Gibson Events

Hot of the press! Brides of Oklahoma 5th Anniversary issue!

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:59:29 -0500

We LOVE how our feature in the Spring/Summer 2012 issue of the Brides of Oklahoma turned out. Do you?

I’ve heard from more than one person that I look, “intense” in this video. I suppose that is preferable to looking, “like I’m sweating my ass off” which was the case. At any rate, the video is AWESOME. Thank you Chris Fox for putting far too many hours into figuring out the time lapse!

More photos on our FB page!

Lisa and Tim forever

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:46:43 -0500

Lisa collects salt and pepper shakers, Tim long boards. They’re pretty much awesome.

Venue: OKC Farmers Market

Flowers: Poppy Lane Design

Cake: Madisons on Main

Rentals: Marianne’s, MOOD and Ancient of Days

Catering: Cheever’s

Photography: Aaron Snow

DJ: Blake Overstreet through Box Talent

Officiant: Beloved Wedding Officiants

Clarissa and Alex, the NO drama, drama wedding

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:43:00 -0500

I love these guys. They are the coolest. Alex is a smarty pants PhD student and Clarissa just finished a Master’s degree in Dramaturgy. Despite Clarissa’s extensive drama chops, she is the most totally no-nonsense, low drama bride ever. It was truly a joy to work with them!

Great photos by Aimee Adams and Lovebirds Artistic Weddings

Yummy cake by Sugar

Flowers by Birdie

Sam and Andy!

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:21:00 -0500

This is the wedding of my sweet cousin Samantha (Sam) to my sweet new cousin-in-law Andy. Sam and Andy are high school sweethearts from Joplin, MO. They got married in Joplin less than two weeks after the tornado. That means that between May 22nd and June 2nd when we rolled in, virtually nothing had been done, wedding wise. Although the entire town was grieving and exhausted, it was time for a break. This wedding was accomplished through a LOT of quick thinking and a little preparation. It could not have been pulled off without the love and help of many resourceful people (both families and lots of friends). The result was the most heartfelt, happy celebration you’ve ever seen.

Both Sam and Andy were walked down the aisle by their parents, then Sam’s dad, Karl, performed a ceremony peppered with personal anecdotes, poetry and traditional readings. The point at which I totally lost it (because I know you were wondering) was when Sam and Andy began to recite their vows. At first I found it oddly familiar but quickly realized they were the vows my husband and I wrote for our own wedding seven years ago. Karl performed our wedding too, and Sam and Andy had selected the vows without knowing where they’d come from. Hearing those words spoken out loud again was the most amazing moment for me… but probably not for anyone else. :)

After the ceremony, guests engaged in lawn games, a photobooth wall, a cotton candy station and a sweets table featuring cupcakes, cakes and cookies provided by the ladies from the Mt. Hope Church of Christ. The woman who was to make the actual wedding cake lost her home in the tornado. Do you know that she dug through the wreckage, pulled out her cake pans and baked that cake at her sister’s home? She absolutely insisted.

Guests danced to music provided by Sam and Andy’s musician friends and visited at tables draped with borrowed linens under a canopy of lights provided by us and strung using the bucket lift truck belonging to the groom’s family (well, one of the bucket lift trucks that they own).

The end of the night brought a fireworks display and a sparkler send off. Sam and Andy made quite an exit on Andy’s motorcycle, with the bride tossing her bouquet as they roared through the crowd.

Sam’s vision for the wedding was for it to feel like the most perfect church picnic/county fair imaginable. I think all involved would agree, we exceeded expectations!

Congratulations to my sweet Sam and Andy, may you find as much love and happiness in your lives as you’ve brought to your families!

Venue: The estate of some church friends. It was formerly a park where the uppity folks came in their horseless carriages to feed swans (so I hear).

Catering: The lovely ladies of Mt. Hope Church of Christ. FYI… I have a fabulous way to make sun tea by the gallon. Buy a gallon of water, pour out just a little, then shove tea bags in it and sit it in the sun. We needed to make 20 gallons of tea and I certainly wasn’t going to sit over a kettle for half the day. It worked perfectly!

Rentals: Tables and chairs from church, benches from the next town over’s Parks and Rec dept, linens from church, Poppy Lane Design and Gibson Events.

Dress and veil: Aunt Lola (that would be my own sweet mom)

Boys Bow ties and Suspenders: Gibson Essentials

Photography: The incomparable Whitney Scott

Floral: Poppy Lane Design - who gets an extra special shout out for driving all the way to Joplin to help pull the whole thing off.

