Brooks Wedding Reception

The Brooks' chose to have their special day in our Wordsworth Ballroom. This ballroom is our second largest ballroom. Following the parents and bridal party introduction, the newlyweds chose to have their first dance. Many couples choose to have their first dance right after their introduction as newlyweds. Others choose to have their first dance during dinner (towards the end) and invite others to the dance floor at the completion of their dance. It is custom for the newlyweds to have the first dance of the evening, so if you are looking for the party to start earlier, have your first dance as soon as you enter your ballroom!

The Brooks' chose an elegant, yet simple centerpiece to adorn their tables. Using the fishbowls, mirrors, and votives provided by Waterford at Fair Oaks, each bowl was filled with water, clear/white marbles, and 4 pink or ivory roses. The roses were purchased and delivered by the couple to save on floral costs. This is a great alternative for couples looking to spend their money elsewhere!

A Summer Affair

Daisies and red accents filled the Serafin Ballroom for a ceremony and then the Carrington Ballroom for the reception over the weekend. A collection of daisy stems were on each row of chairs as well as vases filled with daisies on the alter.
The bride chose continue the yellow theme with red accents and decorated her tables with yellow pokka-dot overlays and daisies in red vases.

The sweetheart table featured a similar centerpiece as the rest of the tables in the room as well as a square overlay on the half round table. The cocktail reception and dinner reception were held in the same room.

Alternating Centerpieces

Centerpieces typically are the same from table to table, however, varying/alternating centerpieces from table to table add uniqueness to each table.

On July 5 in our Alexander Ballroom, there were three different centerpieces on the tables. This pink and black wedding reception also chose to bring in bright pink table runners for each of the tables including the gift table and place card table. Each centerpiece was unique, but similar flowers were used for each centerpiece to tie them all together.

Alternating centerpieces is another way to save costs on flowers. If you would like to have floral centerpieces but they seem costly, use those centerpieces for half of your tables and use our fishbowls with floating candles for the other half! Don't forget to order a centerpiece for your head table or sweethear table!

A Perfectly Pink (and blue) Wedding Reception

June 28, 2008 featured a hot pink and Tiffany blue wedding reception. This couple shared their special day in our Alexander Ballroom with 164 guests at 18 tables. Joanna and Joseph chose to name their tables with places that were significant to them. This evening began in our Club Room with passed coconut shrimp, bacon wrapped scallops, and virginia ham biscuit wraps as well as our International Cheese and Fruit Display.



The evening continued in the Alexander Ballroom, where the couple chose to start their reception off with their first dance and dinner. Guests were served Filet Mignon and Grilled Salmon or Chicken Wellington.

Linens were provided by Extraordinary Creations.

Here is what Joanna had to say about her wedding reception: "Everything ran like clockwork. Excellent service from the very beginning. Couldn't have asked for more helpful or more professional people to work with. Many, many compliments on the quality of the food and service.
I would highly recommend Waterford Receptions to anyone. Couldn't be more pleased!"

Ceremony and Reception

On Friday, June 20, in our Wordsworth Ballroom, we held a ceremony and reception for 106 guests. The evening started out with a Catholic wedding ceremony on the left half of the Wordsworth Ballroom. Waterford provided the tables, riser, steps, and pillars for this ceremony. The couple provided the arrangements. Photography was provided by Dussan Photography, http://www.dussanphotography.com/.

Following the ceremony, the guests moved to the Club Room for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres while the Wordsworth Ballroom was reset for the reception. Our cocktail receptions typically feature an open bar, 3 butler passed hors d'oeuvres, and a stationary hors d'oeuvres display.

The Wordsworth Ballroom was reset with 11 tables that featured our fishbowl centerpieces with some added arrangements by the bride. Waterford can provide the round mirror, 3 candles, and fishbowls as shown below. Our brides choose to decorate these fishbowls in a variety of ways. For this reception, the bride chose to float a candle surrounded by floating petals with large clear rocks at the bottom of the bowl. She chose to include her own vase of orchids to add to the centerpiece.

June 7, 2008 (06-07-08)

June 7, 2008 was a busy day at Waterford at Fair Oaks! In our Serafin/Carrington Ballrooms we had an afternoon reception for 200. The room was fulled with red and white decor. The bride chose to use our provided fishbowls for her centerpiece and filled them with beautiful red roses surrounded by red candles and red petals. Our Serafin/Carrington Ballrooms can hold a minimum of 160 guests and a maximum of 220 guests.

Our First Blog!

Welcome to the wedding blog of Waterford at Fair Oaks! Please check back frequently for more pictures, ideas, comments, and more!

For our first post, we will take you back to a wedding held on May 24, 2008 where Amanda and Robert of Richmond shared their special day in our Alexander Ballroom. This wedding was beautifully decorated with green and white, with a touch of gold added with the chair cover sashes. The bride chose to bring in her own votive candles and the florist provided the vases for the centerpieces.

From Amanda regarding her wedding day:

"Everything was perfect! I imagined what my wedding day would be like, but you guys helped me surpass all my expectations! Thank you so much! I would defintely recommend your venue to any and everyone."