We have tried to design our blog for our fans, friends, and family to keep up with what we are doing each week. It is also a good way to get to know us. Or maybe just a way that I (Angela) can talk up a storm without John getting annoyed. We will see...
Also included are the Insider's Tips, which started out as a challenge to post one tip per week for an entire year. We hope that you will find that they are not just the normal information you find out there in wedding world, but more unusual tips that can only be found when you live on the inside. Ha! Really, we just attend a lot of weddings.
WOW. Wow. and wow. This wedding was definitely something to write home about. The ceremony was beautiful with a full mass and a beautiful sounding choir that filled the church with melody. The Club (although very beautiful) had never looked better all thanks to Jill Sampson, with Weddings by Jill and lighting by AG Designs.
The entire event was under the careful instruction of Alene Gamel with I Do, I Do Weddings. Alene is a perfectionist and perfection is what Jenna and Mark were given.
There are so many details that I could talk about. Pink draping everywhere! The 7 tiered (or more!)cake by Jan O'Donnell, delicious! The many food stations. The fireworks display that was out of this world! And then an extra treat! The guests came back in from outside and saw the newly formed cheesecake station! Perfection, I am telling you.
And then you have the little details that most people might not see, but mean so much. My favorite was the vintage broach on Jenna's bouquet. It was her grandmother's. What a special way to honor a loved one.
The band! Hands down, the BEST! The Atlanta Show Stoppers. They were show stoppers! I love the snapshot photo below of our couple dancing and singing on stage with the band. Wonder what they are singing? Never fear, we have the video that goes along with this picture. They will be able to relive the day over and over!
I know that Greg Hawkins with Studio G captured some beautiful and fun photos! His assistant for the day was Marsha Perry! What a great team!
As I look back on my original notes from my meeting with Jenna. Her vision was to have an inside garden with pinks and greens. Well, this garden was fit for a queen!
So now that I have your attention....I don't know if Maggie's dad is very prestigious, but he is a doctor. And it wasn't like he was the only one dancing, but I thought I would steal a headline from the newspaper "types". Regardless it is very funny footage that I thought everyone should be able to see, especially Dr. Woods' co-workers!
Maggie and Blake were married last Saturday at the beautiful Mountain Brook Baptist Church. Their reception followed at The Club. I have to say of all of the times that we have filmed at The Club, I had never seen it designed the way Jill with Weddings by Jill had done. It was spectacular! Every single piece of flower was amazing! A work of art!
She had arranged the cake table at the opposite end of the dance floor (from the band) so that it created this coziness feeling in the very large ballroom. I loved it! I loved it so much that the next day when I was meeting with a new bride that happens to be having her reception at The Club, I told her all about it! With drawings and everything! And if you know me and my art skill (or lack there of), I did not do it justice! And Jill was just so wonderful to work with! I think I would like her to be my new best friend.
Back to the footage! This clip was taken after the band had invited the family up on stage. Blake and Maggie and then Maggie's parents. I cut it down a good bit so that it wouldn't be too long, but I still think it is sooooo funny! I love the part at the end when Maggie looks over at her dad and just looses it!!! I am picking on Dr. Woods mainly because Mrs. Woods was holding her own - she had some moves! As did Maggie and Blake! It was a lot of fun and I am glad to share this sneak peek clip from the reception!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 1:11PM 
