We are very excited to announce that we won this honor again this year!    

Each year, The Knot conducts a survey of all of its brides to gather feedback about their experiences with their wedding professionals.  The result is a list if the brides’ favorite professionals — rated on factors such as professionalism and creativity.  

Eclatante was again listed among the area’s favorite wedding professionals — SUCH an honor!   What that means to us is that we’ve been recognized by our brides who were thrilled with our level of service.  We love our brides and we’re so glad they feel the same about us!!!

When we last saw Roseann & Paal (Part III), they were running around the city (in a serious rainstorm) with their ready-for-anything new BFF photographer, Marie Labbancz.   Laughing like teenagers, Roseann & Paal finally arrived at their final destination for the night  –   The F.U.E.L. House — a totally cool urban gallery and event space in Old City, Philadelphia. 

Roseann dreamt of a truly hip but classic and sophisticated wedding that glowed with the falls hues of copper and sapphire.    She also wanted her guests to have the time of their lives.   See for yourselves how Roseann’s dreams came true!

Throughout the venue, Beautiful Blooms placed a mix of glass cylinder vases with submerged orange flowers such as cymbidium orchids, gloriosa lilies, mokara orchids, copper wire and floating candle accents.   

The amazing cake, created by Lotus Cake Studio, was surrounded by more cylinder vases filled with flowers and other ones filled with coffee beans, metal shavings, and metal “industrial pieces”.  

Feastivities just outdid themselves with a magnificent feast of scrumptious food stations and the coolest and most colorful martini bar ever.  

F.U.E.L. has an awesome bathroom upstairs – with several closets.  We filled one closet with some of Paal’s college athletic gear, another one with evidence of Roseann’s love of shopping and great taste.   The third closet had Roseann’s mom’s wedding gown and pix from her wedding to Roseann’s late father.     We also had wonderfully plush towels embroidered with Roseann & Paal’s initials and hung them in the shower. 

Roseann & Paal’s family and friends were a seriously dancing crowd and the band — Dreamtime — gave them everything they needed to dance the night away and have a truly fantastic time!   

Can you imagine a happier couple?  It was truly a great, great wedding!   I don’t think anywhere who was there will ever forget it.

Style Me Pretty is one of only a handful of truly informative and fun websites that can be a tremendous resource for brides looking for inspiration or people who just want to play around for ideas about — well — anything!  

It is beyond flattering that they love us, too!   Lately, some of Eclatante’s work has been featured on Style Me Pretty, and we could not be happier!   Here are a few of the posts.    

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Well, it’s official.   Eclatante is growing up.   

We are thrilled to tell you that Eclatante is moving to a new and beautiful new space in the chic, new section of Philadelphia known as  ”Liberties Walk.”   We’re really excited!

Eclatante’s new home will be the three glass store fronts you see here along one full side of a block of Liberties Walk.  Right now, the space is very raw — as you can see from the photos (taken by our great friend Marie Labbancz).  Consider these our “before” shots!

Lots of other amazing new things are coming, too!   Stay tuned to watch the evolution from this raw space into Eclatante’s new home and for all the new things coming to our block!  

The inspiration for our March Color Story was my own wedding, which happened a few years ago in late March.  I’m still thrilled with the colors we chose, but, of course, new twists and turns are part of everything Eclatante does.  So, here we go with what I believe is one of our most beautiful color stories ever!  

The venue for our March Color Story was the absolutely enchanting Carousel Room at the Please Touch Museum.    We all had such a great time in there (how could we not? It’s a real carousel!).  (These two photos are courtesy of the Please Touch Museum.)

So, with this as our backdrop, we brought in an amazing team of professionals who, together, worked and played so well until the way-late at night to bring you this month’s color story.  We were, again, truly fortunate to have Marie Labbancz photograph our story so that you can see just how beautiful it was!

The drop-dead gorgeous wedding gown (designed by Monique Lhuillier) and the adorable short lace party dress Oksana was wearing were delivered and styled by Mary Helen Ranieri, the owner Suky Occasions.   Claudia Seyler (Claudia Seyler Beauty) created the absolutely perfect look for Oksana, our beautiful model. 

Bill and Donna of Beautiful Blooms were the ultimate perfectionists creating their gorgeous florals that adorned this fantasy perfectly.  The centerpiece consisted of three vases wrapped in white lace paper filled with a mixed arrangement of purple hydrangea, deep plum tulips, blue curiosa roses, purple double lisianthus and muscari. At the base of the vases were smaller vases with lace accents filled with muscari. The whole table was accented with navy blue skinny taper candles.  

Two Paper Dolls masterfully stepped up to the plate with gorgeous periwinkle and white lace table numbers and seating cards – absolutely perfectly suited for our story.   They always get it right! 

The beautiful finishing touches, including all the elegant table top pieces, and those amazing “ghost chairs” by Party Rentals Ltd. and the wonderful and perfectly coordinated linens from The Total Table – made this Color Story absolutely flawless. 

Another captivating detail were the multiple streams of periwinkle satin ribbon painstakingly hung by VU- Events, who also did a fantastic job of lighting our beautiful table.  

Beautiful Blooms created a lovely hand-tied bouquet of lavender hyacinths, blue curiosa roses and purple double lisianthus with a lace ribbon detail on the bouquet. 

Finally, the food and wine were nothing short of phenomenal — created and beautifully presented by the chefs at Max & Me Catering.   David Robison, Max and Me’s Executive Chef and Theresa Linskey, the Sous Chef, prepared a feast of Seared Foie Gras with Ginger Cassis Sauce and Silky Onion Puree.  Unbelievable!

We hope you’ve enjoyed our March Color Story as much as the whole team enjoyed bringing it to you!

Stay tuned for our April Color Story – another stunner!