Searching for the Perfect Gift
- 400 guest wedding for Google's Executive Chef Emeritus
- Signature Wedding painting
- The Ultimate "Wedding Favor," signed and numbered limited edition print
- Innovative Wedding Web site
Background
When Charlie Ayers, Former Executive Chef, Google and his bride-to-be Kimmie Newell were planning their elaborate Silicon Valley style wedding for 400 guests in California wine country, they approached Drue. Chef Ayers and Ms. Newell wanted to commission their own original Sumi-e painting as a soulful visual centerpiece as well as a way of out-doing the traditional "wedding favors" for their VIP guest list.
The Couple's Goals
Their goal: To give guests the intangible beauty of an unforgettable experience as well as the ultimate tangible takeaway, a highly collectible limited edition print exclusively for the chosen wedding guests.
Solution
To internalize Charlie and Kimmie's story, Drue entered an immersive period of research speaking with bride and groom, close family and friends.
- Original Wedding Painting - She created Black Orchid Dawn, a breath-taking original painting with subject matter of deep personal significance for the couple.
- Custom Framing Consulting - Drue worked closely with the couple to select and oversee the perfect frame for the painting to be displayed in the romantic outdoor wedding and later installed in the couple's home.
- Wedding Favors - Drue also orchestrated the production and framing of 400 limited edition Black Orchid Dawn prints that were exquisitely wrapped and given to guests as a parting gift to remember the treasured day.
- Wedding Music - Drue performed on her gold flute to open the wedding ceremony and performed the choreographed poem commemorating Charlie and Kimmie's journey together during a gorgeous cake-cutting ceremony.
- Wedding Web site - To chronicle and share the multi-dimensional work, Black Orchid Dawn, Drue designed a custom website charlieandkimmie.com.
Spotlight Fact
Charlie and Kimmie allowed guests to choose which print # they would take home. The wedding revelers — a predominately Google crowd tended towards searching for their employee number as a first choice!
