Our floral team are not idiots but sometimes we can get pretty crazy half way through a design week! We are honored to get to do about 75 percent of the floral designs at The Cotton Barn. We love creating and designing to make every wedding unique. We always want the wedding concept to reflect the couple. We love it when the guest walk in the room and say it looks just like the couple.
With Sue on our design team anything is possible. Sue joined our team 3 yrs ago and has helped take our florals to another level. There is nothing we won't try, no cookie cuter florals out of us. Sue alway takes my concept and makes it even better. Sometimes she thinks I have a crazy idea but she helps makes it happen. We can do anything from silver candelabras to vintage chicken feeders.
Karlene is our organizer and keeping Sue and I organized is a job. Karlene is learning a lot and is becoming quite the little designer herself.
Sam, when we can get her, is our entertainment and helps keep our mess under control. We have the best Floral team! We love what we do - bringing joy to our brides and their guest.
Ask your mom how manny times she has pulled out and looked at her wedding guest book and you will see that they usually stay tucked away in a drawer some where.I think traditional guest books are a thing of the past. There are so many creative things you can do today, more memorable and more useful.
These are just a few we have seen here at the cotton barn.
Fingerprint Tree
Wine bottles signed with glass markers
Photo book
Photo booth - These can be a lot of fun
A book or notes with Wishes for the bride and groom
Kids books can be a lot of fun and a great keepsake
A Map of the US or the world, depending on the guest list.
Rocks signed by your guest are special - especially if the couple collect them.
Just to name a few, make it yours be creative.
Wedding videos have been few and far between here at the farm for the last few years. It looks like that may change this year since 2 brides have already had videographers film there day.
Videos have come a long way. We just love the theatrical short highlights of the rehearsals, weddings and receptions. They are so upbeat and really give you a feel of the day without having to sit through hours of video (or forcing others to).
We are so fortunate to have several great video companies in the middle Georgia area. Here are a couple of short clips from our last 2 weddings.
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Nikki's Rehearsal from Foley Productions, Inc. on Vimeo.
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