Newport Rhode Island has to be one of the most glamorous places on the east coast to be married. For centuries it has been defined as a tony escape for the well to do. There are so many places to consider hosting an event that it is sometimes hard to make a choice.

My bride, Kim and I have chosen the fabulous Regatta Club on the Newport Waterfront. There is a wonderful tent filled with billowing fabric and a classic teak floor which will be the perfect backdrop for the decor and details that we are planning in shades of purple, hence the purple haze. I have brought together some of the best vendors in the industry to help make this a once in a lifetime day for my bride.

I have asked Gigi DeManio to photograph the day starting with a simple ceremony in Bristol and through our incredible reception on the water. Once we are at the reception, we will get the party started with D.J. Raffi, his incredible music, and a cool lighting display to wash the room in shades of watery turquoise. As a special detail, a floral motif that I will custom create for the print material will be used again as a starting point for an incredible lighting display on the dance floor.

I am thrilled to be working with Kim, her family and such an amazing group of people. This will be a showstopper and I can hardly wait to have some cookies from the cookie bar. YUMMY !

I love when I am called on to do just the flowers for the wedding. There are so many talented and creative brides out there along with wedding planners and industry professionals that call on me to work on arrangements for weddings and parties. I love seeing my lush, romantic, signature flowers against the pretty dresses and on the billowy cloths of the tables and of course in the hands of my gorgeous brides.

I was so lucky to be called on by the Paglucia family to be the floral designer and stylist for their daughter Sarah's wedding at the ultra modern Belle Mer on Newport Harbor. Longwood Events has done it again with their inspired take on Newport weddings. Long known as a bastion of wealth from the gilded age, Newport has long been know as an epicenter of New England parties and weddings. I love working there at fabulous facilities like Belle Mer.

Sarah was one cool bride, she had seen my work several times before both at family friends and of course her sister's wedding. She said to me CMP, do your thing, so that I did. I chose rich plum and fuscia tones and mounded them in gorgeous arrangements for the guest's dinner tables. For a little added pop of color, I chose deep aubergine linens and placed deep pink phaleonopsis orchids on them through out the cocktail area of her reception.

I love being a guest at the wedding, so honored, so touched to be among so many people that I have celebrated with before. It is hard to believe that it has been five years since I first met Leila, another family friend that started this whole chain of weddings. Congratulations Sarah. Thank you so very much for having me as part of your incredible day. To my pal Bunky, thank you for the slow dance to Celine Dione. It is my favorite wedding memory.

Many thanks to Jim Sun from Sun Photographics, for his amazing photography of a gorgeous bride and groom.