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Frederick Backyard Wedding :: Real Frederick Weddings :: Marni + Jonathan

Marni and Jonathan had been living on opposite corners of Meridian Hill Park in DC for seven years and had never met until a dating app called ‘Coffee Meets Bagel’ introduced them.

Jonathan’s family is from South Africa and the couple had planned a family trip there to see the sites and meet his relatives.

“The day before we left, things started getting weird. Jon insisted we go on a double date with a couple that was coming into town from Baltimore, and although I felt like there was too much trip preparation to make it happen, I eventually obliged 45 minutes after we were supposed to meet the other couple. We started walking over through the alley behind our apartment and Jon proposed right there. Turns out there was no double date, but when we got back to the house, my family and lots of friends were there to celebrate. Jon wanted to be able to go to South Africa as an official unit.”

200 guests were in attendance for their September wedding held in the backyard of Marni’s childhood home in Frederick.

“Our favorite part of the ceremony was how we incorporated our families. We got married under a chuppah that my mother sewed and that her siblings each used in their weddings. We also had all 10 of our nieces and nephews parade down the aisle with silly props.”

The couple chose to use greenery as their decor, as well as florals in plum and orange. “The best part of our wedding was being surrounded by our family and friends and feeling all the love. Everyone brought so much spirit and energy to the celebration, especially many of the Jewish traditions we incorporated.”

Jonathan is a jeweler with Mervis Diamond Importers and Marni is a project director at TNTP. They currently reside in Washington, DC.

First Dance: You are the Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne

Honeymoon: Sri Lanka

Vendors

Venue: Private home

Catering: Hoffman Caterers

Photography: Photos from the Harty

Planner: Wedding Muse

Jewelry: Mervis Diamond Importers

Florals: West Virjeni

Hair & Makeup: Soft Images

Entertainment: Dapper DJs**

Videography: Snowtrail Productions

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Colleen and Joey’s Winter Antrim 1844 Wedding

Colleen was performing in Philadelphia with the Broadway National tour of ‘Catch Me If You Can’ when Joey decided to take a spontaneous road trip from NYC to see some friends in the show.

“A mutual friend from the show brought Joey to the hotel bar where she introduced us, and we spent the night talking and laughing like we’d known each other for years. The next morning, we connected on Facebook, and the rest is history. Due to the nature of our careers, we spent most of our relationship long-distance, but we are now making up for it in our very small Upper West Side apartment.”

135 guests were in attendance for their late December nuptials at St. John the Evangelist, including an 18 person bridal party.

“It was our goal to make it personal, inclusive, and special for us and our guests. The most important element to me was the ‘Ave Maria’. My friend David Rowen sang it beautifully while my mother and I prayed to the Blessed Mother. I wanted the special bond between us to be featured in our wedding ceremony and it was a beautiful moment that I’ll remember forever.”

The couple chose colors and decor to “create an overall feeling of festivity, romance, and classic elegance. Our overall goal was to enhance the natural beauty of the day, the season, and the people.”

Both and Colleen are actor and singers. They currently reside in New York City.

First Dance: “Love Like This”- Ben Rector

Vendors

Ceremony: St. John the Evangelist
Reception: Antrim 1844**
Photography: EarthMark Photography
Cake: Karen Rodkey Cakes
Flowers: Winsome Florals
Hair: Tina Rhinebeck
Makeup: Crista Gutyria
Entertainment: The Dapper DJs**
Videography: Sage & Silhouettes
Transportation: Point to Point Limousines

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Classic White, Pink and Blue Ceresville Wedding :: Real Frederick Wedding :: Olga and Fernando

Olga and Fernando met at a networking event their mutual friend has organized. “We realized that not only we went to the George Mason University and graduated the same semester, we also had quite a few common friends.”

90 guests were in attendance for their June outdoor nuptials at Ceresville Mansion, including five bridesmaids and five groomsmen.

The couple chose a color palette of white, pink and blue for their decor.

The wedding was a blend of cultures. “One of my bridesmaids came all the way from Ukraine to be at my wedding. With the Russian speaking crowd shouting ‘Gorko!’, which means ‘bitter’ and is also a prompt for the newlyweds to kiss, Latin music blasting all night and every single guest unable to sit down for even a second during the party, it was a crazy fun event all of us will never forget.”

