Debbie and Tom’s Wedding

We had a blast planning Debbie and Tom’s wedding!! This spectacular couple contacted me about 3 months before the wedding and I got right to work! We decided on holding the wedding the day after Christmas, which made finding the perfect setting easy as soon as we walked into Rittenhouse Square’s Colonial Dames. It was already beautifully decorated for Christmas and Adriana allowed us to bring in our own elements to personalize the event. Next, I invited a caterer, Michael from Canape, to come up with an eclectic holiday menu for their guests.
Then came the details….

Wedding bands by my good friend and personal-sparkler-stylist, Christine, at A Gem For You.

The Radisson Warwick was the perfect spot for Debbie to prepare and beautify for her day!!

The gardens of the Colonial Dames were a perfect setting for Debbie & Tom’s “reveal” meeting!
And thank goodness it wasn’t very cold- I think we got 50 degrees that day!

We (and by we, I mean TJ) wrapped the railings out front and trees out back with twinkle lights and lined all the ledges with hundereds of candles!

We also did ALL of the stationary to match these cute, slider-style invitations.
The metallic paper in shades of red, green and gold shimmered in the dim candlelight.

The guests were welcomed with hot apple cider and asked to sign a platter style guestbook.

The Christmas tree was decked in candy cane placecards, and guests placed their gifts underneath or their card inside the gift cardbox. It was so cute!

The ceremony programs followed the same design as the reserved signs on the ceremony chairs. Elizabeth Frumin recited an intimate ceremony incorporating Tom’s two daughters, Becca & Katie. After the kiss, guests jingled sleigh bells to cheer on the new couple! Gillian Grassie played Christmas Carols for the ceremony processional, recessional and cocktail hour and was a huge hit!

The new family hung their stockings on the fireplace and we filled them with little treats

The Dames’ Ballroom has 10 giant windowsills. I stacked dozens of candles on each and decorated with various tree-trimmings… the effect was really beautiful!

We named each table after Santa and his eight reindeer. Carl Alan did these adorable cranberry, pinecone and christmas green centerpieces which we placed on a bed of red rose petals and mini ornaments. It looked so festive!

Mr. and Mrs. chair signs for the guests of honor 🙂

A Christmas Candy and Cookie Buffet! Complete with hilarious gingerbread bride & groom!

From the moment I took on this Christmas Wedding, I dreamt of finding a sleigh cake stand… well, when one searches high and low and can’t find a sleigh cake stand, then one gets all Martha-Stewarty and makes one herself 🙂

Not only did Bredenbecks do those delicious cookies and the amazing gingerbread house…but they also made the wedding cake into a tower of presents, with a giant red bow on top!

Bathroom baskets and bar signs finished off the coordinating paper goods for this one!

Schaffer Sounds kept the dancefloor packed and the party going (even after the fire alarms went off and 2 trucks came to check on it!!!)

When you really dive into a wedding, as much as I did for this one, you need to entrust a photographer that you KNOW wouldn’t miss a detail. Lucky for me, the incredible Misty Dawn went above and beyond EVERY expectation- she even brought Joel Plotkin as her second shooter! She never ceases to amaze me with her talent AND we always have a super fun time onsite!