Our beautiful bride Nicole
had made all her plans and selections,
and now it was time to swing into action, to bring all the wedding elements together.
Those elements included hundreds of
pink and cream roses . . .
dozens of bunches of silvery olive leaf that
Nicole especially loved,
Nicole especially loved,
stacks of creamy books,
scads of vintage silver containers and
rolls of softly colored silk ribbon,
loads of linen,
vases lovingly handmade by the
potter Moni who just happens to be
Nicole's Mother,
artisinal foods,
sparkling chandeliers,
of course a bit of rosemary
for remembrance,
and a bit more sparkle with sparklers,
and perhaps even a little poison ivy!
Let the design execution and layering begin!
We gathered a group of my friends who also just happen to be designers
to help to pull it all together . . .
And what a treat it was to work with them, to collaborate and share ideas
with a talented group of friends,
on this very special project.
Who says, design is JUST about interiors?
to help to pull it all together . . .
And what a treat it was to work with them, to collaborate and share ideas
with a talented group of friends,
on this very special project.
Who says, design is JUST about interiors?
We started with the flowers on Friday.
Under the tutelage of Kelly O'Neal
of Design Legacy, who came in from Dallas, we made over 200 flower arrangements, small and large.
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| Kelly, we do hope this suspicious greenery ISN'T poison ivy! |
Lynn Meyers and yours truly . . .
Deanne Bronikowski of Design Legacy and Marilyn Trainor Storey, the MS Design Maven,
all worked on the flowers at
Greenleaf Wholesale Floral, thanks to the hospitality of our very good friends there.
Then bright, and okay maybe not SO early, on Saturday morning
work began at the wedding venue,
work began at the wedding venue,
our wonderful Mississippi Museum of Art.
A big tent went up.
Several van loads of those flowers arrived.
Lights were strung and tables were
draped and layered
in those linens.
Those chandeliers were hung in the tent.
That bread was arranged in baskets.
Moni's beautiful gifts of pottery
were displayed.
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| Nancy Price Interior Design's Madelyn Butler works on those creamy books. |
Kelly and Deanne put all the
final touches on the flowers.
It was time for THE wedding!
To be continued . . .
photo credits: Marilyn Trainor Storey. Kelly O'Neal, Deanne Bronikowshi, Alternative Nature Herbals
