Vibrant Color Wedding at Hotel Monaco DC

They say that rain on your wedding day is good luck, but it doesn’t seem to be something this happy couple needs at all! It certainly doesn’t look like it put a damper on Taryn and Harrison’s vibrant Hotel Monaco wedding day. We just think it makes for some amazing and fun pictures!

Taryn carried a bright and colorful bouquet of lush fuchsia peonies and stock, accented with deep purple lisianthus and calla lilies and finished with lavender roses for lightness. Her bridesmaids carried bouquets of similar flowers but in mixed purple and lavender tones.

The unique architecture of the ballroom at the Hotel Monaco provides the perfect space for a dramatic suspended chuppah! Rather than erecting a separate structure, we were able to use the ballroom’s striking columns to suspend the canopy, making it seem like it is floating in mid air above them. Delicate strands of purple dendrobium orchid blooms strung on monofilament hung from each corner to add to the ethereal feel.

Alternating tall and low centerpieces in shades of fuchsia and purple accented with lavender made the reception tables elegant and the perfect choice for the vibrant Hotel Monaco wedding. It was the perfect contrast to the rainy weather outside!

Vibrant color wedding with suspended chuppah at Hotel Monaco — Moshe Zusman

Vibrant color wedding reception at Hotel Monaco — Moshe Zusman

Vibrant Color wedding at Hotel Monaco flowers — Moshe Zusman

Vibrant color wedding tall table centerpieces at Hotel Monaco — Moshe Zusman

Vibrant colors for wedding at Hotel Monaco — Moshe Zusman

Ceremony & Reception: Hotel Monaco DC

Photography: Moshe Zusman Photography

Florist: Petal’s Edge Floral Design

Cake: Fluffy Thoughts

Ceremony music: Sage String Quartet

DJ: My DeeJay

Lighting: John Farr Lighting

Rentals: Perfect Settings

Transportation: Sunny’s Limo

Hair: Julie Jackson Stylist

Make Up: Made Up Art

Wedding Coordinator: Bright Occasions

Is there anything better than a museum for a wedding? Asking for a friend…

📍 @nmwaspecialevents
📷 @adammason
🍽️ @spilledmilkdc
💐 @petalsedgedc
📋 @jenniferroseeventsandweddings

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Is there anything better than a museum for a wedding? Asking for a friend…

📍 @nmwaspecialevents
📷 @adammason
🍽️ @spilledmilkdc
💐 @petalsedgedc
📋 @jenniferroseeventsandweddings

Classic with a fall twist! Touches of blush, dark brown hues of magnolia and nine bark, plus a touch of “colonial blue” to befit the setting. Perfection.

📍 Mount Vernon Inn
📷 @lisahelfert
💐 @petalsedgedc

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Classic with a fall twist! Touches of blush, dark brown hues of magnolia and nine bark, plus a touch of “colonial blue” to befit the setting. Perfection.

📍 Mount Vernon Inn
📷 @lisahelfert
💐 @petalsedgedc

Katie + Jake’s wedding was PURE SPRING. 🌸⁣
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Peonies, Juliet garden roses, ranunculus, sweet pea, stock, campanula... Basically all the flowers you hope will show up when someone tells you they’re getting married in May.⁣
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We kept everything loose and gardeny, in peaches, soft blush, white and those wonderful slightly faded greens that keep pastels from becoming too sugary. And at Woodlawn, surrounded by actual spring? So, so pretty.⁣
This is exactly why May flowers have my heart.⁣
Their reception arrangements continued that mix of garden roses, tea roses, spray roses, ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, campanula and sweet pea.⁣
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📍@woodlawnandpopeleighey ⁣
🍽 @designcuisine⁣
📷 @carlyrosephotography⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
💄 @makeupbyshirin_ @makeupbyanab⁣
🍰 @bisnonnabakeshop⁣
🎶 @trademarkband⁣
📋 @colorfullyyoursevents

