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Great Expectations
Candelabras wrapped with boas of roses, orchids and hydrangea and surrounded by
chairs accented with floral garlands and gold tassels.
Location and China: The Plaza New York, NY; Table and Floral Design: Ed
Libby & Company, Inc. New York, NY; Linen and Chargers: Roberta
Karsch-Resource One, Inc. New York, NY; Table, Chairs and Candelabras: Luxe
Event Rentals Brooklyn, NY; Glassware and Flatware: Party Rental Ltd. New York,
NY; Lighting: Bentley Meeker Lighting & Staging, Inc. New York, NY;
Photography: Lawrence Chan Photography Los Angeles, CA
Floor-to-ceiling-draped tent featuring four tablescapes with
variations on arrangements of cattleya, phalaenopsis, vanda,
cymbidium and mokara orchids.
Table and Floral Design, Tent Draping: Xquisite Events
Boca Raton, FL; Event Coordinator and Linen: Event
Couture Atlanta, GA; Table Setting: Panache, A Classic
Party Rentals Company Pompano Beach, FL; Chairs: Hitched
Event Rentals Medley, FL; Lighting: Event Star Medley, FL;
Photography: Ray Santana Photography Miami, FL
Tower of Freedom roses, pink phalaenopsis orchids and elephant
ear leaves presented on a base of submerged red tulips.
Location: The
Plaza New York, NY; Table and Floral Design:
Tantawan Bloom New York, NY; Linen: Nüage Designs
Miami, FL; Table Setting and Chairs: Something Different Party
Rental Patterson, NJ; Lighting: Bentley Meeker Lighting
& Staging, Inc. New York, NY; Photography: Lawrence
Chan Photography Los Angeles, CA
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White bengaline featuring a runner of hydrangea, roses, phalaenopsis
orchids and gloriosa lilies flanked by clear candelabras.
Location: Trump International Hotel & Tower
Chicago, IL; Table and Floral Design, Furniture: HM
Designs Chicago, IL; Linen: BBJ Linen Skokie, IL; Table Setting
and Chairs: Hall’s Rental Niles, IL; Photography:
Bob & Dawn Davis Photography and
Design Chicago, IL
Blush pink fantasy satin showcasing a combination of low arrangements and floral sculptures strung
with crystals.
Location: The Estates of Sunnybrook Toronto, ON, Canada; Table Design: Ricky Bessner
& Fern Cohen Events Thornhill, ON, Canada; Floral Design: Ixia, Flowers by Cliff
Woodbridge, ON, Canada; Linen: Susan Murray International Toronto, ON, Canada; Table
Setting: Arti & Mestieri Woodbridge, ON, Canada; Chairs: Detailz Chair Couture Toronto,
ON, Canada; Cakes: Custom Made Wedding Cakes Mississauga, ON, Canada; Photography:
Richard Emmanuel Photography & Cinematography Toronto, ON, Canada
grace ormonde WEDDING STYLE
Wedding entrance covered in fabric panels with a handmade
laser-cut tree installation and wrapped in custom leather sofas.
Location: Dubai World Trade Centre Dubai, UAE;
Event Design and Production: designlab events
by Hibah Albakree Dubai, UAE; Furniture and
Installation: Mootassim el Baba and Marwan Maalouf Dubai,
UAE; Pillows: Table Tops Events Dubai, UAE; Lighting:
Wide Angle Productions Dubai, UAE; Photography: Danny
Lyann Dubai, UAE
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Oversized laser-cut lanterns, cascading waterfall of flowers on the stage, and
tabletops featuring pyramids of candles and blossoms.
Location: Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre Abu
Dhabi, UAE; Event Design and Production: designlab events by
Hibah Albakree Dubai, UAE; Floral Design: Akram Juma
Flower Designs Dubai, UAE; Linen: Table Tops Events Dubai, UAE;
Table Setting: Dubai World Trade Centre Dubai, UAE; Stage and Lanterns:
Mootassim el Baba and Marwan Maalouf Dubai, UAE; Lighting: Wide Angle
Productions Dubai, UAE; Photography: Danny Lyann Dubai, UAE
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White linen surrounded by upholstered chairs in white
suede with yellow piping coordinating with installations of
Kermit mums and a pavé of roses.
Eight-foot-tall tree featuring cherry blossoms, dendrobium orchids,
Vendela roses, hydrangea, crystals and strung votive spheres.
