Best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Siegel on their first anniversary!
We hope your marriage is filled with many more years of happiness, laughter, and love.
Venue: Anderson House Florist: Amaryllis Floral + Event Design Photographer: Love Life Images
“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence in her shoe.”
Something old represents continuity; something new offers optimism for the future; something borrowed symbolizes borrowed happiness; something blue stands for love, and fidelity; and a sixpence in your shoe is a wish for good fortune and prosperity!
Including any of these traditions into your wedding day attire is sure to bring you some good fortune!
Something Old can be your great-grandmother’s earrings or the earrings your mother wore on her wedding day and a vintage handkerchief.
Photographer: Eric Kelley
Something New can be your wedding dress
Photographer: Abby Jiu
Something Blue can be a beautiful blue monogram stitched into your wedding dress with your new initials and wedding date or your accessories, such as your shoes and clutch.
Photographer: Patricia Lyons
Photographer: Abby Jiu
Something Borrowed can be lace from your grandmother or mother’s wedding dress and if you wanted to follow this tradition fully, you would also need a sixpence in your shoe.
Photographer: Jodi Miller Photographer: Vicki Grafton
As the summer wedding season comes to an end and we celebrate labor day we wanted to look back at some of our past weddings this season, as they really were a labor of Love!
Venue: Pippin Hill Farm Photographer: Sam Hurd Florist: Souther Blooms
Venue: Decatur House Photographer: Abby Jiu Florist: Amaryllis, Inc Floral + Event Design
Venue: Early Mountain Vineyards Photographer: Abby Grace Florist: The Orangerie
Venue: 101 Constitution Photographer: Jodi Miller Florist: Holly Chapple
Best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Barajas on on their first anniversary
We hope your marriage is filled with many more years of love, laugher and adventure!
Venue: Oxon Hill Manor Florist: DBI Events Photographer: Abby Jiu
Lately our office has been receiving quite a few questions about thank you notes, so we thought it would only be fitting to write a post!
{Image courtesy of Sugar Paper}
According to Emily Post, thank you notes should be written when you first receive a present. But considering people’s hectic schedules, there is a grace period; You have three months from the date you receive a present to send a thank you. Make sure all the notes are sincere and personalized to each guest. No one wants to receive a tacky, pre-printed, generic note. If you choose to use monogrammed thank you notes be cautious. If the monograms include your married last name, they technically cannot be sent until after the wedding date has past. The task of sending out thank-you notes can feel overwhelming so if you are behind in your thank-you notes, a late thank-you note is still better than no note at all!
Here are 10 Do’s and Don’ts of Thank You notes according to Emily Post:
Do personalize your notes and make reference to the person as well as the gift.
Do remember that a gift should be acknowledged with the same courtesy and generous spirit in which it was given.
Do be enthusiastic, but don’t gush. Avoid saying a gift is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen unless you really mean it.
Don’t send form letters or cards with printed messages and just your signature; don’t use email or post a generic thank you on your wedding web site in lieu of a personal note.
Do promptly acknowledge the receipt of shipped gifts by sending a note right away or calling and following up with a written note in a day or two.
Don’t mention that you plan to return a gift or that you are dissatisfied in any way.
Don’t tailor your note to the perceived value of the gift; no one should receive a perfunctory note.
Do refer to the way you will use a gift of money. Mentioning the amount is optional.
Don’t include wedding photos or use photo cards if it will delay sending the note.
Don’t use being late as an excuse not to write. Even if you are still sending notes after your first anniversary, keep writing!