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HEY ARNOLDS!! Abby + Scott Get Married! A Grove Park Inn Wedding | Asheville Wedding Planning

December 7, 2015

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Planning for a Grove Park Inn wedding with these two was fun with a capital F. Abby and Scott::one whacky, silly, totally in love couple, both the life of the party. Food, fun and personal details were the most important elements they wanted their guests to experience.

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About 90% of the couples we work with are from out of town. Abby and Scott both live in Charlotte but they picked the Omni Grove Park Inn for their wedding – and boy are we glad they did! From start to finish these two had us laughing, we are so happy to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Arnold into the Verge Family!

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Asheville gave us perfect weather for a stunning mountain view wedding. Framed beautifully by this arbor created by the always-talented Flora. Abby’s vision for her flowers was full of lush bright greenery – beautiful and natural!

Details we loved::

Personalized popcorn from Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn! Provided to the guests at the ceremony to snack on – it’s like being at the movies!

Abby and Scott really wanted the guests to feel like they were at an Arnold’s party – so games were a MUST. The guests had a fantastic time with Giant Jenga, Foosball and Corn Hole (bride and groom themed of course!). There were some epic Jenga battles going on well into the night.

The guest book! A modern take on the traditional sign in book – Abby and Scott had the guests take Polaroid’s of themselves to place in the book along with their well wishes.

Abby’s mix and match table set up! Guests were invited to sit wherever they liked. Abby created a space filled with farm tables, x-back chairs and mixed in rounds with a simple beautiful linen. The effect was an inviting, elegantly rustic room that worked perfectly in the Grove Park Inn surroundings.

It was a perfect night filled with so much love, laughter and of course dancing!!

Lessons in how to cut the cake from Sarah – very important

Congratulations Abby and Scott – thank you for trusting us to be a part of such a special day!!

Big thanks to our fantastic team!!

Venue: Omni Grove Park Inn

Wedding Planning: Verge Events

Photographer: Mozingo Photography

Florist: Flora

Cake: Karen Donatelli

Hair and Makeup: Doll Box Productions

Rentals: Classic Event Rentals and Professional Party Rentals

Ceremony Musicians: Bruce Lang Band

Reception Musicians: Rubberband

Officiant: Peggy Bridgers

Transportation: Blue Ridge Limo

Games: Rental Me This

Popcorn: Poppy Handcrafted Popcorn

Poloroid Camera Rental: Two Rings Studios

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Gina and Matt’s Omni Grove Park Inn Wedding | Asheville Wedding Planning

September 18, 2015

Verge Events spent a lot of time this spring doing weddings at The Omni Grove Park Inn, Asheville. Seriously, we’re talking six weddings in nine weeks. And we are NOT complaining, we love working with a great team!

Gina and Matt got married in early April. April can be a little bit hit or miss, especially in the early weeks. Fortunately this weekend was a big hit. The temperature was lovely and the skies we clear.

These two were so much fun, you can see it in the pictures! Between “Cards Against Humanity” prior to the wedding, to the table numbers giving a shout-out to their favorite sports players, they were relaxed and having fun all day!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Clearly their joyous attitude rubbed off on Verge Events

Photo credit: Mozingo Photography

Congratulations Gina and Matt – just a beautiful wedding! Thank you for letting us be a part of it.

xoxo – Sarah

Big thank you to our team:

Planning: Verge Events

Design/Floral: Studio Flora Diva

Venue: Omni Grove Park Inn

Photographer: Mozingo Photography

Musician: DJ Smokey

Officiant: Bishop Robert Driesen

Cake: Grove Park Inn

Hair: Hughes Hair Design

Makeup: Blush

Transportation: Gray Line Trolley

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An Elegant Grove Park Inn Design | Christina and Garnett | Asheville Wedding Designer

August 28, 2015

Well hello again! Last week we showed you some shots from Christina and Garnett’s gorgeous Grove Park Inn wedding in Asheville. This week we’re hanging out with Christina and Garnett again, but this time we’re going to take a deeper look at the design Verge Events did for them. Who doesn’t love an immaculately designed wedding in the mountains?…not to toot our horn or anything. Ok, fine – we’ll put our money where our mouth is!

Christina and Garnett’s design was very soft, romantic and elegant. Fluffy white flowers, and touches of soft gold and champagne with a neutral color palate. This was a classy wedding with a capital C!

Here are some pictures from the inspiration board we created for them.

Ceremony::

The Mountain View Terrace was kept classic and minimal for ceremony so as not to distract from the view. The floral arrangements hinted at the fantasticness (not a word, but it should be!) we would reveal for reception.

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Christina and Garnett wanted their ceremony to be unplugged, so in keeping with the design a sign written on a champagne gold mirror politely asked guests to put their phones away.

A monogram or a logo at a wedding is a really nice way to personalize details and make them your own. Plus you can use it for years to come on Christmas cards, thank you notes, koozies etc. and everyone will remember where it was first débuted – at your wedding! We worked in Christina and Garnett’s logo on the cocktail napkins, guest towels, menus and programs.

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Cocktail Hour::

Cocktail hour was held on the terrace after the ceremony. The Grove Park Inn has a stunning stone fireplace which was adorned with floral and candles (candle light was a MUST in Christina and Garnett’s design concept). Signs on champagne gold mirrors made their appearance again as escort signs for the guests.

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Reception::

The room – romantic to the max! Blush pink lighting on white draped walls and big fluffy flowers everywhere! Floral added some variety to the tables by mixing in high and low arrangements. We love those trumpet vases! When you light an event space that has natural light it’s important to know that the color will change as the space transitions to night. We loved how this lighting transitioned!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

There’s that logo again!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Chargers really elevate the formality of a table setting. Again we used mirrors for table numbers.

