a little preview of some more awesome team work that will be gracing the latest edition of north shore weddings magazine to hit newsstands everywhere this coming week!

so lucky to be in the company of such amazing wedding vendors... and to name a few

venue... smith barn at brooksby farm, peabody, ma

photography... linda jennings, photography by linda

day-of coordination... kerianne steele, les fleurs

flowers... les fleurs

invitations & accessories... soiree, andover

dessert... suziecakes baker

check out each of the amazing vendors website by clicking their names above!!  the full list of vendors is listed in the fabulous spread below!

jeanne and john, i loved spending your special day with you and your amazing families!  now everyone get's a little peak at your love story! xo -k.

it's such a special moment in one's life when they find their "forever".  in this industry we hear so many stories about how couples meet, their journey and then to top it all off... we get to have a little part in creating their wedding day.  for some us, we even get to spend the day with them!!  jeanne and john asked me to be their day-of coordinator and together we created a seamless timeline and day of events that was so perfect, with the amazing group of wedding vendors apart of the day it was a slam dunk.  they are both so blessed to have such amazing friends and family!  

so here's my cute story for why you 2 ARE PERFECT!!!! to spend the rest of your lives together!  jeanne and john are both patient and understanding of one another which is very important in every relationship (i sound like dr. phil... this isn't a relationship lesson, i promise, hehe)

 (don't kill me for sharing this, i love you guys!!)  so... we arrive at j&j's for their rehearsal dinner it's a beautiful friday evening in june and holy hot!  we were in for a good weekend... upon our arrival our amazing couple had set-up a tent, placed all the guest tables and chairs around their perfectly manicured yard, were hosting many of the bride's family for the weekend (remember this is the night before their big day) all to decided it was a PERFECT time to paint the french door's leading to the yard... yes i said paint.  MY MOST FAVORITE GROOM MOMENT EVER... i walk into their home to see john painting the french doors leading to the yard about an hour before guest's arrived.  you 2 are amazing!

our big van all packed up and ready to go!  it was an amazing sunday afternoon for a wedding.  the weather was warm for early may, but beautiful... the sun was shining and 

love was in the air!

the ceremony was held on the grounds across the street from the smith barn... accented in purple, ashley's favorite color!  we placed sheppards hook's down the aisle, every other chair.  from the hooks hung mason jars tied up with lilac satin ribbon, all shades of purple wild flowers were in the jars.

for outside ceremony's it is rare to place an aisle runner on the grass.  why you ask?  most venue's will not allow the fabric pinned on their lawn and the risk of the soft ground, heel's from shoes will pierce the runner and you'll look like you have the BIGGEST piece of toilet paper stuck to your shoe ever... hehe.  for ashley and david's nuptials we used ivory burlap, pinned on either side and romantically scattered purple rose petals.

inside the barn round dinner tables were dressed with white cotton linens with neutral burlap table runners (runner made and supplied by les fleurs).  alternating floral arrangements and orchid plants in tuscan pottery were designed for ashley and david's reception.  

purple and white blooms such as orchids, roses, lilac and clematis were tucked amongst solemn seal, rosemary and hosta in the low style flower arrangements.

continuing with the organic feeling we all worked so hard to create, the AMAZING debi and cheryl with TableSensations added ashley and david's botanical illustration seed packets to designate each table.  we added fresh, plum colored artichokes to each floral table scape.  we were SOO happy when we came across the "artichoke" table!!

we are soo looking forward to sharing more from ashley and david's beautiful day... we'll post them as soon as they come in!!  to contact any of the vendors we worked with together on a&d's wedding... the see the links to each of their website's above.

ashley and david... mazal tov! we wish you both all the happiness!!