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It’s Been a While….

June 29, 2010


We’ve been MIA for a few weeks – and with good reason, it’s busy! We have had some lovely weddings in some very different color combinations (nothing makes me happier than getting to work with different products every week). Here’s a little 411 on what we’ve been up to:

We have had some gorgeous brides and some fun details to put together. At the beginning of June we had Ashleigh and Scott at The Galley Beach. They fell in love with Audra and Tripp’s wedding that we did with Unique Nantucket and Claudia Kronenberg photography a while back (you all know the wedding, it’s been published in print and on blogs several times). A gorgeous combination of crisp white and navy. You can’t go wrong there. Zofia Photography and Maureen Sullivan of Nantucket Island Events were also on board for this fun group.

We did a crazy fun wedding with Cary Hazlegrove Photography at Sankaty Golf Club with tie-dye linens, crystals, manzanita branches, tons of gigantic peonies (they took our breathe away) and one gorgeous bride. No detail was left unturned at this one.

A sweet, quintessential Nantucket Wedding with Unique Nantucket, Claudia Kronenberg Photography and The Galley beach in green, white, and blue. Shells for escort cards and of course the sparkler send off. I happened to be having dinner on the beach that night and heard the fantastic band – it sounded like quite the party. To top it off, I got an email from the MOB last night telling me we made her daughter’s day the best day of her life, and they are STILL enjoying the flowers almost two weeks later (see, there is a reason we break our backs to bleach the buckets and condition the flowers).

Erica was married at Sankaty Beach Club and I have to say, she is a girl after my own heart. Shades of blush pink, ligh pink, cream and ivory. Peonies and cafe au lait dahlias everywhere – swoon!

Michael and Maia got hitched at the White Elephant with help from Samantha, A Private Concierge, Jodi’s Cakes, and Zofia Photography. Their two most adorable dogs came out for a photo op.

Saturday was Ashley and Harrison’s wedding at the Great Harbor Yacht Club – with a southern sophistication of navy, white and apple green. Navy and white stripes pulled the stationary and flowers together. It was a gorgeous day and we had fun playing with Meg Simone of Meg Simone Videography and Unique Nantucket. Libby with Claudia Kronenberg Photography shared a bridal portrait of Ashley and we all took a deep breath – she is stunning!

Sunday, we got to do it all over again at the Great Harbor Yacht Club, this time with Aisling of Acktivities, Placesetters, Brea McDonald Photography and Meg Simone. Amanda and her mom spent a great deal of time with me working on the colors and look of the day (amazing by the way – fuschia, hot pink, lavender, and chartreuse). Amanda lives in France so we used lavender as our ode to all things French. Wait until you see her table numbers – Amanda worked hard to get those and they made the tables. I hired Meg Simone to show the transformation at the club from all white/green/navy to a bright, bold garden inspired color pallete. If you are looking for someone to capture those special moments, the laughter during your toasts, your first dance, etc – Meg is your girl!

I love that we get the opportunity to work with such varying looks, decor and that our clients trust us to guide them to the finished product. I can’t wait to see what all the talented photographers have in store for us! Be sure to check back soon as we update our portfolio pages.
Cheers!
Dawn

Categories : galley, great harbor yacht club, nantucket weddings, sankaty beach club, sankaty golf club, weddings

The Winners of Inspire, Collaborate, Achieve

June 10, 2010


Last month, I teamed up with Brea McDonald Photography to teach a workshop on getting your work published in magazines and on blogs. We issued a challenge to the attendees and gave them a ‘grab bag’ full of some rather unique items. The challenge was that everything in the bag had to be used and they could add any additional props, and design elements as they saw fit. The one no-no was absolutely no alterations to the stationary work graciously donated by Griffin-vites. So without further ado, meet three talented ladies who did such a great job, that even I had to review the photos over and over to make sure they used everything (and I picked out a lot of what went in their bags!). They got clever and disguised a few of the items – and they left me thoroughly impressed.

Kate Preftakes Photography and Autumn Poulin and Julie Rancourt of flour! teamed up for a day of fun (and wind) for their planned shoot.

These ladies graciously shared how their ideas came to fruition:
The Story
After brainstorming and spending an afternoon with our toes in the sand at Drakes Island Beach in Wells, Maine, Julie and I managed to turn some of the more “unique” objects into seaside treasures. With a little help from mother nature we were inspired by a nice collection of majestic blue mussel shells that filled our pockets along the way and we were off and running.

Next were the linens, flowers, tables, chairs, cupcakes and everything that might make the perfect shot. We gathered it all together and piled into the flour! studio early one morning.

Sharing laughs and lattes the scene began to come together…Kate arrived after a tough 2 hour drive in pouring rain ready to work her magic. Due to the wind and rain we decided to take some shots in the studio to be sure to capture all of the elements required for the challenge.

After some successful shots at the studio we packed it all up and headed to Wells Harbor where there is an amazing gazebo that would allow us to capture some great natural light from being outdoors but keep the rain at bay. Did I mention it was pouring ALL day?

We definitely underestimated the coastal breeze though and quickly had to move from the gazebo to a more sheltered location of the harbor. With just enough protection from the wind to allow us to set up but still keep us on our toes we managed to style the table and let Kate take over again. Moving quickly she captured many amazing images of the challenge items, design details and cupcakes…don’t they look good enough to eat!? Kate has prior experience as a commercial food photographer and it definitely comes across in these amazing photos! And yes, we did eat some…just to make packing up everything easier…sure.

flour!
Floral Design, Cupcakes & Styling ~ Autumn Poulin & Julie Rancourt
www.flourevents.com
p 207.251.0828

Kate Preftakes Photography
Photography ~ Kate Preftakes
www.preftakesphoto.com
603.899.5259

and a special thank you to My Kate Parker Wedding for featuring our winners on their site, and to Meagan Gilpatrick of Maine Seasons Events for sharing her insight with our guests.

Categories : Photo Shoot, workshop

Island Weddings

June 3, 2010

The latest edition of Island Weddings is out, and we have had fun taking a trip down memory lane. Be sure to pick up your copy and find three of our couples in this issue.

Zofia Photography captured a quintessential Nantucket wedding up at the Summer House. If your color scheme is blue and white, this wedding is for you! Planning by Nantucket Island Events, and cake by Jodi’s Cakes.

If you want something romantic and feminine, be sure to check out the wedding we did at a private home with Claudia Kronenberg Photography and planning by Acktivities. The beautiful cake was by Jodi’s Cakes.

For those of you having a more intimate wedding, be sure to see what we created when we teamed up with Dolce Parties and Kristina Ransom Photography at the White Elephant.

There is a lot of inspiration in these pages – don’t miss it!

Categories : event design, flowers, nantucket weddings

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Office: 28 Centre Street
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Mail: Post Office Box 3350
Nantucket MA 02584
Phone: 508.228.6684
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