Weddings by Elana

Janelle & Rickie

2011-10-06T14:24:00.000-07:00

Jenelle and Rickie make such a beautiful couple. Jenelle knew 1 thing going into the planning process. She wanted to hold her reception at the Dennis Wicker Civic Center in Sanford, NC where she is from.

After quickly locking down the venue we then moved on the ceremony site. They finalally decided on the beautiful Jonesboro Presbyterian Church also located in Sanford, NC.
Her uncle Dr. Grant Blue served as the officiant over her wedding.

Photographer Ezekiel Best of Best Perspectives Photographer did a wonderful job capturing the moments of her wedding.

Flower arrangements provided by The Flower Station

The reception was filled with many components to transform the civic center into a beautiful space. Linens provided by Glazed Blessings, Ice Scupture provided by AMD Ice Sculptures, and lighting by Total Production Service

Entertainment provided by DJ B4
Catering provided by Simply Southern Catering and Cake provided by Sugar Fetish Bakery.

Danielle & Vincent

2011-10-06T13:25:00.000-07:00

Meeting Danielle was a pure joy!!! I quickly felt like she was more of a friend with similar qualities to myself as oppose to just a client. She came to me for assisting in the mid-stages of her planning process. Her and Vincent met at a social outing event years before and he proposed to her during a couples photo shoot. One of the first things Danielle stressed to me was how much fun her and Vincent have together and she wanted her wedding to reflect just that. Choosing the colors blue and yellow provided a very lively fun color scheme for the wedding.

As a member, they decided to hold their ceremony at Union Baptist Church in Durham, NC. Pastor Kenneth Hammond lead their ceremony and he was such a joy to work with.

The ceremony started at 4:30pm with the seating of the parents. Her brother Legarris Brown had the honor of escorting Danielle down the aisle. Danielle was a breathtakingly beautiful bride as so held a bouquet provided by Fallons Flowers.

The beautiful wedding party consisted of their siblings, best friends, College friends, sorority sisters and fraternity brothers.

Their reception was held at Marbles Childrens Museum. The colorful and playful venue really brought their theme to life. Photographer Melody Kristenson of Aria Images really captured their personality well.

Green Planet Catering provided a Mexican themed menu while Sugar Fetish Bakery provided a beautiful cake.

Shakira & Robert's Special Day

2011-03-15T17:23:00.000-07:00

When I was contacted by Shakira, she was serving our country in Afghanistan. She let me know that for the majority of the planning, she would be oversees. Her main focus was having a nice wedding that her friends and family would enjoy. She chose the Double Tree Guest Suites in Durham NC and had a lovely lake front wedding ceremony.
The Double Tree Guest Suites is a great location for an outdoor ceremony because they have an area designed especially for a lake front ceremony and a tented reception.