Olga wore three separate dresses on her wedding day- one for the ceremony, a second for the first dances, and a third one, “was a fun fringe dress for our salsa partner dance to fire up the dance floor before the party began. Ironically, I was the one with dancing skills and coached my husband to do the routine, even though he’s from Latin America and I’m from Eastern Europe.”

Olga is in finance and Fernando is in consulting. They currently reside in Arlington, Virginia.

First Dance: Bailando by Enrique Iglesias
Honeymoon: California

Vendors

Venue: Ceresville Mansion**

Florals: Ory Florals**

Photographer: Bee Two Sweet

Hair & Makeup: Anna Tkach

Entertainment: Dapper DJs**

Dress: BHLDN

Suit: Suit Supply

Dessert: Custom Cake Design

Videographer: Ellen Bee Productions

Officiant: Joyce Hilbery**

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Ceresville Mansion Orange and Blue Wedding :: Real Frederick Wedding :: Emily and James

Emily and James met in high school while doing theatre together. James proposed at Disney World in front of Cinderella’s Castle.

101 guests were in attendance for their nuptials at Ceresville Mansion, including right bridesmaids and groomsmen.

The couple chose a color palette of orange and silver for their brunch reception and added in some Disney decor. “We had an omelet station, which was a huge hit. We had brunch type foods, to be a little bit different than other weddings. We got compliments all day about our food choices.”

“My favorite element of wedding planning was figuring out how to add in our “hidden Mickeys” to go with our Disney theme. We wanted it to look classy and elegant, so it wasn’t overboard with Disney. My husband and I both worked at Disney, so it is a large part of our lives, but we still wanted it to be subtle.”

When asked what her favorite part of the wedding was, Emily shared, “I loved seeing everyone! Especially when Time Warp came on, and everyone got up and did the dance. We had a blast.”

Emily is a teacher and James- is works in quality control at Paragon Bioservices. They currently reside in Frederick.

First Dance: Perfect by Ed Sheeran

Vendors
Venue: Ceresville Mansion**
Photographer: Leigh Ann Brader Photography
Dress: Elegant Forever
Suit: M. Stein **
Flowers: Blossom & Basket Boutique**
Rings: Kay Jewelers
Dessert: Cakes by Dan
Hair & Makeup: Ariana Juarez Makeup
Entertainment: Dapper DJs**

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Dulaney’s Overlook Real Fall October Frederick Wedding :: Katie + Mike

“We knew it was going to be a great day when the Bridesmaids broke into the Groomsmen’s suite and stole all of their liquor.”

Katie and Mike met in February 2012 at a Team River Runner kayak session at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Mike, a wounded Army Combat Medic, was attending the session as a participant while Katie was there as a volunteer, helping to teach wounded service members the sport of kayaking.

“Over the next year, we built the foundation of our relationship traveling around whitewater kayaking together. I wasn’t interested in a relationship, Mike was persistent and after spending all of our free-time together I finally caved, and ended up asking Mike out.”

155 guests were in attendance for their outdoor ceremony at Dulaney’s Overlook, including six bridesmaids and five groomsmen. “We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect celebration of us and our love,” shared Katie.

The couple chose a “rustic fall theme” for their decor. They incorporated dark purple and burnt orange around their reception. When asked why they chose Frederick for their wedding, Katie shared that, “We started our lives together in Maryland, and knew that we wanted to have the wedding here rather than in New York or Utah, where we each grew up. Additionally, we knew that we wanted to have an outdoor wedding in the country. We both had a farm wedding pictured in our minds, and after looking at a few venues we went to see Dulany’s Overlook and as we pulled onto the property and up the hill we both looked at each other and said, ‘this is the place!’”

Katie is a Biomedical Engineer at C-Motion and Mike is a Senior Research Assistant at Child Trends. They currently reside in Rockville.

