Southern California Wedding
An artist painted the room on a canvas.
Photo: Courtesy of Karen Tran
Southern California Wedding
Karen Tran's floral wall served as a backdrop for a white settee.
Photo: Courtesy of Karen Tran
Vermont Wedding
For a wedding in Stowe, Vermont, Helmstetter built a reclaimed-wood structure in the middle of an open field to create a hidden-garden feeling for the ceremony.
Photo: Steve Steinhardt
Organic Modernism
"Modern means 'minimal' in my book," writes Larson. "Clean lines, simple color palettes (whether bold or demure), repetition in pattern and style." Often spotted at modern, organically styled weddings, succulents are a wildly popular wedding centerpiece trend. Larson recommends pairing a succulent table runner with white square chargers and simple cutlery for an understated vibe.
Photo: Courtesy of Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Whimsical
"Officially my new favorite breed of wedding is the whimsical wedding," writes Larson. "Whimsy means you can really play with your design and add spunk in the most unexpected places." Case in point: embroidering guests' names onto inexpensive white napkins embellished with colorful pom-poms and grosgrain ribbon.
Photo: Courtesy of Clarkson Potter/Publishers
A shoot at a modern oceanside venue featured escort cards displayed under a deer head sculpture growing out of a wall of roses. “Escort cards are the perfect place for some playfulness," writes Dowling Coppola. "We cut out the shape of antlers into a few of our escort cards—an homage to the enormous installation of rose petals surrounding our faux deer head—which was the centerpiece to our escort card display. A simple backdrop can elevate your design to an entirely different level of art.”
Photo: Carla Ten Eyck/Courtesy of The White Dress in Color
Private Wedding
For a wedding at Cipriani Wall Street, Beahm created three tree-like installations behind the head table.
Photo: Ron and Deb Photographers
New York Wedding
At an AAB Productions wedding—this one at the Altman Building in 2012—the groom was a writer. In that spirit, the table numbers popped out of the pages of open books. The numbers themselves were carved out of book pages using an X-Acto knife.
Photo: Dave Robbins Photography
For a wedding at the King Plow Event Gallery in Atlanta, Bold American Events & Catering designed an upside-down centerpiece of yellow tulips and glass globes that hung above the head table.
Photo: Our Labor of Love
Awash in icy blue light, the first ceremony had a winter theme. Levy Lighting projected a snowy scene behind the altar and bare tree branches onto the white aisle runner.
Photo: Lauren Matthews/BizBash
Todd Events made a wedding held inside a large barn in Aspen seem more intimate with two tall signature bars and scattered seating and food station vignettes. Hanging glass globes appeared to lower the ceilings.
Photo: Karlisch Wrubel Photography
Private Event by Preston Bailey
"I love creating a unique place for guests to congregate and enjoy one another, so I thought, why not create a massive floral carpet that would serve both as a beautiful focal point and a gathering area? I designed a 'carpet' and filled it with hundreds of beautiful blooms and then covered it with Plexiglas. The result was a statement piece that allowed guests to dance on air." —Preston Bailey
Photo: Courtesy of PrestonBailey.com/John Labbe
