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Massive floral installations served triple-duty at Erin and Aaron Gutentag’s Jorgensen Farms Oak Grove wedding.
Dazzling Details Unique extras can add flair, wow guests and personalize a wedding.
Guests couldn’t help but marvel at the 8-foot tall, 8-foot wide, pink flower wall that greeted them as they entered the reception at Megan (Marinello) and Drew Miletti’s wedding at The Exchange last June. The couple’s last name was written in an elegant, white neon script across the top of it, drawing guests in for spontaneous selfies and posed pictures. “I always wanted an Instagram-worthy photo station at my wedding, but I knew I wanted something different that would pop,” Megan says. “It was such a hit, and we were able to save all the photos that were taken for memories. I still look at them and just laugh at how much fun everyone had.” Giving guests a memorable, over-the-top experience with extravagant flowers, a nontraditional guest book, striking Champagne display, selfserve cigar bar or surprisingly useful take-home favor has become a growing trend. 24
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“Those little touches, I think they make it more personalized and, for us, they really brought out our personalities,” says Rachel (Halaszynski) Ward, who, in lieu of traditional escort cards, put carvedwood script cutouts of each guest’s first name at every place setting. She purchased the cutouts from laser engraving shop JDCraftDesignStudio on Etsy. “I heard a lot of compliments about the name place cards,” says Rachel, who married husband Alex last April at Brookshire. “I liked having the extra little personalizations. They were all worth it.”
Ceremonial Sparkle Like the Milettis, Erin (Wetherby) and Aaron Gutentag also turned to flowers for a “Wow!” factor during their October 2020 wedding at Jorgensen Farms Oak Grove. Flowers in a stunning array of autumn colors hung from the ceiling,
PHOTO: LAUREN ANNE PHOTO
BY NANCY BYRON
