Planned Perfection http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog Wedding Coordinator - Jonnaysa Kirkham Wed, 02 May 2012 18:43:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 New Blog post on Fig Lancaster http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/05/02/new-blog-post-on-figs-site/ http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/05/02/new-blog-post-on-figs-site/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 14:59:03 +0000 Jonnaysa Kirkham http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/?p=868 Check out my latest blog post on Tented Receptions at Fig’s website.

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]]> http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/05/02/new-blog-post-on-figs-site/feed/ 0 Lindsey and Joe – March 10 http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/04/18/lindsey-and-joe-march-10/ http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/04/18/lindsey-and-joe-march-10/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:30:38 +0000 Jonnaysa Kirkham http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/?p=862 Lindsey and Joe were such a beautiful, warm, and loving couple to work with.

I had the privilege for the 2nd wedding of the season, to again, be at the beautiful Cork Factory Hotel. The details were stunning at this wedding and the Bride and Groom were show stoppers!

How cute is this flower girl...seriously?!

Joe and Lindsey decided to do a “first look” before the ceremony and it was soo cute! You could tell Joe was anxious/nervous and couldn’t wait to see his Bride.

The lovely first look

The ceremony was beautiful and intimate, and officiated by one of my dear friends, Kelly Fuddy. I met Kelly back in the legal world before we had any idea our paths would continue in the wedding industry. Kelly does a phenomenal job getting to know the couple, implementing personal touches throughout the ceremony and really making it unique to the couple. She is with Journeys of the Heart and you must contact her if you are still looking for an officiant.

I just love the floral design that Lori from Wildflowers by Design created for this event. We have done quite a lot of weddings at Cork, and this time the ceremony aisle stood out a little more! They decided to use ALL the floral centerpieces in the aisle. This was so nice for a few reasons. 1. It allowed the clients to get the most of their money. Utilizing the flowers for the entire event, instead of just the reception. 2. It gave a much bigger wow factor walking down the aisle to many beautiful lush flowers. 3. It did not ruin the element of surprise for the reception tables because everything was then split up and grouped differently onto the table tops! Oh how i just died looking at this set up, soooo romantic!

 

The evening continued with dinner and dancing and was a huge success. I loved working with the kind and most talented Brooke Courtney Photography, who provided these beautiful images to gush upon!  You must go to their site, and also check out their blog post on this event, and of course all of their amazing work!   The dance floor was packed throughout the evening because of Matthew Cleveland from Occasions DJs! He always does an outstanding job.

 

 

This day was nothing short of stellar and it wouldn’t have been possible with out the hard work of such talented individuals. A big thanks to the following:

Cork Factory Hotel

Journeys of the Heart

Brooke Courtney Photography

Post Script Productions (who came all the way from Pittsburgh!)

Occasions Disc Jockeys

Wildflowers by Design

Persnickety Invitations

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Beautiful wedding gown in the bride’s suite at Cork Factory Hotel

I am going to try really hard to blog better this year!  I seemed to have gotten way behind on blogging my late summer and fall weddings last season, so you will see some of them popping up throughout this year.

So to start fresh, on January 21, 2012 we coordinated a beautiful winter wedding (and i must say i think it was only the 2nd snow of the entire winter), so it was nice to see it as a backdrop for this wedding at Cork Factory Hotel.

When i first met Nicole and Owen I knew it was going to be a beautiful wedding.  Nicole being a designer, wanted to handle all of the design and details herself, and she did the most amazing job!

The ceremony was held at Cork Factory Hotel and incorporated some beautiful moments of the couple bringing Nicole’s son into the marriage.  While the room was being flipped the guests enjoyed cocktail hour and were soon ushered in to the transformed ballroom for dinner.

We just love Cork Factory Weddings.  The staff is WONDERFUL, ACCOMMODATING, and on top of everything!  It always makes for a great night when all the vendors are on the same page, and have the same goal in mind!

This wedding had an all-star team of event professionals:

Cork Factory Hotel – Ceremony and Reception

Rev. Kelly Jo Singleton – officiant

The Wiebners – Photography

DJ Freez – Entertainment (Music and Lighting)

The Couture Cakery – Phenomenal Dessert Table and Cupcakes

Wildflowers by Design – Flowers

A big congratulations to Nicole and Owen.  It was a pleasure working with you and your families!

Jonnaysa

Here are some beautiful photos provided by the uber talented Joel and Rita Wieber!

Stunning Bride

The groom and the bride's son getting ready

We love orchestrating first looks!

The flowers were gorgeous!

The New Mr. and Mrs!

hand crafted wedding favors

Couture Cakery's creative dessert table

Almost set and ready for dinner!

Congratulations!

