Cori Traynor at The Radnor Hunt Club

This Valentine inspired February postings of past brides is really fun. What a great reminder if these wonderful people I met & how I got to be a part of their day. I met Cori through her mom, Trudy. She works at one of my non-profit coordination clients and knew we did flowers too. Cori fell in love with a beautiful estate in Malvern, PA - the Radnor Hunt. Cori is the first bride I met that had to be coerced into having a cake. She could have cared less! Can you believe it?! I LOVE cake. When I get married - if you are coming, eat first! I am only serving cake. She did redeem herself in this area by having a dream of a dessert bar with all white candies and treats. Anyway, Cori was beautiful; she had a fantastic day despite torrential downpours that seemed to occur at truly the perfect time. When I delivered the personals to Villanova's Chapel, her bridal party made it into the doors, she started down the aisle to an earth shaking clap of thunder. I was worried...but he sky cleared up during the ceremony. Heather Fowler's pictures from this day show no sign of a drop! The guests had cocktails inside the estate house, but the dined, wined and danced the night away under a huge tent. The Lemon Tree Catering set up a huge field tent to serve as the kitchen and did an outstanding job. Campbell Studios did all the lighting on a pink hue and did the flowers with bamboo accents. These picked up the 20' poles of fresh bamboo that we had cut down ourselves early in the morning (yep, in the pouring rain!) Oh, yeah - that is a rainbow above their heads!

Ngoc and Leon at Cairnwood

Ngoc & Leon had their first date on Valentines Day - so that makes this story even more appropriate to look back on! They got married in 2005 at Cairnwood Mansion. I met them through a great wedding coordinator Christine Cucinotta who owns "Anything but Ordinary" in West Chester, PA.

They paid special attention to incorporate both their Vietnamese and Chinese heritage. Ngoc had both a traditional ceremony at home in traditional Vietnamese dress. Mike Kehr was the photographer & he captured all of their details beautifully. I designed her flower arrangements to be bright & juicy to compliment the coral bridal party dresses. My placesetting design for them was selected to accompany her story that appeared in Philadelphia Bride magazine & she was also showcased online at The Knot "Real Weddings!"

Nicole Scaldeferri at The Ben

Nicole Scaldeferri got hitched in 2006 and had a beautiful reception in center city at The Ballroom at the Ben. By choosing all red toned flowers for the bridesmaids, we were able to give additional depth to the rich red dresses.
Nicole knew right away that classic white calla lilies were for her and she pulled
it off wonderfully!

These photos were taken by one of my favorite photographers Jeanne Martino from Martino Photo. I am sure she will give me flack for the quality here - but I scanned them - she is a traditional print gal! If you like these wedding shots and flowers, check out here website - we have done a ton of work together and she showcases a lot of the brides we have had together too!

Gina Meyers at Columbia Station

Since we are in the month of love...how about a few fabulous bouquets? I am posting a here is a little retrospective of past brides who are still under the spell of Cupid!

Gina Meyers was a referral from a friend in 2005. She got Married at a cute little railroad style reception Hall called Columbia Station in Phoenixville, PA. She was a girl not afraid of color with a gorgeous jewel toned bouquet. She switched it up and had the bridesmaids carry these super cute sleek calla lily bouquets, and adding a personal touch selected silver charms as Birdesmaids gifts...a different one for each to suit their personality!

Other cool stuff considering the recent election

The recent election has inspired me to dig up some of these pictures of our national treasures. We built scale models of the White House, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial among others. These appear on Occasions Caterings website too - who thought they could them in so many different ways!

Hello World!

I am a little late on the blog bandwagon so I have a little catching up to do! Campbell Studios is in it's seventh year and we have been producing a ton of great events!

Over the next few days I am going to have trip down memory lane and share with you some of my favorite events and projects!

Like this one! We designed & fabricated these light up bars in 2003, then added some vertical light buffets for our client Occasions Caterers in DC in 2006. They were featured in the March/April 2006 issue of Catering Magazine at the Air and Space Museum in DC.

Jingle Jam 2008

This year's Holiday Party took place at the Simeone Foundation Museum and it was transformed! Starr Events provided the catering and Campbell Studios donated a ton of LED flicker candles, our custom built racetrack main bar and a bunch of Morroccan lanterns to finish off the decor. Here I am with teh MODA Crew and The Lamsbacks...

Liberty Medal Award - National Constitution Center 2008

On September 18, 2008 The National Constitution Center awarded Mikhail Gorbachev the 2008 Liberty Medal Award. Campbell Studios was the decorator for the Gala celebration.

Guests made their way up to the reception through arches we designed and fabricated ourselves, that were inspired by the iconic Kremlin spires and arches.

All of the designs were inspired by his Russian heritage from Garden of Peterhof, St. Petersburg to the Hermitage and the jewels in the Diamond Vaults of the Kremlin. Colors were saturated, containers decadent...