What would you do if your venue closed a couple of months before your wedding?  Freak out?  Absolutely!  This is exactly what happened to Mary and Jessie. They had a perfect wedding planned at the Stone House in Little Compton.  Both of these ladies love Little Compton so it was the only place they dreamed of getting married. Unfortunately the people who live in Little Compton don’t feel the same about weddings in their town.  After a battle the Stone House was forced to stop having events immediately.  Let the freak out begin!  Thankfully the people at the Newport Experience helped Mary and Jessie find a new venue like the wedding pros they are.  Mary and Jessie felt all the emotions but in the end they decided that it didn’t matter if they got married in Little Compton or in a parking lot.  The most important thing was that they were in love and starting their lives together.  Even though the parking lot idea sounded pretty amazing Mary and Jessie had to settle on Belle Mer.  Not a bad plan B!  Belle Mer is one of the swankiest places to get married in Newport!  The fact that they had the date open is a miracle!  It was so nice to see so many of the wedding professionals we work with and love come together to make what could have been a stressful situation into a perfect day for these ladies!  Since the wedding we have had the honor of doing a maternity session with this couple as well as newborn photos!  Nothing makes us happier than being there for our clients as their families grow!

Venue: Belle Mer

Florist:  Youngs Design

Video:  Stop Go Love

There is no place in RI that says summer to me like Newport.  Shooting weddings has made me realize that us Rhode Islanders take it for granted sometimes.  Like Mike and Yineth a lot of our clients come to Newport for their destination wedding.  Their guests are always in awe of this town!  It doesn’t hurt that they are spending part of their visit in unreal locations like Belle Mer!  What a treat!  The staff there really know how to throw a top notch party which was perfect for Mike and Yineth.  These two celebrated their marriage in style!  Yineth wore a Carolina Herrera dress and veil for her wedding day.  It was absolutely stunning!  You have to love a lady that starts the day off in Louboutin’s and changes into a second pair of designer heels.  They also hired RI’s best vendors.  Stoneblossom outdid themselves for this one.  All the orchids!  It was gorgeous!  Yineth’s orchid bouquet was a modern twist on the classic cascading bouquet.  One of our faves, Victor Events, was there to keep the dancing going all night!  This wedding was actually the last one we shot in a triple wedding weekend.  The people, decor, and overall fun of this day really gave us life!  When you do what you love it’s never work!

Venue: Belle Mer
Church: Salve Regina
Florist: Stoneblossom
DJ: Victor Events
Beauty: Petal Blush Beauty
Wedding Dress: Carolina Herrera

Weddings are a team effort.  First the bride and groom find the right vendors to execute their plan.  It’s this group of wedding professionals’ job to take these ideas and make them a reality for their clients.  Jessie and Dan hired a literal dream team for their Little Compton wedding and they needed it!  This wedding was a wild ride from start to finish!  Their team included us of course!  If there is a team being considered a dream we are on it!  😉  Stop Go Love was also on board to help document the day on video.  The decor was simply amazing thanks to the help of Mimi Whitmarsh and Rentals Unlimited.  We saw a dessert table from Confectionary Designs that looked too good to eat!  We can’t forget the real MVP of the day was Exquisite Events!  I don’t know how they coordinated all the moving parts of this day, but they did!  Referring to this wedding as a wild ride is no exaggeration.  There was an acapella group from Maine performing at the ceremony and cocktail hour, the biggest flash mob I’ve ever seen involving people from all over the world who learned the dance from a youtube video made by the sister of the bride, a video presentation of the planning of the wedding, a photo booth, an after party with an infinite amount of pizza…  Needless to say it was an amazing celebration that took a ton of planning.  The end result was well worth it – a one of a kind party to kick off the start of a beautiful marriage!

We are proud to report that this wedding was featured in the 2017 issue of Bliss Celebrations Guide!

Venue: Stone House

Wedding Planner: Exquisite Events

Florist: Mimi Whitmarsh

Cake: Confectionary Designs

Videography: Stop Go Love

Linens: Rental Unlimited