Welcome to the wedding
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When the bride and groom asked for a romantic outdoor wedding and intimate reception in an iconic Cincinnati setting, the event planning team created a stunning celebration that delighted clients and guests alike.
Here, guests are welcomed to the riverside wedding.
Save-the-dates
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The charming save-the-date.
The design echoes the wedding's theme: a romantic, ethereal, watercolor-floral motif capturing the couple’s favorite things about Cincinnati.
The bridal party's bouquets
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The bridal party's bouquets.
Garden setting
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The outdoor setting.
The outdoor ceremony in the heart of the Gardener Family Grove and Rose Garden overlooking the iconic Roebling Suspension Bridge became the peaceful garden venue of the bride’s dreams.
Floral arch
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With the Cincinnati skyline in the background, the bride and groom said “I do” under a perfectly placed arch fashioned of peonies, garden roses, antique hydrangeas, sweet peas, yarrow, Dusty Miller, lemon leaf, silver dollar eucalyptus, ruscus and succulents.
On to dinner
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The romantic garden theme continued as the 188 guests stepped inside the Anderson Pavilion to enjoy the dinner reception.
Cincinnati tribute
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The guest book is a tribute to Cincinnati.
Outdoors comes indoors
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By continuing the lavish greenery inside, the event team brought the outdoors in, complete with a large floral installation dripping with blooms, lush foliage, and fanciful floral orbs suspended above the head table.
Delicate color palette
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The tables are covered in fine linens in pretty pastels of creamy white, barely-there blush, soft champagne, and misty greens.
Lengthy table garland
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A stunning garland runner of exquisite flowers and greenery was constructed to run the full length of the head table and cascade down the sides.
Furniture for the room was carefully selected to be reminiscent of French-inspired antiques combined with rustic farmhouse pieces, including linen settees, gold chiavari chairs, vineyard round tables, and long wooden farm tables.
Gilded tabletops
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Gold place settings and gilded accent pieces, such as petit candle votives and shimmery table numbers, shone in the warm candlelight.
Candy sprinkles
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The groom is a fan of candle sprinkles, so each table features a bottle filled with them.
A pretty place setting
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Metallic table number
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Romantic floral
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Succulent in a glass box
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A pretty detail: Succulent in a glass box.
Elegant table linen
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Settee for bridal couple
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A linen settee at the head table for the bridal couple.
Bar with watercolor motif
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The bar carries through the wedding's watercolor motif.
A closer look
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Chalkboard wedding cake
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The cake salutes the bride's profession--education--with gilded flowers surrounding a "chalkboard" detail.
Watercolor motif on dance floor
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The dance floor carries the watercolor motif.
Come to the carousel
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Guests are invited to the after-party, slated for the new carousel in the city's Smale Riverfront Park.
Cigars for guests
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After-party with Cincinnati favorites
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As guests enjoy the carousel, the bride and groom provide a variety of festive late-night snacks at the Cincinnati chili bar: hot dogs, spaghetti, and, of course, Cincinnati’s classic Skyline chili with all the trimmings—a definite favorite of the new husband and wife!
