UNDER CONSTRUCTION

I apologize for the long delay in posts. We are trying to freshen up our blog, website and all of our marketing materials. We will be back on track here very soon...hopefully next week!

Stay tuned!

OO Seen Elsewhere

I finally got the chance to visit The Library at Elizabeth Anne Designs (we have been out of town and out of the loop for a week or so.) We are so excited to be a part of it! Thanks ladies for including us!


We also wanted to mention some other blogs that mentioned us when we were gone:
The Fairmont Bride
Destiny's Bride

Happy Monday to everyone!

OO Seen Elsewhere

Happy Friday to all! Today I am featured over at The Smart Planner as a part of the "Meet the Planners" series. Liene contacted me a while back and asked me if I would like to be featured. You can check out our interview and read about many other planners also. Liene always has great advice for planners to keep their business running properly. So, if you are thinking about entering the crazy world of event planning, check out The Smart Planner and you can find fun information on her other popular Blue Orchid blog. Thanks Liene for allowing us to participate!

If this is your first time visiting our blog, be sure to check out OO Real Weddings, Great Finds, OO Designs, or here to find out more about me.

Also, we are working on adding more features to our blog and would really like to hear from our readers about what you would like to see or hear more about. Leave us a comment and tell us!

I leave you this week with a sneak peek of a wedding that we planned for this beautiful couple at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa in June. More to come once I receive the photos from the photographer, Sandy Tenuto.

We're back

We are back in the office:) We took a week off and I went to visit my family in Shelbyville, Indiana. I know no one really knows where this is, but please note, it is famous:) It is home to the tallest woman (who graduated high school with my mom) and oldest living human being (who happens to be my cousin's great great grandma.)So just incase you are on Jeopardy, you will know these bits of important information:)

Anyway, we are back and preparing for our fall weddings that actually begin at the end of August. The year has just flown by. We still have more weddings that we haven't even posted about yet. We will also be adding some new things to the blog over the next month...and a few new OO (yes, that is Outstanding Occasions) bloggers for your reading enjoyment. I am really excited to announce some big things happening in the fall in the near future. Oh, I can't wait to share:)

OO Seen Elsewhere

Last week, Jessica, An Atlanta Bride, commented on the Leavitt.Luster wedding that we did in May and she really liked all of the details. Afterwards, I visited her blog and loved it. Jessica emailed me and asked me a few questions about this wedding. You can read more about our interview and her fabulous wedding and ideas on her blog: An Atlanta Bride. Not only is her blog great, but seriously, her and her fiance make a gorgeous couple! Best wishes to Jessica and her man:)
Oh, and please note that the photos that she posted about the wedding were shot by O Grace Photography.

OO Real Wedding: Kivell. Thinnes Wedding...cont. 3

I promised to share the amazing vendors for this wedding, so here they are:

Bridal Gown: Romona Keveza gown from Destiny's Bride (The best bridal gown shop in Arizona:) I adore Lisa, the owner, and all of the fabulous ladies that work there.)
Shoes: Manolo Blahnik
Bridesmaids Dresses: Jenny Yoo dresses (Rachel and Josephine) from Twirl Boutique (Keri and Jenni, the owners, are fantastic! Love them.)
Invitations: Celebrations In Paper
Place cards, table numbers, menus, programs, etc.: The Invitation Lady
Location, Food, Cake: The Country Club at DC Ranch
Photographer: O Grace Photography
Ceremony Musicians: Matt and Ryan from EastonAshe
Band: EastonAshe
Florist: A Wedding Occasion
Linens: BBJ Linen

Paper Flowers

I have received a lot of emails about these paper flowers that we used at the Leavitt.Luster wedding. This is where we bought them: FlorabundaUS. They cost about $15 each and were about 21-22 inches in diameter. They were beautiful! We used them at the church (first photo) and the reception site (second photo.)


Photos by O Grace Photography

OO Real Wedding: Kivell.Thinnes Wedding cont. 2

Here are some more photos from the Kivell.Thinnes Wedding that we planned:

Photos by O Grace Photography

Details-
Bouts: I made all of the bouts for the grooms and the groomsmen. They are made from fabric. For the groom and his brother we included a ribbon that had the initials of their dad, who had passed in prior years.
Hankies: The bride gave both of her sisters (bridesmaids) hankies that had the wedding date and their initials embroidered on them in the coral color of the wedding. I loved them!
The Dress: The bride wore a stunning Monique Lhuillier dress from Destiny's Bride. She looked flawless!
Flowers: A Wedding Occasion designed the beautiful floral arrangements of hydrangea, ranunculus, and tulips. Kristen did an amazing job!
Venue: The Country Club at DC Ranch was such a beautiful location. Sharon and her entire staff are great to work with and are just fabulous!
Favors: We stamped the donut bags with "Enjoy" and the paisley design and then had a custom stamp made with the couple's names and wedding date on it and stamped the coffee cups. Everyone loved taking home donuts and coffee after they partied and danced the night away.
Band: EastonAshe rocked the party! Everyone loved them and said it was the best wedding band they had heard.
Food: We had stations such as Teppanaki, Pasta, Salad and Carving. The guests really enjoyed the atmosphere of being able to try different things at each station.
Cake: The bride wanted to do cupcakes, so we kept with the color scheme and the pastry chef made cupcakes with white icing and a white chocolate top with the couple's initials in milk chocolate.
Final Goodbye: I had custom hang tags made for the rear view mirror of each guest by For Your Party that said "Thanks for celebrating with us." and then had the couple's names and the wedding date.

Media: Your Life A to Z, Rentals from Tri-Rentals

We were featured on Channel 3, Your Life A to Z last week. Below is a photo of me and Lisa Hafner, co-host of the the show. She is so sweet and we always have a fun time when I stop by. (By the way Rikki, she says HI! LOL.)

Thank you to Deb Beggs at Tri-Rentals for helping me get these rental items in time for the show! You are the best:)
Click here to see the video from the show.

OO Real Weddings: Kivell.Thinnes Wedding...cont.1

This wedding design was inspired by the paisley invite by Celebrations in Paper. The coral, beige and black was a new, fun color scheme for us to work with. The programs (and many other items, including the menus, table numbers and place cards) were designed by The Invitation Lady. We found a paisley fabric to match the invite (almost perfectly:) and incorporated it into many items. We provided the florist, A Wedding Occasion, with the fabric and they covered the vases of the beautiful centerpieces to incorporate the paisley design into the tables.We put the sparklers that we used at the end of the fab wedding for a send-off in a plastic tub filled with sand and covered the tub with the paisley fabric and tied the "Celebrate" tags, made by For Your Party onto the sparklers. The "Enjoy" napkin rings were also ordered from For Your Party. We again incorporated the fabric onto the place card board. More to come tomorrow!

And I could not help but include a photo of the oh-so-stylish Manolo Blahnik shoes of the bride:) Love them!


Photos by: O Grace Photography

I will post the entire list of wedding professionals that helped to make this another amazing event at the end of the week!