Amanda's wedding reception was a beautiful
event.
Sorry it has taken so long to get this done, but you
will see that there was a lot to cover.
The reception was held at Sleepy Ridge in Orem
and I had fun snapping some shots as her bridesmaids
helped her get dressed.
You can imagine how long those shoes lasted!
So I had to get this shot of the bridesmaids' shoes as
they lasted just about as long!
Everything was aqua and white with a touch of silver.
My daughter in law made their gorgeous headbands.
Amanda and Casey were so happy and relaxed. She
wanted another bouquet for the reception
a cascading bouquet with brooches and feathers.
did all of the flowers and decor.
I can't say enough good about
Sleepy Ridge. They were marvelous
to work with.
I love the touch of bling that Nannette added even to
Casey's boutonniere. He looked so good in his tails.
She and her lovely bridesmaids had fun posing for tons of pictures.
The groomsmen got in on the fun too.
Couldn't be cuter - all in aqua and brooches!
(Nothing harder than keeping this many little
ones in the camera!)
Of course we had to get her with her older sister and her
oldest niece.
Here is a huge shot of all of us.
And a shot of the Moms and Dads and Newlyweds kissing!
Amanda wanted the moms in long aqua dresses.
We were inspired by Amanda's armful
of bracelets so we put together
our own collection in aqua and white.
Casey's mother made a bead bracelet
for each of us.
chose this beautiful place for her reception. She
was upstairs in the Sunset room.
We gathered for pictures at 5:30 and the
reception began that evening at 7:00.
The service at
Sleepy Ridge
was so incredible.
They had me deliver all of my decor
items the day before with notes on
where I wanted things and that evening
when I arrived, all was set up and perfect!
I have never had service like that. I thought I
would be working all afternoon on set up!
When I walked in the room, it just took my breath away!
The aqua and white were just spectacular -
such a beautiful color combiation.
Brooches were featured everywhere from
the flowers to the tables and even to the cake.
Two were pinned on each table runner.
They were in all of the floral arrangements too.
(Most for $3 each!)
This massive fireplace anchors one end of the
room.
Everything was just magnificent. I love
the draped ceiling in the Sunset Room with lights
in the draping.
We had beautiful candles everywhere. I love
that Sleepy Ridge lets you have real candlelight.
Some of the tables featured Eiffel Tower
floral arrangements, others featured
silver mercury glass containers. All
had crystal and aqua brooches and
the tables had aqua jewels sprinkled
on them.
The 6 foot
Eiffel Tower Ice Sculpture anchored
the other end of the hall where all of the food
was served.
Fresh flower poms hung from the chandelier in the center
of the room.
I had painted this large birdcage in
an aqua spray paint for wedding gift cards.
The sign in table featured two books you could
sign in and
Amanda's jeweled bridal bouquet from
the temple and bridals
was placed under the metal cloche
by the sign in book
(from Costco Photo)
the other sign in book
was hand made by his mother -
you could sign in either or both!
It was set up on this lovely shabby aqua dresser.
We had attached ostrich feathers to pens to sign in.
The little girls loved those pens.
Casey's mom had done the vinyl words for their
Love Story
which we placed on this mirror.
The halls were lined with enlargements from
her bridals.
And more photos from her engagement photo shoot
topped this shabby buffet.
Yards and yards of aqua tulle create
an elegant skirting for the dessert table.
The dessert table featured the Groom's
Cake on an aqua and jeweled cake stand
and a five foot high Eiffel Tower that held
French Almond Macarons.
Amanda chose a classic white wedding cake
related to Casey) with a touch of aqua with
the brooch.
She wanted to incorporate a little silver, so Dawna
fringed the edges of the petals with metallic silver.
The cakes were red velvet, chocolate and vanilla.
All were delicious.
The focal point of the room was this six foot
ice sculpture of the Eiffel Tower that has
a drink luge in the center so that punch can
be poured through the sculpture.
Amanda chose a
Tiffany Blue Punch
to match the reception
colors.