Christina and Garnett kept the guest tables neutral yet elegant with a champagne satin linen, and added some glam to the head table and cake table with an incredible champagne sequin linen. Head tables and cake tables are excellent places to use a really fantastic linen, it just makes everything *pop*.

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

The cakes! The Grove Park Inn can truly create ANYTHING when it come to a cake. Classic wedding elegance for the bridal cake and a homage to TCU for the grooms cake.

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

And just to amp up the fancy, a lovely late night scotch and cigar bar – what’s not to love!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

We had the best time watching this wedding come together. Couldn’t have done it without a fantastic team, and a truly awesome bride and groom!

xoxo Sarah

Planning: Verge Events

Design: Verge Events

Photography: Mozingo Photography

Videography: Signature Wedding Films

Floral: Studio Flora Diva

Venue: Grove Park Inn

Cake: Grove Park Inn

Makeup: Blush

Hair: Amanda Hughes Hair

Ceremony Music: Cafe String Quartet

Band: Groovetown with East Coast Entertainment

Officiant: Blue Mountain Weddings

Table, Escort and Mirror Signage: 7Ton

Paper: Page and Mason

Linens: Nuage Designs

Rentals, Lighting, Draping: Classic Event Rental

Photobooth: Shutterbooth

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Christina and Garnett are married! A Grove Park Inn Spring Wedding / Asheville Wedding Planning and Desgin

August 21, 2015

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

An elegant springtime wedding at the historic Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina. What didn’t we love about this couple? Seriously. She is a gorgeous, generous and easy-going. He is funny, gracious and handsome. Both are from Texas, talk about a southern power couple!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

We had a mad-house season this year guys! Which is why the blog has been silent for so long…cue tail between my legs, I’m sorry puppy eyes. I figured what better way to beg your forgiveness then to show you why we’ve been so busy. This year we have seen a big increase in clients booking us for wedding planning AND full wedding design in Asheville and the surrounding areas. We love it when we get to work this way! A wedding is really a team effort, so when you have the luxury of design and planning working from the same office, it streamlines the whole process. Not to mention it is fantastic when it’s all hands on deck and we all get to be there on wedding day!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Christina and Garnett were our first full planning and design clients this year, they kicked off our season with a beautiful Grove Park Inn wedding in April. The view (as always) was spectacular ,the guests partied their butts off, and it didn’t rain, even though it threatened to. It was an incredible wedding, absolutely gorgeous, and we’re sorry that Christina and Garnett don’t live in Asheville so we can make excuses to bump into them and hang out.

Here are some of our favorite pictures from the day!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

A first look isn’t for every couple, but it’s a lovely moment before the ceremony when the bride and groom can be alone and have a private moment together before the wedding whirlwind starts, and it’s a great opportunity for some really touching pictures – I mean look at these!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Oh you two just pull at our heart strings!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

The ceremony was held on the Mountain View Terrace (you don’t have to be a genius to know how it got its name) I don’t know if there is a more perfect venue view of the Asheville mountains.

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Christina and Garnett danced to “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran for their first dance. Again, does anyone need a tissue?

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

It was a truly elegant affair, we’ll be following this post up with one that just focuses on the design of the day. It was so magnificent we thought it deserved it’s own write up. Here’s a sneak peak for what’s in store!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Christina and Garnett: We were absolutely honored to get to be a part of your day. From the very first meeting until the very last sparkler you were so generous with your laughter, kindness and gratitude. You know where to find us if you ever want to come hang out!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

xoxo

Sarah

Big props to our team!

Photo Credit: Mozingo Photography

Planning: Verge Events

Design: Verge Events

Photography: Mozingo Photography

Videography: Signature Wedding Films

Floral: Studio Flora Diva

Venue: Grove Park Inn

Cake: Grove Park Inn

Makeup: Blush

Hair: Amanda Hughes Hair

Ceremony Music: Cafe String Quartet

Band: Groovetown with East Coast Entertainment

Officiant: Blue Mountain Weddings

Table, Escort and Mirror Signage: 7Ton

Paper: Page and Mason

Linens: Nuage Designs

Rentals, Lighting, Draping: Classic Event Rental

Photobooth: Shutterbooth

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It’s All In The Details: Draping – Wedding Planning In Asheville

March 25, 2015

If you remember, last week we covered lighting. This week we’re going to take a look at it’s close cousin, draping. Draping and lighting go hand-in-hand because if you’re draping a space for your wedding then you’re probably also lighting, and much like lighting, draping can also completely transform a room.

The concept of draping is pretty straightforward; you use swaths of material that can be hung from almost anything to create a desired effect. Most commonly draping is used to “hide” things like tent poles, columns, walls or windows. But! It can also be used in the opposite way and highlight structural elements in your space.

Image credit: Colin Cowie Weddings / Vic Bonvicini Photography / John and Joseph Photography

Maybe you have booked a wedding venue because you love the room, and in that case you probably aren’t going to want to use much draping, if at all, you want to let the room be. Or conversely, maybe you want to create your own vision and space. Raw spaces are often cheaper to book, and if you want to create something unique and specific for your wedding day, draping is the way to go.

Image credit: Colin Cowie Weddings / Lewis Miller Design / HMR Designs

Image credit: Mindy Weiss / Mindy Weiss / Priscilla Valentina Photography

And you don’t have to just drape in white! Draping in color can provide a super dramatic effect.

Image credit: Colin Cowie Weddings

Next up! Lounges – who doesn’t love a gorgeous lounge?

xoxo Sarah

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