Fall Leaves and Sunset Colors

When you have beautiful fall and sunset inspired colors, it is easy to create a beautiful wedding! Jaime and Brett McNamee were married on November 5th at The Cathedral in Nashville. The church is gorgeous by itself, but we also created 2 large arrangements for the altar. The bride's bouquet was mostly ivory with just a hint of color, while the bridesmaids' bouquets were fall and sunset inspired. The boutonnieres were accented with copper wire which looked really neat. The ceremony was perfect and the ladies at the church got the bridal party up and down the aisle with ease.

The reception was located right next door at St. Albert's Hall. What a fantastic banquet room! Very well set up and equipped. We had 22 tables and a variety of centerpieces. This wedding was all about the roses. One version included a fishbowl vase with solid roses. Another version included a tall cylinder vase with a floating orchid and a half rose ball topper. And the last version was a shorter cylinder with floating orchids.

Venue: The Cathedral of Incarnation
Catering: Chef Penelope's Catering (They had a 'slider' station that was a big hit with the guests.)
Cake: Signature Cakes by Vicki
Uplighting:  Brian Snyder Entertainment (Thanks Brian and Jay)
DJ: Kevin
Flowers: Details by Margaret
Photographer: Matt Andrews (also had a Photobooth that kept the guests entertained all night)
Event Planning: Details by Margaret

And the Winner is...

Details by Margaret!!! As you can see from the logo to the left of the blog we have just been selected for a Wedding Wire Bride's Choice Award due to all of the fabulous reviews that our amazing brides have left for us. We are so lucky to work with such amazing couples and are honored to win this year!
Thank you to everyone who has left us a review on Wedding Wire and keep them coming!

...with that, I guess we need to keep the wedding blog posts coming so everyone can see our work. I thought maternity leave would give me "extra" time to blog. Who was I kidding!?

Gotta run and write some more blog posts! Till the next time, check out these pics from Jaime and Brett's wedding last November. (Thanks Matt Andrews for the pics!) Post coming soon.

Southern Vintage

I am going a little out of order but wanted to get these great ideas and pics out!

Susan came to me as a friend wanting help with her wedding. Of course I would be there for her! When she started telling me her visions for a vintage southern wedding I got so excited. Wild flowers, antique vases, lace overlays, quilts and more all started running through my head.

Susan and Jared got married at a private venue in Lieper's Fork. Married under a tree with lanterns and an antique chandelier, the moment was perfect!!! Guests were seated on bales of hay covered with mix matched quilts. Capri blue, deep purple, ivory and green were brought in with the bouquets of wild flowers. When Susan walked down the aisle you could see the excitement from all the guests and Jared.

The cocktail hour was in the barn. The team at Down South Delights treated guests to southern favorites like ham and biscuits and spinach dip. YUM!

The reception was held under the stars...and string lights! Long tables lined the garden with ivory lace overlays and burlap runners. The buffet dinner was served on mix matched china. The look was perfect!

The band, Southern Hauler, had the guests on their feet all night! Guests were offered flip flops to keep their feet rested. As a special surprise to guests, Tin Can Treats came with their vintage trailer offering up sweet treats from the past.

All the details came together and Susan and Jared had the wedding of their dreams while sticking to their budget. It was the perfect day!

(Photos by Michael Howard Photography)

Gotta run and work on some other posts!

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT:
Ceremony & Reception: Southall Eden
Paper: Southall Eden
Flowers: Designed by Details by Margaret from Geny's Wholesale
Cake: Cakes by Rebecca
Catering: Down South Delights, LLC.
Dress: Vineyard Vines by Priscilla of Boston, from The Bride Room
Band: Southern Hauler
Photographer: Michael Howard Photography

Favors: Tin Can Treats

Rentals: Music City Tents and Events

Linens: Connie Duglin

Better Blogger

What a crazy year 2011 has been!!! New (PERFECT) baby, 18 weddings, and a birthday party for a NFL Star's son! I know we have not been so great with blogging about all the big happenings. I want to make things right so I am going to attempt to play catch up over the next few weeks. To wet your appetite, here are a few pics from our amazing wedding season.

(Photos by Michael Howard Photography, Ryan Tolbert Photography, and Matt Andrews)

Here is a bonus pic of what has caused the hold up... am I forgiven now?

Gotta run and collect pics for the blog!



Slowing Down With Baby

Sorry for not staying on top of the posts. Not only has this been a busy year for Details by Margaret but also the Tolbert Family. We are expecting Jackson Thomas Tolbert into our lives this November and couldn't be more excited! With that, priorities have changed and it is time to focus more on family. I am not giving up on the wedding planning business. In fact, this year has been our best year yet! We are simply going to slow down in 2012 and only accept select referrals so I can spend more time with my new baby boy.

We LOTS of weddings, parties, and ideas to share with you from this year. I promise to get caught up over the next couple of months and keep you in the loop when Jackson arrives. Thanks again for all of your support and helping us grow into who we are today as Details by Margaret!

One past event I would love to share is our Reveal Party! Ryan and I wanted to share the special moment of finding out the gender of our baby with friends and family. The theme was "What's it Gonna BEE?!?"

We had our ultrasound technician called our good friend Rebecca Schreher of Wedding Cakes by Rebecca. Rebecca was the first to person to find what we were having. For the party she made an AMAZING cake. When we cut in we found the color blue which meant BOY!

We decorated things to go along with the Bee theme. Everything was yellow, black and bumble bee! My husband, Ryan, put his smoking skills to work and smoked wings and pulled pork. Friends and Family were all there.

Each person was asked to pin on a pink ribbon if they thought it was a girl and blue ribbon for boy. We couldn't believe the amazing turnout out we had. Those who couldn't make it watched the big moment through a live video stream.

Gotta run and work on some blogging from past weddings!

-Margaret (Mommy to Be!)