Allison and Chris’s Wedding at the Country Club of Orlando

Allison was actually one of our former bridesmaids, at Melissa and Philippe’s wedding, and we were so happy to see Melissa be Matron of Honor at this wedding! Allison and Chris (and Debbie, Allison’s mom) were so much fun to work with. So much of who they are poured into their wedding. They are both public defenders with a bit of a nerdy side to them. For starters, they brought their love of zombies to profess their “undying” love to their save the dates. The lovely Sarah Bray of Sarah Bray Photography broke away from her romantic, ethereal style to capture the all the silliness and fun this couple had to offer.

With Allison and Chris’s love of the horror genre, they wanted to bring in some gothic elements using wrought iron, scrolling and the deep red and black floral. The ever-talented Lee Forrest Design team presented something that echoed the gothic details the couple wanted, but pulled it off in such a lush and romantic way. When paired with ivory linens, gold chiavari chairs and amber lighting, the Country Club of Orlando looked elegant, romantic, but still very Chris and Allison.

Chris came up with this brilliant idea of creating table cards inspired by historic cases. Our in-house designer, Cathrina, had a lot of fun with this one and carried on the gothic scrolling on metallic paper and placed the cards on mini iron easels. A lot of the planning was during election season, and reading about these cases was a great reminder of how far we have come.

Some other fun elements the couple incorporated into their wedding were a gospel choir at their ceremony, lots of old photos—from their childhood, as a couple, and wedding photos from several members of the family, and doughnut tower instead of cake, which were served warm with mini shooters of Brandy Alexander.

But this wedding wasn’t without it’s emotional moments. Allison and Chris had no surviving grandparents, and Allison had lost her maternal grandmother during the planning process. To honor her grandmother, she acknowledged in their program that it was the money that her grandmother left her that was used to buy her gown. All of the grandparents and lost loved ones were also acknowledged in the program, with memorial candles, and their old wedding photographs. Every photo had a story and represented someone very special who is no longer with us. We felt very honored that the family shared those stories with us.

All in all, we loved this wedding, the couple, the family, and the guests. But, it was full of great details that were all Allison and Chris.

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Vendors:

• Country Club of Orlando — Country Club of Orlando
• Ceremony— First Presbyterian Church
• Cake — Wendy Woo Cakes
• Floral and Décor — Lee Forrest Designs
• Photographer — Sarah Bray Photography
• Hair — Maxwell Maisano
• Makeup — Heather Fildes
• DJ — Messina Productions
• Transportation — Mears Transportation
• Lighting — Soundwave Entertainment Systems