 

]]> http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/04/02/first-wedding-of-2012-nicole-and-owen/feed/ 0 Unique and Hip Wedding Registry and more.. http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/02/17/unique-and-hip-wedding-registry-and-more/ http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/02/17/unique-and-hip-wedding-registry-and-more/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:02:12 +0000 Jonnaysa Kirkham http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/?p=857 Hi friends,

This past week i took the time to scout out a new downtown Lancaster shop, Tellus360! This beautiful store has so many fun, and fabulous goodies, all while being environmentally safe and friendly!

Take a look at my blog post over on Fig Lancaster’s site, here!

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Photo taken from Make-up by Trish’s Facebook Page.

Take a look at the contest HERE!

]]> http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/02/06/who-wants-to-win-a-free-make-up-trial/feed/ 0 Tara and Travis – an artful wedding http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/01/26/tara-and-travis-an-artful-wedding/ http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/01/26/tara-and-travis-an-artful-wedding/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:06:52 +0000 Jonnaysa Kirkham http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/?p=849 We had the pleasure of coordinating Tara and Travis’ beautiful outdoor ceremony at Lancaster County Winery with a lovely reception followed at The Cork Factory Hotel.

Travis is an amazing artist and put so many personal touches into their day. From the invitations to the flower girls “here comes the bride” sign, the ring box, every centerpiece detail and so much more, it was apparent a lot of love went into the making of this day!

At this event we had so much fun working with the very talented Jillian McGrath Photography! What a wonderful husband/wife team. Their energy was great, and the photos they produced were awesome! Take a look below at images they provided us to share! You can also see more over on their blog.

The ceremony and cocktail hour music was performed by the outstanding Christopher Bohn. Friends, he was amazing!! He played an acoustic guitar and the Ukelele! The bride came down the aisle to “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Just loved it! Oh and at the reception for their first dance he sang, “When you say nothing at all.” You must check him out if you are looking for a ceremony and/or cocktail musician.

One of our favorite florists, Sandra Porterfield, was on board to do the beautiful bouquets and boutonnieres. The centerpieces consisted of a singe Gerber daisy in a wine bottle. Just lovely!

The Cork Factory Hotel did a wonderful job on the cake, a top the wood charger.

What an awesome couple! Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your day! Congratulations and best wishes!

A big thanks to some pretty awesome vendors on this wedding:

Cork Factory Hotel


Jillian McGrath Photography

Sandra Porterfield Florals

Irene Panzini – Officiant


Christpher Bohn

Friendly Transportation

Occasions Djs – Steve

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This past November we did a secret family shoot to gift pictures to my family for the holidays.  It was Doug and I, and the kiddos and my sister and her kids.  The entire point of the shoot was to get all of the grand kids in one shot.  Well let’s just say the kids had their own idea, and were not the most cooperative.

Kris and John from KM Photography met us in at Long’s Park in Lancaster!  They were awesome, and as always got some pretty remarkable shots!  Even one of my son, doing a daily nose pick…I know gross!  But it was so funny to see, it is my Riley to a T!

Take a sneak peak of my family shots!  Love love them!  And i must say the shot KM Photography got of the grandkids…my mother just loved!  They were all in their own element!  My Son was holding his youngest cousin, so proud, and both girls were off in their own world!    Classic :)

Thanks Kris and John you are the best!

 

 

 

]]> http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/01/06/family-photo-shoot-with-km-photography/feed/ 0 My daughter turns 1 http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/01/04/my-daughter-turns-1/ http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/01/04/my-daughter-turns-1/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:56:25 +0000 Jonnaysa Kirkham http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/?p=835 My daughter Molly turned one on October 26, 2011. Before her birthday I had decided that I was not going to do the big birthday gathering that my son had when he turned 1. I really wasn’t even going to decorate, but then I kept thinking…hmmm she may look back on this one day and think, why did i get shafted!!

Plus I have some wonderful friends in the industry who helped make it extra special. I decided to just invite immediate family and siblings over for pizza and cake!

Take a look at the images below! My little Molly, she sure is something special!

Also the first couple of images are from my lovely sister-in-law, Amanda Kirkham!

 

A very big thank you to Bella Manse for the ADORABLE, simply beautiful cake she made for my little Miss Molly and the perfectly pink and cream lovely linens from Special Occasions!!

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Diana Everhart-Hanna

All below images are courtesy of Artistic Difference Photography!

