Mazzio's Wedding

On Saturday August 27th, we had the pleasure of overseeing the wedding and reception of Chad Morgan and Nicole Mazzio. Nicole's bridesmaids wore blue/indigo wrap dresses; they were so cool because your could tie them in so many different ways, giving the girls different neck lines. They had their ceremony at the Opryland Hotel's Delta Pavillion, where around 70 guests watched Chad and Nicole exchange vows. Nicole looked beautiful. She wore a lace, form fitting mermaid cut dress with a diamond ribbon tied at her waist. She also wore a beautiful white feather arrangement in her hair. The guys all wore gray suits with light yellow ties. The dance with her father was especially touching this time because her father would be shipping out to Afghanistan just 3 days later. This was probably the most beautiful reception i've seen so far. The chairs were all tied with the same blue colored silk as the bridesmaids dresses. The floral arrangements of white roses, white gladiolas, and white peones were stunning, adorned with diamonds and pearls hanging from the flowers. This was truly a beautiful wedding and one of the most romantic that i've seen.

This is the ABSOLUTE cutest thing! Gives new meaning to, "We go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly!" Cutest Cake Toper for a Disney World Wedding!!

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Such a cute story!!! Newlywed Allison Shellito Rinaldi, who walked down the aisle in the same 127-year-old wedding dress that her mother, grandmother and great-great grandmother wore, speaks with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie about their family’s unique tradition. Maybe I will start a tradition with my future wedding gown. Lord only knows that My mom's poofy ball gown with XL shoulder pads just won't work for my magical day.

On Sunday we had a Bridal Show for The Perfect Wedding Guide at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. Our Booth featured trends for the 2012 wedding season. We were giving out Las Paletas-fresh fruit popsicles-to show the use of food trucks at receptions. This is one of the 2012 reception Trends. We also had Heidi Schwartz from Paint your event live come and paint the bridal runway show as it was happening. It is such a unique idea and an awesome keepsake to have from your special day. CMT-Country Music Television was there to do a short documentary on Heidi's work and of course we got to be in the background. The popsicles were a hit with everyone, people were coming back for seconds. We also had two beautiful table designs in the reception room. One table featured an olive green table linen with brown wicker place mats, gold rimmed glassware, and chocolate brown linen napkins. The centerpiece featured a birdcage stuffed with flowers and feathers. It was quite beautiful. Our second table design was somewhat of a winter wonderland theme. White Linens with crystals and sequins clear glassware and beautiful sapphire colored glasses. The centerpiece was a simple flower arrangement of white and light blue Peonies. It was Jen and I's first Bridal Show and everything went Just magically!

Left alone on my own...

Saturday, the 20th we had two weddings back to back as well as the receptions for both plus a rehearsal. Needless to say we had a busy day ahead of us. Jen and I took charge of sending the bride down the aisle for Jason and Katie's wedding. I lead the guests to the reception leaving Jen behind to breakdown the ceremony site. At the reception Katie's father told the story of how they fell in love over chicken wings (insinuating that they had met at Buffalo Wild Wings). They were such a cute couple and the wedding was a blast. Towards the end of the night it felt as if you were at a college party. The Bar was open, the music blaring only the top hits of today, the lights were dimmed, and everyone was on the dance floor. At one point in the night I watched as someone accidentally stepped on the front of the brides gown. It ripped the bottom ruffle of the dress so I ran to her as she started to freakout. I tied the two pieces of fabric together, took 2 bobby pins out of my hair and crisscrossed them, keeping the 2 pieces of fabric tucked under her dress. It was quite a rush trying to figure something out to keep the bride from freaking out. We try to do everything in our power to keep the bride happy no matter what the circumstances or requests made. Katie wore a beautiful white ruffled dress with a black jeweled sash. Her bouquet so far is the prettiest arrangement I have seen yet, made with white and light pink roses that were in full bloom. All in all everything went wonderfully, I survived handling the reception by myself after only 5 days on the job. The bride was happy and so were we.

The First Wedding

The first wedding was at the Crystal Gazebo at Opryland Hotel. A Magical Affair contracts through Opryland, so pretty much all of our weddings and receptions will take place there. We had a wedding on Friday night for Michael and Paulina. The two met online and dated long distance for over 6 years. Finally after getting her visa approved to come and live from Ottowah Canada to the US, Paulina and Michael took the next step in their relationship and were engaged. The Crystal Gazebo is located in the Gardens of Opryland, surrounded by beautiful forestry, exotic flowers, and breathtaking waterfalls. Paulina and Michael had a small wedding of about 40 people, as many of the guests had to make the long trip from Canada to Nashville. Her Bridesmaids wore navy bridesmaid dresses while the groomsmen wore traditional black and white tuxedo's. She had her reception at the Delta Gazebo where 3 tall vases sat on round white tables; they were filled with an arrangement of purple flowers, filled with water, and had floating candles at the top. It was a sweet ceremony and I even got to send the bride down the aisle. My first event went great, and so was the cake! hehe :)

I got My internship!

It was kind of a God thing that i got this internship. I was scrolling through the homepage of Facebook when I saw that a friend of mine had liked the page, "A Magical Affair." I clicked on the page and started reading about this company. Courtney Hammons is the owner of AMA and Jen Klein is her Assistant. These ladies are wonderful!! They are so friendly and funny, we laugh in the office so much! I began on Tuesday, the 11th of August, I met the girls at the office and right away we were off to meet with the hotel coordinator at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Resort. We were on our way to meet with Maureen, the coordinator, to talk with her about the 3 weddings we had coming up on that weekend. After we left Maureen we were on our way to Opryland Country Club Golf Course for a luncheon featuring a speaker from, "The Knot." Lauren spoke on Luxury Bride's however unfortunately was not able to give us any information on where Nashville ranked. On Wednesday we spent a day at the office, went to lunch together at Pie in the Sky and got a lot of paperwork done. Thursday came and we had 2 Networking events to attend. First we visited Music City Tents and Events at Cummings Station, we made an appearance, chatted with a few people, had a glass of champagne, and got our picture taken. I got to meet our makeup artist/hairstylist-Candice Conrey-she is incredible. We then headed over to Loews Vanderbilt Hotel for the Perfect Wedding Guide Mixer. There I met Liza Schneider and Jennifer Trisnar, Account Executives for PWG. I also met Erica and Christopher Rains, founder and creators of, "The Chef and I Catering." I had such a great time and got to meet some of the top dogs of the wedding industry in the south. So far its been going great, and has confirmed that this is exactly what I want to do. However its not all parties and glasses of champagne, what wedding coordinators do is tedious and hard work.