Olivia + Payton's Bridgerton-Inspired Wedding at The Hillside Estate

Olivia and Payton’s Bridgerton-inspired wedding, brought to life with the help of Gathered Events, was such a stunning embodiment of regal and elegant yet playful and bold style. Held at the Hillside Estate, this wedding featured a few key floral statements that transformed the venue’s window-filled ceremony space and clean-lined ballroom, including a lush organic arch, simple compote arrangements and a statement for the outdoor cocktail hour. With thoughtfully curated design elements all throughout, this event 

A garden-inspired statement arch stood at the altar during the ceremony and featured bright blooms tucked into lots of lush greenery. It was later moved to the reception and just as big of an impact in this smaller space, behind the sweetheart table to frame the newlyweds!

Before guests made it to the reception, they enjoyed cocktail hour in the venue’s gorgeous outdoor space. The seating chart was stationed here, next to an outdoor fireplace that we embellished with a floral installation on the mantle. This, along with pillar candles in the hearth itself, created the perfect cohesive moment as guests looked for their table assignments.

In the Hillside Estate’s stunning tile-floored ballroom, guest tables lined the dance floor, decorated with compote arrangements that sat on flower-embroidered tablecloths layered over blue linens. A smattering of candles, gold chairs and delicate blue, gold and clear-glass place settings combined to create the most elegant, Bridgerton-esque tablescapes.

The bridal party carried long-stem bouquets — featuring mostly white roses, with pops of color to play off of the blue gowns. Olivia’s bridal look was complete with a simple white long-stem bouquet, a simple white gown with mesh sleeves, and, of course, a crown.

So much rich design influence can come from any inspiration source, and we love how the details came together to create such an impactful experience for Olivia, Payton and their guests!

Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: white Phalaenopsis Orchids, white Cloud Garden Roses, Playa Blanca Roses

Vendors:

Planning & Design: @gatheredeventsdfw

Venue: @thehillsideestatedfw

Photographer: @ashleyrfondon

Cinematographer: @mlphotofilm

Florals: @wedfullyyours

Linens: @nuagedesignsinc; @latavolalinen

Rentals: @poshcouturerentals

Catering: @bluefiretotalcatering

Bar: @mamasmedicine.cocktails

Cake: @butterflycakery

Entertainment: @beatsbybradford

Beauty: @jonesbeautyco

Custom Dance Floor: @inkredibledancefloors

Stationery: Client & @lanelovepaperco

Coffee Cart: @nightowlcoffeecart

Transportation: @tcltx; @charterup

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Livia + Ricky Modern and Textural Wedding at Knotting Hill Place

As much as we love charting the course and taking creative liberty with an event’s floral design concept, we love a bride with a vision! Livia shared her love for modern and elegant yet organic-style flowers and we worked with her to curate not only the perfect combination of textures, but her dream color palette of blush, neutrals and subtle pops of blue. 

Livia and Ricky’s wedding was held at Knotting Hill Place, so we had a beautiful, spacious ceremony space to deck out with an altar installation and a bed of lush ground arrangements on either side of the aisle. For the altar, we designed floral clusters on a gold circular arch that let the flowers make the statement and added a modern touch. The floral-lined aisle added that organic garden feel and incorporated lots of texture and brightness.

For the reception, the guest tables were decorated with small compote arrangements with statement blooms and playful touches of baby’s breath. We also installed a garland embellished with blooms that draped across the front of the bar, and a small arch that mimicked the altar installation behind the bar. 

Livia’s bridesmaids looked stunning in blush gowns covered in gold and silver sequins, and we designed bouquets full of texture to match. The bridal bouquet was extra-lush and made the perfect statement with Livia’s simple floral-applique dress. These bouquets featured a mix of rose varieties, Panda Anemone, Tweedia, Ranunculus and multiple greenery varieties to achieve that organic and textural look.

Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: white Cloud Garden Roses, Amnesia Roses, Quicksand Roses, Panda Anemone, white Majolica Spray Roses, white Ranunculus, Navy Thistle, blue Tweedia, Baby’s Breath, Variegated Mini Pitt, Seeded Eucalyptus, Jasmine Vine, Huckleberry

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Kendra + Conner's Whimsical Fantasy-World-Inspired Wedding

We had the joy of bringing two book (specifically fantasy) lovers’ dream whimsical wedding to life for Kendra and Conner to tie the knot. Their ceremony and reception embodied a Harry Potter-Lord of The Rings feel with a palette of blues, greens and warm tones and that perfect mix of whimsy and organic-style floral elements and the subtly gothic elements of the venue.

