Distinctive Events was honored to have been the coordinating team of this incredible wedding on the Amalfi Coast of Italy. We were also fortunate enough to have brought this new Charleston talent, Adam Seigel (www.siegelfilms.com) to document the unbelievable beauty of the area and the extravagantly detailed affair celebrating the joining of two family cultures.

No, this is not a staged wedding, model shoot for bridal boutique.  This was our very own Mae and Joey, who got married at Lowndes Grove this past Saturday.  Not only is this couple absolutely gorgeous, but so sweet and a pleasure to work with.  We loved being a part of their special day and Evan Laettner captured incredible photos as always.  Our Distinctive Events Team depicted her classic, clean, southern style perfectly through incredible flowers, green apple accents, rustic lanterns, a chic lounge , subtle café styled lighting and more.  What a compliment to the already stunning property.

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We fell in love with this bride immediately.  Jessica has such a sweet demeanor not to mention impeccable taste and style.  Her eclectic, vintage look transferred beautifully into her and Spencer’s wedding at the Legare Waring House at Charlestowne Landing.  The creative family style menu was expertly prepared by the fabulous team at Granvilles followed by the traditional “scooping of the gelato” from the infamous Paolo.  My favorite part of the entire wedding was our fabulous new photographer find.  Theo Milo Photography is incredible, as you can see from these photos!  He pays such attention to the details and captured our work beautifully, not to mention documenting a beautiful celebration for Jessica and Spencer.

What a unique wedding style this couple had.  An adorable couple, a gorgeous, traditional, Charleston ceremony at the French Huguenot Church and a wild, sophisticated reception in the Barbados Room of the Mills House.  Richard Ellis captured the feel of this celebration perfectly.  Check out Della’s kind words on this Wedding Row post.

We have recently been featured on Magnolia Rouge, an international blog based in New Zealand, by one of our favorite photographers, Hyer Images.  I agree completely with their decision to feature Louise and Rick’s wedding that took place this past fall on Kiawah Island.  What an incredible story about a second chance at love later in life.  This couple stole our hearts with their dynamic relationship and passion for their new lives together.  Thanks to you both for including us in your fabulous celebration!

We all adored Francie and her family as soon as we met them.  What a gracious, fun and easy going group!  Francie made a stunning bride in one of the most unique styled gowns I have seen.  Created by the British designer, David Fielden, Francie wore a silk crepe back satin gown with low lace back and lace trimmed hem. The veil was finished with a matching lace trim.  It fit her like a glove!

Following a traditional Catholic wedding at the infamous Cathedral on Broad Street, the guests moved to the natural setting of the William Aiken House where they were greeted with a refreshing Cucumber Collins as they arrived.  What an incredible spring/ summer drink made with Lotus Vodka, St. Germain, crushed cucumber, ginger, simple syrup, and Ginger Ale.

The William Aiken is always a treasure trove of colors and textures no matter what the time of year.  There were some variegated ferns we’ve always admired on the brick walkway near the carriage house, and this was the inspiration for a lot of the foliage elements used in Francie and Ennis’ reception tent.  An array of hanging variegated fig balls, and three ball fig topiaries provided a textural pop against the backdrop of a custom sage green shimmering organza tent liner, set off with cream organza shaded bronze chandeliers.

Creating one of my favorite bridal bouquets to date, our amazing Leesa Phipps portrayed a European style utilizing a mixture of lotus pods, green bouvardia, chartreuse viburnum, Virginia roses, and green cymbidium orchids.  The bouquet was finished with double French silk ribbon, seed pearls and touches of low country grasses to add movement.  The unique centerpieces were created with birch bark used to encase allium, viburnum, dianthus, roses and succulents with berries.

Francie loved the idea of incorporating succulents somehow.  It seemed to perfectly complement her clean simple cake created by Elaine Mincey.  We created a cascading effect down one side of the square tiers.

One of the highlights around the beautiful pergola and reflecting pool, was custom antique mirrored bars created by our specialty rental department.  French metal sculptural laurel wreaths accented the bars using digitalis, allium, roses, and soft antique green hydrangea.

Check out some of amazing photos of our work taken by Evan Laettner Photography.  We discovered Evan from one of our past brides who booked him for her wedding and we have been a fan ever since.  I turned Francie onto Evan and she never looked back.  Evan is such a blast to work with and we look forward to more wedding work together!

Thanks to Della MacNicholas, Distinctive Events is now a featured floral and event designer at Wedding Row.com.  This site is all the rage in the Charleston Wedding Market and we are in great company amongst all of the top local vendors.

The wedding they chose belonged to Kristen & Dave Abbatte.  Beginning their affair with a traditional ceremony at Mount Pleasant Presbyterian, the bride’s adorable family church, and wrapping up the celebration at the Carolina Yacht Club downtown.  By the looks of the photos below taken by the fabulous Tracy Turpen, dancing was the focus of this wild event!  Everyone had a blast.