combination bachelor/bachelorette party in Clearwater where we have taken trips together since we first met. 

Ceremony Location: Citizens Bank Park
We will return back to the scene of the crime as Joey likes to refer to it and have a small ceremony (of just family, soldiers, and close friends). We will be married on the field by a family friend and the ceremony will be short- a request of Joe's. 
The Groomsmen
Soldiers like uniforms- but I can see them wanting to go casual for this type of affair. No doubt that they will have some character but for the most part Joe has requested for their attire to be entirely up to him. I oblige as I do not have to find myself being forced to wear the uniforms of the military throughout much of my life so when it comes to the opportunity for the guys to dress in their civilians- I let him have it. This has included a penchant for Joey to enjoy jean shorts...but I would have to draw the line here. 

The Maids
My gals will be able to choose a dress of their own as long; as they feel comfortable it's A-Okay with me. We will be doing blues, so any color blue that works for them, I am open to. 

The Dress
My dress is under lock and key from Joey but let's just say- it's awesome. 

Cocktail Hour
We will set-up a cocktail hour "Tailgate". Many guests will only be invited to the ceremony as we will only have close family/friends at Citizens Bank Park. The Cocktail Hour will begin as soon as we are scheduled to depart CBP so we will not miss much time with our guests. We will have tents with heated lamps outside in the parking lot where Joey and I first met. We will have tailgate games and catered food from our favorite local bar. 

Signature Drink
Budweiser Products. We will have a rented Budweiser Truck as you may find at key events in our life like Irish Weekend in Wildwood, NJ for guests to partake in. Guests will receive a "Corrie and Joe" inspired cup so that they can continue to refill their beverages throughout the evening. This cup will mimic that of a baseball game souvenir cup and have our "Mugs" on it as Joe likes to call it because he finds it to be humorous to have our "Mugs on a Mug"- I kind of agree with him. Let's hope it is pulled off tactfully and refined. 

Cocktail Entertainment
Our beloved Boxer, Fiona, will join us at our cocktail gate in her wedding attire (a Phillies jersey with the date of our wedding as the number). She will be available to pose with guests and sign autographs because both Joe and I believe she is this important and famous. 
From cocktail hour we will have our guests shuttled to the reception in tour buses that will be playing the video of our ceremony for those guests that were not able to attend. 

Reception
For years growing up and well into my early/mid 20's I found myself dreaming of a black tie affair- all things fancy and glitz and glamour. Now that I have found who I view will one day be the perfect groom and more so the most incredible husband- it's all out the window. We want our wedding reception to be "us". Low-key and fun!

Reception Location
Holiday Inn across from the stadiums. Yes, the one that's only about a 5 minute bus ride from the tailgate location. This is how short I believe Joe expects our wedding ceremony to be. If you would have asked me about four years ago if I could see myself getting hitched at the Holiday Inn, I'm not sure how I would have responded. But with many out of town guests, and because we have several memories from this fine establishment, yes, my dream wedding reception is the Holiday Inn-Stadium in Philadelphia, PA. 

Reception Theme
Baseball, Beers and a Ball and Chain. The baseball theme will permeate but hopefully not be tacky. Guests will have game tickets for their table assignments, centerpieces will be vases filled with baseballs, and table numbers will be replaced with key sections of Citizens Bank Park where Joe and my relationship has grown. He has Sunday tickets in 421 and I have Sunday tickets in 106- these will definitely be table assignments for his family and my family respectively. 

Food
Simple and easy, just like we like it. Guests will be able to choose from a lot of different options that are closely linked to meals that Joe and I like. We're not exactly sure but that's because it's not very important to us. 

Dancing
All night long. Have you ever seen Army guys cut a rug? You will the night of our dream wedding. 

Traditions
The only tradition that Joe and I hope to have at our dream wedding would be to create new ones. We are looking for the wedding to be a celebration of our past, present and future together and an opportunity for those that are most important to us across all different periods of our life to come together under one roof to share in an evening that we hope they will never forget.

After Party
The Holiday Inn will be where most if not all of our guests will be spending the night so we will have Joe's all time favorite activity of karaoke set-up for all to enjoy. Joe's idol is Pat Burrell. While this at times has been a source of contention in our relationship- it is likely that guests making it to the after party will be able to witness Joe's greatest impression of Mr. Burrell dancing shirtless on a bar/table or another structure. In addition to that the tailgating games will make a re-appearance and we hope that everyone is up to task to channel their inner Lionel Richie and let the party go "All Night Long". 

While this may not be the dream wedding that I had growing up and into my more formative years, after meeting my Joey three years + ago, I can certainly say that this is my fairytale wedding. During the long days of deployment, we are grateful to have had this opportunity to daydream a little bit of a day we are very much looking forward to after Joe returns safely home in 2014. 

-Corrie

Latda and Troy's Wedding

Latda and Troy were married last November in Delaware. Latda and her bridesmaids spent the morning at Bad Hair Day Salon getting pampered with hair and makeup before heading back to Hotel Rehoboth to get dressed and ready for the big day! Latda wore a beautiful mermaid style dress with an embellished belt to finish off her look. The bridesmaids wore purple floor length gowns that matched the wedding's color scheme perfectly. The couple saw each other for the first time as Latda made her walk down the aisle of the church. I love the yarn covered letters that were on the church doors and love the adorable ring bearers that carried a sign that said "Uncle Troy, here comes your girl". The couple's dog, Buddha, also took part of the processional! After they were recessed down the aisle together for the first time as husband and wife, they headed to the boardwalk for pictures with their bridal party. They lit a paper lantern and let it go on the beach before heading to cocktail hour. The tables in the ballroom were topped with purple pintuck linens and each table had a different and unique centerpiece that was made up of antique books, vintage medicine bottles, lanterns, tin cans covered in decorative, and ball jar votives. Guests found their table assignments written on old window panes. They had a photobooth station set up in the ballroom as a favor for their guests, along with a candy buffet! Latda surprised her groom with a custom groom's cake that was fashioned after a pair of Vans slip-ons. After guests danced the night away, they were able to enjoy a midnight snack that was Delaware Beach favorites- Grotto's Pizza and Thrasher Boardwalk Fries! 

Congratulations Latda and Troy!

Reception: Rehoboth Beach Country Club
Photography: Rob Korb Photography
Florist: Bed of Roses
Hair and Makeup: Bad Hair Day
Coordinators: Erin, Annemarie, and Danielle