Powers-Davison Real Wedding Video Highlights

Late this past spring, we shared details with you of a lovely Fort Worth wedding. Now we’re excited to show you their video highlights from Sonrise Video Productions.

As wedding planners, we encourage the inclusion of a videographer or film maker in your vendor lineup. We see the relationship between photography and videography as symbiotic…it’s not an "either-or", but a "both-and" thing. While photographs capture details, a single expression or one moment in time, film captures the complete journey throughout your wedding day. Video will capture the range of emotions on a groom’s face as his bride walks down the aisle, the laughter shared between a couple during their first dance and conservative grandparents busting moves never before seen! If a photograph says a thousand words, video is poetry in motion!

So, in the yang to the photos’ yin…here are the beautiful video highlights of Sawyer and Drew’s wedding!

Davison Wedding Highlights from Sonrise Video Productions on Vimeo.

Real Wedding: Powers-Davison

We gave you a sneak peek of this GORGEOUS wedding here, but it's time to circle back and share more of the absolutely fabulous details of this sumptuous event!

The couple met while attending TCU, where Sawyer twirled the baton and Drew covered sports for the TCU Daily Skiff (the school newspaper)...you can imagine how their paths crossed! Sawyer had dreamed of marrying in the Robert Carr Chapel since her freshman year, and so this past January, we were thrilled to help bring her dream to life!

The couple had a classic color palette of red and black with touches of silver and brought in the modern element of bling! There were vibrant red flowers everywhere, simply stunning!

At the church, the couple provided monogrammed tissues, which incorporated the elegant black scroll that was included on every paper item throughout their event. They also gave their guests "Italian confetti" or five Jordan almonds symbolizing wishes for health, wealth, happiness, fertility and longevity!

The celebration continued at the Fort Worth Club, where guests were welcomed into an opulent lounge space for cocktail hour. Look at all of these gorgeous details! Lush red floral arrangements abounded, and again the ubiquitous black scroll punctuated the decor. Black damask designs further carried that element, and the bling factor had more of a presence. Isn't it just gorgeous?!

The elegant ballroom was filled with round guest tables featuring black and red linens, silver chargers and chivari chairs and red floral centerpieces. The head table was a long, rectangular banquet table running down the center of the space. Red lighting and abundant candlelight added to the romantic ambiance.

The table cards, escort/place cards and menus further carried the red and black color scheme, and the table cards featured quotes from articles Drew had written for The Skiff, adding a fun personal touch. In addition to the fabulous wedding cake (details on that in a moment), the couple offered guests an extensive dessert display along with blinged-out favor boxes so the guests could take some of the treats home.

Truly no detail was forgotten, and the decor incorporated red flowers literally everywhere - including more "S" and "D" forms covered with flowers and delicate orchids hung by ribbons from the chandeliers! Candles and lighting again added to the wonderful atmosphere throughout the entire event space.

We loved this phenomenal 7-tier cake featuring various designs on each layer and red floral and bling accents. And check out that mirror mosaic cake stand and the brooches on the velvet table linen and on the cake itself! Isn't it stunning?!

Fun-loving Sawyer and Drew wanted a beautiful, elegant affair, but they also wanted their guests to have a great time and lots of fun dancing the night away! And of course, what wedding celebration featuring a TCU couple would be complete without a visit from Super Frog himself?! At the end of the evening, the couple was sent off in a shower of (what else?!) red flower petals and whisked away in a horse-drawn carriage.

Thanks again to our wonderful team of vendors:
Bakery: The Cake Guys
Bridal gown: Birnbaum & Bullock, Stardust Celebrations
Ceremony music: Beth Scragg, organist with Robert Carr Chapel
Ceremony site: Robert Carr Chapel, TCU Campus in Ft. Worth
Floral/décor, including lighting and furniture & linen rentals: Fete des Fleurs
Make-up/hair: Halo Brides
Photographer: Sil Azevedo, Azevedo Photography
Reception entertainment: band – Mars Hill; DJ/Emcee – Brian Prescott, Simply Music; TCU Horn Frog Mascot – Super Frog
Reception site: The Ft. Worth Club
Transportation: Classic Carriage (for send-off), DFW Town Cars
Videographer: Steve Allen, Sonrise Video
Wedding planner: Marsha Ballard French, CMWP, Stardust Celebrations

Sneak Peek of Real Wedding: Powers-Davison

We are thrilled to share a sneak peek of a simply gorgeous wedding of one of our wonderful couples, Sawyer and Drew. The fabulous Sil Azevedo captured these gorgeous images from this opulent celebration.

Absolutely stunning, right? We just love, love, love this color palette of red, black, white and touches of silver. The deep red, regal damask patterns and lots of bling produced such a rich feast for the eyes!

We will share more in depth from this beautiful wedding soon, but we just had to share this little preview with you ASAP. Enjoy!

Our Dream Team of Vendors (thanks, friends, for partnering with us!)
Bakery: The Cake Guys
Bridal gown: Birnbaum & Bullock, Stardust Celebrations
Ceremony music: Beth Scragg, organist with Robert Carr Chapel
Ceremony site: Robert Carr Chapel, TCU Campus in Ft. Worth
Floral/décor, including lighting and furniture & linen rentals: Fete des Fleurs
Make-up/hair: Halo Brides
Photographer: Sil Azevedo, Azevedo Photography
Reception entertainment: band – Mars Hill; DJ/Emcee – Brian Prescott, Simply Music; TCU Horn Frog Mascot – Super Frog
Reception site: The Ft. Worth Club
Transportation: Classic Carriage (for send-off), DFW Town Cars
Videographer: Steve Allen, Sonrise Video
Wedding planner: Marsha Ballard French, CMWP, Stardust Celebrations

Visit Us at the Fort Worth Star Telegram Bridal Show

We hope you picked up a copy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram yesterday to snag your copy of the newspaper’s special bridal publication. The pull-out bridal section is published as a prelude to the Star-Telegram Bridal Show, to be held at the Gaylord Texan on Sunday, August 28. Yes, that is this coming Sunday, so be sure to mark your calendar!

The StarDust Celebrations family of bridal salons is pleased to have a booth at the event that will feature gowns, accessories and more from all three of our beautiful bridal boutiques! We have also been invited to participate in the fashion show, produced by Susan Huston, and we’re thrilled to contribute six gorgeous designer gowns to the show. The runway show will begin at 2:00 p.m. and will feature bridal gowns, bridesmaid dresses, mother-of-the-bride and mother-of-the-groom ensembles, tuxedos and accessories.

The Star-Telegram Bridal Show is Tarrant County’s most spectacular and comprehensive bridal event and will showcase wedding vendors from every category, including venues, entertainment, photography, florists and event designers, videography, catering, beauty, wedding cakes and more! Make plans today to come by and visit our booth. See you there!

Details
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Bridal Show
Gaylord Texan in Grapevine
Sunday, August 28, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.