A Backyard Tented Wedding at a Country Inn - June 2010
Ceremony and Reception: The Bykenhulle House, Hopewell Junction, NY
All Photography in this post by Christopher Duggan of Threshold Visions
Engaging Floral Designs designed an elegant, vintage soft pink and white pallet of flowers for this backyard wedding. It was elegant yet not overly pompous - just the right mix for this country setting. Photos provided below courtesy of Christopher Duggan of Threshold Visions
Wedding Planner Sarah Lusardi and team at NY Engagements, LLC. provided day of coordination services for this happy couple's wedding in June 2010.
The NY Engagements team displayed her escort cards by pinning them with clothespins onto decorative ribbon hung between two wrought iron stands. It was a whimsical and sweet idea.
Customized matchbooks were placed at the bars.
At the ceremony, fans were placed on each chair for guests to cool themselves in the heat. The bride decided on a hanging arrangement over the ceremony which framed out their ceremony space nicely. Little tossing baskets with petals were hung from the sides of the aisle chairs for guests to toss petals...
In picture above - Rev. Jeanne Stark of Hudson Valley Ceremonies officiating the ceremony
The Botticelli Chamber Players performed beautifully as the bride walked down the aisle.
Dancing was of utmost importance to this couple so baskets of flip flops were placed near the dance floor in the tent for any guests who didn't want aching feet to ruin their dance groove.
The band, Live Radio, rocked the house all evening. The leader was Julie Foster and she was a pleasure to work with.
The bride's family had a special urn they wanted incorporated into the wedding displays so it was used to hold special notes the guests wrote to the bride and groom to read on their 1 year anniversary. The card box was a vintage bird cage.
In addition to setting up personal decor items such as the ones above, the day of coordinators are also there to buffer any issues that arise at the rehearsal and wedding day...
You never know what last minute things might pop up and having a day of coordinator helped this bride relax after discovering the caterer had the cook tent placed in a location she did not like as it obstructed the grassy lounge area. So as not to disrupt their rehearsal dinner plans, Sarah and the NY Engagements team worked behind the scenes with the caterer and tent company to have their team come back that night to re-position the cook tent to an area in a more discreet area. After Sarah worked out some logistical issues/concerns with the caterer, we all made it happen! Sarah met up with the tent company late that evening to assist the move and, by the time the bride returned to the Inn, the tent was already taken care of and she knew she was in good hands!
The caterer Bridge Creek Catering was amazing to work with. They had an amazing team and they really had a lot to compete with working the event... we had threatening tornado warnings and heavy thunder storms and rain approaching and with the tent being moved, their staff would have to run in the rain to get food served but they made it work. I've never seen the chefs plate food so quickly and wait staff serve food to the tables in record time! We had a very tight schedule and they made it happen. Thankfully the rain held out just long enough to clear tables and start the dancing portion of the evening. The food was also wonderful...and we taste a lot of wedding food in our business!
Another issue that came up during the evening that the NY Engagements team helped take care of was when the bartenders were running out of alcohol. It was a very hot day and with all the dancing under the tent, the alcohol was going fast. The NY Engagements team contacted their alcohol vendor and he was able to get a couple bottles sent over and picked up some extra cases of beer along the way for us. The bride and groom didn't know that there was ever a problem. They were having such a great time and didn't need to know of issues happening behind the scenes - when they eventually did found out later, they were so impressed that it was just all taken care of behind the scenes and they were left to enjoy their own wedding party!
Ceremony and Reception: The Bykenhulle House, Hopewell Junction, NY
All Photography in this post by Christopher Duggan of Threshold Visions
Engaging Floral Designs designed an elegant, vintage soft pink and white pallet of flowers for this backyard wedding. It was elegant yet not overly pompous - just the right mix for this country setting. Photos provided below courtesy of Christopher Duggan of Threshold Visions
Wedding Planner Sarah Lusardi and team at NY Engagements, LLC. provided day of coordination services for this happy couple's wedding in June 2010.
The NY Engagements team displayed her escort cards by pinning them with clothespins onto decorative ribbon hung between two wrought iron stands. It was a whimsical and sweet idea.
Customized matchbooks were placed at the bars.At the ceremony, fans were placed on each chair for guests to cool themselves in the heat. The bride decided on a hanging arrangement over the ceremony which framed out their ceremony space nicely. Little tossing baskets with petals were hung from the sides of the aisle chairs for guests to toss petals...
In picture above - Rev. Jeanne Stark of Hudson Valley Ceremonies officiating the ceremony
The Botticelli Chamber Players performed beautifully as the bride walked down the aisle.
Dancing was of utmost importance to this couple so baskets of flip flops were placed near the dance floor in the tent for any guests who didn't want aching feet to ruin their dance groove.
The band, Live Radio, rocked the house all evening. The leader was Julie Foster and she was a pleasure to work with.
The bride's family had a special urn they wanted incorporated into the wedding displays so it was used to hold special notes the guests wrote to the bride and groom to read on their 1 year anniversary. The card box was a vintage bird cage.
In addition to setting up personal decor items such as the ones above, the day of coordinators are also there to buffer any issues that arise at the rehearsal and wedding day...
You never know what last minute things might pop up and having a day of coordinator helped this bride relax after discovering the caterer had the cook tent placed in a location she did not like as it obstructed the grassy lounge area. So as not to disrupt their rehearsal dinner plans, Sarah and the NY Engagements team worked behind the scenes with the caterer and tent company to have their team come back that night to re-position the cook tent to an area in a more discreet area. After Sarah worked out some logistical issues/concerns with the caterer, we all made it happen! Sarah met up with the tent company late that evening to assist the move and, by the time the bride returned to the Inn, the tent was already taken care of and she knew she was in good hands!
The caterer Bridge Creek Catering was amazing to work with. They had an amazing team and they really had a lot to compete with working the event... we had threatening tornado warnings and heavy thunder storms and rain approaching and with the tent being moved, their staff would have to run in the rain to get food served but they made it work. I've never seen the chefs plate food so quickly and wait staff serve food to the tables in record time! We had a very tight schedule and they made it happen. Thankfully the rain held out just long enough to clear tables and start the dancing portion of the evening. The food was also wonderful...and we taste a lot of wedding food in our business!
Another issue that came up during the evening that the NY Engagements team helped take care of was when the bartenders were running out of alcohol. It was a very hot day and with all the dancing under the tent, the alcohol was going fast. The NY Engagements team contacted their alcohol vendor and he was able to get a couple bottles sent over and picked up some extra cases of beer along the way for us. The bride and groom didn't know that there was ever a problem. They were having such a great time and didn't need to know of issues happening behind the scenes - when they eventually did found out later, they were so impressed that it was just all taken care of behind the scenes and they were left to enjoy their own wedding party!
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