Kitsap summer weddings

                                           

                      Kristin and Michael's summer wedding at McCormick Woods

 - what a delightful couple! What a gorgeous day. Kristin's vision was fresh and bright pink and green florals, and lots of fun! Delayna at Quiet Stars Photography shared some moments with us:

                                             

           

Phillip & Katie - Wedding at The Edgewater House, Olalla, WA

Phillip and Katie met at a test fly event for a local aircraft company, and from then on they were virtually inseparable. They travelled extensively, and finally, during  a trip to Alaska, Phillip proposed under the aurora borealis.  Phillip comes from a traditional Chinese background, so when it came time to choose the wedding color palette, red was the obvious choice. (It is a traditional color for celebration in China.) Accented with sunny orange, and set off by the gorgeous grounds of  The Edgewater House in Olalla, Washington, it made a stunning setting for their wedding celebration.

Photographer Christoper Gendron captured the entire event, but my favorite moment had to be the first look, as Katie stepped through the beach grass to meet Phillip.

 

In addition to a western style ceremony, Phillip and Katie changed into tradtional Chinese clothing and honored their parents with a traditional tea ceremony after the wedding.

Tables were named as placed the couple had been together and each setting had custom made chopsticks as a souvenir for the guests. A sumptuous dinner was created by Christies's Catering accompanied by live music by Fletcher-Weakley, was followed by two savory wedding cakes made by Sweets and Savouries, plus an array of other desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth and toasts.

 DJ Joel Taylor provided the music for the dance party under the carnival light canopy we created, until it was time for a magical sparkler send off, as they were whisked away by Thoroughbred Limousine Service.

tags: red and orange wedding, olalla wedding, kitsap wedding, edgewater house

Matt & Sarah - Kitsap Memorial State Park, August 2010

What a joy is was to work with this couple, and particularly with Sarah's mom. Wanda. When we first met, it was to create a design to dress up a lodge building in Bremerton because Sarah had dreamed of having her wedding day with the Olympic Mountain view the site afforded.  Even though the representative from the lodge failed to show up for this sceduled initial meeting, Wanda and I met anyway and created a beautful crystal laden vision that would have been gorgeous.

And the.... the lodge called and pulled the rug out from under us. The facilty was no longer available. Not to worry, though. A quick call to my favorite park rangers Seth, Ed, and Vern at Kitsap Memorial State Park in Poulsbo, and we had a reservation for the park's Log hall

So after a few meetings around Wanda's kitchen table, a whole new concept evovled, rustic yet elegant in cranberry red. A jesting comment of Sarah's about burlap shoes from Tom's shoes turned into burlap table runners ..                                                                     

 
   
a burlap aisle runner...
 

 
and even a burplap wrap on her bouquet 

 

It was a beautiful afternoon for a beautiful bride & groom, a beautiful family at a beautiful venue with amazing photography by Tiffany Burke Photography and fabulous food by Essence of the Thymes Catering

and yes, she got her Olympic Mountain view...