Laura Main grew up on a farm, while her groom Peter Rhee lived in the city. In honor of their opposites-attract backgrounds, the ceremony was held in an old stone barn and the reception in the contemporary Rochester Art Center, where round tables alternated with longer ovals.
The couple wanted to fuse the groom’s Korean heritage with classic American culture, and settled on a palette of bright green with black and white. Everyday Bouquets florist Lynelle Webb-O’Neil grows most of her flowers and specializes in native foliage, so she used oat grass and stones to border a centerpiece of bamboo, snapdragons, and gunnii eucalyptus in her large arrangements, while populating the smaller ones with green lisianthus, Kermit poms, bupleurum and white wax flower. Bud vases on the long tables sported alternating flowers including Mt. Fuji viburnum, hydrangea and roses.
Laura wanted textured tablecloths, so wedding planner Nancy Flottmeyer found white ones with black flocking from Linen Effects for the round tables. Platinum satin from Tabletoppers covered the long tables, and “we used varying heights of floating candles on those tables to add warmth,” Flottmeyer says.
Menus and place cards were part of a paper suite illustrated with the bride’s and groom’s initials, while the menu included alternating dishes of Asian and American cuisine. The squared cake from Daube’s Bakery was embellished with leaves over a white fondant icing to evoke the outdoors, and guests received mints made by the bride’s mother as party favors after the reception.
At the rehearsal dinner, Peter indulged his weakness for Funfetti cupcakes, courtesy of a friend. Afterwards, Flottmeyer created an outdoor theater by hanging a sheet from a tree outside the barn, and guests sat on blankets to watch a movie about the bride and groom, complete with cute bags of popcorn.
Get the Look:
Ceremony: Mayowood Stone Barn
Reception: Rochester Art Center
Wedding planner and stationer: Weddings by Nancy
Linen: Linen Effects and Tabletoppers
Flowers: Everyday Bouquets
Catering: Catering by Design
Cake: Daube’s Bakery
Photography: olivejuicestudios.com