Labor: The Wendt, Ames and Garman families and numerous friends.

Lauren and Tommy, aka world's hottest, coolest, windiest wedding.

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:23:04 -0500

As featured on Southern Weddings here and here!

Lauren and Tommy are style savvy Manhattanites these days, but lucky for us, Lauren’s great-grandfather built a homestead on the most beautiful piece of God’s Oklahoma you’ve ever seen. We were honored to work with Lauren and her parents to put together 2 days of celebrations including a custom altar built partially by the groom (with the help of a Dallas stonemason) and designed, well… by us mostly (but we don’t like to toot our own horn).

It was hot (104) it was windy (35mph wind gusts), but when those fancy folks stepped off the charter bus in their Louboutins, they were immediately in awe of the landscape and the incredibly beautiful bride. Guests danced the night away until the last one teetered back on to the bus and the ranch was once again tranquil. Our deepest thanks to Lauren’s family for their hospitality and competence. This was one for the record books and it would not have been pulled off without the help of a LOT of people.

Photos by: Lauren Larsen

Floral: Poppy Lane Design

Catering: Abbey Road Catering

Rentals: Marianne’s Rentals

Intern time!

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:03:06 -0500

photo by Whitney Scott

Enjoy back breaking labor and extreme creative satisfaction? Interested in interning with Gibson Events?

We’re looking for spring interns available 6-8 hours per week plus some Saturdays.

A laptop is required and knowledge of photoshop is preferred.

Seeing as though you, the candidate, are probably in college, can we safely assume you are a genius at Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter?

As the spring semester is our prime planning time, interns will have a primarily organizational, marketing and retail management experience. Don’t worry, you’ll get to work a few weddings too!

Please send a resume and short writing sample to lindsay@gibsonevents.com

Please respond by November 23rd. Interviews will take place the week of December 5th.

We’d love to hear from you!

Ashley and Tim

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:49:29 -0500

My goodness. I think its possible that Ashley began planning her wedding in preschool. She is absolutely 100% cool. Then she went out and found Tim, who aside from being absolutely perfect for and smitten with her, is the son of a talented floral and event designer out of Austin, TX. BAM. Awesome wedding formula!

Got to work with some new faces on this one, and let me say, WOW, Amanda Scott knocked it out of the park with these photos!

Vendors:

Venue: Harn Homestead

Rentals: Marianne’s Rentals

Floral and much of the general awesomeness: LisaLyn Designs

Catering: Cheever’s Catering

DJ: Box Talent

Cake: Madison’s on Main

Photography: Amanda Scott Photography

Evan and Rachel

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:27:35 -0400

Here’s a post from our very own Kathleen Burggren. She did such an amazing job working with Rachel and Evan to make their day spectacular!

From Kathleen,

When Lindsay presented me with the opportunity to design on a wedding of my own, I was excited, but after I met Rachel, I knew that we were going to have a fabulous time planning together. Rachel and Evan started dating in high school and after both graduated from the University of Oklahoma, their wedding was a much-anticipated celebration for their family and friends.

Creativity comes easily to Rachel, and every time we met she had a new idea for adding a uniquely personal touch to their wedding. From customized postcards for guests to mail, to wedding-themed “I Spy” games for attending children (complete with the cutest colored pencils in their wedding colors), every aspect of the wedding was a reflection of Rachel’s chic and creative style. Super sweet as well, she even brought gifts and thank-you notes for her vendors… on the day of her own wedding!

Although it was more than a little warm on the day of their outdoor wedding, Rachel remained completely calm and was probably one of the most serene and non-stressed brides I have had the pleasure of working with. After tying the knot on the beautiful grounds of the Gaillardia Country Club, their friends and family celebrated and danced the night away. Later, Rachel and Evan made a classy exit in a white 1958 Jaguar, as guests waved and tossed handfuls of confetti in the air.

Many thanks to all involved, including the many hours put in by our intern, Jayme Glover. Rachel and Evan had quite the vendor line-up, as Birdie transformed the ballroom with beautiful and romantic florals, Marianne’s brought in custom fabric and rentals, Sugar provided the cake and Oklahoma Photobooth provided entertainment for all involved. Enjoy the following images, captured by Holli B. Photography.

Kylie and John married X3!

