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Black + Blue + Back Downtown. Spending the night at the scene of this incredible modern midnight + cobalt wedding in DC and fully reliving the most wonderful experience planning and designing such an incredible summer soiree. Best client, best vendors + best vibes all around. >
BRIDES BEST PLANNER 2022🏆We are seriously sooo flattered and smiling ear to ear with pride and thankfulness to for this recognition. Heres to all of our past, present and future clients and a big shout out to our dearest Friendors who show up, show out and keep us going in this crazy career. >
Rainforest Cafe con Leche. That winter light hitting all our patterns and colors just right before, during and after our breaths of Espresso Martinis and ci**rs for our Nicaragua meets Downtown DC fiesta. >
Friends-Giving Color. Serving up a punchy palate will always be number one on our list. Hued specifically to let the flowers pop and FRAME the most special at-home ceremony. >
Reading Rainbow. Books + Coffee brought our couple together…so we used that as inspiration right down to the venue and quirky fall color palate. Full credit goes to our bride who never once said no to our ideas, pattern play or push of using the pheasant plates front and center. >
Legs For Days. This peaked arch design brought its bell bottoms to the party and we were obsessed. Funny how just a small variation on a traditional backdrop can make such a lovely impact. >
Minty Fresh ✉️ Thanks to our holidays cards are ready to ship right after Thanksgiving (yes we wait till Black Friday to pop them in the mail!) We went with the Christmas stamps you voted for in our stories as the perfect match. Want to get your cards prepped before the crazy begins? Use our special code GRITANDGRACECARDS2022 for 20% off your order and expedited shipping with our friends at now!
Woodland Wonder. Layers of textured woods, warm inviting floral palate for fall and the sweetest nod to our brides love all animals as cloches placecards.
Scary Good Smolder. Congrats to our stunning bride + the love her life and the life of the party, her husband Dio. This weekends fiestas across the entire Wharf in DC from rehearsal dinner and welcome reception at , wedding at and ending with a send off cafe con leche at . We sang, we salsa’d and now we sleep. >
“Espresso Martinis are the mason jar of the wedding industry right now” ☕️ I said what I said. When asked by about our feelings towards coffee at weddings we had lotsssss to say. Read it now online, link in our stories.
Cheers to Good Weekends, Great Style even Grander Dance moves. Here’s to hoping the remains of a wonderful wedding feel as authenticity loved and lived in as this one did. #2023
Autumn Sunset. Crispy eggplant meeting dreamy dahlias gave this what-could-of-been-typical-fall wedding the right amount of romance and ooph it needed to drop jaws.
Peak Fall Perfection. It’s giving moody neutral woodsy fall romance amirite? This past weekends design direction ebbed and flowed through quite a few iterations and now we can’t even imagine it any other way.
Priceless Planning. Cherry Blossom Engagement ✔️ Quintesstial Wine Country Rehearsal Dinner ✔️ Virginia Autumn Tented Wedding on the most popular day of the year….LOADING. Our lucky duck is about to enjoy the most lovely fall wedding weekend…come along for the ride!
Happiest Of Birthdays !!! Join us in celebrating our resident redhead, regal beagle, formidable negotiator, fierce protector, sensational mother, dearest of friend and most genuinely beautiful gal a wonderful day. So many people are lucky to be touched and affected by you every day!
Cheetah Spice…if we were apart of the that would be our role. Give us all the cognac velvet, emerald croc, espresso infused florals and a personalized enamel pin for each guest on their placecard forever. Don’t you 🎶 WANNABE 🎶 a guest a this? >
It’s the LAST PIC for me…..this level of excitement when the details come together is 💯. Any great designer will tell you that watching the client see all the sketches, mock ups, proposals and their dozens of revisions come to life is truly the adrenaline rush we live for. >
Van Morrison couldn’t have said it better…⛵️
Pairing their first dance song “Into the Mystic” with this meaningful wall of floating sailboats, denoting guests seating assignments, was the perfect marriage of useful and creative. Some boats were taken off the walls of their family’s beach home, some were sourced at the local Sea Shell Shop and all were lovingly calligraphed with their guests names.
