~*{Carillon Weddings at Carillon Beach Blog}*~ » - timeless - flawless - gorgeous -

No clouds in the sky, on this perfect day in May! Everything about this day was flawless, from the weather to the bridesmaid's dresses. I remember Kiley's deliberation in the Bella Bridesmaid store at the beginning of her planning. She just could not pin a color, nor the perfect palette. Thankfully, what she did come up with was genius! Many girls say the bridesmaids can pick out their own dresses to help cater to their own personal comfort in the dress. They even let them decide on the color... Kiley's decision to give the girls a specific fabric and a color pallette was PERFECT! Too often, the different black dresses end up looking completely different from each other, from satin to jersey knit (AH!), so Kiley's approach is something I would really recommend for the future. Each bridesmaid picked out their own dress, but were given plenty of time and specific parameters like that she wanted them to have long, flowy chiffon dresses, with a pink-to-peach palette. It was perfectly gorgeous! Even their lovely bouquets were different!

Precious. We just loved watching the flower girls and ring bearer throughout the day!

Our favorite part was definitely her ruffles!! She had such a breath-taking, Luly Yang Couture, blush pink dress. It was a memorable dress because it was so different and perfectly suited for Kiley! It took our breath away!

LOVED the mis-matched, complimentary bouquets!

A vision in pastel! The guys chose to rock the ever-popular khaki suits! Isn't it a dreamy color palette?

After the bridal party finished up pictures on the beach, they entered this masterful reception! Although the branches were simple, the cascading baby pink orchids made it feel so romantic!

Flowy ribbons were hung from the trees as the guests entered the Village Green. The favors were pretty bottles of sea salt, to remind the guests of their beautiful destination wedding.

It was very funny as we watched the little ones type in the "guestbook." Although they were familiar with a keyboard, there seemed to be a missing mouse? I had never thought about children not ever using a typewriter before! They wondered where the screen and the delete buttons were!? Priceless.

They had perfectly set tables adorned with gold chargers and coordinating menus. Between Kiley and our Carillon Weddings team, we thought of every little detail. We had a really cool "outside living space" created for any impromptu photo ops!

To top it off, the old Scottish traditional ceremony of "paying the piper" was what kicked off their reception. Our wonderfully talented bagpiper, Joe, was very entertaining. He was also a surprise for their guests, who heard his boisterous instrument ringing out over them while they were down on the beach. Joe's music lead the guests away from the beach ceremony site, and brought the bridal party into the reception with style! What an entrance! Joe also performed the traditional Celtic "Pay the Piper" ceremony with a dram of whisky and a Scottish blessing. He finishes it off with a kiss on the bottom of the glass! Kiley and Tim chose to have a bagpiper to honor her European guests who made the trip to Florida! She studied and worked abroad in Europe, so we got to meet her host family and friends from overseas!

Their beautiful and whimsical wedding wouldn't have been complete without an equally impressive cake! Kiley ordered the sweet "love birds" to place on the cake. There was also a special, gluten-free cake for her to taste while they did their cake-cutting! She also used her fabulous graphic arts background to make the wind mills and peacock theme that was subtly carried throughout the wedding.

After the sun was down, the lighting in their pole tent was to-die-for! Everything just seemed to glow! Not to mention we also loved hearing her maid of honor's speech. It was easily the best speech I've ever heard: sweet, silly & sentimental!

A perfect toast to Kiley and Tim's wonderful beginnings! We all agreed that it was a sweet story to be told.

The night ended perfectly, with whirling and twirling around the dancefloor! He was my favorite dancer by far! It was such a magical evening and I'll always look back fondly upon this entire wedding. Plus, we get one last amazing shot of her lovely mother and Kiley's phenomenal ruffles!Congrats, Kiley & Tim!!