A Colorful Waterfront Wedding With Mixed-Mixed-and-Matched Place-Setting Designs

Though they’re from the same town in Howard County—and knew each other in elementary school—Gillie, a speech-language pathologist, and Ben, a consultant, didn’t start dating until after college. Two and a half years after their first date at a Mexican restaurant in Bethesda, Ben popped the question on the beach in Rehoboth.

For their waterfront wedding in June—officiated by their high-school English teacher—the pair say they wanted an affair filled with family, friends, joy, and lots of color. Pinks, purples, blues, greens, and orange combined for a vibrant design that included bright florals in plentiful arrangements, including two oversize arches in the reception tent; signature cocktails—Aperol spritzes and Painkillers—served in pink coupe glasses; a pink bar at cocktail hour and two blue bars at the reception; three mixed-and-matched table and place-setting designs; and teal-velvet chairs at the head table. The dinner menu included crabcakes, filets, and, for dessert, red-velvet wedding cake.

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Amy Moeller

Fashion & Weddings Editor

Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Style Setters for Washingtonian. Prior to joining Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File magazine in DC and before that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis.