Weddings at Casa Ybel Resort

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Perfect Casa Ybel Resort Wedding

I am so excited to be sharing the following wedding with you, I can hardly stand it! I am very proud of this wedding, as it is that of our very own restaurant manager, Casey Compton and his gorgeous new wife Kristen!!

Since they were able to plan a wedding during our slow season, I was able to offer full service coordination for this event, and I cannot tell you how much fun it was! Working with Casey, Kristen and their families was a dream, and really getting into all of the aspects of planning and design was amazing.

They also allowed us to utilize this wedding for our upcoming collaboration with Ray Roman Films, who has filmed an unbelievable wedding video for the resort, which I will be sharing with you all soon!!

A special thanks goes out to the super talented Maria Angela of Maria Angela photography for doing such an amazing job on the photography for this wedding, and for sharing these fabulous pictures with us!

(See bottom of blog post for a complete list of the FABULOUS vendors from this wedding!!)

Stunning bride getting ready

Isn't she gorgeous?

Amazing bridal bouquet by Sue Bain, Signature Florals, and some pretty detail shots from the day

See how much fun they are?! They were so nice to work with!

Does it get more perfect than this?

Arch at ceremony site

Cocktail hour on the terrace

Great detail shot of the head table

Guest Tables

DROP DEAD shot of the cake and ice sculpture. Gorgeous cake by Masons Bakery, lighting by Soundwave Productions

Scallop Shell Ice Sculpture by Thistle Lodge's Executive Sous Chef, Jamie Crisp

The INCREDIBLE night club lounge area set in our Waterfront Room for after dinner. Soundwave did a magnificent job with the pipe and drape, lighting, effects, and custom lighted monogram on the dance floor. Totally transformed this room!!

DJ Ron Rutz did an phenominal job the entire day, and kept the crowd dancing late into the night!

Mini cookies and "milk shots" on the venetian table dessert spread for the after party

Some beach portraits

Gorgeous!

This was a perfect event from beginning to end, and I cannot express how much joy I took in being able to plan it for such a great couple! The incredible team of vendors did a job above and beyond what I was imagining, and I am thrilled with the results!!

PLEASE CHECK BACK WITH US FOR THE WEDDING VIDEO BY RAY ROMAN FILMS

Vendors:

Venue: Casa Ybel Resort

Catering: Casa Ybel Resort, Chefs John Wolff and Jamie Crisp

Wedding Planner: Jennifer Dube

Flowers: Signature Floral and Gifts

Video: Ray Roman Films

Photography: Maria Angela Photography

Cake: Masons Bakery

Lighting: Soundwave Productions

Linen: Connie Duglin Linen

Music: DJ Ron Rutz

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

New Vendor Spotlight!!

It is so nice when we get the opportunity to collaborate with our favorite vendors on an amazing project. It is made even more exciting when we have the chance to work with brand new vendors, and discover how amazing they are to work with, and how amazing their product is!!

This was recently an opportunity we had, and the process from beginning to end was so pleasant, I felt the need to tell you all about it!

Casa Ybel Resort teamed up with some of our favorite local vendors (including Masons Bakery, Signature Florals, Pure Make-Up Artistry, Maria Angela, Connie Duglin Linen, and DJ Ron Rutz) and some brand new vendors to pull off an AMAZING wedding, as well as shoot a fabulous video for the resort!!

We worked with the uber talented Ray Roman, of Ray Roman Films on this video, and cannot begin to explain how wonderful that was. Ray is so incredible at what he does, very easy to work with professional, and the product is going to be out of this world!! The video is still in the editing process so I cannot share it yet, but from the short, unedited clips I've seen I can tell that is is going to be amazing. The second we have the video complete, you can be sure I will share it with the world!! Stay tuned for that!!

Also in this pool of incredible vendors was a company I had not had the pleasure of working with before, Soundwave Production and Lighting Design.

I had the pleasure of meeting Andy Cyman, one of the lighting designers from this fabulous company about a year ago at a bridal networking event, and we had been dying to collaborate on a project all that time! When this opportunity finally presented itself, we jumped on it, and I cannot express enough how fabulous it was to work with them!!

Andy and his team put together an amazing design for this wedding, and his work will be wonderfully showcased on the video. I will share all of the pictures and video once it comes in, and you will be blown away! The experience simply reiterated to me what lighting TRULY does to take your event to the next level. The rooms were simply transformed, and even made the bride squeal and jump up and down!! Take a look at the following pictures from the Soundwave Portofolio at other properties they have worked at.

See how much of an impact lighting design has??!

Takes the cake to an epic level!!

The whole room "pops" now

(The above pictures were not taken at Casa Ybel, and are simply showcase pieces for Soundwave)

We highly recommend all of the vendors listed in the blog post, and brides, PLEASE contact Soundwave for all of your lighting wants and needs! If you are booked at Casa Ybel and are interested in adding lighting to your event, just give me a call and we will get started on your unique design!!

STAY TUNED TO THE BLOG IN THE COMING WEEKS FOR THE COMING CASA YBEL WEDDING VIDEO!! IT WILL BE WELL WORTH THE WAIT!!

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Summer Weddings Part Two

Oh, summer time in Florida. It is sunny, warm, and everyone is happy-out of school, breaks from work, vacation time for all! It is also a great time to get married, if you take some steps to help your guests beat the heat, and prepare for the elements!

Summer in Florida also means a greater possibility of rain, but, you know what they say, rain on your wedding day is good luck!! Our next couple will have a LOT of good luck in their marriage, because there was a lot of rain on their day. Thankfully, they took it all in stride, prepared for the possibility ahead of time, and didn't let it put a damper on their day!! We simply moved the ceremony indoors, and it even let up for them to go outside for some great pictures after dinner.

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Faubel, and thank you to Jesse Netsch for another beautifully captured wedding!