First Dance: The Story by Brandi Carlisle

Vendors

Venue: Dulany’s Overlook

Coordinator: Rose Gold Events & Styling

Photographer: Happy Little Life Photography**

Catering: ROUGE Fine Catering

Entertainment: Dapper DJs**

Dessert: SugarBakers Cakes**

Flowers: Petals By The Shore

Hair & Makeup: HSomething Blu Beauty

Videographer: B&M Digital

Transportation: RMA Worldwide

Stationery: VO Handmade

Favors: EOD Fudge

Officiant: Rev Ron Reaves

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Big Cork Vineyards Wedding :: Real Frederick Wedding :: Erin + Alex

After spending an afternoon at Big Cork Vineyards relaxing, Erin and Alex knew this was the perfect venue for their wedding. “Big Cork’s atmosphere is mesmerizing, it’s nestled up on top of the hill and when you walk in you forget where you are. The venue lends itself to almost any type of decorations and we knew we could let it speak for itself and wouldn’t need to do much.”

Erin and Alex had planned for an outdoor ceremony, but with rain in the forecast, they decided to hold their intimate ceremony in the production room at Big Cork. “We completed a wine box ceremony sealing love letters written to each other in the box. We also wrote our own vows and were able to pick each of our ceremony readings and tailor it to our personalities.”

“We had wine barrels at the start of the aisle with flower arrangements and a wine barrel at the top of the aisle that help the Wine Box for our ceremony.” The aisle was lined with mason jar arrangements and rose petals scattered by their three flower girls. The couple opted to not have a bridal party. 60 guests were in attendance.

Family members helped decorate the space, including Erin’s aunt who made her bouquet, the flower arrangements and the ceremony arch. The couple opted for personalized stemless wine glasses as a wedding favor.

Erin is a teacher and Alex is an executive assistant. They reside in Frederick.

First Dance: Perfect- Ed Sheeran

Favorite Part of Wedding Day: The first look

How They Met: at Frostburg State University

The proposal: On Christmas Eve, in front of the Christmas tree

Vendors

Getting Ready :: The Big House, Big Cork Vineyards**

Reception :: Big Cork Vineyards**

Photographer :: Spence Photographics**

Catering :: Leiters Fine Catering**

Music :: Dapper DJs**

Rings :: Colonial Jewelers**

Officiant :: Joyce Hilbery, MDDC Weddings

Attire :: David’s Bridal, Nordstrom

Dessert :: Monica’s Sugar Studio

Hair :: Trinity Salon

Videography :: Bonnie Monnier

Stationery :: Andrew Kim

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Mount St. Mary’s Sweethearts Marry on Campus, Reception at Springfield Manor :: Real Frederick Wedding :: Dan and Caroline

Dan and Caroline have always paid attention to the little details, and their engagement was no different. “Dan’s proposal was heartfelt and elaborate and showed just how much our relationship means to him.”

Starting in February of 2016, Dan started making a series of “vlog” style videos of the emotions and steps of preparing to propose. In April, Caroline was lured into a theatre room on Mount St. Mary’s campus (where they met) where all of their friends and family were waiting to watch the video with her. Upon completion of the video, Dan came out and proposed to Caroline in front of the crowd, to which she, “without hesitation, said yes.” The couple picked a wedding date for almost exactly a year later.

When it came time for the wedding, they knew Mount St. Mary’s would be a part of their special day. Their wedding mass was held at Immaculate Conception chapel on the campus. The Chaplain of the University, and their dear friend Fr. Brian Nolan was the officiant, as well as Caroline’s chaplain at Towson, Fr. Matthew Beuning. The couple had 8 bridesmaids, 6 groomsmen. They had 123 guests in attendance.

Caroline is a FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) Missionary at the Naval Academy, and Dan is a Defense Contractor with GS5 as well as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army National Guard. They currently reside in Annapolis, Maryland.

First Dance: “My Only Love” by Matt Maher

Honeymoon: Shenandoah Valley National Park

How they Met: freshman year at Mount St. Mary’s

Vendors:

Reception: Springfield Manor**

Photography: Spence Photographics**

Music: Dapper DJs**

Rings: Jared Jewelers

Dessert: Snickerdoodles Bakery

Flowers: Maryland Bay Blossoms

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