Naomi is a fellow Air Force JAG Corps officer. We've done a litigated trial together (she's one of our best Air Force defense counsel). We've been appellate government counsel together. I've been a babysitter for her niece and nephew. I've previously worked with her for the Pink Parties for her breast cancer awareness foundation, Pink Isn't Always Pretty, Inc., as well as coordinating her promotion ceremony to Major. All that to say, it was an honor to coordinate her wedding to her wonderful photographer husband, Thomas. They are a great couple and really compliment one another.
This was a bride who has been through so much personally, she's been deployed to Iraq, she lost her older sister to Triple Negative Breast Cancer, she adopted her niece and nephew, she's started and run a foundation and been named the ABA Air Force Young Attorney of the Year. She's just an extremely special person who deserved to have her vision of a gorgeous fall wedding come to fruition (she's always loved fall leaves, even had them on her screen saver at work). Her family continues to battle cancer so this wedding was an opportunity for true celebration.
There were so many personal touches, from the location at the bride's alma mater with personalized signs leading guests through campus, to the invitations and paper products created by her talented younger sister, to the menu cards with a crossword puzzle and word search on the back plus monogrammed pencils, to the song her sister performed as she walked down the aisle, to her father both escorting her and serving as officiant, to the moment of silence for her sister, to the entrance dance to "the Dougie," to the Jamaican food honoring their first date, to the grand sparkler send off! Both families worked hard to make it special and add their contributions. Plus, I received lots of kudos for the organization and day of coordination (thanks to Nicole my fab day of assistant) and our fantastic vendors.
I loved the lighting by Superlative's and so did the bride (I felt like David Tutera when I brought the couple in for their first look of the reception space). And, I can't WAIT for you to see the cupcake table.
Plus, check out the simple florals I created that morning.
Let me know what you think, I think photographer Eunique Jones did an amazing job. There will be a full recap when the remaining photos roll in next month. And more recaps to come from my highest grossing Stella & Dot jewelry trunk show in Baton Rouge (!), my meet up with our company Vice President plus the Behind the Beauty LLC fashion show I co-sponsored last week!
Wow.
A couple of my cell photos of the invites.
We wrestled with that aisle runner (the wind was whipping) but Nicole finally got it down with an entire roll of double stick tape, lol!
The maids are wearing the Gold Leaf Earrings from my Stella & Dot eboutique and the bride is wearing the Stella & Dot Ivory Pearl Soiree bracelet.
The trees! We got her trees from the inspiration photo.
These candids are by guest and Air Force paralegal Peggy Milashouskas.
LOVE these.
Congratulations Naomi and Thomas!
It was a pleasure for Coretta's Elegant Events to be a part of your special day!
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