Lisa Mallaiah and Mitch Scott- Wedding Video Highlights!

Wouldn't you love to be this *rich?!?*

Lisa and Mitch are rich in love, family, traditions and custom ...

I dearly hope you all find such richness in your lives as well!

**Special thanks to Rainer Flor with Simply Cinematic for this beautiful highlight piece**

Lisa & Mitch: Cinematic Movie Trailer from Simply Cinematic on Vimeo.

"A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words..." Wedding Moments in Time

This week's image just seems to grip at my heart strings each time I give it a good look and thought.

A bride with her Daddy on her wedding day...there is rarely a more emotional moment, and this one was captured at precisely the right moment by Mike Briggs--

Real Weddings: Lisa Mallaiah and Mitch Scott: THE SLIDESHOW

Images are fantastic and telling, however, the slide shows that are now being produced by favorite photographers are quite another.
Here, we get to savor more images in an upbeat or romantic tone as set to music.
My friends and colleagues, Garrett and Joy Nudd were kind enough to share Lisa and Mitch's slide show for all of us to enjoy-
For me, it retells a day of tremendous love, high style and fun libations.
For you, my hope is very much the same...

Real Weddings: Lisa and Mitch at The Shores Resort

Note to all budding wedding planners: This job can be very bitter-sweet! Having Lisa and Mitch enter our E- Events world was so sweet, they were an utter delight! To see them marry off and drift off to "happily ever after..." --admittedly sad, yet proud!
Lisa and Mitch live in Minneapolis, and when she called me about 7 months prior to her wedding with a "Clean Slate" my creative interest was peaked...
Lisa's challenge {did I hear someone say "challenge??!!"} was the ethnicity and authenticity that was paramount in being portrayed.
Lisa is half Filipino, half Indian and Mitch is African-American. Challenge? NO! A goal...YES! Recently, I have been chatting with loved ones about how well I respond to goals set forth before me...
First, we needed to find the ideal venue. With the couple's criteria in place we found that The Shores Resort in Daytona Beach Shores perfectly matched their specific wedding weekend goals and style. Next, a Catholic Church to accommodate Lisa's Filipino heritage. The Basilica of St. Paul could not have offered a more perfect backdrop to tradition and old-world opulence--
Onto our reception design--
Lisa repeatedly explained to me that her favorite part of living in her newly-transferred home of Minneapolis was it's downtown arts district which fostered her and Mitch's contemporary and metropolitan flair.
Note to self: Design a wedding reception that it is worthy of this aesthetic!
Raining Roses, Unique Option, BBJ Linen, Plumb Fun Photo Booth, Simply Cinematic and Garrett Nudd were all on hand to assure these elements were met in the moment and in the end with their treasured tangible memories.
Using a harmonious color palette of burnt orange and mahogany accents,the use of only 2 blooms for floral and the rectangular shaped dining tables to feed our 200+ guest list proved to be successful for this beautiful, yet odd-shaped ballroom. The tables were set on and angle with the dance floor in the middle of this ~L~ shaped ballroom "marrying" {ha!} the two sides of the room along with 4 carefully designed furniture groupings.
The result was a comfortable, sleek and chic room design worthy of this hip and trendy couple-
C'mon! Look at her Yves St. Laurent shoes--
The proof is in the stiletto!

Lisa and Mitch:Daytona Beach Shores Wedding

As I peeked out at first morning's light today, I just knew it was going to be a marvelous day for a wedding...

Most especially, for the wedding of Lisa and Mitch!

Lisa and Mitch living in Minneapolis, made us wish they lived here all the more. While many of our couples do not even live in Central Florida, it becomes difficult as we begin to grow these really sort of special relationships with them. Lisa and Mitch are certainly no exception!

Lisa would offer her dates of availability to come to Orlando to "power-plan" and off we would go--having the most fun along the way. I have especially loved getting to also know her sister Cheryl. I have never seen 2 sisters as closely connected, careful and thoughtful with than they are. So endearing!

Then..."Big Mitch" strolls into town for the menu tasting in August...

Well, with what distance is and the description of Mitch that Lisa proposed, {Former University of Kansas football player!} I'll admit I had gone there and "painted a picture..." of what his personality would be like- {i-n-t-i-m-i-d-a-t-i-n-g!}

And, we cannot forget to mention that Lisa was a tennis player for the same University; no wonder they found each other!

Yes, Mitch is of formidable size but, dare I say, it's mostly his heart. He is so gracious, articulate and obviously madly in love with Lisa! And he has a wicked sense of humor; LOVE THAT!!

As I gear up my belongings to go spend the weekend at The Shores Resort with the couple and the family, my mind is racing with all of the gorgeous details we have arriving in just mere hours.

I love infusing culture into my weddings most of all, so this wedding had my imagination in overdrive. I have devoured over every detail combining Lisa's Indian/Filipino heritage along with Mitch's Southern background. {His whole family is in from Texas!}

Culture and contemporary for the couple was my mission and we'll have it from menu to furniture design collections, to floral-

I can't wait to see it all come together and share wedding images as soon as they become available-

For now, enjoy these stunners taken by the matchless, Garrett Nudd who flew all the way to Minneapolis to shoot this amazing e-session. I love how they went back to where Mitch proposed to Lisa and how, in one image, Mitch tenderly just guides her along with his hand...

Okay, here- we- GO!!!