Nicole and Jeff November 6th

Just in time for Nicole and Jeff's 1 month anniversary I finally found a few free minutes to blog about their lovely Ybor city wedding. Nicole and Jeff planned a beautiful event in historic Ybor city at the Columbia Restaurant. They held their ceremony at the Historic Columbia museum just adjacent to the actual restaurant. The couple chose a sweet and meaningful addition to their ceremony, a "ring warming". They had the best man pass the couples rings around on a small dish for each guest to offer a blessing, prayer, wish over them. They also included the engagement ring as part of the exchange of rings in the ceremony. The museum has a beautiful octagonal mahogany bar in the entry that was a perfect backdrop to their cocktail hour following the ceremony. The couple had a rich color scheme of reds and yellows to accompany the blustery cool fall day!

Nicole and Jeff had 2 stones put on this walkway with their name and date, one in front of the restaurant and one in front of the museum!

Nicole is a cake baker at home and designed the couples cake herself. It was delicious! The cake design had scrabble tiles on it , what a cute fun touch!

The Columbia is a wonderful venue for a wedding because truly the decorating is done for you! You really only need centerpieces and you are all set- look at that stunning chandelier in the center of the room! The staff there was absolutely wonderful to work with and I can't wait to do my next event at the Columbia.

I absolutely fell in love with Nicole's dress, it was stunning and she was beaming all day.

Patrick Burley of Captured Images by Augie was the photographer and has offered some professional shots, so I will update this blog when I receive those.
Congratulation Nicole and Jeff, I wish you many years of happiness together as you begin your new life as husband and wife!