The sweet server in the background had to
climb up and pour the punch for all of the
guests - all night long. And he did it
all with a huge smile.
(Someone's enjoying the punch!)
We found this fun cake topper for the grooms
cake as Amanda and Casey were to leave the
reception in my white convertible.
It sat atop a traditional tall Maglby's chocolate cake.
As reception lines for an LDS wedding
can be long, we decided to have waiters passing
trays of food as people waited in line.
Everything was mini appetizers and mini desserts
with a French flair.
The event was catered by Magleby's and
the food was simply amazing both in presentation
and flavor.
These were Magleby's spinach dips. I just adore the
presentation on everything.
Red pepper soup spoons. I wanted to save all of their
fabulous serving pieces!
This was one of our savory stations where the food
was behind prepared right there in front of the
guests. The chef at this station was so adorable
he kept saying, "Welcome to Paris!"
They were then served hot in a red pepper dipping sauce.
Of course we had to have crepes with a
lemon mousse or a cream cheese mousse filling
and assorted toppings.
The chef was there flaming the crepes.
The stuffed mushrooms were incredible.
I have to say the biggest hit of the party were the
mini milkshakes. They were served at their own
"Milkshake Bar".
They served Raspberry, Oreo and Toasted Marshmallow
Mini Shakes. I know my grandkids drank way more
than their share!
People just raved about all of the food and said it was
the best reception they had ever been too, but their
favorite things were the mini shakes.
French macarons were served out of the Aqua Eiffel Tower
which I got from Tai Pan (I painted it).
The beautiful cake stand with jewels I found at
Home Goods - and no, I didn't have to paint that one -
what a find!
Guests also adored the
Cookies and Milk.
What a clever idea.
Ok, everything was delicious! People loved
these Mini Layered Magleby's Cakes too! They
were one of my favorites!
Magleby's was so creative and wonderful
to work with.
The event included dancing at the end where even
the grandkids were having a wonderful time.
And of course a dance with Dad.
After all of the food and fun and congratulations
we went out on the patios and had a
fabulous fireworks show. Amanda and Casey got to
push the plunger to start the show.
I am such a fireworks fan that when I
found out they could do real fireworks,
I knew we had to have those to
celebrate! They went on and on and on.
We were given a spectacular show!
Everyone lined up to wish them a sparkling farewell
using 3 foot sparklers and heart shaped sparklers.
The heart shaped sparklers just last one minute
so they were just for looks, but the 3 foot ones
last 4 minutes - perfect for pictures.
Her wonderful bridesmaids, Hannah, Natalie, Natalie and
Aubrie had decorated the car with style. Hannah
blinged up the cans with scrapbook
paper and aqua jewels and Natalie made the
banner.
It was finished off with four clusters of aqua
and pearl balloons.
It was the classiest decorated car
I have ever seen!
They drove off in the car but needed to return
to change out of their wedding clothes.
My favorite part was when Casey turned up the
music to "I Think I Want To Marry You"
and then got Amanda out of the car and danced
with her!
Here is to a wonderful life together!
It's been so fun sharing our wedding with you, I decided
I should share all of my hours of work finding things,
so here are my sources!
Sources
(I cut the overlays or toppers into runners and serged the
edges to get the color and size I wanted.)
Bird Cage - Tai Pan (spray painted aqua)
Eiffel Tower - Tai Pan (spray painted aqua)
Table Eiffel Towers - Home Goods and Tai Pan
Easels - Tai Pan
White Buffet and Aqua Chest - Sleepy Ridge Rentals
Table Votive Candle Holders - Hobby Lobby
Aqua Tall Mercury Candle Holders - Z Gallerie
Wedding Sign In Book - Costco Photo
Aqua and Cream Picture Frames - Home Goods (I
added the ribbon and brooches)
Enlarged Photos - Costco (I ordered 20x30s and
mounted them with spray glue on foam board and
put them in frames from Michaels)
Cream and Brown Floor Mirror - Home Goods
Eiffel Tower Canvases - Home Goods
Fireworks and Ice Sculpture - Sourced through Sleepy Ridge
