Laura and Richard Marquez

Congratulations Laura and Richard Marquez! On May 10th, 2008, Laura and Richard had the most beautiful, spectacular wedding at the gorgeous Biltmore Hotel. The entire vendor team agrees that this is one of the most amazing weddings that the Alhambra Ballroom has ever seen. I can’t talk enough in how amazing The Biltmore Hotel and their staff (including but not limited to Bruce Barbaree, and Deborah Howard) were with us from the second we started planning up to the wee hours of the morning when we were still breaking down. Thank you from the bottom of all of our hearts- outrageous job guys!

Six weeks before Laura and Richard were due to wed, I got a call from Laura; I heard the sweetest voice on the line a bit frantic, nervous, and very anxious. Laura was very stressed and overwhelmed with the wedding and had no idea where to start or what she wanted, she had planned the wedding for 2 weeks and the big event was less than 2 months away. I calmed her reassuring her that it would all get done and better yet, it would be the most perfect day she could ever dream of! Talk about TURBO PLANNING….all we had was a venue, we needed everything else- We had a lot to do and we had a BLAST planning it. There were some bumps in the road of course; their church burned down shortly after the couple had hired me, but thankfully the Biltmore was able to offer a space for us to put up at tent and house the ceremony at the venue.

All these outrageous photos were taken by Martha and Jesus Ramirez for UDS http://www.udsphoto.com/. You both are truly amazing! Thank you.

Meet the Bride and Groom ...

Laura Dajer

Richard Marquez

I love this image... Amazing job Martha!

The Roudy Bunch.... We had such a great time with this

Bridal Party... they are all such Party Animals!

The Groomsmen and Carlos and Barbara Marquez

(Parents of the Groom)

The Bridesmaids and the Beautiful Bride Ceremony Decor
We designed a crisp, modern look to the ceremony. By using a tri-colored draping design for the ceiling of the tent, it made the ceremony have life and more of a cozy, intimate feel.
Magical Moment!
The Place Card Table
Everyone knows how I LOVE to come up with unique and creative place card ideas. Laura and Richard love Disney World! They go for vacation every chance they have. However, it was the general opinion that Disney should not have been added to the decor of the wedding. In visiting the bride and groom at thier new home, I noticed tons of pictures of them... so how could I incorporate thier love for Disney and thier love to take pictures of their every memory? Caricatures! We found an artist that specialized in this type of picture rendering and we had him artistically re-create pictures of Laura and Richards favorite moments together (many of which were at Disney). They came out soooooo cute! Paper Studio miniturized them on place cards and on the back printed some fun facts about the bride and groom including pet names for eachother and how they met.... All of the guests loved this small detail.

Each table had an enlarged version of the picture so that guests could find thier designated tables. each picture was in a matt with a sharpie so that guests could leave Laura and Richard a message.
Here are some pictures of the reception... I apologize for the amount of pictures there are but I love them all and I couldn't chose which ones to post!
We used intelligent lighting to light the entire perimeter of the room in amber and lit the chandeliers and the ceiling in blue to create a romantic star-lit ambiance to the dinner.
The key to decor is to bring it all together from the bottom to the top. From the linens and rentals to the flowers and lighting, it should all come together perfectly. We carefully Chose each detail to assure that it was the perfect look for Laura and Richard's dream wedding. Lighting is essential when desinging your romantic reception. Even if it is a little bit, the enhancment of the lighting truly transforms the room and the mood of the wedding.
Our florist ROCKED! Amazing Job guys! Exactly what we wanted... PERFECTION!
Each guest received a calla lily bookmark with a small note from the bride and groom.

We chose glass beaded chargers to make the table more elegant and further compliment the of the glass that was used in the decor.

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Laura Marquez

How amazing is this picture? Thier first dance as husband and wife...

Laura and her Daddy Dancing Salsa

The Love Tent "Chuppah" was turned into the most picturesque location for the cake. We added two pin spots to enhance the beautiful creation in the after dinner lounge.

The ceremony tent was transformed into the after dinner lounge with pictures of the bride and groom, cigar rollers, bars, and tons and tons fo romantic candlight. We added amber lighting once the night fell to enhance the romatic mood.

Modular sections were placed throughout the 2100 sq ft tent. Guests frequently visited to casually talk, smoke, and just take in the night breeze (which was so yummy)

Once dinner ended, Miami's own Willy Chirino joined his 16 piece orchestra for a spectacular performance. He played all of his greatest hits include a personal favorite of mine, Soy Guajiro.

The entire ceiling of the ballroom changed colors with multiple patterns throughout the night.

A picture from up above. In order to create the perfect look for each table, we double pin spotted each centerpiece for the maximum enhancement to the overall decor.

Lemon Drops anyone? Richard and Laura are somwhere in there.... LOL

Dancing the night away! This wedding was Beyond Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jackie Ohh... Events, UDS, and the Newlyweds!

The Wedding Team: Wedding Planner Jackie Farah Fernandez and day of assistants, Jessica Vega and Yilena Ramirez for Jackie Ohh... Events, Martha and Jesus Ramirez for UDS Photo, and last but definatly not least, Bruce Barabree for Biltmore Event Design. To the ENTIRE wedding DREAM team, all of you were great! The execution of the entire wedding was flawless! I cannot thank you enough. Thank you a million times over!

I received an e-mail from Laura two days after the wedding and I wanted to share it with all of you.

Jackieeeee! Mama we are in the middle of our honeymoon but could not wait to come back to thank you for all your hard work. We have to congratulate YOU for the success of your work. You are amazing at what you do and from the first day I met you I knew things were gonna come out more than perfect. You overexceeded all of our expectations and we do appreciate it from the bottom of our hearts. I am happy to say that everytime we speak about the wedding you come to the conversation and how you made it happen.From both of us thank you and from me, thanks for being more than my wedding planner. I know how special you are and I am happy you were part of one of the most special days of my life and please expect to continue to form part of it. I look forward to meeting your husband and getting together all of us to grab dinner or something.Please extend my thanks to UDS. I cannot wait to see the pictures!Talk to you when we come back!

Love,Laura Dajer