George Washington Masonic Memorial Wedding

Do you ever drive around Alexandria and notice that really tall building at the head of Old Town just across from the King Street train and metro station? It is the George Washington Masonic Memorial and site of Christine and Shawn’s spring wedding. A romantic palette of peaches, pinks, white and champagnes presided over the color scheme, all softness and light. Christine’s bouquet featured Juliet garden roses, light pink peonies, white ranunculus and stock, ivory spray roses, and champagne Sahara roses. Shawn’s boutonniere featured a petite white ranunculus blossom accented with bear grass.

We loved how the soft colors of the flowers were played up by the bridesmaids’ dresses and the punch of color in their shawls. The bouquets featured roses, spray roses, ranunculus and stock in peaches, light pinks and champagnes.

As befits a George Washington Masonic Memorial wedding, the ceremony took place in the North Lodge, a room anchored at the far side with a stately red curtain. Wrought iron stands flanked the couple, each holding tall pink and white cherry blossom branches, sprays of pink and white larkspur, snapdragons, stock and dendrobium orchids for fullness and color. We love how the branches look framing Christine during the ceremony.

The reception took place in the Grand Masonic Hall, a space lined by dramatic columns on either side and a mural with a bust of George Washington at the far end. (You can see how the ceremony flowers were repurposed to flank the entrance to the ballroom as Christine and Shawn make their entrance.) Simple bud vases of wedding flowers in pinks were designed for the cocktail tables. For the dining tables, an elegant, glass footed bowl was filled with a lush design of light pink hydrangea, peach stock, pink lisianthus, ivory spray roses, champagne roses and light pink ranunculus. Finishing the room, glass-enclosed pillar candles provided a romantic candle lit glow on the balance of the tables.