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:15:00 -0400

Kylie loves weddings… like a lot. So much that she figured out a way to basically have three of them! Here’s the scoop. Kylie and John in the midst of planning a wedding in Oklahoma decided that they actually would love to get married in Mexico, but still wanted a big party in OK when they got home. Once the Mexico plans were finalized they realized that the residency requirement in Mexico was a bit of a buzzkill and that getting legally married in OK with a ceremony in Mexico made more sense. Kylie, always a sucker for a photo op, had her grandmother’s wedding dress altered to wear to her original rehearsal dinner (in OK. Still with me?) and now had no where to wear it. So I say, “Hey, why don’t we do a quick photo op wedding on campus at OU?”. Kylie says, “I love it! Let’s do it!”. So we did.

So for you playing along at home that makes 1. Legal wedding on OU campus, 2. Ceremony in Mexico and 3. Bash in Norman the day after arriving home (which had its own unique dress mind you).

I didn’t include any photos from the Mexico wedding as not to pass it off as my work, the Four Seasons at Punta Mita did an amazing job. You can see many of them over at Holli B’s blog. Holli did an amazing job of capturing this vibrant couple at every turn in their wedding adventure!

It was a pleasure to work with Kylie (and John) to make theirs ~~an event~~ events to remember!

Amy Cakes made the cakes on the FABULOUS sweets table, Abbey Road Catered the amazing food and Poppy Lane did a stellar job as usual with the florals!

We're looking for interns!

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

photo by Whitney Scott

Enjoy back breaking labor and extreme creative satisfaction? Interested in interning with Gibson Events?

We’re looking for fall interns available 6-8 hours per week plus some Saturdays.

A laptop is required and knowledge of photoshop is preferred.

Seeing as though you, the candidate, are probably in college, can we safely assume you are a genius at Facebook and Twitter?

Please send a resume and short writing sample to lindsay@gibsonevents.com

Please respond by August 12th.

We’d love to hear from you!

Kylie and John, Married!

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:04:00 -0400

So excited to share this great video of Kylie and John’s reception in Norman with still photos from their wedding in Mexico! We’ll do another post of their photos but couldn’t wait to share this piece!

Beals Cunningham did the video and the stills are from Holli B.

Oklahoma Magazine's Best of the Best!

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:56:45 -0400

We are thrilled to announce that Gibson Events has been honored as one of Oklahoma’s best event planning companies! Thanks so much for your continued support. We promise to keep doing our best to make Oklahoma weddings and events great!

Here’s a link to the full story from Oklahoma Magazine.

K & Ken

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:13:01 -0400

K & Ken are in a word, unique. They met in middle school but didn’t date until college. They had a multi-year, multi-continent engagement. It took them two months to pick out a front door for their new house in Houston. K’s Louboutin’s are the first thing she bought for her wedding. Ken gave custom starfleet badges to his groomsmen. It was apparent early on that this couple had their own way of doing things, and I was totally on board. The result was an incredibly stylish, modern and urban wedding this spring. Here’s to K & Ken, may they live long and prosper!

Photos: Todd Ballje of Beautiful Day Images

Flowers: Rebecca’s Silver Rose

Cake: Mishelle Handy

Venue: RED Primesteak

Mark and Jennifer

Mon, 09 May 2011 23:27:56 -0400

One of my favorite weddings ever! Mark and I are school friends from 5th grade and I couldn’t have been more pleased to meet Jennifer. They are an absolutely perfect match. Mark is a city planner by day, but moonlights as a partner in COOP Aleworks. Jennifer does amazing work with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

Mark and Jennifer came to me shortly after their engagement with the idea to have an intimate ceremony and reception focused on hospitality and a general “warm and fuzzy” feeling. They explained that they would love for it to feel like a night at one of their favorite restaurants (and site of one of their first few dates), but that it was an hour and a half drive from OKC. I exclaimed that if they loved the place, their friends and family would too, and we should just go for it. The result was the sweetest, most heartfelt and memorable wedding I could imagine. Perfectly timed to end with a toast on the back deck as the sun set over the Oklahoma prairie. Beautiful.

We were honored to have had Mark and Jennifer’s wedding featured as one of the “Brides of the Seasons” in the latest issue of the Brides of Oklahoma.

Photos by Josh McCullock photography, cake by Sugar, flowers by Poppy Lane Design, venue is the FABULOUS White Dog Hill.

