Sarah & Brent's Wolftrap Farm Wedding Weekend

Sarah & BrentMay 31, 2014

May is a busy time full of spring weddings and wonderful couples... including one of Barb Wired’s very own team alums! We were so honored to be part of Sarah and Brent’s special day and love seeing members of our family so blissfully in love. Congratulations Sarah and Brent!

From the Bride: Brent and I were so excited to celebrate and get married with all of our friends and family by our side. We knew it really wasn’t about us, we already knew we loved each other and wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. It was about having (almost) everyone we love in the same place at the same time – we wish we could do it every year!! Working previously as an assistant with Barb Wired, I couldn’t imagine getting married in Virginia without Barb, Iris, and their team helping to coordinate the day.

Wolftrap Farm was the perfect location- a vacation rental for weddings and events which allowed the whole wedding party to stay on the property for the weekend. The venue turned out gorgeously! We loved how it opened out onto the patio so our guests could play yard games and see the lovely views.

We had rockstars Jordan Baker Photography and Magic Hour Creative, equipped with a quadcopter Go Pro, to capture the special day so that our friends and family could be present in the moment with us, and not behind a screen. I still remember walking down the stairs to Brent and seeing all the smiling faces of the people I love. That was so special to me.

Brent and I love food, and we knew we wanted a relaxed style for the day, so we put an amazing food truck team together made up of Blue Ridge Pizza and South Fork Food Truck. Pimento cheeseburgers, sweet potato fritters, and four different pizzas, including pork and asparagus, were a hit. Everyone still raves about the food, and it was so fun for our guests to get to see the pizza makers tossing the pizza in the air!

We also loved that we got the JMU Road Dawg to be at our event. Brent and I met at JMU, and so many of our guests went to JMU with us. Staying on the property was so great and gave us more time to get to see everyone and catch up – we live pretty far from everyone since we moved to North Carolina. I will say, though, that even though we were there three days, it still all flew by and we wish we could do it again – not that we would change a thing!

Vendors

Event Production: Barb Wired Event Management

Team: Barbara Lundgren, Iris Luck, Debra Mills, Sharon Holman

Photography: Jordan Baker Photography

Location: Wolftrap Farm

Catering: Real Food, Blue Ridge Pizza Co., South Fork Food Truck

Cake: Hot Cakes

Rentals: Gibson Rentals, Real Southern Accents

Floral Design: Verde Natural Florals

Music: DJ Stroud

Videographer: Magic Hour Creative

Transportation: Camryn Limo

Hair and Makeup: Charlottesville Makeup Artist

Lindsey & Matthew's Farmington Country Club Wedding

Lindsey & MatthewApril 12, 2014

It was a perfect day for Lindsey and Matthew’s wedding. The weather for the couple’s outdoor garden wedding at Farmington Country Club was a dream; clear skies, perfect temperature, a timely breeze helping cool guests off.

Lindsey was escorted down the aisle by her father, Craig, to beautiful music by the Linden Trio. The bridesmaids were lovely in grey, all wrapped in matching pink pashminas. The men looked dapper in their tuxes and bow ties.

Cocktails were held on the patio, while the bridal party headed off for pictures in the Jefferson Room with the talented Jamie Kay. Then guests moved to the ballroom for dinner and danced the night away with Big Ray and The Kool Kats.

After a wonderful night filled with family, friends, and love, Lindsey and Matthew left for their honeymoon, with sparklers leading the way.

Vendors

Event Planning and Coordination: Barb Wired Event Management

Team: Iris Luck, Vicki Collins, Hannah Chi, Morgan Shepherd

Photography: JMK Photos

Location: Farmington Country Club

Floral Design: Blue Ridge Floral

Catering and Cake: Farmington Country Club

Linens: BBJ Linen

Rentals: Festive Fare

Ceremony Music: Linden Trio

Bagpipe Musician: John Youell

Reception Music: Big Ray and the Kool Kats

Videographer: Ian’s Creations

Transportation: Albemarle Limousine

Hair and Makeup: Daphne Latham

Allison & Sean's Vineyard Destination Wedding

Allison & SeanJuly 13, 2013

Allison is a native of Kansas but so in love with Virginia and the guy she found here.  After visiting the Charlottesville area several times, they decided their destination wedding would be a small and intimate gathering of family and friends at beautiful Barboursville Vineyards.

Allison wore a wedding gown by Peter Langner “Pisa” in a dark ivory silk that was perfect with her beautiful olive skin tone and glorious smile, which only grew whenever she saw Sean.  She was escorted by her Father Bill while her Mom Sally, and Sean’s parents, William and Christine, took in the moments.  Claire Goodman conducted a loving service while accompanied by the Piedmont Chamber Players Quartet for the processional and recessional.

Allison was inspired by the vintage chic designs provided by Barb Wired, with antique linens, crocheted doilies, mason jars and lots of candlelight.  A New Leaf Florist provided her bouquet and arrangements of hydrangea, peony rose, ranunculas, lambs ear, dusty miller, lisianthus, accented with “fly eyes”; a conversation piece among the guests.

Barboursville’s Palladio Restaurant and their impeccable staff served an exquisite 4-course dinner. Guests enjoyed the breathtaking scenery of the vineyard and mountains while playing corn hole.

Everyone who knows Sean LOVES his chocolate chip cookies.  Early into planning, he decided he would serve his cookies at the reception, which eventually turned into canceling plans for a traditional wedding cake.  Sean got up early on the morning of his wedding day just to bake cookies. Instead of a cake cutting, Allison and Sean shared chocolate chip cookie dough for their first shared dessert as husband and wife  — the guests cheered!

We sent the happy couple off with a sparkler getaway while the guests were treated to special transportation.  We are so happy for Sean and Allison and the new life they will share and look for them to visit us often.

Vendors

Barb Wired Event Management

Barboursville Vineyards & Palladio Restaurant

Jeff Greenough Photography

Claire Goodman, officiant

Piedmont Chamber Players Quartet

A New Leaf Florist

A & A Limo

Face Value Studio

Becca and Jason's Veritas Vineyard Wedding

Becca & JasonAugust 23, 2014

There are those that think rain on a wedding day would make the celebration less than perfect. For Becca and Jason, it only worked to enhance the ceremony. The rain made the beautiful grounds of Veritas Vineyards and Winery lush and green, as captured in the wonderful photos by Dominique Attaway. It was reminiscent of Scotland, home to the groom’s family.

The ceremony was beautiful, incorporating Scottish traditions from Jason’s family and Jewish traditions from Becca’s. The wedding party was led down the aisle by bagpipes, a great surprise for the groom’s parents and guests.

As an especially unique touch to the evening, the father of the bride - being quite the craftsman - made beautiful pens for each guest. They used the colorful favors to sign the guest book and then took them home as a memory of this beautiful day.

Vendors

Event Production: Barb Wired Event Management

Team: Barbara Lundgren, Carmen Badinelli, Lauren Scully, Joan Forrest

Photography: Dominique Attaway

Location and Catering: Veritas Vineyards and Winery

Floral Design: Blue Ridge Floral Design

Cupcakes: Sweethaus

Ceremony Music: John Youel on bagpipes

Reception Music: DJ Stroud

Transportation: Camryn Limo

Makeup: Jeanne Cusick

Hair: Serendipity Hair Salon