Featured Sedona Wedding
Taryn Collins and Donnie Munford
Event Planning: Events By Show Stoppers
Day of Coordination: Sedona Wedding Planner / Karen Lynn
Photography: PamelaDuffyPhoto.com
May 5, 2007
Taryn Collins is the Texas Tornado. Taryn and Donnie’s wedding
was a joy to plan and design. Sometimes you get a client that you
just click with and you know you are going to come out lifelong
friends. The only thing Ken and I were told was “do what you
want” and “you better be there.” How perfect is
that?
Chocolate and dusty pink were the colors of the day along the banks
of Oak Creek at L’Auberge de Sedona. Our birch arbor was perfect
with the flowing chocolate voile accented with baskets of chocolate
leonidus roses, dusty pink cymbidiums, larkspur and Asiatic lilies.
Dark mahogany lawn chairs tied in perfectly.
Let’s talk Taryn. She wore couture Vera Wang and looked as
if she stepped right out of a fashion magazine. Her bouquet was
one of Ken’s favorite combinations of esperance roses, chocolate
cymbidiums, white cymbidiums and phaleonopsis orchids. The bride’s
maids were gorgeous wearing mocha colored gowns with bouquets of
terracotta roses, pale pink roses and coffee colored hypericum berries.
After the ceremony the guests were served her yummy signature cocktails…
P.P.Ps. (don’t ask) to get them revved up for the party of
the year. Let the whirlwind begin.
The reception was wonderful and everyone had so much fun. Being
from Austin, live music was very important to the couple. Their
favorite band was brought in from Las Vegas. L’Auberge served
the most delicious meal you can even imagine. The guests were from
everywhere and treated Ken and I like rock stars. Yes, the Texas
“thang” was sure ‘nuf there. Originally from Houston,
Ken and I felt right at home.
The walls were covered with sheer off-white voile. Huge swags (we
call them butterfly swags) were layered on top of the voile drapes.
The folds of the fabrics were lit with pink highlights while the
valleys of the folds were rich apricot and brown walnut colors.
This was a very sexy look and the room was almost as radiant as
Taryn.
The chandeliers were opulent featuring dozens of spilling sprays
of chocolate and blush pink cymbidium orchids and repeated the colors
and floral elements in the tall centerpieces. Among other things,
Ken used interesting foliages called “skeletor leaves”
giving a slight tropical edge. The height of the mantle display
added even more drama.
The cake was something else. We used a hundred votives placed around
the entire edge of the table for a ring of fire that lit the red
velvet cake. A fountain of white orchids was added spraying out
of the top. Corral-colored blooming passionflower vine was wound,
twisted and tangled as if growing down the sides of the cake
and clinging to the front of the table linens. Chocolate and blush
orchids with pink hyacinth details finished the display. The sweetheart
table had matching floral details.
This wedding was one of the jewels in a string of lovely weddings
we produced this spring. The evening was magical but Taryn was beyond
words.