A Royal Engagement as featured on Junebug Weddings

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:20:51 -0400

This is a long one. Stay with me, you’ll be glad you did!

We are thrilled to have had this photoshoot featured on Junebug weddings. Click here to see their whole post! We’ve also included the photos and our description below. Hope you love it!

We love William and Kate as much as our fellow Anglophiles, but feel that the posed, traditional photos released by the House of Windsor leave something to be desired when it comes to the true personality, style and character of the Royal family.

We wondered what we might see if we were to catch a glimpse of the couple and their closest friends in a relaxed, unguarded moment during this exciting time in their lives.

Here’s what we came up with!

The players:

Photographer: Todd Ballje, Beautiful Day Images www.beautifuldayimages.com

Designer/Stylist: Lindsay Gibson, Gibson Events www.gibsonevents.com

Catering: Cheever’s Catering www.cheeverscatering.com

Coffee Catering: Café Evoke www.cafeevoke.com

Floral: Poppy Lane Design www.poppylanedesign.com

Ladies’ wardrobe: Ruth Meyers www.ruthmeyers.com

Men’s wardrobe: Spencer Stone www.spencerstoneco.com

Hair styling: Rebeka Regouby for Trichology Salon www.trichologysalon.net

Makeup: Rachel Hart http://hair-n-makeup.com/

Transportation: Kings Limo www.kingslimook.com

Black Diamond www.okclimousineservice.com

Accessories: Erin Williford for Stella and Dot www.stellaanddot.com/erinwilliford

Furnishings: Notting Hill www.nottinghillokc.com

Barbara and John

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:37:00 -0500

Oh, my sweet Barb. I met Barbara when she was chapter president of our sorority. Should I mention that I was not a collegian at the time, but actually president of the House Corporation Board? Nah, then you would know that I am WAY older than Barb. But I digress…

Barbara found herself enrolled at OU Law and managed to woo this hunk named John, whose first requirement for a law school was that the school have a good football team. John, who is actually quite cerebral notwithstanding the previous sentence, seems to be a perfect fit for our sweet little Barbara, so we had a little wedding in Barb’s hometown, ALTUS, America. More specifically we transformed Barbara’s parents backyard into the hippest outdoor nightclub in southwestern Oklahoma.

A huge thanks to the vendors, both local and from OKC for pulling off this beautiful event!

Photos by Kelly Beane.

Eco-trendy?

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:08:34 -0500

Well YES, actually! Although we fall into the proverbial “tree hugger” category, even the most mainstream bride can save the planet on her big day. Here are few tips for ways that you and yours can help mother earth breathe a little more deeply. We were honored for these ideas to be featured in the latest edition of the Brides of Oklahoma magazine!

Perhaps you noticed by our styled shoot below, but we are way...

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:56:00 -0500

Perhaps you noticed by our styled shoot below, but we are way deep in what will certainly be called Gibson Events’ “Anglophile period”. Ha! But seriously, This is my favorite commercial since the Nike 90 ad during Euro 2004 to Papa Loves Mambo. Even better is the “making of” video!

Brides of Oklahoma design 2011

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:36:00 -0500

Well, we are thrilled with the way this shoot turned out. Check out the print version on pages 212-213 of the January issue, and take a look below for even more of Josh’s beautiful photos and Carpe Diem’s video. Oh, and I just have to add, this shoot was every bit as fun to make as it looks. We are so lucky to have such a talented network of vendors that are not only awesome at what they do, but are also a blast to hang out with! (a side note, this was shot on Lindsay’s birthday, and the evening ended with birthday cake!)

Thanks to:

Mood Party Rentals, Marianne’s Rentals for Special Events, Rebecca’s Silver Rose, Cafe Evoke, Mishelle Handy Cakes, Josh McCullock Photography and Carpe Diem Video Productions

A very special thanks to Lindsay’s sister, Hazel, for letting us take over her home for the shoot!

Click on the link to see the FABULOUS video!

Brides of Oklahoma/Gibson Events Table Top Shoot from Carpe Diem Video Productions on Vimeo.

Kiara and Chris, a perfect fall day.

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:16:00 -0500

This late September wedding turned out so beautifully! The weather was perfect and the Bed and Breakfast (with a vineyard out back) made an exceptional backdrop for the vows of our old friend Chris to his lovely bride, Kiara. Poppy Lane Design worked magic with the florals and Kris Boevers is to thank for these images!