Small Seattle Wedding Skyped to Italy!

Kimberly and Gerardo contacted me in February for their upcoming wedding in March.  I guess you could call this one of my “Small, Last Minute” wedding inquiries.  But there was certainly nothing small or last minute about it.  One of the funnest parts of orchestrating a wedding of this size is that you can weave in many of the elements of a large wedding without all the months of planning that go hand-in-hand with having a large wedding.

We started out by talking about a venue for their wedding that could accommodate 20 of their friends and family.  I have a — sort of bible — that I pull out for requests such as these. Kimberly and Gerardo chose the Lakeside Room at Chandler’s Crabhouse on Lake Union for their Seattle wedding.  They also decided to add a photographer from one of my Wedding Concierge Packages, which I was happy to provide.

Kimberly decorated the small private event room with beautiful little touches, such as little bags of goodies that had a sweet Winnie the Pooh saying on the outside.  There were several yummy pies in place of the traditional wedding cake.  But the funnest touch was that Gerardo set up a Skype session with his family in Italy.  His brother in Italy even provided the music as we all walked into the room.  And just before we began the ceremony, a large beautiful arrangement of flowers arrived from the family and friends who were watching via Skype.  They got to see the bouquet they sent and watch the entire ceremony.  We got to see their faces filled with joy on the big screen and hear the violin music coming all the way from Italy.

Please enjoy the lovely photos that my friend and colleague Jeanne of Jeanne Phinney Photography took of Kimberly and Gerardo’s sweet wedding.  Congratulations Kimberly and Gerardo!