When
you hear the story of how Karamie and Michael met, you can't
help but believe in fate. It's not surprising to hear that they
met at their place of employment but that they both moved to
Southern Maryland from opposite sides of the United States -
she from California and Michael from Louisiana. They started
a new life here, are in love, and now getting married.
Like
something you might see in the movies, their love story includes
a romantic engagement story too. She flies home to California
to visit family. While there, Michael shows up unexpectedly
to propose - but not before visiting with Karamie's dad to
ask his permission to marry Karamie. And here we are today
celebrating their wedding day.
"I've
always envisioned an average sized wedding," says Karamie.
"Not too big, not too small. A beautiful celebration
with my close friends and family. I've always seen myself
in a beautiful white, long sleeve dress with a long train.
I envisioned a beautiful church, nicely decorated with roses
and lilies. The reception site will also be nicely decorated
with dimmed lighting and good food and music. I want it to
be a special day that Michael and I will never forget. We
both want to be able to look back upon it and smile,"
she said.
As
guests arrived for Karamie and Michael's wedding at Lexington
Park Baptist Church the morning of November 5th, Michael seemed
nervous and excited as he waited patiently for his cue to arrive
at his place at the front of the church. Guests were ushered
into the church just before Karamie arrived in a white Chrysler
300 limousine that had an "Almost Married" sign near
the rear door. She had three bridesmaids with her dressed in
beautiful lavender strapless gowns. They quickly ushered her
into the back of the church for last minute preparations. Meanwhile,
guests waited in the church and listened to classic wedding
music on a cd that Karamie had prepared.
The
pews of the church were lined with tulle, large white satin
tulle bows, with pink carnations and purple statice flowers.
Karamie and her bridesmaids carried bouquets with a variety
of roses, lilies, stock and other assorted flowers in lavender,
pinks, blue, and ivory. Michael and his groomsmen wore black
tuxedos with ivory rose boutonnieres.
Karamie
and Michael were married at 10:30 in the morning by Pastor
Mark Garrett. "But now remains faith, hope, love,these
three; but the greatest of these is love."
Karamie
and Michael's reception took place at the J.T. Daugherty Conference
Center in Lexington Park, just minutes from the Lexington
Park Baptist Church. It is obvious why Karamie and Michael
chose the J.T. Daugherty Center after hearing what she envisioned
for this special day. The facility is somewhat deceiving on
the exterior with a reference to "Conference Center"
in its name anyone would be pleasantly surprised once they
stepped inside. The facility is very elegant with its darkwood
accents and very tasteful decor. The ballroom where Karamie
and Michael's reception is being held has gorgeous maroon
patterned carpeting, a built in mahogany bar and ficus trees
around the perimeter of the room. Each of the round tables
has a beautiful floral and candle centerpiece.
It's
obvious that Karamie enjoyed planning her wedding. You can tell
by all of the small details she incorporated into her wedding.
For favors and accessories, Karamie took the time to shop at
several websites online (including Ebay and Oriental Trading)
and at local craft store Michaels. She gave three types of favors
to guests: Personalized Hershey's nuggets, Pillow favor boxes
containing mints, and spoons with hershey's kisses wrapped in
tulle and ribbon with favor tags that read "A spoon full
of kisses from the Mr. and Mrs."
The
menu for the reception includes chicken parmesan, roasted
pork loin, mashed potatoes, green beans, caesar salad and
rolls with whipped butter.
The
couple has also planned a champagne toast with their guests.
The three tiered wedding cake is a white cake with cream cheese
filling and is decorated with white frosting with pink, blue
and lilac roses and includes a fountain.
Karamie
and Michael are planning to take their honeymoon after Michael's
schooling in July with a cruise to the Carribean.
Congratulations
Karamie and Michael!
Special
thanks to Irving Harris Photography for providing several
of the pictures for this feature.
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