Modern green tabletop
Amanda Auer from In The Now Weddings sent me this gorgeously modern tablescape she recently designed, and its totally perfect for Brooklyn Bride!
The venue is actually the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach. It’s brand new, just opened in May of ’09 and has a great retro beach funky theme to it. When I was concepting this shoot, I knew I wanted this table to be a “rat pack” vibe- very mid-century modern with a playful color scheme focusing mainly around whites. Clean, crisp, simple, but some killer details!
I was CRAZY about the drink flags, which said ‘CHEERS!’ in tonal green, as a perfect addition. Also, the stemmed wine glass has a very retro astro-burst pattern [reminded me of the Jetsons for sure, and it also matched the salad plate's pattern as well]. I had to pop the color by filling the vase with kelly green water, wrapping a simple ribbon around each place setting and bringing in the french macarons as favors. I picture this for a couple looking to freshen up a throwback wedding look with a little new modern twist.
The colors ended up at kelly green, aqua, white, with touches of platinum [to give that 50's kick to it]. Think Palm Springs meets TODAY with that funky centerpiece of Dusty Miller. My team and I actually rocked the florals ourselves [and I'm totally in love with the all-filler Dusty Miller centerpiece- totally wacky like a little tree on crack!] while we depended on Wayne Toshikazu, my photographer, to capture it.
[images from Wayne Toshikazu]
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November 9th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Wow–I’ve never seen a nice, bright green come off so clean and modern. I love this, especially the glass vase.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
What I wouldn’t give to wear Angelina Jolie’s green earrings from the Academy Awards (http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/81st+Annual+Academy+Awards+Arrivals+Wgz2UqxdZlsl.jpg) to a dinner at this table!!
November 9th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Oh, I just LOVE those centerpieces!!
November 9th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Amanda was my day-of coordinator, and as you can clearly see, she is FABULOUS! I adore the tablescape (but after all Kelly green was one of my wedding colors as well!:)
November 9th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Love the color contrast and those green vases are to die for!
November 11th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
YAY and Thanks!! [And HI Nicola my dear!!]. I loved putting this table together and I’m so glad you all love it, too!
xoxo,
A.
November 12th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Amanda is INSANELY talented! and she is one of the coolest people I know! Thank you for featuring my friend
November 12th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
PHENOMENAL! i love the modern feel and the colors are gorgeous!
Amanda at InTheNow is a dream come to life
November 13th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
My boss rocks everyone’s socks! In more ways than one, but this is up there :>