When the Saturday one week before Jill and Todd’s wedding registered over 100 degrees, I was a bit worried about the next weekend’s outdoor wedding. Luckily, Jill and/or Todd have it in good with some higher power and they got an 83 degree day with low humidity at the end of July. Near D.C.!
The day started off at the Loews Annapolis Hotel where they got ready and then everyone headed over the Chesapeake Bay to the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club for the ceremony and reception. It’s hard to go wrong at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club. It’s so beautiful, so easy to get to and so relaxing for weddings.
The bridesmaids were a lot of fun and wore awesome green dresses and yellow wedge shoes that were so summery. Todd spared his guys having to bake in black suits in the sun and everyone wore light colored suits from J.Crew which looked great on the beach. I absolutely loved Jill’s dress – very simple and gorgeous and it even had pockets! Of course, the ring bearer kind of stole the show. He was so cute and had such a good time.
A tip to brides: If you want to use green and yellow as your wedding colors, look at how Jill used it. Bold greens and yellows are absolutely beautiful! “Generally” stay away from pale yellows and greens as they tend to wash out your skin.
The ceremony was beautiful on the Bay and the Reception was held in the Beach House. Sunsets are always beautiful out there. We just finished up sunset portraits on the beach and they were able to make it inside and have their first dance as the sun made its final hoorah.
The dance floor started off a little slow but once everyone got warmed up, it never emptied. They even pushed it into extra innings at the end of the night with an encore set and then the guys sang “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” a la Top Gun to Jill at the end of the night before they left to a sparkler sendoff.
Wedding 411:
Ceremony + Reception: Chesapeake Bay Beach Club | Erin Janes | 410.604.1933
Florist: Great Expectations Flowers | Inka Browne | 410.263.6708
Band: The Jangling Reinharts | 804.240.7951
Officiant: Michael Feehley | 410.822.4533
Photography: Connor Studios | Michael Connor | 202.527.9768
