Bliss & Bespoke: October 2015

WRITER CREDIT:

Charleston Weddings Staff

PHOTOGRAPHER CREDIT:

Lucy Cuneo Photography

Bliss & Bespoke: October 2015 | See how the party planners party in this night out at The Cedar Room

The Cedar Room wedding White cedar room Nüage Design Yoj Events EventHaus

Watercolors from The Silver Starfish

Southern Weddings’ Emily Thomas and Lisa Kirk with Kristin Doggett (center)

Jacin Fitzgerald (center) with attendees

(from left) Lindsey Nowak, Candice Hilse, Della MacNicholas, Abby Capalbo, Cacky Rivers

The Cedar Room styled by YOJ Events and catered by Mercantile and Mash with rentals from EventHaus and Polished!

Easton Events

Charleston Weddings Editor Melissa Bigner

Abby Capalbo, Style Me Pretty, Abby Capalbo Styling

Delicious Desserts

Kathleen McFeeters, CEO of Donna Morgan

Photographs by:

Lucy Cuneo Photography

Top up-and-coming luxury planners attend the annual Bliss & Bespoke retreat for workshops led by established national wedding pros. The night we hosted and traded toasts and tales with the ebullient businesswomen was one for the books. “If only every week could be this fabulous,” later penned Style Me Pretty’s Abby Capalbo.

See scores more tabletop shots and get styling takeaway tips galore here...

Vendor List

Event Design: Yoj Events, www.YojEvents.com

Photography: Lucy Cuneo, www.LucyCuneoPhotography.com

Florals: Stephanie Gibbs Events, www.StephanieGibbsEvents.com

Venue: The Cedar Room, www.TheCedarRoom.com

White plates, flatware, furniture: EventHaus, www.EventHausRentals.com

Patterned plates, glasses: Polished!, www.PolishedTabletop.com

Specialty linens: Nüage Designs, www.NuageDesigns.com

Lighting: Production Design Associates, www.PDAStage.com

Catering: Mercantile & Mash, www.MercAndMash.com

Cake: Delicious Desserts, www.VeryDeliciousDesserts.com

Paper Materials: The Silver Starfish, www.TheSilverStarfish.com

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