Scott and Celia picked a wonderful March weekend to get married at Keswick Hall! The weather was perfect, the food delicious and the excitement palpable as their family and friends, from far and near, gathered for this very special occasion.
Ethan Yang captured every moment of their wedding with these amazing pictures!
We look forward to seeing the new Mr. & Mrs. Linklow back at Keswick Hall soon!
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The weather was perfect and the cherry trees were in bloom for Monica and Andy’s wedding in early April. Our friends at Aaron Watson Photography sent us these beautiful pictures, you can view more on their blog at Aaron’s Blog.
Congratulations Monica and Andy! See you again soon!
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The vast majority of the weddings at Keswick Hall are considered “destination” weddings. With that comes additional transportation requirements to help make the weekend go smoothly. Albemarle Limousine is the perfect solution to making sure everyone arrives on time and gets back to their final destinations safely. Whether your plans require transportation to the UVa Chapel or Grace Episcopal Church for a ceremony or back to other hotels after the reception, we have found that Albemarle Limousine, and their fantastic staff, will drive the transportation stress away!
1) How did Albemarle Limousine get started?
While planning my daughter’s wedding in early 2007, I was surprised to find that the closest classic wedding car rental was in Washington D.C. This prompted an intensive search for beautiful cars that would enhance weddings and other special celebrations in the Charlottesville area. The museum quality vintage cars were collected from around the country and carefully restored.
As we began offering full service wedding transportation we changed our name to Albemarle Limousine to reflect our broader range of services.
2) What can a bride and groom expect when working with Albemarle Limousine?
Albemarle Limousine is your wedding and bridal transportation solution! We offer everything from Mercedes sedans and vintage limousines to full size coaches and everything in between. Our Wedding Transportation Packages are designed to meet your needs whether you desire a get-away car or transportation for 200 wedding guests. Our Transportation Supervisor is an integral component in allowing us to solve the complex needs of your wedding transportation.
Our Transportation Supervisors provide on-site coordination to ensure a flawless wedding experience. Working with detailed itineraries and passenger manifests, they structure shuttle releases for maximum timeline adherence all the while remaining flexible to respond to your guests’ needs.
3) Albemarle Limousine has some fantastic vintage cars in your fleet. Which would you say is your favorite and why?
Our vintage fleet is comprised of:
1940 Pearl White Senior Packard Limousine
1946 Silver Jaguar Mark IV
1948 Midnight Blue Fleetwood Cadillac Limousine
1949 Jet Black Fleetwood Cadillac Limousine
And I love them all, but …
Elegance in motion! Our pearl-white 1940 Packard Limousine is a very rare, museum-quality car that still looks like it came right out of central casting. Purchased in southern California, this car was one of a group of top-of-the-line limousines that transported top movie stars in style. The glamour and elegance that attended this car during the heyday of Hollywood royalty is now enjoyed by select wedding parties in central Virginia. Brides and grooms have told us that they enjoy the grace and beauty of a royal ride in a vehicle best described as a “rolling work of art.” Perhaps because of the spectacular visual presentation, wedding photographers have told us that this car has provided them with some of their favorite wedding shots. Interior photos provide the depth of field that one can only find in a vehicle with extraordinary depth. Our brides confirm that whether taken in traditional black and white or living color, their most special memories include framed photos with the Packard.
4) Which is your favorite car for the “get-away”?
Albemarle Limousine’s signature service is our vintage limousine get-away. While the 1940 Packard is a beautiful vehicle for its graceful lines and photogenic qualities, our Fleetwood Cadillac Limousines and our Jaguar are classically elegant and make a stunning impression as well. Whether it be a sparkler send off or sitting under fireworks, there is something magical about glimmering lights reflected on a classic vehicle. Our Mercedes sedan get-away is also very popular and offers a nice alternative to our vintage limousine get-away.
5) What is the largest vehicle in your fleet?