Location and Lighting: Seawell Grand Ballroom at The
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Denver, CO; Table and Floral Design: Affair with Flair Denver, CO,
DesignWorks by Dave and Mike Denver, CO; Linen:
Nüage Designs Miami, FL; Table Setting: Posh Couture Rentals Dallas, TX,
Signed & Sealed by Steph Denver, CO; Chairs: Event Rents Englewood,
CO, La Tavola Linen Napa, CA; Photography: Eric Stephenson
Photography Denver, CO
Location: The Shul of Bal Harbour
Surfside, FL; Table and Floral Design, Table Setting: Design
42, The Event Company by Fortuna
Ludmir Sunny Isles Beach, FL; Flowers: Fleurish
Design & Events Doral, FL; Linen, Furniture and Chairs:
Nüage Designs Miami, FL; Draping: Fabulous Linen Miami, FL;
Photography: PS Photography Miami, FL
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opposite: Acrylic table with silver damask skirt showcasing statues holding
arrangements of roses set on a pavé of Kermit mums.
above:
Royal blue and oatmeal patterned linen featuring tall vases
of green cymbidium orchids and surrounded by lime green chairs.
Location: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, FL; Table and Floral Design, Linen and Chair Covers: Flourish
Floral Productions Orlando, FL; Table Setting: Panache,
A Classic Party Rentals Company Tampa, FL; Chairs: BW
Designs Orlando, FL; Stationery: Dragonfly Custom Design
Orlando, FL; Photography: R. Joseph Photographics Tampa, FL
Location: The Studio at Nüage Designs Miami, FL;
Table and Floral Design: A Joy Wallace Catering Production
& Design Team Miami, FL; Linen, Furniture and Chairs:
Pablo Oliveira, Nüage Designs Miami, FL;
Table Setting: Impulse! Deerfield Beach, FL; Photography:
Matt Horton, Artist Group Photography Miami, FL
grace ormonde WEDDING STYLE
Steel grass columns and Manzanita trees
with phalaenopsis and dendrobium
orchids presented on a runner of dendrobium
orchids and calla lilies.
Location: 41 North Newport, RI; Table
and Floral Design: Tantawan Bloom
New York, NY; Linen: Nüage Designs
Miami, FL; Table Setting: Something Different
Party Rental Patterson, NJ; Photography:
M. Benedicte Verley
Photography Providence, RI
Monochromatic tablescape of green ornamental kale, mint
ice cymbidium orchids, midori anthurium and flowering palm.
Location and Chairs: 41 North Newport, RI; Table and Floral Design:
Ray’s Flower Shop Fall River, MA; Table Setting: Be Our
Guest, Inc. Boston, MA; Photography: M. Benedicte Verley
Photography Providence, RI
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Opalescent pearl vases with cascades of phalaenopsis
orchids set on a runner of hydrangea and roses.
Location: L’Ermitage Beverly Hills, CA;
Table and Floral Design: The Hidden Garden Los
Angeles, CA; Linen: Wildflower Linen Buena Park, CA; Table
Setting: Classic Party Rentals El Segundo, CA;
Chairs: Designer8* Event Furniture Rental Torrance, CA,
Classic Party Rentals El Segundo, CA; Photography: Mike
Colón Photographers Newport Coast, CA
Multilevel tablescape adorned with candelabras and cascading
phalaenopsis orchids with crystals presented on organza.
Location: The
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
and Museum Cleveland, OH; Table and Floral Design:
Something New Events Canfield, OH; Linen:
L’Nique Cleveland, OH; Table Setting and Chairs: Event Source
Cleveland, OH; Photography: Nathan Migal, Imagen
Photography & Videography Hudson, OH
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Gold beaded lace underlay and
blush pearl overlay featuring a pavé
of roses and gold candlesticks.
Taglyan Cultural
Complex Hollywood, CA;
Location:
Table and Floral Design, Linen:
Roberta Karsch-Resource
One, Inc. Reseda, CA; Table
Setting: Unique Tabletop Rentals,
A Classic Party Rentals Company
Rancho Dominquez, CA; Furniture
and Chairs: Luxe Event Rentals
Los Angeles, CA; Photography: Duke
Photography Pasadena, CA
Pied de Poule glass table featuring floral spheres, antique glasses
and silver surrounded by Channel-inspired seating and finished with
a cotton and gauze flower installation.
