Thursday, May 30, 2013

Boston Wedding Coordination: Coreen and Steve's Boston Harbor Hotel Wedding

On Saturday, May 25th, I coordinated Coreen and Steve's gorgeous wedding at the Old North Church and the Boston Harbor Hotel.  Coreen and her seven bridesmaids got ready at the hotel, with the wedding party getting their hair and makeup done by Special Day by Carolina.  The bride had one of my favorites, Caitlin Murphy, do her hair and makeup, and she looked absolutely stunning!

The ceremony was held at the historic Old North Church in the North End, and guests took a fun trolley ride from Old Town Trolley Tours and ate Florentine cannolis from Mike's Pastry on the way to the church.  It doesn't get any better than that!  Wooden fans and programs designed in the form of a scroll with a red wax seal were given out to guests from antique looking trunks.  The bride and her parents arrived in a vintage white Rolls Royce, and the bride and groom saw each other for the first time as Coreen walked down the aisle with her father.

Following the ceremony, guests took the trolley back to the Boston Harbor Hotel, and went directly to cocktail hour.  There were lots of hors d'oeuvres to enjoy such as jumbo shrimp, wild mushroom risotto cakes, crepe wrapped braised short ribs, mini sliders, pancetta wrapped sea scallops, and chilled crab, avocado, and grapefruit salad.  Guests found their seats in the reception via escort cards that were placed on red velvet cake pops from Cake Pops Boston.

The reception was held in the Atlantic Wharf Room in the Boston Harbor Hotel, with views of the Boston Harbor.  Guest tables were surrounded by gold chiavari chairs, and topped with floral centerpieces from Tangerine Creations.  For dinner, guests enjoyed New England clam chowder, a mozzarella tomato salad with beet greens and parsley oil, and entree choices of filet mignon, roasted breast of chicken, or homemade risotto.  For dessert, there was a lemon chiffon wedding cake with classic tiramisu and Italian buttercream.

If any of their guests had a sweet tooth, they not only had wedding cake, but a huge candy bar to dig in to!  I've never set up a candy bar with so much variety before:  twizzlers, ring pops, reese's pieces eggs, snickers, peanut butter snickers, smarties, swedish fish, gummy bears, york peppermint patties, kit kats, twix, swizzle sticks, hershey kisses, krackel, reese's peanut butter cups, m&ms, peanut m&ms, starburst jelly beans, blow pops, and skittles.  Needless to say, it was quite a hit with everyone :)

The DJ and photobooth were from Curtis Knight Entertainment, and the videography was done by Precious Moments Wedding Films.  Professional photos from Coburn Photography and DePrisco Photo will be coming later, but for now, here are a few detail shots that I took!


Coreen and Steve, it was so nice working with you both, and I wish you the very best!!

~Emilie

Monday, May 27, 2013

Jessica and William's Engagement Photos by Kelly Dillon Photography

This upcoming Saturday, Jessica and William are getting married at the Harvard Memorial Church, with a reception at the Harvard Faculty Club.  These two venues are quite fitting as they are both Harvard alums!  As a preview of the couple, I wanted to share some photos from their sweet engagement session from Kelly Dillon Photography, who is one of my favorite photographers in the city.  Check out her blog here for more photos of the couple!


Thanks so much, Kelly, for sharing your beautiful photos!
~Emilie

Friday, May 24, 2013

Coreen and Steve's Engagement Photos by Coburn Photography

Coreen and Steve are getting married this Saturday at the Boston Harbor Hotel and Old North Church!  They are such a loving couple from New York City, and I wanted to share some engagement photos from their Dallas based photographer, Kyle Coburn of Coburn Photography.  This session was done in New York City, and if you'd like to see more, check out Kyle's blog post here.