Kristen & Ashley to be featured by The Knot

Congratulations to Kristen and Ashley who just learned that their July 2005 wedding will be featured by The Knot in its Real Weddings section. The date has not yet been set for the feature to run, but The Knot is busy collecting information to create the story.
In its Real Weddings feature, The Knot showcases "the most beautiful, fun, extraordinary wedding[s]." And, as a senior graphic designer for a national company based near Boston, Kristen used her artistic talents and attention to detail to put together a truly gorgeous wedding.
Kristen, who grew up in Brewer, Maine, and Ashley, who is from the Montreal area, met through their work. They were married in Bar Harbor's Holy Redeemer Church and the reception followed at the Bar Harbor Inn, an elegant seaside resort near Acadia National Park. To honor Ashley's French heritage and the twenty or so guests from Canada who were able to attend, the couple incorporated many French touches, starting with invitations that had some text in French. That was carried through to table numbers written in French, favor boxes that read "merci," a signature French martini cocktail at the reception, and a sunset cruise after around Frenchman's Bay on the schooner Margaret Todd.

The wedding colors of pink and taupe were likewise carried out though the invitations, attendants' dresses, flowers by Laurie Riddell of Cottage Flowers, cake by Janice Strout, and even the pink of the French martinis.A very fun part of the wedding weekend that deserves mention even though it wasn't pink, taupe or French was the rehearsal party the night before at Carmen Verandahs. The weather was perfect for outdoor dining on the porch, which overlooks the Bar Harbor village green but still provides an intimate setting for special occasions.