Chelsea & Art and a whole "Hill" of a lot of love!

It was the middle of January, a time of year that's pretty quiet on the island, when I got a call from a bride who had just lost her wedding venue. A wedding, that was planned for just three months away on April 22, 2011. They had three months to book a new venue, rearrange their plans, alert their guests and vendors and  they had never even been to Bald Head Island before. We schedueld a visit for the two of them and they booked the club immeditately.

The amazing thing about this couple though, as stressed as I know they both were, they were cool as cats when they came to visit with me. Chelsea and Art Hill were just two, very much in love individuals, who wanted to celebrate that love in front of their friends and families. The fact that the Bald Head Island Club happened to be available the day they wanted to marry, was just a bonus.

After booking the club for their reception, they decided to have a beachfront ceremony. So the morning of their wedding, we delivered 100 or so white padded chairs to the beach and they were all set to go.

That is until about 30 minutes prior to the ceremony, the rain started falling. It wasn't enough to wash away the chairs of course, but when their guests showed up at the club seeking shelter from the rain, we decided to move the ceremony to the Ocean Terrace, underneath our gorgeous white linen lined tent.

I called Chelsea to let her know of the change in ceremony locales. She was at her beachfront home, having the finishing touches put on. All she said was "Thank you."

Peaceful and calm as ever, Chelsea. 

Art, who was already at the club, was also very grateful for the last minute switch. But I think Art and Chelsea are loving the dramatic skies now, after seeing the amazing images their photographer Matt McGraw captured that afternoon and evening.

In the end, Chelsea & Art had a wonderful wedding day experience and their guests had a fabulous time.I should know - i was there marveling at how much fun they were having. Of course it didn't hurt having the ever-fabulous J Tatum from Active Entertainment as the evening's entertainment. And Vince Stout on the Steel Drum was a marvelous addition. 

Congrats to the happy newlyweds and congratulations on your move and new home!

The coast misses you though!  

busy, busy bees...

It's creeping up on the fall wedding season (very quickly I might add) but I'm still reveling in our wonderful spring wedding season! One of my favorite couples to marry this past spring, was Eric & Cameron Gardner.

Eric & Cameron are Bald Head Island frequenters, so i was fortunate enough to spend quite a bit of time getting to know them pryor to the wedding. Cameron is as adorable as she looks in these pics and Eric is just as sweet. There were so many pics from their uber-talented photographer Ed Shenkmen that capture the newlyweds glow and utter excitement. 

I love this pic of Cameron below... so her!

The bridesmaids dresses were gorge! As were the bridesmaids themselves!

This is such an awesome picture of Eric and his groomsmen fooling around before the big day. So cool.

 The ceremony was held underneath the Ocean Terrace Tent. 150 of Cameron & Eric's closest friends and family members were able to join in on the celebration!

so cute...

Guests enjoyed cocktail hour in our Palms Room...

and then convened to the Ocean Room for dinner!

Flowers were provided by Lyn Moser. I remember our receptionist commenting that day (who has worked here for 20 years this past spring) that these were the prettiest flowers she's ever seen at a wedding. And she's seen a lot of weddings here at Bald Head!

the wedding cake was courtesy of Jamie Soodek who bakes cakes out of her home in Wilmington!

Eric with DJ Professionals kept the crowd going on the dance floor while Brick Street Cinema captured the whole thing on video for us to relive, over and over. To see their wedding video, click here.

Eric has some moves on the dance floor that you ain't never seen.

Cool as a cat, that one.  

Love these two...

Congrats again to the beautiful couple! Come back and visit me again soon! I msis you two!

Wedded Bliss

I received a few pics this week from Lisa Brown of Bella Rose Photography, of a March wedding we hosted here at the Bald Head Island Club. Trish & Glenn were married at the Village Chapel on March 26, 2011.

Some of the floral pics are just absolutely stunning, all thanks to Mrs. Kim Fisher of Kim Fisher Designs in Wilmington, NC. Kim is also the brains behind Wilmington Weddings Blog so for all you soon to be brides in the wilmington, NC area, make sure you check out this site. It has tons of good information, tips and tricks!

Lisa Brown and her team took the newlyweds around the island for some beachy shots before joining the rest of their guests at the Bald Head Island Club for a mexican themed fiesta buffet.  

  

I love theses shots of Glenn & Trish exiting the club - it wasn't raining, but they need protection from the guests throwing a little orzo rice at them!

Congratulations to a beautiful couple! They were in absolute wedded bliss when they arrived at the club the night of their wedding, and I can't imagine the smile on their faces fading anytime soon.

The "I Do's" of Anna & Chris...

I've often wondered, if as parents, you truthfully don't have favorites among your children. Really? Now I am not a mother yet, so I can't say for sure. But as a wedding planner for the Bald Head Island Club, I do feel a little guilty admitting that I do in fact, have favorites. Now I love all of my brides, each in their own way and for many different reasons. But Mrs. Anna Rose... well, she stole my heart the minute I met her.

Anna was the very first bride I met with when I arrived at Bald Head almost 1 year ago to the day. She was radiant, she was kind, she was glowing, she was endearing, she was genuine. And I soon realized, she was just being Anna. To say that i was looking forward to her wedding, is definitely an understatement. I was counting down the days, but at the same time savoring it all because I knew one day May 21st, 2011 would arrive and Chris & Anna would sail off into the sunset... a sunset in Turks & Caicos I believe :)

And as I knew it would, May 21st did arrive. And it was everything Anna had dreamt it would be. It was everything I dreamt it would be. Kim Fisher provided a magical ambiance of floral delight, with light pink peonies (my favorite) and succulents galore.



The ceremony was held on the Bald Head Island Club's Ocean Terrace and what a magical setting that was.

The reception kind of took over the entire club, with the cocktail hour in the palms room, and the reception inside the Ocean Room & Ocean Terrace.

Anna & Chris had such a fun wedding, and a majority of that is due to their rocking band, The TFC Band! They were so laid back and just kept the party going. This pic below is of the bride's brother. He, as well as the rest of their guests, had a blast with TFC!

I love this pic of Anna's parents dancing. Georgia & Fred Rose are just as adorable as their daughter Anna and it was just so cute watching them dance to their special song. I had to stop what I was doing to watch, it was that dang cute.

And a stunning cake courtesy of my favorite boys over at Flower & Flour. Wow! Not only did it look gorgeous sitting there on that table, but it was delicious going down too!

Congrats again to the Newlyweds, Anna & Chris. You two will forever have a special place in my heart and I will never forget your beautiful day - thanks to the fotabulous photographing of Kellie Kano! PS - for more images and a tear-jerker of a slideshow, go to Kellie's blog. She does phenomenal work!