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Kelsey and Brooks’s Garden Party

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Your Wedding, Your Way!

Perched upon a serene hilltop just outside of Tulsa, The Bella Donna Wedding Chapel and Event Center is where dreams become reality. With its classic European styling, vaulted ceilings, exposed wooden beams, wedding ceremonies are always remembered as unique and timeless. The fresh and open reception space will accommodate two hundred guests, and its large windows and spacious patio help bring the beauty of the surroundings into every event. The timeless look of the chapel and reception hall create a fabulous foundation from which each bride can create her own unique day.

Amanda and Cord’s Boho Chic Bash

This bride spent months creating, building, painting, and assembling the perfect boho chic wedding. Using vintage gold pieces purchased from thrift stores and secondhand shops, accented with wild flowers, she brought the boho chic theme alive. Each table was designed with a myriad of color and classic decor. Amanda commissioned her florist to create amazing floral baskets that hung from the ceiling in the reception area. The hanging baskets were gorgeous, completing the space perfectly. Boho weddings are unique and can be done at any time of the year by simply changing the florals. This beautiful wedding took place in October and their color scheme consisted of terracotta, pink, oranges, and tans.

Vendor list:

Venue and Coordination - Bella Donna Wedding Chapel and Event Venue

DJ - Banks Entertainment

Food - Yes Chef

Photography - Tricia Miller

Videography - Sonder Films

Floral - The Flower Shop Pryor

Photo booth - Picture Perfect Mirror Photo

Caricature - Tulsa Caricature

Rental chairs - LaVintage

Photo booth backdrop - Oakie Pine

Marquee Letters - Alchemy Wedding Design

Grooms Cake - Karacakes

Brides Cake - All Things Cake

Napkins & Table Runners - Telluria

Table Linens - Party Perfect Event Rentals

Neon Sign - It’s Lit

Bartending - Blue Label Bartending

Kelsey and Brooks’s Garden Party

Garden parties are beautiful, but when you combine a garden party and a wedding, you get the perfect storm of elegance and whimsical. You can never go wrong with a spring wedding. All the flowers and plants are blooming and it feels like a breath of fresh air. Having all different colors and types of flowers is the perfect way to bring the garden inside to you and your guests. Spring pastels make the room feel so romantic and fun! That is the beauty of the Bella Donna, you can have an indoor (climate controlled) wedding, without having to cross your fingers that the weather will cooperate. The windows throughout the venue make you feel as if you are outside in the manicured lawn and gardens, without having to deal with or worry about the elements. This bride had perfect weather on her wedding day. She hosted a cocktail hour on the recently extended patio at The Bella Donna, complete with a charming wooden backdrop, surrounded by the beautiful gardens, making the cocktail hour even more special. The reception was light, bright, and romantic, without the worry of the heat or cold, bugs, and humidity! The true perfect garden party: enjoying the beautiful flowers and gardens from a climate controlled space!  The colors for this wedding were varying shades of pinks, oranges, and purples, with light and powder blue, and soft yellows.

Vendor list:

Venue and Coordination - Bella Donna Wedding Chapel and Event Venue

DJ - Banks Entertainment

Food - Yes Chef

Photography - Melton Photography

Floral - Roots and Blooms

Brides Cake - All Things Cake

Table Linens and Napkins - Party Perfect Event Rentals

Draping - Daniel Weir Designs

Bartending - Blue Label Bartending

Neon Sign - It’s Lit

Kirsten and Hayden’s Black and White Modern Moment

Clean, classic, modern. This wedding was the perfect balance of black and white, with touches of green in the florals. A black and white color scheme for a wedding can be done at any time of year. Kirsten’s December wedding was accented with varying shades of greenery. Greenery walls were used behind the cake table and as a photo backdrop for their guests. The walls added the perfect amount of natural color to the room. Brides can enhance the reception space to make it new with simple touches of color, while leaning into the classic and timeless modern elegance of the room. Each wedding is unique to the bride’s individual style. The natural beauty of the venue makes every event unforgettable, with the bride’s own special look is perfected on the timeless canvas that is the Bella Donna.

Vendor list:

Venue and Coordination - Bella Donna Wedding Chapel and Event Venue

DJ - Banks Entertainment

Food - Yes Chef

Photography - Carsyn Crater Photography

Floral - Bayly Blooms

Exit Car - Tulsa Wedding Car

Brides Cake - All Things Cake

Table Linens and Napkins - Party Perfect Event Rentals

Draping - Daniel Weir Designs

Neon Sign - It’s Lit

Bartending - Blue Label Bartending

Valet Service - Royal Valet

Your wedding ceremony will always be remembered as the first step in your exciting journey ahead as a married couple.  Take that first step in the elegant, timeless setting of the Bella Donna Chapel. Being able to utilize the outdoor and indoor space, the manicured lawn and gardens, and the almost twenty acres of property will make your day even better. Being located on a hill, surrounded by greenery, you feel as though you have traveled far away for a destination wedding, when you are actually 15 minutes, at most, from whatever you want or need. Have your dream destination wedding just down the road.

About the Author:

Tyler O’Donnell is the General Manager and Day of Coordinator for all of the events at The Bella Donna Wedding Chapel and Event Center. Tyler has coordinated almost 200 weddings and events over the past three years. Your perfect day happens at The Bella Donna!

Your wedding ceremony will always be remembered as the first step in your exciting journey ahead as a married couple. 

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