What an amazing day it was! On Saturday, 08.16.08, we started the day at the Arctic Club Hotel where Ben, Jill and their wedding party prepared for the day. From there, we took the limo bus to Jill’s parent’s home on Mercer Island for some photos before heading to Holy Trinity for the ceremony. On the way back to the Arctic Club for the reception, we made a stop at the Roanoke Inn. The Main Attraction, vocal trio, had guests entertained during the cocktail hour and also sang Ben and Jill’s first dance song, “You Send Me”. The day ended with a send off to sparklers as Ben and Jill rode off in a horse drawn carriage. The day went smoothly, coordinated by Kelly and Kirsten of Sweet Pea Events. Cory from Bogle Productions was there as well to film Ben and Jill’s wedding day. Scroll down to view their slide show and selected images from their wedding day.
Henry and Lorna are an incredible, fun and stylish couple and they LOVE good food! Lorna, a food columnist for Seattle Magazine and a self-taught pastry chef, together with Henry, an architect, started Cache, a private dinner club. The engagement, involving food of course, occurred at Mistral. Grape sorbet topped with gold leaf was the last course to a 12 course dinner. Lorna’s engagement ring, a yellow diamond, was placed in the sorbet, camouflaged by the gold leaf. For their wedding reception, they selected 4 of the 12 courses from their dinner at Mistral. Grape sorbet was the dessert in which one of the sorbets had a toy ring placed into it. The guest who ended up with that plate of grape sorbet won a prize. The whole day at Pravda was incredible…after the emotional tea ceremony/wedding ceremony, 6 delectable cocktail items were passed, prepared by Shannon Galusha of Veil and Eric Banh of Monsoon brought in the roast suckling pig. The sit down dinner was prepared by William Belickis, formerly of Mistral. There was also a fun scrapbooking table, dragon dancers, a beautiful dessert buffet and a VERY delicious cake by Bakery Nouveau’s William Leaman. The wedding cake had different flavors on each tier and Lorna’s favorite tier was a 7 layer creation with caramel mousse, hazelnut mousse, Valrhona dark chocolate mousse, dark chocolate cake, sandwiched between three thin layers of chocolate sponge cake. Incredible! William created it especially for their wedding, and the flavors were inspired by his award-winning pastry called “The Phoenix”. The signature drinks for the night, created by Eric Witsoe of Tavolata, were the Lorna and the Henry. If that wasn’t enough, at the end of the night, Lorna surprised their guests with a Poco Carretto Gelato cart! Don’t miss their slide show below.
Only an architect would come up with this seating chart.
Lorna’s favorite hors devours were the octopus with chorizo powder, and the crab and avocado.
Fox Farm Lavender is a picturesque venue located on quaint Vashon Island. We photographed Adam and Tracy’s wedding there on Saturday, 08.09.08. It was a typical Seattle rainy day, but Tracy, Adam, their family and friends were great through the on and off rain showers that day. The rain did bring out the fragrant aroma of the lavender and the whole venue smelled amazing. The Jason Parker Quartet was there, swinging and sexy, with their heartfelt jazz standards. We ended the day with not one, but two rainbows in the sky!
Todd and Andrea were married at Inglewood Golf Club on 08.03.08. The proposal was quite unique…Todd, a law enforcement officer, pulled Andrea over with lights and sirens and popped the question! They were fun to photograph and we got some great dance shots at the end of the night. Here are just a few of the shots we got that day.
Venue - Inglewood Golf Club
Chapel of St. Ignatius is a modern and beautifully designed chapel, we love to shoot weddings there! Salim and Janice who both grew up on Mercer Island and now reside in Texas, had their wedding ceremony at the Chapel of St. Ignatius on Saturday 07.26.08. Their reception was held at the elegant newly refinished Arctic Club Hotel, Dome Room where Peartinis was the signature cocktail for the evening. Here’s some image from their wedding day.
