The
beautiful and historic National Cathedral was the location for R + J’s September
wedding ceremony. The couple, who live
in NYC, chose to get married in DC because it is the bride’s hometown. The bride and her family spent the morning
getting ready with hairstylist Giselle of Hair by Giselle and makeup artist
Nikki Frasier at the Ritz Carlton on 22nd Street.
The day
could not have been more beautiful for Greg Gibson to take photos in and around
the Cathedral.
The bride
loves the color red and decided to use that as the overall theme of the
wedding. Check out her beautiful red
bouquet (made of red roses and red dahlias) against the white of her wedding
dress.
She had her
bridesmaids wear bright red dresses.
The ceremony at the Cathedral was intimate and beautiful as only a ceremony in the grand space can be.
After the ceremony, everyone moved
to the
Corcoran Museum for a night of dinner, drinks and dancing. Red linens
covered each table. Capitol Décor created six beautiful tall
centerpieces out of manzanita branches and rich red roses and six lower
arrangements that consisted of a cluster of smaller vases each filled with a
single type of flower such as roses or dahlias.
The head table was a long rectangular table that consisted of the tall
branch centerpieces and the white bridesmaid bouquets.
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Custom menu
cards, tables named after places important to the couple's courtship and squares of fabric for the guests to sign, that
would be later used to make a quilt, were some of the fun and creative accents that made this wedding so special.
Lighting
provided by John Farr Lighting highlighted the columns surrounding the event
space as well as the dancefloor area. DJ
Jason Wallace made sure to keep everyone on the dancefloor all night long.
The tasty
cake, specially designed by the bride’s cousin, was made with white frosting
and red ribbon on each layer.
As a
send-off, the Groom specifically designed a fun candy buffet with red and white
candies (mostly gummies – his favorite).
A HUGE thank
you to my associate Amanda Smith who helped run the day of and made sure
everything went smoothly!
Thank you
also to Joel Wolke and his team at Occasions Caterers for the amazing food and fabulous service. And thank you to Greg Gibson for sharing his amazing images with us!
Congratulations
Rebecca + Jason!
Christine
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