Smith Wedding Part 3: Wedding Day!

Today is the day: the conclusion of our three part feature on the Smith wedding! Which means today is...wedding day! Before we dive into the finale, just want to give you a quick N&L update. Have you been on our website lately?! Not only did our blog get a makeover, but our online store is getting swankier by the day! We've started adding some of our new notecard designs...starting with some sassy leopard notecards. They are so fabulous, we couldn't resist putting them up! Be sure to check back next week, as we add more new styles daily!

Now on to the main event...Kathleen and Matt's wedding day! The couple tied the knot at the super swanky One&Only Ocean Club in Nassau--it was out of this world amazing! We started off wedding day with a breakfast meeting at the Dune restaurant--delicious! And the view was to die for!! We headed over for a site visit for the ceremony location...we were blown away! The backdrop for the ceremony included dramatic 12th-century arches with spectacular views of Nassau Harbor. As we got to work helping Dori and her team, the real fun began!

Their big day was an intimate gathering of the couple's closest family and friends, who traveled from all over the country to be part of Kathleen and Matt's wedding. Although it started to sprinkle as the pre-ceremony cocktail hour kicked off, the rain proved to be good luck, as the rest of the day went off without a hitch! After the picturesque ceremony guests walked to the reception tent, which offered a relaxed and fun party! The celebration went into the wee hours of the night, and was full of merriment and love for Kathleen and Matt. 

Wedding day N&L breakfast meeting overlooking the ocean at Dune restaurant at the One&Only!!

View from our breakfast at Dune...heaven!!

Ceremony site visit, how gorgeous is this view?!

On location for pre-ceremony cocktail hour.

Here we are--ready for wedding day festivities!

Love the bright pop of color on these beautiful programs!

On-site ceremony champagne bar. We are obsessed with the lucite bar!!

A hand-rolled cigar station was also on site for the ceremony.

A late-night snack bar was available at the after party, and included snacks with stickers that said "what happens in the Bahamas, stays in the Bahamas." We'll never tell :)

Again--a big thank you to Kathleen and Matt for including us in their special day, and to photographer AK Vogel for letting us use her beautiful photographs! We had so much fun being a part of this wedding!!!

Xo,

N&L

Ps. For more of Kathleen and Matt's big day, be sure to check out their real wedding feature on our website. 

Smith Wedding Part 2: Welcome Bags + Rehearsal Dinner

Happy Monday!!

We can't believe August is already here...where has our summer gone?! We hope y'all are loving our new blog design as much as we are--what do you think?!! Today we are excited to share part two of our feature on The Smith wedding! When guests travel from all over the country to the Bahamas for your wedding, what better way to say "thank you" than with a fun welcome bag?! Nothing says "welcome to the Bahamas" like a swanky bag filled with goodies!

From the beginning, the Smith welcome bags were a labor of love. We had a blast designing the bags and all of the swag inside them! In fact, we actually ended up putting together two different welcome bags: one for adults, and other fun bags for the kids--such a fun idea! After gathering all the pieces for the bags in Chicago, we shipped them down to the Bahamas (and have to admit, we had a couple sleepless nights worrying that one box would get lost/ not make it there in time). Luckily, all boxes arrived safely--then the real fun began! We set up welcome bag central in a hotel conference room and went to work! Two days later, we were done!! See the final result below.

To ensure all guests were able to cheers the happy couple, we included a bottle of rum and custom koozies! For those wishing to indulge in the sun and sand, mini aloe bottles and embroidered beach towels (which turned out amazing) were provided. To ensure guests were fueled the entire trip, we included snacks like popcorn, nuts, and coordinating kiwi and coconut jellybeans...because love is sweet!

In addition to creating welcome baskets, we also helped add swank to the rehearsal dinner!! Held at the historical (and world-renowned) Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant, the dinner turned out beautifully!

Stay tuned for our final post featuring the wedding day! In the meantime make sure to catch up on part one of the Smith wedding, and make sure you're following us on Twitter for sneak peeks from our final post!

Xo,

N&L

Ps. For more of Kathleen and Matt's big day, be sure to check out their real wedding feature on our website!

Smith Wedding Part 1: Eat, Drink, and Almost Married!!

Hi everyone!!

Does something look a little different to you?! If you've been following our blog, you might notice we've had a bit of a facelift! We are sooooo excited for our makeover; we hope you love our new look!! Our blog content will stay the same as it's always been--offering sneak peeks and pictures of weddings and parties we've been working on, in addition to life and business updates! As we've said before, these past couple months have been busy and crazy exciting, and we can't wait to share all the swanky goodness and changes we've been going through!!

Anyone who knows us, knows we love a good destination wedding...especially tropical weddings we're able to attend! Back in the spring--Dori of The Social Office, and one of our favorite wedding planners from Nashville, asked us to help with a wedding located in the Bahamas! We helped create everything from party invitations and basket goodies to elegant ceremony programs. Everything turned out beyond better than we even imagined!

In May, we traveled with Dori and her team to the Bahamas to assemble all of the swanky welcome bags we created. We had such a great week, and loved seeing all of our pretty goods come to life in this beautiful wedding! Kathleen and Matt got married at The One and Only Resort, and started their wedding weekend off with an amazing welcome party at Cove Beach. We have soooo much swanky goodness to share with y'all, but first up...welcome festivities!

After running thru the airport to make our early flight, we were welcomed to the island as Nieo and Lala...close enough!!

The welcome party invitation that started it all, so swanky!

Kathleen and Matt are both huge Memphis Grizzlies' fans, so we custom made "growl towels" for everyone to enjoy during the NBA Finals.

Our views of the welcome party at sunset, heavenly!!

 And last, but certainly not least...the honorees of the weekend: Kathleen and Matt!

A big thank you to AK Vogel for letting us use her beautiful pictures, and of course to Kathleen and Matt for including us in their big day. Be on the lookout for blog posts to come featuring more of Kathleen and Matt's big day--you won't want to miss them!!

Xo,

N&L

Ps. For more of Kathleen and Matt's big day, be sure to check out their real wedding feature on our website!!

Let's Fly Away

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

We just wrapped a fabulous photoshoot featuring our most recent works and swanky new designs--we can not wait to share the pics with y'all!! We have to admit, capping off a long week with a photoshoot has us beat, but we're still in party mode here at N&L! So today we're sharing a first birthday that is too cute!!! We helped mom Grace Ann take her son Brooks' first birthday up, up, and away by adding swank to his airplane themed party. Be sure to check out the amazing food table, complete with a blue chevron "sky" and coordinating swag...SO adorable and creative!! Buckle your seatbelts and prepare for liftoff into the cutest airplane party we've ever seen!

How precious is the birthday boy!?!! Hope he had the best first birthday, we were so excited to be a part of it!!

XO,

N&L