Awww This wedding here…. I must say I really enjoyed being part of this day. There was so much to photograph! The details… oh my goodness Heather had black feather’s in her bouquet, and intricate embroidery on her dress, jewelery with swirls, antique rings, black gobblets on the tables, damask print cake.. you put all that at the beautiful Benachi House off esplanade, mix in a bride and groom so in love with rockin’ family and friends… and you have this beautiful wedding. a total honor and a dream of day to shoot.
check em out… if you get wedding envy you are not alone.
Heather – One word to describe Grant – magnanimous
Grant – One word to describe Heather – compassionate
Heather – your dress was a dream – can you tell us about it.
Several years ago I saw a Caroline Herrera black and white wedding
dress on the cover of Martha Stewart Weddings and loved the glamour
and individuality of it. But after looking everywhere online and in
Seattle I only found a couple of dresses that had some black
incorporated in them at it was usually very minimal detail. So I
decided to work with a custom dressmaker. Kiko Rodriguez of Kiko
Couture in Seattle was great. He helped me to come up with a design
that I loved. Many dressmakers in town couldn’t do embroidery since
it is so much work but he works with a woman who had a digital
embroidery machine so I was able to find pattern images on the
internet and simple email them. The result was exactly what I wanted.
How did you two meet? We met back in High School. A friend of mine who knew Grant decided that we would like each so we drove over to his house on a whim one day.
How did you get engaged? We were in Portland for a short weekend trip. We had discussed the idea of getting engaged but had no specific plans of how or when. On our first day there, we danced around the idea – and even looked at rings. Finally, after we were back at the hotel and in bed, Heather got tired of waiting, turned to me and asked me to marry her!
Heather – what was your favorite wedding memory? Listening to Grant’s amazing vows and trying not to cry.
You two are from Seattle – why did you pick a nola destination wedding?
We wanted to have a destination wedding so that we could keep things
small – just family and close friends. In Seattle many folks choose
Hawaii for a destination wedding but we wanted something that
reflected us better. We are big history, architecture and art buffs
and we wanted somewhere with a lot of character. One thought was NYC
but when I saw a Mardi Gras themed reception in a wedding magazine I
immediately decided that NOLA would be perfect. Grant had never been
there but with me talking it up so much he was quickly sold
Describe in great detail your amazing wedding cake choices? (it really was
amazing) I fell in love with a 5 tier black and white damask cake, but I also didn’t like fondant and realized 5 tiers was far too much cake for 30 people. Also Grant really wanted to have his favorite – Chocolate cake with Chocolate icing. When we sat down with Rhonda at Flour Power she made several suggestions. We ended up getting a 3 tier cake but making the 1st two tiers fake – just fondant on cardboard. And then we had the top tier be a lemon flavored cake that we actually cut into. Then in the kitchen we had two other cakes that we knew people would enjoy eating – Grant’s chocolate/chocolate and then a NY Cheesecake with fresh strawberries. There was plenty of great tasting cake for everyone and I got the pretty photo worthy cake as well!!
Grant – what was your favorite wedding memory? Seeing all of our wonderful friends and family dancing, dining and laughing together after the ceremony.
One word to describe the married life? Natural
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