Bella Collina Weddings | Summer and Andre | Orlando Wedding Photographers

How did you both meet?
We met when Andre’ saw a picture of me with a Mohawk on a mutual friend’s Facebook page. He contacted me and we found out we had so much in common, including living within blocks of each other in Chicago and moving to Florida within a month of each other, even though we wouldn’t meet until 5 years later.

How did your husband propose?
He proposed on my birthday with rose petals leading out to the computer out on the patio. He had made a whole video for me. Mariah, his daughter, was secretly recording the whole thing too. At the end of the video, he came around the corner and proposed :).

What was your wedding inspiration? (think decor, overall theme and feel of the day, etc)
French Provence.

What was your favorite design element of your wedding?
Table settings.

Describe some of your favorite wedding details and how you came up with them.
Butterflies have a special meaning in our family and it helped to bring in our loved ones who were no longer with us. The jewelry I had on was my great grandmothers and was also my mothers sister’s jewelry.

Also showing the guests a quick wedding day recap in video at the end of the night was awesome. The cake and 3D grooms cake were amazing too. She is such an artist. I loved the wedding cookies with all the different movies on them too. Everything was really just so beautiful, the flowers, the arch, the girls dresses etc.

What was the most memorable moment of your wedding day?
Andre’: turning around and seeing Summer in her dress

Summer: the first look and seeing my dad for the first time too. He helped pick out my dress along with my grandma.

Please describe your cake (if any):
Multilayer cake with many beautiful sugar flowers including orchids roses etc cascading down the front of the cake. The grooms cake was a 3D film camera to capture our love of filmmaking.

Can you please list your vendors:
Keymoment films – videographer
KV Photography – photos
Chair Affairs (Sharon Baragona)- table settings and chairs
RKD designs- flowers
Cakery creations- cake
Bella Collina food and location
Julie Mickler- officiant
Lambs eat ivy (Lisa Pirillo and Jasmine Lopez)- hair
Brett Glaeser- makeup
Elisa Delgardio a flair for affairs wedding planner
Shelley’s Custom Cookies(Shelley carlson ) – favors
Orlando philharmonic
Street Talk- Wedding band
Solutions Bridal for the dress

Any advice for those planning their wedding now?
Know that there are so many little details but you will get through them all! Make a list and keep on checking it off. Ask for help if you need it! And know that the wedding day goes by in such a whirlwind. Take a breath and enjoy every part of it!.

What was your biggest surprise on your wedding day?
Not getting to talk to everyone as much as you thought you’d get to!
Good surprise: Andre’: seeing Summer when I turned around, her dress and makeup and hair
Summer: how emotional I got when I saw my dad. How much I loved everything the officiant said and it felt like it was just andre and I up there.

What one moment will last with you both forever?
Summer: holding Andre’s hands during the ceremony and our first dance and my dad’s speech

Andre’: when we went in the golf cart and took photos before the wedding and when we went in that field afterwards too.

Which moment are you the most excited to see in photos?
All of them! Especially the flower girls:) but really all of them.

Andre: the parents photos

What song played for your first dance?
Seasons of Love: rent musical

What are you most looking forward to as a married couple?
Continuing to create wonderful memories together. Going on more adventures together.  Planning our future together.

What did you like the most about working with KV Photography?
Everything! You guys are so easy to work with and amazing at all you do! It was just such a breeze and so fun to work with you all! Plus, your shots are just incredible and works of art!!.

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