If I've shot your wedding for you, then you already know my amazing second shooter, Diana Links. Not only is she a dear friend; she is family. So, when Ken and I got married this past weekend at the gorgeous and fabulous Skytop Lodge in Skytop, PA, Diana was there to share in our joy... AND we had the added benefit of her talents in memorializing our special moments throughout the weekend. On the day of our wedding, her second shooter Lenee Gordon joined us, which was thrilling for me because Lenee shares the same vision and style as Diana and I do, so between the two of them, what a perfect fit for me! I love, love, love their work and thank them both from the bottom of my heart.
While these images are surrounded by my logo, with the exception of a very small handful of images, they are all about Diana and Lenee capturing a slice of MY life. I am forever grateful and excited to share with you a sampling of their spectacular talent.
The Skytop Lodge is an exclusive resort property that takes your breath away, at first aesthetically, and then repeatedly by their benchmarking details and customer service. What a gorgeous place!
After struggling to come up with a "something blue" idea, I settled on a glittery blue pedicure from Shannon at the Apple Day Spa in Honesdale, PA. Shannon also adorned me with a shellac french manicure and Van worked her magic (as usual) on my hair. Thanks, girls!
Ken got ready for the wedding with his son and grandson and I got ready with my daughters and granddaughters, which was more special than I can say. Part of that special-ness was being glamorized by Christine, a gifted and extremely professional make-up artist from Make-up By Christine. Coordinating with Angel to set the session up and sitting in Christine's chair was completely delightful from beginning to end!
(Does anyone wonder for a moment where Celia get's her moxie? First, Melanie strutted her stuff at our impromptu rehearsal and then hammed it up after Christine finished her make-up.)
The multi-adept Diana also created the bouquets for Melanie, Paige and Celia out of silk flowers so the girls would have them as keepsakes... and they handled them as if they were handling gold. Their dresses were crafted by Wonderful Dress and their satin/organza flower headbands by MS Unlimited.
Wedding details are a favorite to shoot, from Ken's Lucchese boots and my gold BeBe Bailey III pumps...
... to my Givenchy bracelet and Nadri earrings and necklace (and very glittery gold shoes for Paige and Celia)...
... to the hand-painted enamel pendent that my grandmother gave me for my First Communion so many years ago and my custom satin wedding gown created in Singapore and tailored once it arrived in the U.S. by the ultimate tailor, Louis Citarelli...
... to our wedding bands and engagement ring, designed, casted and fabricated by a creative master artist, Tim Jones of E. Timothy Jones Jewelry Design Studio in Hawley, PA
... to our invitations and place cards from Wedding Paper Divas, with elegant lettering of the names of each guest penned by Paige Cotter of Skytop Flower Shop.
A few last minute details and we were off for some portraits in the courtyard.
Ken looked incredibly handsome in his John Varvatos suit and Nordstrom's orange silk tie... and yes... he walked down the aisle! (If I had to, he had to!) A special thanks to my beautiful daughter, Samantha, who brilliantly officiated.
I cannot say enough about Skytop Lodge and the magnificence of their staff from the gentleman at the valet to every last employee on site. I would choose this venue again and again for any event I wanted to host. I had a vision of exactly what I wanted in my head and every single vision was perfectly executed to the last detail.
Kate Lewis and her fabulous team of florists (Paige Cotter, Lori Carriere, Elizabeth Marchegiani, and Debbie Stanton) in the Skytop Flower Shop created the table of my dreams, from having the gold sequenced overlays specially made for me, to sourcing the most beautiful white tulips, ranunculus, phlox, and hydrangeas, which were carefully placed into square vases and highlighted with glass candlesticks of varying heights down the center of the 24 foot table. They also placed votives on the mantle for our ceremony and on top of the bookcases around the perimeter of the library. Wherever I looked, it was stunning thanks to this group of very talented women.
Also, I want to thank them for making changes to my bouquet at the last minute to nothing but long stemmed white tulips adorned with ribbon and my First Communion pendant. They were incredibly elegant and went beautifully with the small silk bouquets that Diana made for the girls. And let me shout out to Lucy of Lucy's Special Purses for the spectacular custom designed purse.