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Passport to the Beach. Headed to the shore this weekend for an epic sandy soiree, Delaware style. A little to this favorite ocean vibe micro wedding with a passport holder menu card for our guests to use when they travelled to the clients larger wedding in Cancun a year later. >
Simplicity in Symphony. Art, music, flowers, family….all the things necessary for a full life and even more fun function. We’ll never tire of this stucco es**rt wall perfectly curated and cut to suit this at-home wedding. > as seen on and so many more **rtcardideas **rtcarddisplay
Welcome to Your Wedding Weekend. And with this hydrangea lined entrance in full bloom, and our bride and her friends serving killer style, we’d say we kicked it off right. >
These legs were made for walking….into the wedding weekend! Bring on the sunshine, shoes, the sweet style ahead for our ! Can’t wait to bring summer sass to Charlottesville. >
Eagle Eye. When your families property is literally seen best from hundreds of feet up, but that close up is also pure rainbow magic too. Thrilled to share this Middleburg marriage on this week. >
Whose Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? ….And by wolf we mean color. There is rarely a time when we are stumped on how to make creative color combos, pattern plays pop and jaws drop. > as seen on
Divine Drama. Whats black and white and chic all over? Our clients black tie bonanza from this past weekend with truly the most fun, smart, witty couple of all time. >
Lucky Us. This wedding date has brought us so much joy and as we head into another fabulous summer soiree in DC we just want to show a little love for this black + white internetbreaker and forever friends + .grey … Happy Anniversary Mrs And Mrs Grey 💣👯♀️🖤 Now let’s make some more modern moody magic happen team! > as seen on + more
Can’t get enough of this pattern play!
Layered to perfection, the blue and pink pairing brings both dimension and drama to this breathtaking design.💙💗 This look proves saturated, rich tones can be just as dreamy as their light and airy counterparts! Featuring our James Indigo Table Linen. Visit the to view more of this beautiful linen.
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Hooray for Covers!!!
It truly is always such an honor to see my work in print - and I’m beyond excited to see my clients Allie and Chris on the COVER of !! of brought this beautiful day to life and I loved every detail of this day, these two, and their beautiful families.
Grab your very own copy to see more of Allie and Chris’ stunning NYE wedding!
Are you following us on Instagram yet? Come on downnnnnnn! It’s been a doozy of a year but man the highlight reel is a great reminder of what we do best and to stay the course!
It is with so much excitement and humility we finally announce that we have been chosen as one of the Best Wedding Planners & Event Designers in the Country by Martha Stewart Weddings . The other talent on this list is absolutely incredible and we are so honored to join them. Christie Yerks Brittany Dumond Hagaman https://www.marthastewart.com/7939221/top-wedding-planners?slide=91cfa8d2-ebc2-4e61-9c92-4d62baafb469#91cfa8d2-ebc2-4e61-9c92-4d62baafb469
This will be our fifth year to be supporting our friends at Colorectal Cancer Alliance for their annual Blue Hope Bash. We are honored to help create awareness and raise funds for research, care and a cure! You have the opportunity to help....There are only 550 tickets remaining to win this custom 2020 donated generously by our past clients Lyn and Jay Ferriero All the ticket proceeds go directly to the cause and help so many people! https://www.ccalliance.org/get-involved/blue-hope-bash/car-raffle
The Blue Hope Bash is the premiere fundraising event of the Colorectal Cancer Alliance. This prestigious event brings together both individuals and corporations that are passionate about supporting our mission to end colon cancer within our lifetime.
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Hooray! Enjoy some eye candy with our latest feature on Marthastewart weddings . It ends with a taco delivery if you were wondering!
Go inside this timeless wedding in Virginia, complete with a green-and-white color palette and magnolia-themed reception.
Tonight! Christie Will be the first host to kick of Cocktails with Carats & Cake. Tune in!
This is a tough time for everyone and postponing your wedding is a hard pill to swallow. Take note on some suggestions from some of the top planners Carats and Cake polled. http://caratsandcake.net/protip-howtopostpone/
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The most gorgeous couple inside and out...
Go inside this couple's creative wedding in North Carolina, which thanked their "village"—their guests—for supporting them. They planned their colorful, sunset-inspired wedding in just five months.
It Takes a Village, And You Are Our People. Thrilled to share our clients amazing destination wedding at Old Edwards Inn with a very talented group of vendors! https://www.marthastewartweddings.com/7573668/village-north-carolina-wedding-perry-vaile?utm_source=instagram.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=marthastewartweddings_marthaweddings&utm_content=igstory&utm_term=20200127
Go inside this couple's creative wedding in North Carolina, which thanked their "village"—their guests—for supporting them. They planned their colorful, sunset-inspired wedding in just five months.
Bold, unique and stand out. Can you guess which Tablescape Design was ours in the latest Washingtonian Weddings Magazine?
https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/01/14/reception-table-ideas/
Check out our tablescapes feature to not only learn how these gorgeous creations came to life, but also get some wow-worthy reception table ideas, too.
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