Kasey and Ed will always hold a special place in the heart of our planner Melanie, as their time with Something to Celebrate was short but so very sweet. They didn’t join us like most of our couples, many months before their big day. They found us during the worst week of 2020, the one where COVID shut everything down. Their wedding was scheduled to happen in just 7 weeks and they were working with another full service planning company. However, when all of these additional stresses were put on their plate, they realized they were no longer happy with their current planning situation and quickly found us and the rest is history!

We quickly got to know each other via email (no in person, this was the height of the shut down) and found a new date 3 months away, so their original date of April 25th became July 25th. That should be plenty of time to just move a wedding, but it became clear that lots of details had been missed and the design was not 100% was Kasey really wanted. With an amazing floral plan from Flora Fetish, we went back and started from the beginning. Keep in mind we moved from a beautiful spring April day, to the heat of the Texas summer, with an outdoor ceremony planned, so some big changes. But luck was on our side once again, and Kasey was the very first bride to use the not 100% finished Ma Maison chapel. All her vendors knew the stress she had been under (we felt it too) and since she and Ed are just about the nicest people ever, we all became fast friends. There were many happy moments & tears shed between Kasey and her vendor team on wedding day.

Left Photo: Kasey with Hattie & Molly of Flora Fetish, Michelle of Ma Maison, Melanie of Something to CelebrateRight Photo: Kasey & Ed with Jessica of Jessica Frey Photography — Left Photo: Kasey with Hattie & Molly of Flora Fetish, Michelle of Ma Maison, Melanie of Something to Celebrate
Right Photo: Kasey & Ed with Jessica of Jessica Frey Photography

With the date reschedule, Kasey and Ed took it in stride and decided to have a bit of fun with it. They sent out new invites with "let’s try this again…”, kept some of their personalized items with the original date, or just crossed it out and put the new date (like in Ed’s custom suit), and fully embraced the new normal of masks with beautiful Mr & Mrs masks and custom disposable masks for all their guests.

After three quick months, and lots of guest count changes (so many that each text to Melanie would be accompanied by a GIF or meme of “another bites the dust”) it was FINALLY wedding weekend! With many friends and family coming in from out of state, they gathered at Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark for a quick rehearsal and had a delicious dinner at La Condesa.

Wedding day started early for the ladies, heading into Dripping Springs for hair and makeup at Ma Maison. Their bridal suite was the perfect size for Kasey and her ladies to spend the day together getting beautiful and spoiling the bride. But don’t think we forgot about Ed and his guys either, not at all! They have their own grooms den, with corn hole, roping steers, horseshoe, bocce ball, and space to just sit and watch some tv and enjoy the AC on a hot summer day.

Once Kasey got into her beyond gorgeous Miss Hayley Paige dress, the emotions started to run high. She had a replica of a note written by her late father sewn into her dress, and his presence was felt during the fist look with her mother and the toast given by her sister later in the evening. It was a touching moment, and it’s those moments that make us love what we do even more.

Happier moments were up next, with the first look at Ma Maison’s iconic Green Cathedral for Kasey & Ed, followed by family and wedding party portraits. Typically this time is all about the couple, but their ring bearer and flower girl were totally stealing the show! These two had never met each other, but became the best of friends, and we expect an email in 20 years to be planning their wedding!!

It was finally time to walk down the aisle, and the brand new chapel looked beautiful! Flora Fetish’s design of gold, greenery and blush tones paired perfectly with the chapel, and the draping from Unique Design and Events provided a touch of softness for a romantic vibe. In true form, their ceremony was full of love and laughter, and was everything they had been waiting for.

With most of their pictures done, they had time to enjoy their cocktail hour with their guests and wedding party. Thank goodness because who wouldn’t want to spend time with the beer burros and enjoy the delicious hors d’oeuvres from Crave Catering (ceviche cups, chicken & waffles, and mini lamb chops, yes please)!! As the guest entered the Great Hall to find their seats for dinner and dancing, the happy couple took a few golden hour photos before the true party began!!

Can we take a moment to just ooh and aah at the decor for a second. This wedding was truly a team effort between Kasey and her decor team composed of Something to Celebrate, Flora Fetish, and Marquee Event Rentals, and it turned out amazing. There were so many different elements, with almost each table being unique, but together it was perfection. Gold, greenery, blush, and geometric shapes were the original inspiration and you can see how it all came together, with the star piece being the overhead greenery on the head table!!

Guests had beautiful textured napkins from BBJ Linen with a square dinner plate & triangular salad plate from Marquee. While the head table had a gold and glass starburst charger, a delicate gold scalloped dinner plate, a classic white satin napkin, and then the cutest gold “dottie” plate from Marquee that you have ever seen! Pair those place settings with the mix of peach cafe dahlias, so many roses (early grey, garden rose koko, lavender, celestial spray rose, vendela, and quicksand), roma pink astrantia, purple acacia, blushing protea, eight types of greenery, and my personal favorite, grass bunny tails, and you were transported to a modern garden.

Now was time to enjoy all the work of the past year and celebrate!! They made their grand entrance down the stairs and as their closest family and friends cheered on and then watched their first dance as husband and wife. Guests then enjoyed a plated meal of a seasonal strawberry salad and a duo entree of seared salmon and beef medallions from Crave Catering as they listened to heartfelt toasts from the best man, matron of honor (and sister of the bride), mother of the bride, and the bride & groom themselves!

You can’t have a wedding without wedding cake, and with two cakes from Simon Lee Bakery, we had that covered. The wedding cake looked so modern and elegant with its swirl design on the acrylic stand and on the BBJ linen that matched the napkins. Ed’s UT Tower cake was the perfect groom’s cake for this UT couple and is always a crowd pleaser, especially since it was their chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling!!

After all the formal events were over, it was time to kick back and enjoy the music of the Royal Duke’s band. The dance floor was full the rest of the night with smiles and foam glow sticks! As the sun set the covered trellis became a popular hang out as well, especially with Ed’s whiskey bar and the fire pit.

Sadly the night had to come to end, Crave Catering provided to-go breakfast tacos for the bus ride back to Austin, as the guests lined up to send the couple off under a canopy of sparklers. We had one last surprise for the new Mr & Mrs before they rode off in style in a black 1937 Cadillac; a private last dance, what a way to end the night!

Congrats Kasey & Ed, it was truly an honor and pleasure getting to know you and being part of your celebration!! Happy ALMOST 1 year anniversary and we can’t wait to meet Baby Girl Powers so very soon!!

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