I had chef's aprons embroidered for my granddaughters to keep their ivory dresses ivory! The Apron Place did a magnificent job.
For our reception, I switched to a more comfortable dress; a custom silk dress, once again crafted in Singapore and fine tuned here by Louis Citarelli, coupled with a pair of fabulous Christian Louboutin pumps.
It was necessary to change into an 'eating' dress so I could overindulge on the lavish feast designed by Skytop's Executive Chef Stevan A. Sundburg and executed phenomenally by Sous Chef Bill Seitzinger and his amazing culinary team. Unfortunately, there are only a couple of shots of food... a martini intermezzo of lemon sorbet splashed with gray goose vodka and rack of lamb. From the deluxe seafood bar and butlered hors d'oeuvres, to the roasted quail, to the NY strip steak and Chilean sea bass, and to all the sumptuous fare in between... no pictures!!! I guess you could say this is a huge compliment. We were waaaaay too busy enjoying the fruits of their labor rather than shooting pictures!
Pastry Chef, Christa Kuhar and her team created their fantastic Chocolate Obsession dessert along with a Viennese table of pastries, confections, a chocolate fountain and a flambe station with cherries jubilee and crepes suzette executed by Flambe Chef, Anthony Gabriele.
Jon's birthday had been on Wednesday and Kenny was celebrating his birthday the day of our wedding, so candles were implanted in their desserts and we serenaded them with a rousing version of Happy Birthday!
A fun time was had by all, and I thank firstly, Matt the bartender for that. Your drinks were superb! Secondly, I thank banquet captain Feliciano Mueses, who kept everything running smoothly and on time.
MORE THAN ANYTHING... AND MORE THAN ANYONE...
...Our heartfelt thanks and undying appreciation to Eydie Fonti, Danielle Rohaly and Jennifer Babaz, Skytop Lodge's Very Special Event team that made our dream wedding a reality. I loved that Jen and Danielle communicated with walkie-talkies to coordinate the start of our ceremony... I felt like the President!
Alongside the births of my children and grandchildren, this day was the most special of my life and it was because of these three wonderful women and our families who celebrated with us. Thank you all so very much!
Skytop Lodge exceeded our expectations...
...again... ...and again ...and again.
A terrible picture of me, but I include it because Danielle is so damn cute!
CLICK HERE TO ENTER OUR WEDDING GALLERY
While these images are surrounded by my logo, with the exception of a very small handful of images, they are all about Diana and Lenee capturing a slice of MY life. I am forever grateful and excited to share with you a sampling of their spectacular talent.
The Skytop Lodge is an exclusive resort property that takes your breath away, at first aesthetically, and then repeatedly by their benchmarking details and customer service. What a gorgeous place!
After struggling to come up with a "something blue" idea, I settled on a glittery blue pedicure from Shannon at the Apple Day Spa in Honesdale, PA. Shannon also adorned me with a shellac french manicure and Van worked her magic (as usual) on my hair. Thanks, girls!
Ken got ready for the wedding with his son and grandson and I got ready with my daughters and granddaughters, which was more special than I can say. Part of that special-ness was being glamorized by Christine, a gifted and extremely professional make-up artist from Make-up By Christine. Coordinating with Angel to set the session up and sitting in Christine's chair was completely delightful from beginning to end!
(Does anyone wonder for a moment where Celia get's her moxie? First, Melanie strutted her stuff at our impromptu rehearsal and then hammed it up after Christine finished her make-up.)
The multi-adept Diana also created the bouquets for Melanie, Paige and Celia out of silk flowers so the girls would have them as keepsakes... and they handled them as if they were handling gold. Their dresses were crafted by Wonderful Dress and their satin/organza flower headbands by MS Unlimited.
Wedding details are a favorite to shoot, from Ken's Lucchese boots and my gold BeBe Bailey III pumps...
... to my Givenchy bracelet and Nadri earrings and necklace (and very glittery gold shoes for Paige and Celia)...
... to the hand-painted enamel pendent that my grandmother gave me for my First Communion so many years ago and my custom satin wedding gown created in Singapore and tailored once it arrived in the U.S. by the ultimate tailor, Louis Citarelli...
