Sabrina + Charles
"Jack Takes Queen" was the theme behind Sabrina and Charles' wedding day. When Sabrina had originally contacted us we had another wedding booked. That event ended up rescheduling to another date so when a close friend inquired again, we were able to say yes!
They put off hiring major vendors for their late April wedding and reception due to hesitancy with the Covid virus. Consequently there were many aspects such as flowers, cake, and decor that still had to be decided.
Sabrina, the Queen, and Charles, the Jack, were in love not only with each other, but with their Ybor City location: The Italian Club. Their ceremony was to be on the second floor with the social hour in the ground floor cafe. Then the main reception would be on the third floor.
We were thankful that Sabrina and Charles were open to many ideas surrounding their deep purple, silver, black, and ivory themed celebration.
Fresh flowers, as it turned out, were one of the most important aspects of the wedding.
I enlisted the services of long time colleague. Carmen Gonzalez of Carmen's Flowers in Tampa. She worked with Sabrina and I to dramatize the use of fresh flowers and candlelight in a variety of ways for guest tables. Our in-house centerpieces alternated between black tall wrought iron stands with fresh greenery to short gold urns filled with blooms and greenery.
Fresh florals from the ceremony were transferred to either side of the sweetheart table during the reception.
Sabrina and Charles were all about traditions.
The bride had a deep relationship with her college sorority whose members played a huge role in honoring her during a special presentation during the reception.
Here are more images of this special celebration:
Guests were directed to the second floor of the Italian Club where the ceremony was to be held. We decorated a sign in table that held a card box and sign in book before guests entered the ceremony area.
The bride and all of her girls accessed the venue earlier in the day to take advantage of a separate wing of the club for getting ready, hair and make-up.
Charles and his gents had the cafe area all to themselves for preparations.
The ceremony was held facing the windows in the second floor theater area. Surrounded by family and friends, Sabrina and Charles exchanged quirps as wells vows in light-hearted spirit.
The reception on the third floor featured guest tables covered in black floor length linen with accents of eggplant purple in napkins and chair ties. Dabs of silver were in centerpieces and charger plates.
Sweet Divas furnished the wedding and groom's cakes.
The couple offered a plated dinner to their guests that included choices of entrees ranging from Prime Rib au jus, Chicken Marsala, Salmon with a Champagne Sauce, and a Vegetarian option.
Congratulations to Sabrina and Charles!
