I’ve never had the pleasure of decorating a wedding at Union Station, but have always wanted to know what a set up at that gorgeous, iconic train station would look like.
It appears this reception happened at one of the rooms adjacent to the main station lobby (and there are quite a few of them).
My brother did the flowers for a wedding at Union Station over the weekend.
As you can see, they really liked tropical flowers and orchids. I’ll get into it more later.
Enjoy!
Photo by Flickr's Rubyran
It’s now that time of year — engagement season! I think, personally, I’ve not known a lot of people who got engaged during the holidays. I think I know one. Anyway, but apparently, this is the time of year for getting down on one knee for several reasons: It’s Christmas and everyone is together. Guys want to give their girls that ultimate gift. And something about an end-of-year deadline (I understand about deadlines).
I highly doubt a lot of guys are surfing the web, looking for ideas on how to propose to their girlfriends. If you are….I feel either one of two ways. A) Good for you and b) how is it that you’re going to ask this woman to spend the rest of your life with you and you don’t know how you’re going to propose to her??! Heheh. That said, if you’re still at a loss, I have a few ideas for you. Strangely enough, they all kind of involve being outdoors, so make sure you both wear a nice warm jacket, but maybe not some gloves, for some warm hand holding. Awww…
You’re looking at a picture of the courtyard of the Our Lady Of Angels Cathedral in downtown L.A., where I helped my mom with a pretty big deal kinda wedding. Weddings at the cathedral in general are kind of a big deal anyway, since I think the waiting list for the cathedral is, like, two years long and really expensive to boot. This particular view is from the second-floor conference center, across from the main cathedral sanctuary.
Of course, the difference between other Catholic churches and the cathedral is that there are any number of tourists at the cathedral at any given day. They watched my brother and I eagerly as we carted equipment over to the sanctuary in preparation for a 10 a.m. wedding.
Oh, yeah, here’s another reason – the sheer size of this church.
I know you’re wondering why I said the wedding was a big deal – well, it was because this was apparently the first time the Cathedral allowed draping on the altar.
Here’s a close up. Yep, that’s what I do. It’s not as easy as it might seem, and it took me years to figure out how to do all this in less than 30 minutes.
Trinity and I both work night shifts on Saturdays, so doing working with my mom is definitely out of love, especially on Trinity’s end. He so loves his morning sleep…. This picture is of him tying the sashes – which were bubble-gum pink, by the way – onto the seat covers, all of which were provided by mom. We fought over this picture right after I took it.
More pictures…
This is a sweetheart table, which my mom insists on at almost every wedding reception we do, although some hotels and reception sites still don’t understand the concept. My mom really does the sweetheart tables up – for this one, besides the draping and the flowers, she scattered rose petals on it and put special, custom-made seat covers on the chairs.
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