When Maura and I met a little over a year ago she was very clear on a few things…
“I want the wedding to be here on my parents property” and “I want the reception to feel like you were invited to dinner here at the house, sitting at the dining room table, and we went out and picked flowers for the table”
Being that the property had been part of a working farm with stone walls, a pond, barn, and spring house Maura also wanted to be as eco-friendly as possible…
After this Saturday’s wedding- when Maura kept repeating to her mom “mom this is just what I dreamed of…”
I knew we had done our job!
First we brought in EventQuip - it was a tenting job that had several revisions, additions and a ‘rain plan’. It was important to have a tent with 10′ sides and clear side walls to allow for the breeze over the rolling hills as well as to be able to see the pond and waterfall…
Dan from feastivities catering and their entire team did an INCREDIBLE job {especially the day of in the rain} - Dan worked with us to come up with things that lent to the homey feel like 8 foot wooden farmhouse tables, mixing different styles of wooden chairs, rustic table runners, carafes of water on each table and a self serve station of iced tea and lemonade with mason jars…

The food also reflected their desire for fresh, seasonal and local ingredients wherever possible.
Flowers by Elaine’s Flowers of Chester Springs really captured the feel of the property using lots of natural elements, and flowers found on the property which had been planted with TONS of beautiful local flowers….
Other natural décor elements rounded out the details - Christina Gargano-Lupo from our staff designed beautiful invitations, table numbers which fit into birch wood branches and escort cards which were all eco friendly {more about that in Christina’s post!}

Moss monograms and a wheel barrow of fresh flowers greeted guests at the end of the driveway (many arrived in shuttles)…

Soy candles in old mason jars, milk bottles and containers of reclaimed wood were used to decorate tables…

Wedding favors for each guest we evergreens they could take home and plant…

It was truly everything Mara dreamed of…
Other event professionals who made this day possible were:
Hair and make-up: Claudia Seyler
Lighting : Eventions Productions
Ceremony Music: French Creek Players
Cocktail Music: Douglas Mapp Trio
Reception Music: Silver Sound - DJ Vaughn
Valet Parking: Empire Valet
Shuttles: American Trolley
Videography: Video One Productions
Wedding Cake: Doughmain Baked Goods
And of course to Alison Conklin for the beautiful images…