The largest vehicle we use for weddings is a 55 passenger coach. We often utilize several 47 or 55 Passenger coaches for wedding guest transportation. The largest rehearsal dinner and wedding for which we provided service included three 55 Passengers, three 47 Passengers, one 24 Passenger, two limousines, two SUVs, three sedans, and one vintage limousine; our 1940 Senior Packard Limousine for early evening photos and bride and groom get-away.
6) What is the #1 reason you think hiring transportation benefits a bride and groom?
Weddings are our specialty and our passion! We understand the potential stress involved with planning a wedding and make choosing your wedding transportation package a breeze by using our experience to help guide you to the best option for your needs.
Our On-Site Transportation Coordinator & Supervision ensures that your wedding transportation runs smoothly and seamlessly. While coaches are not the most romantic part of the wedding, they offer a significant benefit allowing your guests to fully enjoy the day without worries of getting lost or driving after the celebration. We take our wedding transportation service seriously and pride ourselves on being detail oriented with preemptive problem solving capabilities.
Our vintage limousine chauffeurs are professionally trained, well groomed, impeccably dressed, charming and personable.
It is our team that sets us apart and allows us to provide the premier wedding transportation service in central Virginia.
Albemarle Limousine also offers rehearsal dinner transportation as well as pre-wedding day wine excursions for your guests, through their Blue Ridge Wine Excursions. (Ranked the number one area activity on Trip Advisor.) These services can be bundled into your full service wedding transportation package.
7) Do you have any “behind-the-scenes” adventures?
Recently we had a fourteen vehicle wedding where our Transportation Supervisor arrived on site early and found that a vehicle was illegally parked, blocking the coach route to the church. He was there in time to ensure the car was towed and that service was not delayed. All 235 wedding guests, (and the bride and groom) were totally unaware and the celebration went on without a glitch!
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We were so honored when these world travelers chose Keswick Hall as the destination for their wedding! Our lovely bride and groom were planning their wedding at the same time they were completing missions in Africa, South America and Asia! Luckily for them, their parents were able to assist in the planning and Stephanie and Bryan were able to finish their mission work, as well as fit in a wedding!
John Robinson, from Robinson Imagery, did an amazing job with the photography and we are delighted to share these fantastic pictures!
Stephanie’s father seeing her for the first time as a bride.
A groomsmen and a bridesmaid taking a moments break!
Congratulations on your wedding and we look forward to hearing about your missions and adventures as husband and wife!
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What do we love more than a Signature Cocktail and Southern Living Weddings magazine? Having our Signature Cocktails featured in Southern Living Weddings magazine!
The bartenders at Keswick Hall are fantastic, as are all three of the cocktails featured in the latest issue. For a full scale version PDF, click here Southern Living.
What’s your favorite cocktail?
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What a lovely surprise! A Keswick Hall wedding on www.stylemepretty.com. Enjoy!
http://www.stylemepretty.com/2013/03/20/charlottesville-wedding-from-jodi-miller-photography/
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Would you take a $(enter your wedding budget here) car out for a 6-hour drive without insurance? If your answer is no, then you might want to consider buying a wedding insurance policy.
Here is a great online article that helps put this topic in perspective:
Below are insurance companies that specialize in weddings. As with anything having to do with your wedding, we recommend that you do your research to see if this seems like an option for you.
http://www.markeleventinsurance.com/wedding/
https://www.wedsafe.com/Pages/home.aspx
http://www.protectmywedding.com/
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Christina and Diton chose the perfect February day for their friends and family to witness them becoming husband and wife! We loved all of the Armenian traditions Diton and his family shared with everyone at Keswick Hall. Weddings at Keswick Hall are always special, and winter weddings only add to the ambiance. Our wood burning fireplaces and comfortable furniture make for a cozy and relaxing weekend. We are so happy to have been part of this beautiful weekend wedding experience! Thank you to photographer Tom Daly for these fantastic pictures!
Congratulations! We’ll see you both soon!
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Are you looking for a way to bring in a little more personality to your wedding? Check out Stonegate Event Rentals. They have some great items to take your reception to the next level! Check out the pictures below, as well as a little Q&A to find out more about what they can offer.