... to our wedding bands and engagement ring, designed, casted and fabricated by a creative master artist, Tim Jones of E. Timothy Jones Jewelry Design Studio in Hawley, PA
... to our invitations and place cards from Wedding Paper Divas, with elegant lettering of the names of each guest penned by Paige Cotter of Skytop Flower Shop.
A few last minute details and we were off for some portraits in the courtyard.
Ken looked incredibly handsome in his John Varvatos suit and Nordstrom's orange silk tie... and yes... he walked down the aisle! (If I had to, he had to!) A special thanks to my beautiful daughter, Samantha, who brilliantly officiated.
I cannot say enough about Skytop Lodge and the magnificence of their staff from the gentleman at the valet to every last employee on site. I would choose this venue again and again for any event I wanted to host. I had a vision of exactly what I wanted in my head and every single vision was perfectly executed to the last detail.
Kate Lewis and her fabulous team of florists (Paige Cotter, Lori Carriere, Elizabeth Marchegiani, and Debbie Stanton) in the Skytop Flower Shop created the table of my dreams, from having the gold sequenced overlays specially made for me, to sourcing the most beautiful white tulips, ranunculus, phlox, and hydrangeas, which were carefully placed into square vases and highlighted with glass candlesticks of varying heights down the center of the 24 foot table. They also placed votives on the mantle for our ceremony and on top of the bookcases around the perimeter of the library. Wherever I looked, it was stunning thanks to this group of very talented women.
Also, I want to thank them for making changes to my bouquet at the last minute to nothing but long stemmed white tulips adorned with ribbon and my First Communion pendant. They were incredibly elegant and went beautifully with the small silk bouquets that Diana made for the girls. And let me shout out to Lucy of Lucy's Special Purses for the spectacular custom designed purse.
I had chef's aprons embroidered for my granddaughters to keep their ivory dresses ivory! The Apron Place did a magnificent job.
For our reception, I switched to a more comfortable dress; a custom silk dress, once again crafted in Singapore and fine tuned here by Louis Citarelli, coupled with a pair of fabulous Christian Louboutin pumps.
It was necessary to change into an 'eating' dress so I could overindulge on the lavish feast designed by Skytop's Executive Chef Stevan A. Sundburg and executed phenomenally by Sous Chef Bill Seitzinger and his amazing culinary team. Unfortunately, there are only a couple of shots of food... a martini intermezzo of lemon sorbet splashed with gray goose vodka and rack of lamb. From the deluxe seafood bar and butlered hors d'oeuvres, to the roasted quail, to the NY strip steak and Chilean sea bass, and to all the sumptuous fare in between... no pictures!!! I guess you could say this is a huge compliment. We were waaaaay too busy enjoying the fruits of their labor rather than shooting pictures!
Pastry Chef, Christa Kuhar and her team created their fantastic Chocolate Obsession dessert along with a Viennese table of pastries, confections, a chocolate fountain and a flambe station with cherries jubilee and crepes suzette executed by Flambe Chef, Anthony Gabriele.
Jon's birthday had been on Wednesday and Kenny was celebrating his birthday the day of our wedding, so candles were implanted in their desserts and we serenaded them with a rousing version of Happy Birthday!
A fun time was had by all, and I thank firstly, Matt the bartender for that. Your drinks were superb! Secondly, I thank banquet captain Feliciano Mueses, who kept everything running smoothly and on time.
MORE THAN ANYTHING... AND MORE THAN ANYONE...
...Our heartfelt thanks and undying appreciation to Eydie Fonti, Danielle Rohaly and Jennifer Babaz, Skytop Lodge's Very Special Event team that made our dream wedding a reality. I loved that Jen and Danielle communicated with walkie-talkies to coordinate the start of our ceremony... I felt like the President!
Alongside the births of my children and grandchildren, this day was the most special of my life and it was because of these three wonderful women and our families who celebrated with us. Thank you all so very much!
Skytop Lodge exceeded our expectations...
...again... ...and again ...and again.
A terrible picture of me, but I include it because Danielle is so damn cute!
CLICK HERE TO ENTER OUR WEDDING GALLERY
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