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Elegant downtown Washington, DC hotel ballroom wedding.

Elegant downtown Washington, DC hotel ballroom wedding.

Elegant downtown Washington, DC hotel ballroom wedding.

Jen and Dave were married a few years ago at the Carnegie Institution, which started our love affair with one of DC’s most iconic venues. From the amazing marble columns to fantastic staff that help produce events within the space, we have had the pleasure of running, designing, and being on site for over 10 […]

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Classic DC Wedding at Carnegie Institution

Jennifer and Michael came to us to plan their fall wedding at DAR in the heart of DC. We helped them curate an amazing group of vendors and a warm preppy color story of pinks, mint, and gold to run throughout the day. I loved seeing their wedding featured on United with Love earlier this year! Unfortunately […]

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Jennifer & Michael’s DAR Preppy affair!

Amy and Chris were married a few years ago at the Fairmont in Georgetown and I wanted to share a few of their images on our newer blog as they have always remained one of our favorite weddings. The ceremony and reception were in the Colonnade room, with the bride surrounded by clean white and […]

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Beautiful Fairmont Wedding

We can’t resist sharing the follow up from yesterdays reception with Ben and Julia moving the party to our favorite DC venue, Potomac View Terrace. The views from here are stunning and Occasions Caterers always create the most amazing food and ambiance! Guests were shuttled to the venue, and arrived to sweeping views of the monuments […]

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Cherry Blossom Reception

Julia and Ben were married in the spring surrounded by sweet cherry blossoms and lush garden roses. The bride wanted a simple morning of getting ready surrounded by her friends and family, then joined the groom for first look photos at Meridian Hill park. They were married a short walk down the hill at Augustana […]

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Classic Cherry Blossom Ceremony

Colleen and Jeremy were recently featured on the Washingtonian’s website and I wanted to share more images from their vibrant and stunning wedding day. I never shy away from a client who loves color, so when she came to me to plan her wedding we really turned up the volume with punches of berry, pinks, […]

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Vibrant Berry and Pink Westfield’s Marriott Ceremony

Anne-Marie and Adam had the most perfect weather for their Memorial Weekend wedding at River Farm in 2014. The happy couple were married in the Gardens of River Farm surrounded by friends and family, and a gorgeous bridal party capped off by the most precious little ring bearers I have ever seen! The color story […]

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Spring Wedding Ceremony at River Farm

To follow from the beautiful and garland covered ceremony, we moved into cocktail hour and the reception for Erin and Mike’s wedding. We took inspiration from the 2013 White House Christmas to create a faux trellis around the doors to cocktail hour to continue our indoor garden theme. Tables were a mixture of green velvet […]

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Real Wedding: Garden in the City Reception

We were thrilled to have Mallory and Philips stunning classic wedding at the Hay Adams featured on Style Me Pretty, as well as Mallory and her ladies gracing the newest cover of the Washingtonian Bride and Groom!!   We wanted to share more behind the scenes from their wedding and to see the full SMP you […]

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Hay Adams Beautiful Summer Wedding

Pulling together photo shoots is one of the great perks of being a designer and planner. I love coming together with my favorite vendors to create visual eye candy that will hopefully inspire clients and future wedding couples. We worked with a stellar team to produce a fall Apple inspired shoot which has graced the pages […]

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Apple of my Eye Editorial Shoot