Roberts & Co Events {Blog}

Gooder than Grits ya’ll!

robertsandcoevents — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:32:22 +0000

I am thrilled to announce that we have been chosen to be a part of one of my favorite publications, Southern Weddings Blue Ribbon Vendors! I am excited to be among a great group of other D.C and Virginia vendors such as Sweet Tea Photography, Bruce Pike Productions, and My DeeJay! Yay!

Tagged: blue ribbon vendor, southern weddings

Real Wedding pt 2: Araceli and Andrew

robertsandcoevents — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:55:26 +0000

To follow up on yesterdays ceremony and first look by Andrew and Araceli (here) I wanted to share their super fun cocktail hour and reception. For cocktails we brought in a wonderful Mariachi band to seranade guests while they enjoyed the bar and passed aps. Dinner was in the pavillion with large centerpeices of babies breath balls and pops of bright green runners. Guests enjoyed Timmie Metz (who I ALWAYS recomend!) on guitar all night and dined on Airlies delicious food. Enjoy!

Guests found their seats off of magnetic frames with cards held up dainty magnets.

Table numbers were written in Spanish to keep with the Mexican heritage theme running through the night.

Tagged: amber reinink, arlie center, babies breath, black, centerpiece, dc real wedding, green, green runners, lace, mexican heritage, wedding cake, white

Real Wedding: Araceli and Andrew

robertsandcoevents — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:05:18 +0000

These two were so much fun to work with and they are a shining example of how much I bond with clients during their wedding process. I have made sure to stay true to keeping in touch and I am so excited that they have just bought their first DC area home! Araceli and Andrew came to me shortly after moving to the DC area from California and wanted to host a small intimate wedding for their closest friends and family. They knew nothing of the area and had a limited budget to work with, so I agreed to help them stretch it as far as we could.

After a bunch of venue options we settled on hosting the entire weekend at the Airlie Center from the rehearsal dinner and welcome cocktails to the post wedding brunch. We wanted to infuse Araceli’s Mexican heritage into the wedding so we order special paper picado flags, and had mexican wedding cookies for guests to take home. We also made sure to have a grooms cake with Andrew’s love of zombies. I want to share their beautiful getting ready and ceremony photos today. We create babies breath bouquets for the ladies and Araceli wore a gorgeous dress from Betsy Robinson Bridal and to die for shoes by Valentino. Enjoy!

Their guest book was so fun! They collected photos of everyone from the wedding and we strung them up. Guest then found their photo and added to a page that had a special layout to which they could write in notes and leave funny quotes.

Tagged: airlie center, amber reinink, betsy robinson bridal, black, green, paper picado, real dc wedding, roberts and company events, valentino, wedding ceremony, white

Vendor Spotlight: B Floral and Design

robertsandcoevents — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:15:29 +0000

I have had the pleasure of working with Shelly from B. Floral and Event Design several times and over the years have fallen in love with her design sense and style. From small intimate weddings to large grand affairs she has the eye to detail that every bride is looking for in their florist. She carefully takes the time to design and craft the right arrangements and additions to the day to make sure that every part of the design runs together smoothly. I wanted to share some beauties of her work in hopes that others will fall in love with her too! Enjoy!

credit: B Floral

Credit: George Street Photogarphy via Roberts & Co.

credit: Blink Photography

credit: B Floral

credit: Rebekah Hoyt

credit: Brenda Murphy

Tagged: B floral design, centerpiece, chuppah, real wedding, vendor spotlight

Signature Cocktail: Frozen Frangelico Coffee

robertsandcoevents — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:48:03 +0000

This awesome drink from Martha Stewart would be a great addition to your end of the night drinks and eats. The maple syrup cream adds the perfect finish for the coffee lover at your wedding. Enjoy!

credit: Martha Stewart Weddings

Ingredients

4 cups strongly brewed chilled coffee
1 cup Frangelico
2/3 cup heavy cream
4 to 6 tablespoons pure maple syrup

Directions

Stir 4 cups strongly brewed chilled coffee and 1 cup Frangelico in a medium bowl. Transfer to freezer until slushy but slightly frozen, about 5 hours, stirring twice.
Whisk heavy cream in a medium bowl until soft peaks form. Add pure maple syrup; whisk until soft peaks return.
Divide coffee mixture among 4 large glasses; top with whipped cream, dividing evenly.

swoon worthy

robertsandcoevents — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:48:27 +0000

I have become obsessed with this Lusan Mandongus gown. Everything about it is feminine yet hard. swoon

Desert love

robertsandcoevents — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:22:28 +0000

credit: paper and plane

credit: Simply Bloom Photography

credit: 100 layer cake

credit: Ruffled Blog

Credit: Etsy

credit: etsy

credit: Style me pretty

credit: Ruffled Blog

Tagged: desert wedding, etsy, southwestern, succulents

Real Wedding: Nimita and Greg

robertsandcoevents — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:07:05 +0000

Nimita and Greg were such fun to work with and they really showed how upbeat and go with the flow they were when a major insane storm came barreling through their wedding ceremony. With plans in place for an outdoor ceremony at River Farm with a gorgeous rustic mandap overlooking the river, we were making last-minute calls for the weather up until right before the ceremony. We knew bad weather was on the horizon so we moved everyone under the tent to host a gorgeous Hindu-Christian ceremony for our lovely couple.
Christopher, co-owner of Amaryllis helped us to designed a backdrop of rustic elements paired with copper pieces and tones of red, vibrant green, and cream. I loved working with our entire team and I am so thankful everything turned out perfectly by the end of the night!

The couple hand created soap favors for their guests wrapped in burlap and twine. Place cards sat at each seat which were bindings around the napkins personalized each seat. They chose to have a small single cake for themselves and then a large dessert bar of Indian sweets, Macaroons, and cake pops to end the night. I hope your enjoy this wedding as much as I did helping to orchestrate the affair and years of love to our happy couple!

Big thank you to The Happy Couple for these wonderful photos!

Vendor Team!

Venue- River Farm

Photography- The Happy Couple

Floral Design- Amaryllis

Catering- Windows Catering

Invitation- Invitations by Ajalon

Planning and Design- Roberts & Co. Events

DJ- jeff with Elan-Dj’s

letterpress hindu inspired invitations

Tagged: amaryllis, Christian Ceremony, elan djs, green, Hindu ceremony, Hindu wedding, red, river farm, roberts and company events, the happy couple, white, windows catering

pastel love

robertsandcoevents — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:01:58 +0000

Credit: Procopio Photography

credit: Wedding Chicks

credit: Snippet and Ink

Credit: Sparkle and Hay

credit: Wedding Chicks

credit: Kiss the Groom

Tagged: easter, pastel, spring

tulips for spring

robertsandcoevents — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:44:40 +0000

Although the weather has not changed yet to sunny spring skies, the tulips in my yard are starting to peek out and I can not wait to see spring come full force. Tulips are a beautiful option to add into centerpieces, bouquets, and over all decor. Enjoy and be inspired!

credit: MS Weddings

credit: Lovella Bridal

credit: MS Weddings