 

 

 

A special thank you to all the vendors that made Matthew and Sierra’s wedding day so special:

 

Shumaker PDT

Wildflowers by Design

Couture Cakery

DJ Barry Hart of Party Tyme Entertainment

Artistic Difference

Maura Jensen

Persnickety Invitation Studio

Shining Eye Horse and Carriage

 

]]> http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2012/01/03/matthew-and-sierra/feed/ 0 Stacy and Edwin at Cork Factory http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/12/14/stacy-and-edwin-at-cork-factory/ http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/12/14/stacy-and-edwin-at-cork-factory/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:31:07 +0000 Jonnaysa Kirkham http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/?p=801 Stacy and Edwin had a truly fantastic day!  First of all Stacy was an extremely organized bride which made my job even easier!  Her and Edwin and families were an absolute delight to work for.

The colors were stunning, simple, and made a beautiful impact.  Hot pink, black and white!  So chic and so fab!

Here are some fabulous recap shots from the uber talented KM Photography!  Just love them.

We also loved working with some of our favorites, All Things Beautiful, The House of Clarendon, Carmina Cristina, Cork Factory Hotel, LaVon Films, Shumaker PDT and Special Occasions and Occasions DJs.

 

Look how stunning lighting from Shumaker PDT an be!  We also loved just the single initial on the fireplace.

The beautiful bridal party! We love small intimate parties!Check out the gorgeous blooms from All Things Beautiful!!! They were so unique and so lovely!

 

 

Congratulations to Stacy and Edwin!  What a joy it was to coordinate your day!

]]> http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/12/14/stacy-and-edwin-at-cork-factory/feed/ 0 Karen and Santosh at Moonstone Manor http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/11/11/karen-and-santosh-at-moonstone-manor/ http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/11/11/karen-and-santosh-at-moonstone-manor/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:58:24 +0000 Jonnaysa Kirkham http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/?p=812 What a beautiful celebration Karen and Santosh had at Moonstone Manor, formerly The Conewago Manor Inn.  Karen and Santosh were different for me because I did not get to meet them until a week before the wedding!!  I had worked with them the entire planning process over the phone, skype and meetings with the bride’s parents at their home in Landisville.  Karen and Santosh work in the Hotel Industry and were living in Singapore during the planning.

A lovely outdoor ceremony was planned, with a tented reception! This was one of those weddings where there was no rain in the forecast, but low and behold on my way to the event the sky was filled with the darkest clouds I had ever seen!  And of course upon arrival myself and my team had to wait underneath the tent until it stopped pouring for about 30 minutes before we could begin set up, and dry off the ceremony site!

Santosh and Karen’s event was simple yet elegant!  We loved working with Accomac Catering who provide wonderful scrumptious food.  Flowers by Paulette provided the gorgeous red flowers and classy white branch centerpieces.  Funky Fontana kept the crowd entertained and on their feet.  Not too mention Brooke Courtney was a dream to work with and they brought an awesome photo booth, The Smilebooth!  You can see images from that here. Some of our other favorites included, The Moonstone Manor, Cherrywood Strings Ensembles, Invitations by Chrissy and Expressions Limousine!

 

Take a look at these beautiful pictures, courtesy of Brooke Courtney Photography!

 

Congratulations to Santosh and Karen!  We wish you nothing but the best and thank you for letting Planned Perfection be a part of your day!

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Couture Cakery

House of Clarendon

La Petite Patisserie

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Matthew Tennison Photo

Splints and Daisies

 

KM Photography Photo

Wildflowers by Design

KM Photography Photo

]]> http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/11/09/meet-the-i-do-in-style-florists/feed/ 0 Meet our Photographers at I Do in Style Bridal Show http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/11/08/meet-our-photographers-at-i-do-in-style-bridal-show/ http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/11/08/meet-our-photographers-at-i-do-in-style-bridal-show/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:24:05 +0000 Jonnaysa Kirkham http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/?p=803 Make sure to come out next Sunday to I Do in Style, a bridal show that’s worth going to! Check out some beautiful images below from our past I Do in Style show, that these professionals captured!

JEREMY HESS PHOTOGRAPHERS

KM PHOTOGRAPHY

LESLIE GILBERT PHOTOGRAPHY

 

Hope to see you there!  For tickets visit, www.idoinstyleshow.com

 

]]> http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/11/08/meet-our-photographers-at-i-do-in-style-bridal-show/feed/ 0 A Bridal Show you do not want to miss… http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/10/13/a-bridal-show-you-do-not-want-to-miss/ http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/2011/10/13/a-bridal-show-you-do-not-want-to-miss/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:05:15 +0000 Jonnaysa Kirkham http://www.plannedperfectionpa.com/blog/?p=798 I Do in Style is just a little over a month away!  Make sure to check out this amazing event, filled with central pa’s most elite wedding professionals!

The show will take place on Sunday, November 20, 2011 from 12 – 4 at The Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum, downtown Lancaster.  For tickets and more information visit:  www.idoinstyleshow.com

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