New Years Eve Wedding ~ The Fairfax at Embassy Row

This past New Year's Eve we were in the heart of Washington D.C. at The Fairfax Hotel at Embassy Row. We brought in the new year celebrating with a Nigerian and Haitian couple. There was so much culture, great food, and beautiful people at this wedding. Their wedding day was captured by 

Erika Layne Photography and I love all the details of their big day. Enjoy the photos!!!

Red, Silver and Black Wedding

I just wanted to show some pics of a gorgeous red, silver and black wedding that took place a couple of weeks ago at Celebrations at the Bay which is a very gorgeous, scenic venue on the Chesapeake Bay. When my team and myself arrived to set up the reception for this venue we were literally breathless!!! Anyways, enjoy the pics of the reception decor.

Lush red roses called "sexy" displayed in a low silver cylinder vase

A quick pic of myself taken by my team 

Bring on the Glads

So I'm just now learning that my much loved Glads(short for Gladiolus) don't have such a good reputation in the wedding industry. Most soon to be brides won't say "I'd like Gladiolus in my bouquet or included in my decor." And I guess who can blame them. When I mentioned the flower to my colleagues, I got the response of  "Isn't that the funeral flower?" My reaction being "IT IS NOT!!!" And sure enough when I did the research I found that the flower is often used in funeral arrangements. But then again so are roses. Well I did more research and also found that there are very