Shannan &
Damion
FUSING VINTAGE, NEW ENGLAND AND NEW ORLEANS
IN SIMPLISTIC ELEGANCE
Online
match-making sites - though sometimes tainted by negative perspectives by some
- have become the norm this day in age. How
better to find your soul mate than through searching through thousands of options
out there in the sea of love whom you would’ve otherwise likely never have met? As a professional Wedding Planner of 15+
years and getting to know our couples in order to design custom weddings around
who they are, I’ve found an increase in couples having met via online dating
sites and apps. And that’s
fantastic!
In
the debut of "ANGELIC AFFAIRS: Couples' Blogging”, I’d like to proudly introduce you to Shannan and Damion. Their stunning and romantic engagement photo
shoot at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown, RI in -15 degree weather with
wind chill was the inspiration for the start of this blog series. Typically camera-shy Shannan shined in the
arms of her beloved as he warmed her lovingly in this shoot. (Photos below)
Nearly
three years ago, Shannan and Damion met on Match.com. A spark triggered an exchange of texts
leading to a coincidental potential meeting in the same part of town on the same day --
her birthday, of all days! Bravely,
Shannan offered to meet while Damion, “Thankfully had the sense to realize that
was going to be a bad idea for a first meeting.”, says Shannan.
Eventually,
they met at Shannan’s vintage boutique, Junction, in Washington, DC and
proceeded onward by foot to a local bar. When placing
their order, they unknowingly discovered they both share in the same favorite
drink. Three to four hours of
discovering their mutual love of vintage items among other commonalities, they called it a night and the
rest was history! They now make estate
sales and vintage merchandise hunting a weekly standing, and are fulfilling their obsession of estate sales by owning their own estate sales business.
On
a vacation together in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve, Damion’s love for Shannan
whisked them both away into love land when he proposed to her. “There wasn’t some big planned hoopla (which
I had always envisioned is what I would want.)”, states Shannan. “But I wouldn’t have asked for it to have
happened any other way. It was very
heartfelt and sincere. I was completely
surprised.” Now doesn’t that just melt
your heart? I know mine’s oozing with
gushy-ness! From that point onward,
wedding planning preoccupied their busy lives, as it does among all engaged
couples.
Shannan,
a New England ocean-side native, and Damion, a New Orleans gentleman, met and
live in beautiful Washington, DC. When deciding
upon a destination for their wedding, they both felt Newport, RI would be most
ideal for their guests to travel to, and engage in a weekend celebration with their loved ones. Knowing it would be a challenge planning a
destination wedding, they hired ANGELIC AFFAIRS to research venues and vendors,
and to custom-design their wedding.
Upon
researching multiple venues in the Newport area, their venue of choice became
Belle Mer on Goat Island just steps away from Downtown Newport. This oceanfront, blank slate
venue enabled them to begin visualizing what their wedding day could look like
- simple, clean, and elegant with a JFK, Jackie-O vintage feel. With a color scheme of navy blue, slate gray,
white, and soft yellow in conjunction with anchor embellishments representing Shannan’s New
England ocean-side and the fleur-de-lis representing Damion from New Orleans,
this is certainly set to be an elegant and fun wedding! Daffodils are also a
must have for Shannan to commemorate her deceased grandmother as it was her
favorite flower. Hence the spring timing of their wedding -- during daffodil season when they're in full-bloom publicly throughout Newport.
Please
join me in congratulating Shannan & Damion in this special time in their
lives as they join together as one this May, 2016.
Stay tuned for photos of their certain-to-be Simply Elegant Vintage
New England & New Orleans Wedding in Newport, RI. Stationery, planning, and floral design are all handled by ANGELIC AFFAIRS -- your go-to in custom event planning and design.
ANGELIC AFFAIRS
EVENT PLANNER | FLORAL & STATIONERY DESIGNER
