Walking with Grace: Pure Luxe Bride
When it comes to weddings, we’re all about the details. Give us a gorgeous arbor covered in fragrant blooms, dreamy centerpieces with trailing greenery, and stunning lounges on which to kick your heels back (or off, who are we kidding?) after dancing the night away.
Pure Luxe Bride, one of Charleston’s premier luxury wedding planning companies, never fails to take our breath away. Their creative eye and design-savvy bring ethereal visions alive as elegant, unparalleled events, and we are smitten.
Francesca DiSalvo-Follmer and Blake Baumbach, the dynamic duo that is Pure Luxe Bride, bring energy, innovation, and a hands-on approach to each event, whether it’s a luxury wedding of 300 or an intimate dinner party.
We are thrilled, of course, that they made time to join us to chat about their favorite wedding trends, words of advice, and the importance of staying inspired. Grab your coffee (or champagne!) and scroll on down, brides-to-be, this one’s for you!
Pure Luxe Bride
Charleston Wedding Planners Francesca DiSalvo-Follmer & Blake Baumbach
What’s your favorite thing about weddings, even after all your years in the industry?
We love the designing process, and our creativity really shines when we get to know the couples’ personalities and create a full-scale design that's unique to their taste and vision.
Our favorite part of the wedding day is seeing the bride's reaction to the reception space for the first time; it never gets old!
All the planning and thoughtfully curated decisions lead to the big reveal, and we love to see their faces when they get to see their vision come to life!
photo credit: Aaron and Jillian Photography
What wedding trends are you loving right now?
Color!
Classic white weddings are beautiful and timeless, but we love how much color we've been seeing in our spring and fall designs!
photo credit: Mallory Dawn Photography
What words of advice do you have for those gentlemen about to pop the question?
Have a plan, and keep it a surprise! Think it through so all of the details can be special and organized; this is not the time for last-minute decisions. Try taking her to a place that is meaningful to the two of you or is going to mean a lot to her, like your favorite date night spot or vacation destination.
Lastly, no matter the circumstance/weather/terrain, go down on bended knee when you ask her to marry you; it's tradition and oh so romantic!
photo credit: Aaron and Jillian Photography
If you could plan one celebrity wedding right now, whose would it be?
Tayshia and Zac from The Bachelorette!
We love them as a couple and love her style!
photo credit: Katherine Elena Photography
How do you stay inspired?
Travel!
Taking a trip brings so much inspiration to us as designers; there is so much to see, and it really helps clear the mind! Nature elements, storefronts, climates, art installations, and so much more.
photo credit: Hannah Alyssa Photography
What are three things you’re looking forward to this year?
Getting back to weddings and seeing our brides walk down the aisle!
We're also looking forward to seeing some killer designs come to life; our creativity has blossomed.
And lastly, adventure! Travel is our favorite way to refresh and recharge.
photo credit: The Happy Bloom
A warm, heartfelt thank you to Francesca and Blake for sharing their time and talents with us! If you’re newly engaged, we hope you’ll connect with Pure Luxe Bride to bring your dreams to reality.
If you’re celebrating your engagement or planning your wedding, we invite you to shop our Bridal Collection and let us personalize a Gilded Oyster Ring Dish with your wedding date, names, or new initials.
It would also be our honor to host you and your bridesmaids in a peaceful, creative, and transformational Mala Workshop, where you’ll enjoy a tea service, guided invocation, and tutorial on making your own stunning Mala Mantra Necklace with celebrating the bonds of sisterhood.
One Love & Blessings,