Art Comes to Life: Old Dominion University Wedding, Part I

Where did you meet the "love of your life"? Where did you fall in love? For one of your recent Bridal Couple, Sharron & Christopher (who now live in Washington, DC), they first met and fell in love on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. So it was important for them to make this location a part of their special day. They thought it would be a unique idea to come back down to the Hampton Roads area and have the ceremony on the University's campus.

During our first meeting they told me that they wanted to use black, white and a touch of mint in their colors. They also liked Calla Lilly, Damask, and Branches but wasn't exactly sure how to put it all together. Of course this was not a problem, after all, this is one of the many reasons to hire a professional Event Designer. We helped to cohesively create a vision and bring it to life.

I asked them one of my personal favorite questions, "If you had to pick a movie, book or television show that represents you or your style what would it be?" The response? The Bride said, "Sex & The City" while the Groom said, "Ocean's 11". A few more creative questions we were able to identify their personalities, likes, dislikes, possible themes and style.

We later developed a few custom designed concept illustrations and (for their convenience) compiled them into a slideshow which we emailed to them for their review... THEY LOVED WHAT WE CAME UP WITH! Below are the original concept illustrations of the Ceremony Design and pictures showing the execution of this couple exchanging their vows at ODU... Congratulations Sharron & Christopher!

Damask & Calla Lilly Wedding - Part I

Bridal Bouquet & Groom's Boutonniere Concept Illustration

Oh we just have to share this one. The venue (while the Ladies were getting dressed) had to evacuate due to a fire alarm so our Bride & Bridesmaids had a little fun... and yes, we made sure everything still ran smoothly with now worries. It's just another reason to consider having a Professional Wedding Design and Coordinating Services Company to keep everything rolling!!

Old Dominion University Wedding -

Ceremony Concept Illustraiton

Special thanks to Debonair Photography for the images.

We'll post "Part II" which will feature more images of the fun, glamorous, unique and simply fabulous "Red Carpet" Reception at the Virginia Beach Convention Center soon... Cheers!!