An International Wedding and Reception

I first meet Jenny and Nick in November of 2009. They were such an interesting and fun couple that you couldn’t help but love them. They were both big travel buffs, spending a lot of their time enjoying international travel. In fact this couple met in Bangkok while traveling.

It was easy to see that the theme of this wedding and reception needed to be travel and we accomplished that by naming the tables after places the couple had traveled to and enjoyed. Places that included Paris, Kailua-Kona, Beijing, San Felipe, Rome and lots more.

Creative Personalization

Along with the travel theme, there was lots of personalization in this wedding and reception. Guests had a specially designed seating chart to find which table was theirs. We had a monogram designed for the couple and it was used on the ribbon around the square flower vases and on the menus on the guests tables.

Entertainment was important to this couple and we had it. Along with the ultimate singing DJ, a young cousin of the groom sang. I feel sure we will see her on American Idol in a few years. This child could sing! The guests loved it.

The bride and groom even had a beautifully choreographed first dance.

The Details

The reception itself was held at Zen in downtown Greenville, SC. We brought in tables, silver chivari chairs, and silver cushions for the chairs. The couple wanted things sleek and minimum, so we did the room in ivory with silver accents. We used ivory under linens with ivory pin tuck overlays on every table except the cake table. The cake table was covered in a silver pin tuck overlay that matched back to the silver chairs and the bridesmaids pale silver/grey J.Crew dresses.

Flowers at the reception were squares of hot deep fuchsia red hydrangeas accented by black ribbon and monogram squares. Along with these were tall trumpet vases with 2 white floating calla lilies. In the water were pearls and crystals. These were topped by a floating candle. The bride carried a stunning bouquet of white calla lilies. The bridesmaids all carried white hydrangea.

The bride had one of the most beautiful wedding gowns I have seen. It was by Alfred Sung Bridals. It was lace, covered in sequins, beading and crystals. It was amazing. The girls wore graphite J Crew bridesmaid dresses.

Favors for the guests were beautiful silver tins of Wedding Tea.

One of the cutest elements of the evening was when the bride and groom left in a special wedding rickshaw pedi cab. Since the bride's father is in the bicycle business this was an especially appropriate way to leave.

Menu

Since many of the guests were from other parts of the country, the couple wanted them to see what Southern cooking was like. Guests were served heaping plates of mashed potatoes and gravy, pulled pork with three sauces, southern style green beans, macaroni and cheese, biscuits and yeast rolls. Big platters of fried chicken were served family style on each table.

It was a beautiful wedding and reception, one that Willrich Bridal and Special Events was very proud to be a part of.

(all pictures in article were done by Willrich Bridal Staff, I'll share the ones from the photographer when we get them.)

Vendors:

Reception Site :  Zen

Wedding Planner - Willrich Bridal and Special Events

Flowers - Just Weddings

Rentals - Professional Party Rentals

Video - Creative Video Services

Cake - Couture Cake of Greenville

Catering - Good Life Catering Co.

Photographery - Blue Mountain Photo

Rickshaw - Reedy River Rickshaw

DJ - Sam Brooks Life of the Party

Monogram Design - Sara Theisen Design