Photography, Rothwell Photography
Styling, Dickie Morris, just a little ditty…
1) What should a bride and groom expect when working with Stonegate Event Rentals?
A: We believe that a bride and groom should expect to receive prompt, personal consultation that will allow us a complete understanding of their vision, their logistical needs, and their budget. With particular attention to details, together we can form a comprehensive plan how to best use our stock inventory or custom fabrication to enhance their particular venue, and create the ideal backdrop for their perfect day.
2) What trends do you see for the 2013 wedding seasons?
We think people are going to play more with mixing up textures and patterns. We’re seeing lots of brides having fun with mixing farm tables in with traditional round tables covered in linen as well as using fabric runners on the farm table to create a relationship between the two table styles.
4) Out of all of the pieces you have in your inventory, which one is your favorite(s)?
My personal favorite is our Low Country Boat Bar. Our boat bar is made from a gracefully aging cypress flat-bottomed boat. Meticulously restored to save original wood and patina, we have added a copper sheathed center well, used to ice drinks or display seafood, and thick safety glass over the cockpits to provide display and working areas for bartenders or caterers. The boat has always been a fixture in my life growing up, and it brings me great pleasure to see its new purpose and the excitement it brings to an event.
Photography, Rothwell Photography
Styling, Dickie Morris, just a little ditty…
5) What has been the most challenging request Stonegate Events Rentals has received?
Two instances come immediately to mind:
This past April we were finishing an installation in the early afternoon and we received a call from a planner whose bride was a very accomplished violinist. Part of her bride’s vision was to have her favorite string quartet playing at cocktail hour overlooking the Lawn at the University where she and her husband had both graduated. The weather forecast was anticipating low 50’s during her event and with an hour to go, the quartet players pointed out that their contract stipulated they would not play below 55 degrees without heaters… so they were in a crunch to provide heat or the reception would be without accompaniment. The last heater fired up one minute before the bride arrived. I don’t think we’ve had such a stressful delivery to that point or since.
Moving into the Fall of 2012 we were less than a two weeks away from a farm-style wedding in which the couple were to be married in a field a short walk from the barn reception location. The back drop was beautiful, two great oaks framed the alter with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the background, but an issue arose as wedding party had a solid 150 yard walk from where the mini coaches were dropping them and the guests. The bride wanted her husband’s first look to be truly special, and not a 150-yard walk across a field. Using repurposed doors, our Stonegate crew constructed a freestanding entryway with doors and side screens to install at the head of the isle. With doors open the guests were escorted through and seated, the wedding party processed, and then the doors were closed until the bride and her father were ready. Doors opened and her entrance was exactly as she had envisioned it. The final moment was perfect, but I can tell you now that we were putting the final coats of paint for the patina on the night before (and in some cases using a heat gun to speed up the drying so we could load it out). From design to finished product, I’m very proud we pulled that off in two weeks considering we were in the height of the fall wedding season.
Photography by Patricia Lyons
We think all of these would be perfect at Keswick Hall!
Photography, Rothwell Photography
Styling, Dickie Morris, just a little ditty
Photography, Rothwell Photography
Styling, Dickie Morris, just a little ditty…
Photography, Elisa B Photography
Photography, Patricia Lyons
Event Planning, Dickie Morris, just a little ditty…
Photography, Jen Fariello Photography
Thanks again Stonegate Event Rentals!
Happy planning!
Let’s start with this picture from Aivy Makeup.
Mineral makeup is a top choice when you need to cover up scars, blemishes, etc. You can find more information about the below picture, and mineral makeup, at Christina Cosmetics.
The links below will give all of you a better understanding of what each type is and how they differ from each other.
This link is very straightforward with no opinions, just descriptions:
http://fairytalehairandmakeup.com/styles/regular-makeup-vs-airbrush-makeup-vs-mineral-makeup/
This link is from our friends at Borrowed and Blue. They favor traditional applications and give their reasons why:
This link favors airbrush:
http://amelia-c.com/airbrush-makeup-vs-traditional-makeup-artists-perspective/
We hope this helps give you a great foundation to start planning for your makeup!
Happy planning!