real weddings As guests entered the reception, an escort card table made from succulents, moss and blush-colored blooms greeted them. “I wish I had the escort table as a permanent fixture in my house! It was so exquisite," Carly says. "We wanted something out of the ordinary when you first walked in, but something that also set up the feel of the rest of the evening, which I think it did perfectly.” For the reception, high and low centerpieces were scattered throughout the room and included four-foot tall trees with orchids adorning the branches, and low arrangements of white and blushcolored blooms set in a natural wood container. Candles added to the room’s romantic glow as gold votives were scattered throughout the room. While the palette and decor were certainly romantic, once the reception started, there was more romance to be had. Carly and Eric shared their first dance to Van Morrison’s Crazy Love, which then went into Beyonce’s Crazy in Love, and the couple wowed their guests with a choreographed number they learned in pre-wedding dance lessons. 46
SPRING 2015