Jordan + Jeremy – Part IV

Katie Martin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:05:17 +0000

Yes – we are on part four of our Jordan and Jeremy’s Wedding and I think there will be at least 2 more posts! Of course – the 1st three posts were just teasers and sneak peaks from camera phones! However – we have gathered all the photos from Ralph Alswang and we were finally able to sort through and show the best of the best!

Today – I am going to focus on the 1st part of the day through the end of the ceremony as the details are a plenty. From the beginning to the end of this – you will see Jordan and Jeremy’s color palette of pink, yellow and green! Of course – pink is the main color – starting with her cute purse and bouquets (above)!

It was a scorching hot day in DC. They took a quick drive over to the monuments with Ralph in order to take a few portraits -which lasted all of 5 minutes! Getting over to the Ronald Reagan Building was in their best interests at that point! Her beautiful gown was bought at Kleinfeld’s in New York city – a Kirstie Kelly dress that Robin from Polished Image and Style helped her pick out!

Their wedding had a theme of travel, fun, school and love! Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post to figure out why there is a map behind this program and why the parasols!

You might recognize the reclaimed wood trellis from a previous post – but we are so happy with this structure as it has been used 3 times since their June wedding in different ways!

I loved creating this bouquet for Jordan! It’s not often that I get to use yellow peonies – but we had them here! The entire bouquet was comprised of peonies, ranunculus and freesia.

A quick kiss after the ceremony before heading off for more photos and the cocktail hour!

Part V tomorrow!

Bridal Market, New York City

Katie Martin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:49:26 +0000

It is that time of year again! All of the world’s best bridal fashion designers descend on New York City to show the upcoming 2010 lines. I am here reporting live! I have a lot of fun photos to share with you while I am in NYC and will be blogging about them while I am here!

I really have had such a fantastic time! I want to share a few things about my first day of bridal market before I head back back up to see more designer suites.

Yesterday started with the Wedding Trendspot Fashion Show sponsored by Wedding Channel and hosted by The Wedding Guys at 8am at the Waldorf-Astoria. We saw about 13 up and coming designers that are doing some amazing work. A few of my favorites (that I visited with after the show) were Pixton, Jorge Manual, AcQuachiara, Karen Hendrix, Beth Elis & Katerina Bocci. Every one of the designers had some unique options and I plan on visiting the rest of the designer’s suites today at the InterContinental Barclay Hotel.

I spent some time with the folks at Katerina Bocci and I love what she is doing. I plan on doing a longer post about her dresses and her philosophy…but here is a cute cell pic of Katerina. OMG – she is a cutie patootie!

The runway show had a TON of blunders with dresses coming out under the wrong logo backdrops and in the wrong order (more to report on that later!). Katerina had the brunt of the problem concerning the direction of the show. She was supposed to show between 10-12 dresses and only 1 made it out! However, she really did steal the show! Her one dress – was the last dress. She made lemonade out of lemons by walking out with her model who wore the dress she is holding above. Everyone exploded with a wonderful applause. Bravo Katerina!

Had a great time with the staff at Kirstie Kelly (Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings) – such nice people. They have the magical power of marketing behind them and have launched a lot of new products this year including a line of engagement rings and cakes. The Bridal Market day ended with their wonderful runway show of their 2010 dresses for brides, bridesmaids and flower girls. Of course the show started with a snippet of The Princess & The Frog movie! Here is a fun cell photo of one of the gowns I caught with my bberry:

(more photos from my actual camera to come!)

After the show, I got a chance to talk to some fun wedding experts.

I was very excited to meet Carley Roney of The Knot (yes that is the co-founder and editor-in-chief). We chatted about my upcoming books and about our children (we were both exhausted after a day full of meetings and runway shows). She is a sweetheart and I look forward to collaborating with Carley and The Knot this upcoming year.

I am off to meet with a few more designers before the Martha Stewart Weddings Party tonight (and a bridal blogger party afterwards). Super excited to see Martha Stewart, Darcy Miller, Amy Atlas’ dessert bar and a slew of the best wedding industry experts. I will charge up my phone and tweet about it as I go! Check it out at www.twitter.com/greenweddc!

I promise to blog more later!

~Katie Martin

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Jordan + Jeremy – Part IV

Bridal Market, New York City