Emily and Brendan held their wedding reception at The Arts District Mansion, where we worked with Allday Events to create the perfect follow-up to their fiesta-inspired rehearsal dinner at the George Bush Library. Their wedding day was designed in a spring-garden-party style, and featured a softer color palette of pinks and oranges, with touches of purple, blue and yellow.
The flowers in the reception space were inspired by Emily’s request to bring the outdoors in and play up the garden feel. Round and rectangular guest tables filled the room, and we designed organic compotes and collections of bud vases and candles, with floral runners on the longer tables that flanked the dance floor for an extra pop. These arrangements had a wide range of color — a mix of orange, yellow, pink, lavender and light blue. Tapered candles gave the tables an elevated, elegant feel.
The focal point and statement of the space was the ceiling installation above the dance floor. We designed this with lots of greenery for lushness and volume, and strung Delphinium, Wisteria, Carnation garlands and ribbon to hang down and add in fun movement and color. This installation and a collection of ground arrangements in front of the band facade made the difference in the transformation from ballroom to garden.
The bridal party wore a gorgeous mix of pinks, oranges and yellows in different patterns and styles, and we designed bouquets to tie all the colors together — Coral Charm Peonies, fuchsia Ranunculus, yellow Butterfly Ranunculus and others. Emily’s bouquet popped with a couple vibrant touches of hot pink and yellow and looked stunning with her floral lace gown.
Bridal Bouquet: Juliet Garden Roses, Coral Charm Peonies, Shimmer Roses, pink Majolica Spray Roses, fuchsia Ranunculus, yellow Butterfly Ranunculus, blue Tweedia, lavender Sweet Pea, orange Parrot Tulips, Huckleberry
Vendors:
Planner: Allday Events @allday_events
Venue and Catering: The Arts District Mansion, Culinaire @artsdistrictmansion @culinaireintl
Photographer: John Cain @johncainphotography
Videographer: Beyond @beyondldtx
Florist: Wedfully Yours @wedfullyyours
Backline and Cake Table: Perch @percheventdecor
Transportation: AJL @ajlinternational2022 and Premier @premierofdallas
Stationery: Lady Bird Paper Co. @ladybirdpaperco
Cocktail Hour and Reception Entertainment: The Motion Band @themotionbanddfw
Rentals: Lawsons @lawsonrentals
Lighting: Absolute @absolutedfw
Church and Organist Church of the Incarnation @incarnationdfw
Linens: BBJ @bbjlatavola
Cake: Dallas Affaires @dallasaffaires
Getaway Car: DFW Executive
Beauty: Maitee Miles @maiteemiles