*As seen on Bravo TV’s Real Housewives of Potomac, in People Magazine and BRIDES.com*

Calling all Real Housewives fans! If you’ve caught the latest season of Real Housewives of Potomac, you’ve probably spotted former Miss United States, Candiace Dillard—and the sparkling diamond on that finger. We recently helped the reality TV star trade a pageant gown for a wedding gown when she tied the knot with restaurateur Chris Bassett.  She enlisted Strawberry Milk Events to make her epic DC wedding come true! In the People Magazine exclusive feature, Dillard says “it was just like a dream…everything was perfect, I was blown away.”

Read the rest of the BRIDES article here. and the People Magazine feature here. You can now also watch the wedding episode on Bravo!

Photos: Abby Jiu

We worked with The Dandelion Patch to create their custom invitations using transparent vellum paper.

These shoes from Sophia Webster captured the bride’s “social butterfly” personality perfectly!

The Mellon is a grand and historic venue, with lots of ornate moldings and soaring columns.  We love designing in this space – this time, a modern and glam gold mirrored arch was draped in lush greenery and soft white blooms. A custom, antiqued mercury glass aisle treatment was edged with white roses in gold boxes, and beaded chandeliers were framed with white rosebud stands. Guests were seated on matching gold mirror chairs.

Gold mirror mosaic trees flanked the back of the aisle. Both her real dad and her step dad walked her down the aisle…

Jumping the broom was a fun tradition that the bride wanted to incorporate…

Gilded + Glam was what was on the menu!  Cocktails took place in the foyer with a round bar anchoring the space.  We had a custom escort “house” built to direct guests to their seat, a playful nod to the bride’s role on the Bravo show, The Real Housewives of Potomac.

A real boxwood wall framed the reception entrance:

The cake was from Buttercream Bakeshop.

If you tuned into the wedding episode on Bravo, you’ll remember the bride’s epic reaction when we surprised them with projecting a sunset sky on the ceiling!

A dress change into a sparkly mini number that matched the sequin cake!

A special choreographed mother daughter dance…

One of our favorite moments was when Candiace did a surprise serenade for Chris with this song she wrote just for him….

Thank you, Candiace & Chris for trusting us to design and plan your special day!!