Blog — GATHER Events

Romantic Soft Hued Micro Wedding at Masseria Grieco

Any one who is in the know, knows that Puglia is Italy’s new destination wedding hot spot. Our couple is from the south of Italy, only a stone's throw away from this alluring region, renown for its distinctive architecture with white washed limestone walls and conical roof tops (called trulli). This inspiring locale with sun bleached stone, wheat fields and Romanesque structures fed our imaginations and served as the foundation of the aesthetic. Masseria Grieco was the perfect blank canvas to build an organically rich textured and soft toned design around.

Ethereal Spring Modern Macrame Wedding Editorial

This spring shoot at Portland’s art venue Vessel By Eÿn Vas, captured by Maria Lamb, was a collaboration of artists celebrating all things fiber and floral. The design focus for this editorial was a synthesis of romantic flowers combined with textural and elemental materials, styled in a minimalist fashion. The white and airy backdrop of the venue allowed the bold yet earthy color palette to speak volumes.

Five Places In Florence To Host A Rehearsal Or Welcome Dinner

When we plan our destination weddings, we love to curate tailored 3-5 day experiences for our clients and their guests. After all, these gatherings serve as both a celebration of a marriage and as a vacation for those who make the trek to join the happy couple. Our goal for each wedding is to build in a variety of happenings throughout the trip including events like: a welcome dinner, cultural immersions, scenic excursions, late afternoon aperitif meetups, brunches, etc.

Mother's Day Gift Guide 2021

Mother’s Day is nearly upon us and we’re gearing up to make plans and order gifts for our mamas (and a few of us might be pinning for ourselves!). Since we’ve been doing our own research, we thought we’d share our finds and spread the love! Below, you’ll find ideas and links to a number of treasures that perhaps the mama in your life might love, as well as florists and brunch spots (for pick up + dine in) in Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles…

Valentine's Day at Home

The best thing about celebrating Valentine’s Day in the wake of COVID-19 is that there is no pressure to go out to a restaurant and sit in a sea of 2 top tables and feel awkward. All the best food, drink and fun (whether it’s DIY or take out) can be enjoyed from the comfort of home. That’s why we decided to make a curated V-Day faves list with a number of last minute Valentine’s Day gift ideas and rose colored epicurean delights for this stay at home holiday.

Inauguration Day Party Menu

Today we celebrate hope: hope for real, positive and lasting change for all. In a matter of minutes, some glass ceilings will be shattered. We will finally have our first woman VP, one who is both Black and Indian. We couldn’t be more excited to have this dynamic duo in the White House. Here is what we made in honor of this auspicious day…

We Made It To Martha

Friends we’re going to speak candidly for this post. We can’t play cool and coy over this news, we’re far too excited: WE MADE MARTHA STEWART’S BEST WEDDING PLANNER + DESIGNER LIST!!!!!!!!!! (yes that’s ten exclamation marks, thank you very much). Being shortlisted by Martha Stewart Weddings was (and is) such a big deal to us and it came at the best time…

COVID Friendly Halloween

Halloween is just around the corner and if you’re anything like us this year, you may be scrambling to find some COVID-19 friendly spooky holiday fun without the usual parties or trick-or-treating. So we decided to take our dilemma to the inter-web and see what we could conjure up (puns intended). So without further ado, here are some curated collections of All Hallows Eve ideas…

Purple Rain Themed Holiday Party

A number of us LA vendors decided to blow off some post wedding season steam by throwing the most fun party of the year: the annual DART Collective ‘Party Down’ holiday shindig. The theme was wild and challenged us to unearth the most fun and conceptual elements of the late 80’s and early 90’s aesthetic, and present them in a way that was nostalgically rad and yet not entirely dated…

Pink + Mint Urban Industrial Editorial

We love an excuse to create beauty and great experiences for people. In January we had the opportunity to do both, this time for the Art of Wedding PDX’s Venue Crawl. A group of us creatives designed a mock wedding at the Redd on Salmon in downtown Portland. With bright pops of pastel mint and bubble gum pink in modern designs, we created a fun juxtaposition to the urban industrial feeling of the venue…

Galentine Floral Love

It's almost Valentines Day. We're big fans of using the occasion to spread the love to those we care about. Call us cliche, but in our book, beautiful flowers are NEVER a passé gift. At the end of last year, we finished off the wedding season with a floral arranging team brunch to thank everyone for their love and effort. The talented Megan from Flourish Floral Design…

Cosmic Folk Dart Party

We look forward to the Dart Party each year because it presents us with the unique opportunity to design without limits. This year, Jesse and Michael from Dart Collective really upped the ante with their idea for a “Cosmic Folk” themed party inspired by their latest ensemble, the Jensen Singers. After a lot of creative soul searching about how “Cosmic Folk” translates into decor and signage…

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