Jennifer Carroll Events Blog

My Dream Easter Basket!

A fun collection of dreamy items for Easter!!!

Happy Wednesday!

Jennifer

The Wedding Planner magazine is available!

The Wedding Planner of Charlottesville and Central Virginia magazine is now available for you to read on-line here! I hope you enjoy all of the ideas and inspirations included in the Premiere issue. I think this is a wonderful resource if you are planning a wedding. We had some really great contributors and I want to say a giant THANK YOU to everyone who pitched in!!!

The companion website will be live soon {I'll post about it as soon as it's up}. In the meantime check out the magazine!

Happy Tuesday!

Jennifer

Jennifer Carroll to open Los Angeles office!

photo courtesy TripAdvisor.com

Drum roll please............. I am SO excited to announce that I am opening an office in Los Angeles! I began my career as an event designer in Hollywood more than a decade ago and am so excited to be returning there to continue designing fabulous events!! This has been a dream of mine for a very long time and I'm thrilled to finally be doing this!

Beginning this Summer you will find me flying back and forth across the country bringing my sweet Southern style to clients in Sunny California and bringing some Hollywood Glamour to all my Virginia clients - so fun!

Stay tuned for more details including a whole new website launching early this Summer!

"California, here I come!"

Happy Monday!

Jennifer

Maria & Will's Veritas Vineyard Wedding

This past September I helped Maria & Will plan their wedding at Veritas Vineyard & Winery. While the sun may not have been shining outside - Maria & Will were definitely shining inside! These two are so in love and to get to be there to help them celebrate with family & friends was such an honor!

Fortunately the ballroom at Veritas is spectacularly beautiful and made an ideal spot for the nuptials. And, the large windows still allowed us a vista of the vines!

I love the ceremony programs that the couple made - the round cutouts provided just the right pop of color hanging on the chairs. Remember if you do this at your wedding: set the programs for the first row guests on their seats - otherwise they won't get one! 

Maria & Will's colors were the classic combo of pink and black and I especially loved how the orchids on the cake had just the right hint of pink to bring the color in without overpowering the simplicity of the ivory buttercream frosting and the wide black ribbon!

Thank you again Maria & Will!!

Resources:

Venue & Catering: Veritas Vineyard & Winery

Photography: Jack Looney
Wedding Planning: Jennifer Carroll Events
Florist: Amy Webb
Cake Baker: Cakes Unlimited
Ceremony Musicians: Charlottesville String Quartet
Reception DJ: Rick Haggard

Happy Friday!

Jennifer

Royal Wedding Inspiration Board

I love weddings and a Royal Wedding is just the perfect ideal! I had so much fun pulling this fantasy board together on Polyvore - I hope you have fun exploring it all!

Happy Thursday!

Jennifer

City Chic Vintage!

With vintage weddings being all the rage right now I love finding new resources for hip and chic design elements and I'm thrilled to introduce you to City Chic Vintage.

Chris's designs are not only gorgeous but they are also made out of Recycled glass!! In addition to being a "green" product, a portion of every sale goes to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital & the Arbor Day Foundation! This is the shopping Trifecta! We get to shop for fab things, while being kind to the earth & donating to two incredibly worthy charities! It almost feels wrong not to shop!!

I am totally smitten with her Girlie Cocktail Stirrers (above)!! They are going on my personal wish-list for sure!

 

Above is a small selection of her glassware. There are so many styles ad colors to choose from! Check them out here. Imagine a signature cocktail in one of these glasses - how divine!

She also has a variety of Hurricane Lamp centerpieces and lots of dessert bowls - I can just see a chic candy buffet coming together!!

Happy Wednesday!

Jennifer

Think Pink! Wedding Reception

I love the movie Funny Face - and the Think Pink! song is a favorite of mine. When researching ideas for a pink wedding reception table for a bridal show I hosted, I saw this gorgeous Charlotte linen from Wildflower Linens and I fell so in love with it that it inspired the whole table for me - it also struck me that it was just the type of table that Maggie Prescott would have insisted a "Quality Woman" have! {you need to see the movie to know what I mean!} Anyway, I love how this linen looks like the skirt of an amazing ball gown - so glamorous!! The iridescent taffeta Charlotte chair covers have a bit of the gathered pink taffeta accent at the top but the bottom has masses of sparkly sequins sewn on for a bit of bling! The silver chivari chairs from Festive Fare keep the look sophisticated.

Pat's Floral Designs created these stunning floral arrangements - I love the tall arrangement with a lush bed of hydrangeas at the base - so beautiful!

 

I designed all of the paper goods from the table sign to the ribbon embellished menu cards to carry on our theme of fairytale glamour. The silver framed escort cards were another elegant touch. Silver frames like this are especially great to use if you are having a photo booth at your wedding. Guests can frame one of their favorite snapshots and take it home with them! Our wedding favors were so simple - I purchased clear acetate boxes at my local craft store and simply filled them with pink candies. We tied pink and silver ribbons to each one making them look extra special! Presentation is everything!!

Thank you Jen Fariello for the fabulous photos!

I hope you like these ideas and remember "When you Think Pink, Your world is Rosy Red!" {see the move!!}

Happy Tuesday!

Jennifer

Feel Good Frames for Weddings!

I met Shelley, the owner of Feel Good Frames, at the Atlanta Gift Show in January and was smitten with her fresh, whimsical designs and am thrilled to share them with you!

All of her frames are handpainted and personalized making them fabulous one-of-a-kind gifts!

She's also got frames just for the members of your wedding party - how cute are these ring bearer & flower girl frames?!

Her frames have been featured as "great gifts" by the editors of Southern Living, Southern Lady, Paula Deen Magazine, Glamour, American Baby & Babytalk!!

To see all of her designs, please visit her website: www.feelgoodframes.com and tell her I said "hi!"

Happy Monday!

Jennifer

Spring Baby Shower!

Last Spring Pat & Sherry of Pat's Floral Designs and I hosted a Baby Shower for our good friend Jen Fariello at her beautiful country home! Now with thoughts of Spring swirling in my head I thought it would be fun to share these photos with you!

The whimsical linens, bamboo flatware and cut-work china plates were rented from Festive Fare and Kathy at Favorite Cakes made the beautiful nest cake!

Obviously we had a birdsnest theme...and it was carried out in our flowers, cake, game book, even the favors were little chocolate nests that I made and filled with chocolate eggs. A perfect way to celebrate a new baby and a new season!

Thanks to both Jen & Meredith Montague for taking the photos!

Happy Friday!

Jennifer

Must-have Boutonnieres by Pom & Plumage!

I saw these boutonniere's on Pom & Plumage's etsy shop and simply fell in love! Denise is incredibly talented and her love for wedding's shines through in her intricate designs.

The top image is her Love Nest Boutonniere. The pearl "eggs" give it a touch of luxury...

 

Above is her Audubon bout. How darling is that little gold bird?!

 

How about this Birch one? So simple but SO striking! Fabulous!!

 

And this Oscar Wilde bout?! {swoon!} The combination of feathers is so striking that even if you weren't having a feather themed wedding - I think this totally works!

Her bouts range in price from roughly $8.00 - $14.00 each and she's having a sale right now!! If you order 6 or more bouts you receive 15% off - there are even more styles in her shop so click on over now and as if we needed even more incentive - she is offering free shipping from now until April 1st if you mention my blog in your message to her on Etsy! How fabulous is that?!!

Happy Thursday!

Jennifer