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Katie + Jake’s wedding was PURE SPRING. 🌸⁣
⁣
Peonies, Juliet garden roses, ranunculus, sweet pea, stock, campanula... Basically all the flowers you hope will show up when someone tells you they’re getting married in May.⁣
⁣
We kept everything loose and gardeny, in peaches, soft blush, white and those wonderful slightly faded greens that keep pastels from becoming too sugary. And at Woodlawn, surrounded by actual spring? So, so pretty.⁣
This is exactly why May flowers have my heart.⁣
Their reception arrangements continued that mix of garden roses, tea roses, spray roses, ranunculus, butterfly ranunculus, campanula and sweet pea.⁣
⁣
📍@woodlawnandpopeleighey ⁣
🍽 @designcuisine⁣
📷 @carlyrosephotography⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
💄 @makeupbyshirin_ @makeupbyanab⁣
🍰 @bisnonnabakeshop⁣
🎶 @trademarkband⁣
📋 @colorfullyyoursevents

One of my favorite moments at every St. Francis Hall wedding is right before the ceremony begins. The room fills with that quiet anticipation as guests take their seats and the flowers finally become part of the scene they were designed for.⁣
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For Alexandra & Sam’s ceremony, the stage was framed with a lush, deconstructed arch, creating a focal point against the hall’s burgundy proscenium drape. As the music began and Alexandra walked down the aisle, everything came together in that way it only does once. The architecture, the flowers, the lighting, and two people about to start their marriage. It is always a privilege to help shape that moment.⁣
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📍@stfrancishall⁣
📷 @leighannebraderphotography
🍽 @ridgewells⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
📋 @theplannery

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One of my favorite moments at every St. Francis Hall wedding is right before the ceremony begins. The room fills with that quiet anticipation as guests take their seats and the flowers finally become part of the scene they were designed for.⁣
⁣
For Alexandra & Sam’s ceremony, the stage was framed with a lush, deconstructed arch, creating a focal point against the hall’s burgundy proscenium drape. As the music began and Alexandra walked down the aisle, everything came together in that way it only does once. The architecture, the flowers, the lighting, and two people about to start their marriage. It is always a privilege to help shape that moment.⁣
⁣
📍@stfrancishall⁣
📷 @leighannebraderphotography
🍽 @ridgewells⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
📋 @theplannery

A tented reception. Ceremony urns overflowing with white hydrangea and gladiola. Centerpieces that looked like they were plucked straight from an English country garden. Rachael and Scott`s Woodlawn wedding was everything. 🤍 This is exactly why we love what we do, taking a venue`s natural beauty and letting the flowers just... amplify it. Historic, romantic, and completely unforgettable. 🌿✨⁣
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📍@woodlawnandpopeleighey⁣
📷 sincereli_ _⁣
🍽 @maineventcaterersdc⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
📋 @allthedaintydetails

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A tented reception. Ceremony urns overflowing with white hydrangea and gladiola. Centerpieces that looked like they were plucked straight from an English country garden. Rachael and Scott's Woodlawn wedding was everything. 🤍 This is exactly why we love what we do, taking a venue's natural beauty and letting the flowers just... amplify it. Historic, romantic, and completely unforgettable. 🌿✨⁣
⁣
📍@woodlawnandpopeleighey⁣
📷 sincereli_ _⁣
🍽 @maineventcaterersdc⁣
💐 @petalsedgedc⁣
📋 @allthedaintydetails

Theres something about September that always feels like a turning point. The days are still warm, but the morning is a bit cooler. School is back in session. The light starts to change. And after a long DC summer, you do all get that first day when you can open the door and think, yes, fall really is coming. 🍁

For me fall has always been tied to the rhythm of the school year. Kids going back to school and calendars filling up. Pulling sweaters out of the back of the closet, and thinking about Halloween before you’re quite ready to admit summer is over.

In the studio, autumn has another rhythm. September and October weddings - arguably our busiest time of the year - paired with all sorts of fun things. Pods, berries, grasses and all sorts of funky things.

I think there’s a reason fall weddings always feel so right. It’s a season built around change. The landscape shifts, the light softens, the year begins winding down… and in the midst of that, two people choose to begin something.

Maybe that’s what I love about this time of year. Autumn can feel nostalgic and hopeful at the same time. So here’s to another fall wedding season, changing leaves, cooler nights (no mosquitoes), celebrations and all the new beginnings still ahead.

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