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WOW. Love Shack Photo was SO proud to be sponsors of Philadelphia’s wedding + event industry bash of the year! FRESH is presented annually by the International Special Events Society (ISES) of Greater Philadelphia as an industry showcase, networking event and fundraiser. Participating event professionals uphold a high level of excellence, and this year that end was no doubt fulfilled. Ohhhh…all the lush + colorful arrangements, jamming bands and entertainment, and tasty comestibles could not have had a more suitable setting…the luxurious and striking Elkins Estate in Elkins Park, PA! We LOVE a good party, and this party was not good, it was outta-hand sensational! So many awesome participants, far too many than we can list, but here are just a few highlights…

The grand entrance was amazingly lit by Eventions and decor by Eventricity
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How awesome are inverted hanging wedding cakes?
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Sandy O’s girls from her Creative Juice Group
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Loved the spread by the Jeffrey Miller Catering team and Robertson’s Flowers
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Here’s Sandy O in person and extreme social networker ;-) , Gene Blum from awesome Provence Catering
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This is so funny…the talented event planner, Mark Kingsdorf of Queen of Hearts was doing his thang as chair of the event!
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The music room was magic thanks to Moda Botanica (Best of Show 2010 at the Philadelphia Flower show!) and Max & Me Catering
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Master of wedding and event filmmaking, Dave Williams of cinemacake, and the girl-we-all-love, Amy Ragsdale of Amy Ragsdale Design and the Elkins Estate!
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Mmmm, more of our favorite peeps! Angelina Costa and Brian Lizzi from CTO Bands with Lindsay Martin from the Elkins Estate in the middle!
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Feastivities Catering rocks again!
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Kelly-Ayn from Culinary Concepts and Events at ISM and Ed Knight of EventQuip
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More from Robertson’s and Jeffrey Miller Catering
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So much chutzpah in one group! Melissa Brannon from Uncommon Events, Susan from Waxworks, Kate Frey from DuPortail House, and Liz from Uncommon Taste
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Patrick and Kate Frey again!
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Yes, that’s Tim Sudall from Video One Productions and Carmen from CTO, looking fabulous!
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Planner Dawn Dwyer from Feastivities gives us her best lion
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We can say it because we believe it…two wickedly talented and passionate women, Leila Miller and Kendall Brown from Eclatante Event Design!
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Chris Weidnenhammer from Offshoots and Anessa Pappas from the Elkins Estate…LOVE!
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Fun Healy Edmonds from the Chestnut Club and Judith Campbell from Moda Botanica
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We always have a great time with Mike Rossi (here with his wife) of East Coast Event Group and Kurt Titchenell from BVT
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Displays by Gala Cloths
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Planner Angela Havi Maliki (we could sing her name all day!)of Angela Maliki Events and her crew, and Phyllis Jablonowski of Eventricity Event Floral and Event Design
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Nancy Bauman of NKB Events former president of ISES and this year’s producer! Amazing job Nancy!
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Marci Mathus from Maui Wowi and Michael Tannen, Executive Director of ISES
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MAW (More Awesome Women) Lori Frankel of the Radisson Warwick, and Becky Dissinger of Synergetic Sounds
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Chic, figure-flattering, accessible, and quite simply…gorgeous. Well, I’m speaking of Nicole Miller wedding dresses of course! We were honored to be asked to be part of a recent bridal event at their lovely store in Manayunk, and even happier that they have invited us to participate in their White Friday event (which is, an amazing bridal sample sale!) the day after Thanksgiving. We met many exquisite brides-to-be and it was fun to observe the process a little of choosing the perfect dress. I swear, every dress that each girl tried on was so amazing,  I felt that each dress chosen for the clients was, authentic - the dresses really are magical.

We teamed up with some of our favorite business partners – amazing artist, Amy from Petals Lane (she’s a floral designer and buyer) and Elaine Igoe from EBE Talent, who represents some of our favorite rockin’ bands, including Paris and Dreamtime. Elaine also is a fabulous planner and has great insights about the business. See you girls all again next week!

Oh, I forgot to  mention that they sent Patrick the most amazing and dashing gift. OMG, how much do we love this tie??? Nicole Miller ties I’ve always loved as they have such great patterns and are of the best quality. Mary K. Dougherty, the owner of the Manayunk boutique, went out of her way to send this to us AND it arrived at our door on Patrick’s birthday, of all days. What a cool surprise. This  shall be worn with joy-it’s  happy tie, isn’t it?

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I like this silly, way-to-artsy photo of Mary Dougherty and some signage

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Even babies loved Nicole Miller Bridal!

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Jackie and I recently had the honor of being at the most wonderful 21-year-old’s b-day party to document the very important event! Samantha is an amazing young woman…not only is she beautiful and spirited, but clearly shown tons of love by her family and friends. The colorful bash was at the rockin’ G Lounge in Philadelphia and the decor and flowers by our talented & fabulous friends, Hope & Dona from HD Design! Happy Birthday Sam!

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First shots ever. Right?!?

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And the adults can have fun too!

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