Laurie and John were married on November 15th, 2008 at Sacred Heart Church in Tampa, Florida. The ceremony was a Catholic Mass with close family and friends in the early afternoon. The ceremony program was designed by Special Moments in Laurie and John’s wedding colors of Sage and Chocolate with an accent paper of shiny opal. Laurie walked down the aisle with a beautiful bouquet made up of Gardenia’s and Stephanotis accented with roses and plenty of bling. She had the florist make a mini bouquet to match her bouquet that she carried with her down the aisle and stopped to hand to her mother before meeting John at the altar. After the ceremony , Laurie and John were driven to their reception at the Kapok Pavilion by Rolls Royce and were greeted by 2 Gladiators at the entrance to the reception.

gladiators

They entered the gardens and proceeded to the cocktail hour to enjoy passed appetizers of bite -size stromboli,spanokopita, bacon wrapped scallops and Mini quesadillas. They had a cigar rolling station where the attendant was rolling fresh tobacco in cigars for the guests to enjoy along with personalized matches.

cigar roller

All the guest then entered the Ballroom and the wedding party and parents were  introduced down the red carpeted stairs in the middle of the Ballroom and Laurie and John followed to the middle of the dance floor to go right into their first dance.

First dance

After the first dance and the toasts, the guests were treated to food stations consisting of a raw bar, salad bar,antipasta bar, pasta bar and tuscany station with mini entrees of Tuscan Chicken, Mahi-Mahi with stuffed artichoke hearts and Freshly carved Herb Roasted Chateaubriand .

After dinner the guests watched as Laurie danced with her Father and John danced with his Mother. The guests were then treated to a slideshow of the Love story of John and Laurie from childhood thru their engagements pictures. The slideshow was designed by Trinity Video and the engagement pictures were supplied by their photographer Brian Idocks. Then the party got in full swing and everyone was keeping the dance floor full. After a little while, Laurie and John cut the wedding cake and the candy bar was opened for all guests to enjoy along with a Brandy and Cognac cart that served drinks to the guests that wanted something besides the gourmet coffee bar station to go with their desserts.

candy buffet

wedding cake

The evening ended with  Laurie tossing her bouquet from the balcony below to the waiting single girls and the traditional garter removal by John. They left in a limo to get started on their honeymoon trip to Jamaica. We have included some detail shots below of the ballroom and the personalized menu cards along with thumbnails of all of the pictures above to enjoy. Can hardly wait to see the professional photos from Brian Idocks and the video from Trinity Video. The flowers were designed by Jennifer McCloud of Flowers by Jenny and the fabulous food was supplied by Delectable’s Fine Catering.