Kendra and Conner’s ceremony was an explosion of flowers with a fully lined aisle of lush ground arrangements and a custom gothic-style arch with four legs at the altar. Everything was made to look somewhat overgrown and we didn’t hold back on the greenery one bit — it created such great contrast with the brighter orange and yellow blooms in this installation.

The reception — in Hotel Drover’s stunning indoor space — was completely transformed by not only forest-inspired table arrangements and decor, but tree-inspired centerpieces dripping with white blooms and hanging votives. These plotted throughout the space on several guest tables really contributed to that immersive whimsical atmosphere. 

The head table had its own statement — a lush garland embellished with lots of candlelight. All of the tables featured rich blue and green tones in the linens and place settings, which added so much depth along with the greenery and wooden/stone touches that the venue provided.

Kendra’s bridesmaids fittingly wore deep emerald green and carried contrasting bright and organic-style bouquets. The bridal bouquet similarly featured pops of yellow and orange, and drew on Kendra’s ivory dress with a few white statement blooms.

Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: golden Mustard Roses, Snowy Jewel Roses, Quicksand Roses, yellow Butterfly Ranunculus, white Anemone, white Lilac, blush Sweet Pea, Forsythia, Nerine, green Hellebore

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Nicole + DJ's Luxe Boho Wedding at Knotting Hill Place

Nicole and DJ’s wedding holds a special place in our hearts — it meant watching our former Wedfully Yours team member marry her college sweetheart and we were over the moon to be involved! When Nicole’s role with our team came to a close, we were so thrilled to continue working with her as vendor partners from her coordinator role at one of our favorite venues, Knotting Hill Place. We designed the flowers for and coordinated this extra-special day — at none other than KHP. This sweet couple’s ceremony and reception were a vision of elegant and luxe yet bohemian floral statements and details, all in a gorgeous neutral color palette.

The ceremony was anchored by a split asymmetrical arch at the altar made from taupe Pampas grass and bright white flowers and baby’s breath. Even with such a neutral color scheme, all the texture that this install added was so visually interesting and looked especially stunning in the natural light!

The reception had a color palette to match and a recurrence of the Pampas motif — in the form of a statement installation hanging from the ceiling. The tables beneath were lined with white compote arrangements and a mix of taper candles that tied in the taupe linens. Marquee letters by Alpha Lit Letters that spelled out the newlyweds’ last name was such a fun touch and, along with the hanging Pampas Grass halo, completely transformed the dance floor! 

Nicole’s bridal party wore matching taupe silky gowns and carried bundles of dried Lunaria as an elegant subtle touch and in contrast with the bride’s all-white look, which featured Peonies and cascading Orchids. We designed boutonnieres of bleached stems for the groomsmen — small touches like these really brought the luxe-boho style home! 

Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: white Peonies, white Orchids, Playa Blanca Roses, white Majolica Spray Roses, white Ranunculus, bleached Ruscus, bleached Ferns, bleached Bunny Tails, Lunaira

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Pampering Planners Brunch at The Hillside Estate by Gathered Events

We were so thrilled to design and provide flowers for the Pampering Planners event — a brunch and get-together for DFW-area planners to help them recharge, connect and enjoy a relaxing morning — put on by The Hillside Estate and Gathered Events. It was so fun to flip the script and see our fellow coordinators enjoy a thoughtfully put together event! 

Gathered Events dreamt up a gorgeous Spring-inspired design concept that was perfect for the venue — velvet green tablecloths, wooden chairs and chargers, and copper flatware made for whimsical yet sophisticated tablescapes. 

We designed organic-style arrangements with lots of ivory blooms and touches of lilac, styled with small bud vases of baby’s breath and lots of candles. The ivory flowers and greenery tied in with the green linens and together, these made such an elegant colorful statement.

Beyond the brunch bites and cocktails, this event was complete with a manicure station and a chance for everyone to restock their day-of “emergency kits” with fashion tape, sewing supplies, lint rollers, etc. — such a clever touch for this group!

Vendors:

Coordinator/Host: Gathered Events

Venue: The Hillside Estate

Florist: Wedfully Yours Events + Design

Catering: Vestals Catering

Bartending: Mama’s Medicine 

Coffee Cart: Night Owl Coffee

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