The Garden Villa at Florida Federation of Garden Clubs Wedding | Maria and Mike | Sneak Peek
Couldn’t wait to put up a few photos from Maria and Mike’s sweet wedding yesterday! More to come…
Couldn’t wait to put up a few photos from Maria and Mike’s sweet wedding yesterday! More to come…
It was great to meet Ralph and Avison on their wedding day at The Reunion Resort. They have been together for 10 years, and we could tell. They were playful, in love, and so happy together. Thanks guys for making us a part of your big day.
How did you meet?
We met online late one night and talked for several hours. The next day we had lunch at Sweet Tomatoes and it has progressed from there.
What do you love about each other?
We love that we can relax at home and we both are perfectly happy just doing nothing together.
Wedding planning?
We thought an intimate wedding officiated by Ralph’s Sister would be ideal, so we rented a beautiful Reunion Resort house and invited 4 family members and 4 friends to spend the next 5 days with…and we had a fantastic time.
Now we share a beautiful life together, along with our two Yorkies, Chica and Paco.
I was fortunate enough to second shoot a sweet wedding with one of my favorites, Shipra Panosian Photography. These two lovebirds had a small intimate wedding at the Maitland Art Center that included wonderful friends and family. Their French bulldog even took part in the ceremony!
You know when you meet those people who are really beautiful, and then you get to know them, and in addition they are some of the nicest people you know? That’s Angela and Evan. She is the dance director at Oviedo High School, he is a fireman for Seminole County. We met with them and talked about their classic summer wedding which was also my birthday! We could see at their engagement shoot that were were perfect together. We liked them so much we asked them to star in our new branding film. Their wedding was beautiful, all in Tiffany blue and red. Some of our favorite parts were taking photos at Evan’s fire station and the late night party at Coronas. Thank you so much Angela and Evan for including us in your lives!
I asked Angela to describe her wedding at the Westin in Lake Mary, her answers are below.
Describe your wedding day style in one sentence: A classic summer wedding
Wedding day color scheme: Tiffany blue and red
Describe your wedding planning process: We began with choosing a date and venue. We selected our wedding party and shopped for dresses and tuxes. We discussed having our rehearsal lunch idea at the beach since most guests would be coming from out of town and might enjoy a day at the beach while they were here. We used a wedding website from mywedding.com to gather and post information for our guests. We hired our wonderful photographers and used engagement photos for our website and save-the-dates (from weddingpaperdivas.com). Once the guest list was set, we created our invitations and filled in the remaining details with a florist, DJ, cake company, etc. we had over a year to plan which made things much easier.
What advice would you give to future brides for their wedding day? Give yourself time to plan and budget
Anything you would have done differently? No
Most memorable moment during the planning process: booking our wedding reception venue. I was so excited after touring the venue because I could really envision it all happening.
What are you most looking forward to as a married couple? Our honeymoon, buying our first home, and having children!
Which moment are you the most excited to see in photos? Our fire engine pictures
What was your wedding inspiration? I was actually inspired to use my color scheme by a Target commercial that I saw one day.
Describe some of your favorite wedding details and how you came up with them. I loved our party bus (a tradition from weddings in my hometown of St. Louis). Our fire station pictures were a tribute to the groom and groomsmen who are firefighters. We are big cigar smokers, so the cigar table with cigars and personalized match boxes were a perfect fit for our wedding gifts.
Venue and Catering – The Westin Lake Mary
DJ – DJ Jelly
Coordinator – Jennifer Corso (The Westin)
Flowers – Lake Mary Florist arranged my bouquet and corsages but we arranged the bridesmaid bouquets ourselves and made the boutonnières from the roses we ordered from Lake Mary florist.
Cake – Cupcake Crazy
Wedding Dress – Casablanca dress from Lily’s Bridal
Shoes – Betsey Johnson
Bridesmaid dresses – Demitrio’s
Menswear – Men’s Wearhouse
We made our own centerpieces with floating candles and real roses. We also used artificial roses from Michael’s to make flower arrangement.
Cigars were purchased from Corona Cigar Company in Lake Mary.
Personalized Match boxes were from Wedding Favors Market
Engagement ring and wedding band from Foster and Lee Jeweler
Hair and make-up by Jessenia Cordero Ulta Salon in Sanford
Transportation: The Party Bus 407
Lake Mary Florida Wedding Photography provided by The Canovas Photography.
Kareema and NahShon’s wedding was an impromptu elopement! We took some fun images in Dickson Azalea Park and Stardust coffee and Video, their favorite place to grab a coffee. Here are our Five Favorite Frames.
Wedding Photography in Winter Park FL taken by The Canovas Photography
We LOVED Stephanie and Jason’s wedding. The landscape was perfect for their photos at the Florida Agricultural Museum – the Caldwell Barn, Black Cowboys Exhibit and 1890s general store added to the charm of the touches created by the couple. I loved the baby’s breath filled vases and the beautiful red ribbon backdrop made by Stephanie. We met them at her sister Tricia’s wedding – it was so nice to see the family we already knew.
From Stephanie: “Our wedding was a mix of old and new, we had 100 year anniversary mason jars for gifts, to a superman grooms cake, I loved the wonderful mix of family and friends having a wonderful time dancing the night away. It was unique because it was us, we had the rustic charm trimmed in lace.”
Congratulations Stephanie and Jason – to your new beautiful family!
Venue: Florida Agricultural Museum Debbie Milner
Dress: Maggie Sottero from Demetrios
Shoes: Gianni Bini
Bridesmaids Dresses: BCBG
Bridesmaids Shoes: Steve Maddon
Florist: Milk and Honey
DJ: Access Djs Andres Martinez
Cakes: Sassy Sweetery Chelsea Barney
If you need a Palm Coast Wedding Photographer, contact award winning photographers at The Canovas Photography today for more information.
Lara and I have been dear friends for many years. I was so happy for her when she met and fell in love with Tom, became engaged, and so happy when she asked us to photograph her beautiful Courtyard at Lake Lucerne wedding! Here are a few of our favorites from that wonderful day… Thank you Lara and Tom! We love you both <3
Venue Courtyard at Lake Lucerne
Dress Minerva’s
Tux Men’s Wearhouse
Flowers Dream Design Florist
DJ In the Mix Productions
Cake It’s Tasty Too
Catering Meiner’s
Officiate Mrs. Norma Rossi
Hair Jacquin Figueroa Morton
The Courtyard at Lake Lucerne Wedding Photography by The Canovas Photography.