Wednesday, November 17, 2010
This is my favorite time of year - everyone's having holiday parties! Mark your calendar for December 1st and join me and Ashley at the Southall Eden {an events venue} Holiday Open House! It'll be a good opportunity for you to see the venue fully decorated, meet some wedding vendors and to see the place for yourself especially if you're planning for a barn/country style wedding. Plus, you could win $1,000 off the cost of the barn rental fee for either your wedding or rehearsal dinner!
To qualify to win, you must first click here to register and R.S.V.P. for the Open House. Be sure to include your name and your fiance's name. Then all you do next is attend the Holiday Open House to see if your name was drawn! For more details on the giveaway and the open house, visit Southall Eden's blog.
We'll see you on December 1st!
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
REMINDER - The Little Black Dress Revue and StudioWed's Open House are both tonight! You will not want to miss either.
Yesterday we shared some of the venues that, as a community, almost everyone agreed were their favorites. Today, for Part 2 of that list, are some more modern, urban venues that lots of you had tweeted you loved as well!
Photo courtesy of Donald Yeager Photography
Cannery Ballroom
You may know this venue as a place to see bands and artists perform. But some of the prettiest weddings and photo shoots have taken place there from this Tiffany Blue inspired wedding to Opulent Couturier's Eco Friendly Wedding Inspiration. Gorgeous!
Contact: Chris Cobb, Special Events Plus
Telephone: 615-469-7392
Website: MercyLounge.com/SpecialEvents
E-mail: info @ specialeventsplus.com
Capacity: 300 (for banquet style)
Cost: $2,500+ (Includes table/chair rental, does not include bartender/clean up or set up service. Contact for more details)
Pictures courtesy of Gray Photography + The Cannery Ballroom
Houston Station
So far we have yet to see a wedding at Houston Station look anything less than fantastic. From the Red & Orange inspired wedding we posted recently to the photoshoot organized by Swizzle Events and our fabulous vendors, Houston Station looks like a great location for any style of wedding you choose.
Contact:Jeff Thornhill
615-228-7649
Website: EventsNashville.net/Houston
E-Mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Capacity: Banquet - up to 340
Cocktails - 450
Cost: (Open vendor policy, call for cost)
Photo courtesy of Jonathon Campbell Photography
Photograph courtesy of Jonathon Campbell Photography via Swizzle Events
Aerial
Contact: Deanna Bruton
Phone: 615-707-2923
Website: AerialNashville.com
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Capacity: Seated dinner: 150. Cocktail reception/buffet: 200
Photo courtesy of ImageTrick.com via Simply Stunning Events
Photo courtesy of McLellan Style
Photo courtesy of The Photographix
Marathon Village
Whenever someone asks if I know of any places in Nashville that are truly lofts, warehouses that have not lost their original construction, and the first place I think of is Marathon Village. Now the factory is home to photography studios, artists, a radio station and a 3,000 square foot event room where fun weddings like the Anthropologie-inspired wedding was. Remember that one? It's still one of our favorites.
Contact: Cindy Peterson
Telephone: 615-327-1010
Website: MarathonVillage.com
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Capacity: 225
Cost: $1250 ($250 refundable deposit. Does not include tables and chairs that they can provide)
Photo courtesy of ChrisandAdrienneScott.com
Video by Full Frame Digital Cinema (fullframecinema.com)
Thanks to everyone for your responses on Twitter and Facebook - we appreciate that this community of brides-to-be, current brides and wedding professionals are quick to respond and chime in! We hope you find this list of venues useful in your search for your perfect location and when you contact them, please tell them that you saw them on Ashley's Bride Guide!
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Urban, loft-like, warehouse-y, modern... call them what you will but the fact is, these blank-canvas-like spaces are fast becoming the venue of choice for Nashville's cosmopolitan brides and grooms. We recently tweeted and asked on Facebook what your favorite modern venues are and based on the answers, it's hard to pick just one! So we thought we'd share them all with you, in no particular order.
Events @ 1418
Rooftop deck with a stunning view of downtown Nashville, a whole building to yourself - what's not to love? From the same team that brings us delicious wedding catering from A Catered Affair and beautiful cakes from The Bake Shoppe, Events @ 1418 has housed cool weddings and events aplenty. Check out the pictures from this fun Murder Mystery Party from earlier this year.
Contact: Kellie Bryson
Telephone: 615-321-3294
Website: MainEventPro.com
E-mail: Kellie @ maineventpro.com
Spectacular view of downtown Nashville
Nashville Event Space
Talk about a blank canvas! Nashville Event Space has two main locations for your wedding/event, aVenue and Cellar One. Both are just waiting to be decorated to suit your vision and it's pretty amazing what some couples have come up with for their special day. I could try to convince you of how awesome your wedding could look in their space, but I'll let the pictures in this chic, urban Nashville wedding do the talking.
