Speechless Transformation

As 2009 comes to close, we would like to take this time to remember an awesome wedding that took place in August. We were faced with a great challenge of transforming a church gymnasium into a modern, chic, urban night club in middle of the day. This is the thank you note we received …

“Paul and Alex,

We just wanted to thank you again for the amazing job you guys did on our wedding…Everyone at the wedding, us included, was completely blown away by how amazing it looked. I think my favorite comment was ‘I was in the room for at least 5 – 10 minutes before I realized it was a gym.’ The flowers, the reception, everything was defiantly a “WOW!” I’m fairly certain lost of our friends will be calling you when they start planning their weddings and events. You guys rock!

Mason & Nicole Wiseman”

We started by choosing a modern color combination of aqua and raspberry as our primary colors and then accented the wedding with chartreuse green. The ceremony took place at St. Paul United Method Church and took very little to improve the space. Two symmetrical, asymmetric arrangements framed the couple at the altar and create a stunning focal point. The bridesmaid’s vibrant fuchsia dresses were paired with green cymbidium orchids and the bride’s bouquet pulled everything together in the perfect shades of fuchsia, and of course everything was accented in just the right amount of aqua.

Photographs courtesy of James Calvert.

The reception was truly the speechless part. The entire gymnasiums was draped in white fabric and reach sixteen feet in the air and then back lit in a stunning aqua to provide the right mood for the reception. Large eight foot square tables covered in aqua floor length linens and accented with raspberry napkins created the perfect back drop for the ultra contemporary centerpieces. Each table featured a large glass vase accented with strands of Swarovski crystals, aqua wire, and a rich pink cymbidium orchid and was finished with custom twenty-four inch diameter lampshades and over sixty LED lights. An acrylic raiser and votive candles filled out the centerpiece and created the modern, chic feel that was requested. A modern club would not be complete without a lounge, so a white leather serpent couch with matching ottoman and glass end tables was the perfect complement to the raspberry lit bar.

So remember when planning your next event that anything is possible. Let you imagination run wild and make sure to find the right people to make your event … speechless!

Louisville Bride Feature

So it has been awhile since the last post, but I think that this is worth it…our first publication! In the current issue of Louisville Bride (http://louisvillebride.epubxpress.com/) we have a four page spread right in the center of the magazine of an amazing wedding we designed and created in January. Kristen and Adam were a great couple to work with, from glitter everywhere to forty five inch long feathers in the bridal bouquet, their wedding was a modern winter soiree inspired by 1950’s Hollywood glam!

White Grecian columns, several of yards of fabric, a couple trees and a few hundred candles help to create an amazing setting for the ceremony. Spanning over eight feet wide and reach eleven feet tall, white river birch branches formed a natural arch for the couple.

For the reception, hundreds of feet of Swarovski and Austrian crystal dripped from five foot tall silver gilded tree. Adorned with pendants, candles and nestled in a sophisticated urn of lush white flowers, these trees made up only a third of the centerpieces. Arrangements, over two feet in diameter, were created with a mixture of white flowers to represent a bed of freshly fallen snow; while the other centerpieces towered over ten feet tall bursting with white dendrobium orchids, calla lilies, roses, and crystal covered branches, it was no mistake this was a winter night full of sparkle. Blue lighting completely transformed the room and the rhinestone studded orchid at each place setting help to make this event … speechless!

Photographs by Red Tree Photography

Here we go!

I would like to start this off with a short introduction and what I think this blog should be.

My name is Alex, and I am an event planner in Louisville, KY. My company does quite a few weddings, but we really like to do other sorts of events as well (fashion shows, non-profit events, corporate parties). The name of this blog is 'Speechless' because that is the effect we like to achieve when we design an event space.

I want this blog to be a collection of 'speechless' creations. I will post here the kind of stuff that makes me say, "wow" and hopefully several pictures of the wows that my company has created. I am very open to your ideas and submissions, too. Please post comments and links to anything that leaves you speechless or makes you say, "wow." (Just remember to give credit where credit is due.)

In addition to this blog being somewhat of a photo jounal, I would like this place to be a resource for people planning their own events. In addition, please share any tips you feel may help out others.

I will try to post here as often as possible, but if you would like to contact me, my contact information can be found on creatingwows.com.