Location: Images by Lighting Warehouse Los Angeles,
CA; Table Design, Table, Furniture, Chairs and Installation: Edgar
Zamora, Revelry Los Angeles, CA; Floral Design: Shirvan
Design Los Angeles, CA; Lighting: Images by Lighting Los
Angeles, CA; Table Setting: Small Masterpiece Los Angeles, CA;
Photography: Nadine Froger Photography Sherman Oaks, CA
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Ceremony site featuring antique
wrought-iron candelabras lining the
aisle toward a white taffeta and
organza draped canopy with roses,
hydrangea and orchids.
Location and Chairs: The Biltmore
Hotel Coral Gables, FL; Floral and
Event Design, Candelabras: Xquisite
Events Boca Raton, FL; Photography:
Ray Santana Photography
Miami, FL
Layered linens featuring a rambling arrangement of Garden
and Ecuadorian roses, sweetpea and dusty miller punctuated with
phalaenopsis orchids.
Location: Montage Laguna Beach, CA; Table and Floral
Design: Couture Flowers Newport Beach, CA; Linen:
Wildflower Linen Buena Park, CA; Table Setting and
Chairs: Classic Party Rentals Santa Ana, CA; Photography:
Mike Colón Photographers Newport Coast, CA
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Iridescent ivory taffeta with aqua accents showcasing
pavé of pink roses.
Location: Pelican Hill Resort Newport Coast, CA; Table
and Floral Design: Nisie’s Enchanted Florist Los Alamitos, CA;
Linen: Wildflower Linen San Francisco, CA;
Photography: Studio EMP Photography Fullerton, CA
Crystal candelabra surrounded by English garden roses,
dahlias, hydrangea and pink snow berries presented on layered
pink silk and oatmeal flax linen.
Location: The Estates of Sunnybrook Toronto,
ON, Canada; Table Design: Judy Stein Consulting
Thornhill, ON, Canada; Floral Design: Stemz Toronto, ON,
Canada; Linen: Luxe Linens Toronto, ON, Canada; Table Setting:
Exclusive Affair Rentals Toronto, ON, Canada; Furniture,
Chairs, Candelabra and Pillows: Contemporary Furniture Rentals
Toronto, ON, Canada; Desserts: Pauline’s Pastries Toronto,
ON, Canada; Photography: Richard Emmanuel
Photography & Cinematography Toronto,
ON, Canada
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above: Purple-blue iridescent linen with gold accents showcasing a runner of sculpted, mixed
blossoms with one marking each place setting.
Location: The Resort at Pelican Hill
Newport Coast, CA; Table and Floral Design: Asiel
Design San Jose, CA; Linen and Chair Covers:
Wildflower Linen Buena Park, CA; Table
Setting: Unique Tabletop Rentals Rancho
Dominguez, CA; Chairs: Chameleon Chair
Collection Hawthorne, CA; Photography: Mike
Colón Photographers Newport Beach, CA
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above: Yellow pedestal table with black accents encased in a black and
white canopy inspired by the Viceroy Santa Monica.
opposite: Tablescape comprised of smoked mirror topped with candles
and branches strung with dried wood flowers, feathers and glass bulbs.
Location: Bently Reserve San Francisco, CA; Table Design:
MB Wedding Design and Events San Francisco, CA, Asiel
Design San Francisco, CA; Table: Asiel Design; Table Setting,
Canopy and Chairs: Hartmann Studios Richmond, CA,
Z Gallerie Gardena, CA; Stationery: Cards de Luxe San
Jose, CA; Lighting: Enhanced Lighting & Sound Brisbane, CA;
Photography: Tinywater Photography San Francisco, CA
Location: Bently Reserve San Francisco, CA; Table Design:
MB Wedding Design and Events San Francisco, CA; Floral
Design: Asiel Design San Francisco, CA; Linen: Napa Valley
Linens Concord, CA; Table Setting and Chairs: Hartmann
Studios Richmond, CA; Stationery: Studio AYT Cupertino, CA;
Lighting and Draping: Enhanced Lighting & Sound Brisbane,
CA; Photography: Tinywater Photography San Francisco, CA
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Lavender eclipse linen showcasing purple
vanda orchids, glass boxes with Bluebird
rose spheres and vases of Trumpet roses.
Location: The
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John and
Mable Ringling Museum
of Art Sarasota, FL; Table and
Floral Design: Botanica
International Design
Studio Tampa, FL; Linen:
Nüage Designs Miami, FL; Table Setting
and Chairs: Panache, A Classic Party
Rentals Company Tampa, FL; Stationery:
Dragonfly Custom Design Orlando, FL;
Photography: R. Joseph
Photographics Tampa, FL