Contact: Mindy Dees, Sales Manager
Telephone: 615-497-6802
Website: NashvilleEventSpace.com
E-Mail: Mindy @ RandiEvents.com
aVenue
Capacity:
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Cocktail Style (Soft Seating) - 500 using main level and loft. For smaller events, main level only may be used
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Fully seated - 250 using main level and loft
Rental Cost: $2,750+ (Call for details)
Cellar One
Capacity -
Cocktail Style (Soft Seating) - 250 guests
Fully Seated - 130 guests in main room, additional 50 if using long bar area
Courtyard -125 standing, 75 fully seated for ceremonies
Rental Cost: Call Mindy for details
One Eleven
One Eleven is best known for their rooftop deck with great views of the Titans stadium, Broadway and downtown Nashville. They have a glass-enclosed penthouse, and one great thing about it is, it's within walking distance of tons of downtown hotels. Here is a real wedding we featured with a really fun, hot pink theme in two parts. Click here for pink wedding part 1 and here for pink wedding part 2.
Contact: Falon Veit
Telephone: 615-695-5222
Website: OneEleven.com
E-mail: falon @ eventlogistics.com
Capacity: 300 ppl
Cost: $2500 (including rentals - call Falon for more details)
We know you guys sent in a few more of your favorites (thanks, by the way!) so don't worry if your favorite venue didn't make the list today, we'll have more of our roundup of Nashville's Favorite Modern Venues tomorrow so be sure to check back!
Love one of these locations for your wedding? Give them a call and please remember to let them know you found them on ABG!
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Whenever I hear of couples having intimate weddings with just their nearest and dearest, or even couples who elope in exotic locales and then return to have a really fun party after, I can't help but be a teeny bit envious. I'm sure you will agree that what Nigel and Becky did is also a thought that's crossed your mind!
We cap off the week with a look at their urban chic cocktail reception that was put coordinated by the awesome team from A Delightful Day Event Planning.
Featured Favorite Wedding: Becky & Nigel (as shared via A Delightful Day's blog)
Becky and Nigel were an adorable couple that came to me back last year, as they were looking for a planner to assist them with their reception party to celebrate their marriage. We had so much fun planning a cocktail party for them following their intimate ceremony in Centennial Park and honeymoon in South Africa. Nigel and Becky, with their guests, had an incredible evening of food, fun, and dancing at 3rd aVenue South, listening to the Clarence Dobbins Band out of Kentucky. Enjoy the beautiful footage of Nigel and Becky's day and here are the wonderful vendors that made this day happen:
Wedding Team
Photography: Ulmer Studios
Catering: A Catered Affair
Florals: CarryAnn Misamore of Fresh Nashville (FreshByCarryAnn.com)
Venue, Rentals, and Lighting: Nashville Event Space
Band: Clarence Dobbins Band (ClarenceDobbins.com)
Papergoods & Gobo: Sweet Life Designs
Favors: The Cocoa Tree (TheCocoaTree.com)
Makeup Artist: Amy Lynn Larwig
Thanks, Becky and Nigel, for including us in this fabulous day! We truly enjoyed it and wish you two years and years of happiness in your new home and life together!!!
~ Mary Alice, Nashville Wedding Planner - A Delightful Day
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
We get very excited when our favorite vendors are picked to be a part of events that make national headlines. When Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert had their engagement party they chose to celebrate it at Front Porch Farms. The food was catered by Chef's Market, the decor was superbly put together by Enchanted Florist with romantic and always spot-on lighting done by Nashville Event Lighting and everything was captured by Kristyn Hogan, lifestyle photographer. Enjoy!
An Enchanted Engagement at Front Porch Farms
First off, congratulations and all the best to Miranda and Blake. The team at Ashley's Bride Guide are excited for you both and look forward to the wedding day!
It certainly looked like the perfect day for a country engagement party! What blew me away was how the decorations and centerpieces were all perfectly rustic, as if they were all found objects from a flea market or an old-timey store. So I called up Caprice at Enchanted Florist and asked her what inspired her. "We wanted it to look like you rummaged through found objects and put it all together. We wanted a vintage country feel vs. a literal country feel which is why we used more found objects."
Each table is was covered in its own quilt, and each centerpiece was different from the next. I also love the use of real pieces of wood, which Caprice explained was to keep it somewhat masculine. "We placed the centerpieces on quilts and we didn’t mind if they were tattered or worn - that was teh whole point. We wanted to use very random things which is why we used different quilts. We used burlap, all of the vessels - mason jars, tins, boxes or hats, those were just objects we gthered or had.
Caprice: Yellow roses are the state flower of Texas (where Miranda was born), which Cathy of Front Port Farms suggested they use as a nod to the Lone Star State.
The couple had given Caprice free reign to the decor. "it’s very interesting because people who say “I just totally trust you, I know what you do is great, here is my budget have at it.” It allows you be creative but it’s more pressure than doing something where they know exactly what they’re getting... it was an interesting experience and it was fun to have freedom like that."
The creative vendors behind this event:
Photography: Kristyn Hogan, lifestyle photographer
Catering: Chef's Market
Flowers/Decor: Enchanted Florist
Lighting: Nashville Event Lighting
Venue: Front Porch Farms
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