Yummy, Beautiful Idea for a Favor. Sand Dollar Cookies

We just discovered a wonderful company, Plum Island Cookie Company, that hand makes this luscious shortbread-style sand dollar cookies, com...

Mini-Wedding Was Long on Sweetness and Charm

If you think that you need to have 150 of your closest friends and relatives in to the Hawthorne Hotel Ballroom in order to get married at t...

A Different Wedding Cake

The bride and groom for this wedding met directly with Montilio's to order this cake, so we don't know a name to put with it. Howeve...

A Beautiful Wedding

The good looks run in the family. This is Maryanne, her sister. I love the colors they chose. The orange flowers against the purple gowns ...

"Just Buried" as part of an October-themed Wedding

        I just had to get photos of this candy station for our wedding blog. This was for a wedding this past weekend in the Ballroom. The...

A Fun Fall Touch

      The chefs of the Hawthorne Hotel came up with this unique crouton to garnish salads with during the Fall season. If you are interested...

A Lovely Thank You Note About a September Wedding

This thank-you note is certainly self-explanatory. To be able to view it more clearly, just click on the image. All of us who choose the ho...

Fall Wedding Cake and Groom's Cake with a Twist

This past weekend we had a lovely fall wedding, and the couple's wedding cake definitely fit the theme, as you can see above. In this ph...

Professional Photos of a Hawthorne Hotel Wedding

I recently made contact with a professional photographer who specializes in both weddings and fall foilage photos (through Twitter.) In the ...