erin & tony | westlake wedding

erin & tony | june 26, 2010
ceremony: holy trinity
reception/lighting: la centre
florist: fresh tendrils
photographer: corey ann photography
ceremony music: amphion string quartet
band: shout
transportation: all occasions
bakery: wild flour

the hiring:
heidzillas served as a friendor on this one! for the beginning story, see their ephotos post. i was one of the first people called when the got engaged. about a year later once erin and tony started planning, i had started my cleveland wedding planning business and sat down with erin to discussed vendors she had been hiring and how i could help coordinate them all!

the planning:
erin and tony had about two and a half years of planning but held off on getting started for about a year. erin and her mom rocked out the planning while tony was overseas. they had wild flour cake and met corey ann at my wedding and hired them both. erin also had seen shout perform and loved them. she also had experience with fresh tendrils in advance.

the results:
rehearsal
erin’s brother turned 21 on the day before their wedding, so they held their rehearsal on the thursday before instead. it was a bright sunny day and everyone gather very excited and ready to go.

ceremony
the weather was perfect, and short of a bridemaid dress snafu, everything ran smoothly and perfectly on time. there was this anticipation in the air for erin and tony who had been through so much when tony was in the army throughout their engagement.

as if i couldn’t get and post an action shot of corey… muhahaha!

reception

guests were greeted into the reception with a bagpiper, erin’s dad’s only request for wedding!

meanwhile, inside a cocktail hour pianist from la centre played while guests enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres.

erin used my how-to to make her own pride and joy card box!

i loved the head table on risers with the lit up back drop! it was so elegant.

back outside the room, i set up a candy favor bar and…

la centre set up the cookie take home bar.

the details were lovely, but reception itself was a blast. shout kept people on the dance floor all night long.

including the groom… tony you’re the best worst dancer i know.

conga!

later in the night, erin tossed several calles at once instead of just one bouquet for all the single ladies!

the notables:
favorite planning moment: i met with erin a few times during her planning process, but a final meeting including tony and her dad took the cake. the questions the groom and the fob have once all the plans are made are always quite good because they aren’t as close to planning along the way. at one point, i spilled soda on myself because i was laughing so hard at erin’s dad talking about “making it rain” in regards to paying for the wedding. image a proper business man pretending to smoosh hundreds out of his hands. hysterical.

unique detail: the lighting that e&t had done by la centre was outstanding. there was a purple wash to then entire room and pin spots on the high centerpieces and the cake. it was marvelous and made the look of the room so much more dramatic.

biggest challenge: it’s always tricky to coordinate with a band because the music is live and i can’t just walk right up to the lead singer like i would with a lead dj. shout did an excellent job of keeping the wedding formalities going while entertaining guests like a live band does. (as you had to have seen in the video.)

sources: the pastries from the cookie table came from michaelangelo’s bakery. i picked them up in the morning and had to rearrange my car because there were SO many. yum.

fun fact: all but one of the groomsmen had served in the military. they were a very distinguish group when they stood. a great big thank you for your service, gents!

previous post:
erin & tony’s ephotos

eric & tn – ya know i love ya! congrats!!!!!!!