A Bright and Refined Celebration Where Hovering Florals and Soft Textures Set the Tone

By Kevin Harson23 December 2025

Our wedding colors were light blue and light green! We wanted our wedding to feel timeless while still being light and colorful in every detail.

Our wedding planner, Katie Mcentire, made all of our wedding design dreams come to life more than we could have ever imagined!! My vision for the wedding was to make it bright, airy, and elegant, and to ensure that every detail was thoughtfully planned out. I absolutely loved how we incorporated different textures to fill the space, yet not overwhelm it. Every design choice was made to feel intentional yet unforced, creating an atmosphere that invites guests to slow down and enjoy everything from the day. Between the floral installations that seemed to hover in midair and the soft, patterned linens below, everything worked together to create a setting that felt both elevated and welcoming. Our goal was to make everything beautifully intentional, and the space did just that.

Our friendship started in the 3rd grade, and in high school, our love story began! Christian asked me out when we were juniors in high school, and 5 years later, he proposed in the same spot! We did long distance in college for 4 years, and our love grew stronger and stronger every year. The summer of 202,4, Christian walked me around the park where he had asked me out 5 years a, and I had zero clue he was about to propose, so clueless that when we walked near the setup up I smiled and said, “Someone is about to get engaged over there!” I had no idea that somebody was going to me, but so blessed that it was! Christian had thought out every detail, from a custom bible with my new last name and the day he had booked our wedding date engraved on it, to having beautiful flowers that were my favorite colors, and an ELEVEN-MINUTE speech. It was the most perfect proposal that I could have ever prayed for!

I got to wear the amazing Ines Di Santo “Canto” gown and matching veil with the same applique detailing. For the reception, I wanted to wear something fun and different. I wore a light blue Retrofete mini dress.

The bridesmaid dresses were the “Rene” from Amsale. They were the perfect timeless, elegant, flattering dress. And everyone could get down on the dance floor in them, which is the most important part!

Christian wanted to wear a unique color, so our tuxes were light/lake blue to match our wedding color. We got them from The Black Tux, and Christian got all of his groomsmen personalized dress socks that had something to do with their friendship.

During cocktail hour, there were hors d’oeuvres: bacon-wrapped shrimp, chicken feta puff pastries, and tomato bruschetta with garlic crostini from the incredible Event Group Catering Staff. Drinks at cocktail hour from Mint 2 Mix consisted of two specialty cocktails, a mango tango and a hibiscus margarita, as well as wine and beer. For our reception guests had a choice of pecan-crusted salmon, garlic steak, or chicken. As the night went on, we had a light night boozy bean cocktail to keep the guests energized for the dance floor!

Our florals and decor were seriously a dream come true and felt like a fairytale. I was so thankful to get married in the spring to be able to incorporate all of my favorite flowers to fill the space and make it feel magical. Silks a Bloom incorporated all of my favorite flowers of hydrangeas, tulips, peonies, and so much more into the most beautiful arrangements. From the beautiful cross arrangement at our ceremony, the hanging hydrangea arrangements, and the amazing arrangements on the serpentine tables, every detail was perfectly thought out. Our decor also pulled everything together, and every detail was perfectly thought out. Some of my favorite decor pieces were our umbrellas filled with hydrangea at cocktail hour, our seating chart with the perfect lighting fixtures, handwritten messages on our napkins, seating arrangements, and a personalized round bar. Dayflower Designs made all of our signage dreams come to life and made sure every detail was thoughtfully personalized for our guests and us. Everything flowed perfectly and made the day more than we could have ever imagined.

We had an amazing 5-layer cake from Shelby Lynn’s. It was simple yet grand, timeless, and elegant. The cake was a tall, sleek, white cake with a light green bow with our initials. Guests had the choice between chocolate, vanilla, chocolate with raspberry filling, or vanilla with strawberry filling cake.

Our amazing officiant, Cale, was our high school pastor growing up, which was so special to us. Our main goal in our ceremony was to glorify Christ and all he has done for us. Our officiant delivered the most special message that captured every detail of our story and put God at the center of it all. We were in a puddle of tears and full of laughter all together. During the ceremony, the cellist played “Praise” as our family came down the aisle, “Gratitude” for the bridal party, “The Blessing” as I walked down the aisle, “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” during communion, and our DJ played Cheek to Cheek by Frank Sinatra for the exit. Our first dance song was “Nothing New” by Brandon Lake, and then our reception was an absolute party from the best DJ ever, JRedBeats! Seriously had the time of our lives at our favorite party ever!

Since we had such a large number of guests, we wanted to make sure every guest there still knew how special they were to us and how happy we were that they were there to celebrate with us. Hand-wrote a letter for all 300 guests, sharing sweet memories we have with them and how much they have impacted our lives. We knew we wanted to do this as soon as we got engaged, but seeing all the tears shed by people reading their notes was the most special moment.

Our first date was at Whataburger in high school after a school basketball game. It led to a tradition of honey butter chicken biscuits after games! So we had to have a late-night snack of honey butter chicken biscuits for guests, which were a hit!

We really wanted to make sure that we got private quality time on our wedding day to soak it all in. Instead of doing a first look, we did a first touch while we prayed over our ceremony and did private personal vows, as well as had a private dinner after the ceremony. We are so thankful for the special time we get to just enjoy each other’s company, being the new Franciscos.