Local Spotlight: bumble in Sylvania

The buzz is out! We visited bumble floral and gifts last week to take a look around, and WOW, I wanted to buy everything in there! This special little shop is friendly and fun, the perfect place to pick up a few unique pieces for your home. The shop will have their three-year anniversary on May 1, and are located right on Main St. in Sylvania.

Maybe my husband will let me bring home each and every one of these super cool pillows by Peking Handicafts:

Bumble even has a darling children's area, the perfect place to purchase a non-traditional gift! We especially loved the crazy backpacks by Mad Pax:


Check out these ridiculously adorable hand-painted salt and pepper mills by William Bounds Limited:


Whenever the weather is nice, bumble employees will open up their own "window wall" to the outdoors. Great for parties and events, making the shop into an indoor/outdoor space is a very unusual and awesome option to have!


Bumble also features food and dipping sauces from the line Wild Thymes. The number one seller is the Thai Chili Roasted Garlic Sauce, perfect for our fast-approaching summer barbecues!

Bumble Floral & Gifts is located at 5737 Main St., in Sylvania, OH. Their phone number is 419-517-5552, or you can visit their website at www.bumblefloralandgifts.com for more information.

If you are interested in having your business spotlighted on our website, give us a call at 419-882-1984!

Transportation Inspiration

The grand exit is always something to take into consideration. After all, it is the first departure for the bride and groom as husband and wife! Many of our couples have creative ways to exit their ceremonies, either by car, by boat, or even by horse and buggy :) Below are some samples to inspire our brides...

How will you make your grand exit??

Congratulations to Beautiful Blooms by Jen!

Yesterday the Grand Lubell team stopped in at the grand opening of Beautiful Blooms by Jen in Sylvania, what a turnout!! It was great to chat with other wedding professionals, and check out Jen's bright new space. There is a great meeting area for brides, and tons of samples and photos for inspiration. Many members of the community showed up to congratulate Jen and her team, we wish them all the best of luck!

Beautiful Blooms by Jen is located at 5646 Summit St. Sylvania, OH, 43560 Call her today at 419-517-8821

Whiteout Wedding

Now, we've shot many weddings in snowy weather. We've photographed brides twirling in the show with their fur capes and muffs, then we all quickly run to the warmth of the waiting car and off to the reception we go. However, the wedding we photographed on February 1, 2011 in Farmington Hills, MI was a whole other type of "snowy weather" wedding. Bloomie and Bentzion Shemtov were married at 6:30pm outside. In the middle of a blizzard.

Some would call that peculiar, but Bloomie and Bentzion were married under the chuppah, a canopy outside, amidst 40 MPH winds with snow and sleet showering down. It is the couple's belief that being married outside would "yield the blessings of children as numerous as stars of the heavens." The ceremony was officiated by the couple's fathers and grandfathers, all Rabbis. The bride and groom and guests escaped the horizontal snow and headed indoors to celebrate. Below are some photos from their unique and special day...

Dale Fordham, of Fordham Footage, was the videographer and offered a unique service for the bride and groom. The entire wedding day was streamed live over the Internet, it was seen by friends and family all over the world including China, Israel, England, Canada, Argentina, France and Spain. Here's Dale adjusting the computer feed:
We were honored to be a part of this special wedding day, mazel tov to Bloomie and Bentzion!

The pefect stage...

We are so excited and honored to be published in The Knot Ultimate Wedding Lookbook. Here's a peak at our page, taken at one of the most beautiful and extravagant outdoor weddings we've ever shot!


The book is now available online at The Knot Wedding Shop, http://www.TheKnot.com/shop, at Amazon.com and also at Barnes & Noble and Borders. We thought this would be a great time to showcase some of the gorgeous canopies and alters we have photographed recently. Having a unique canopy to recite your vows under makes for a beautiful ceremony and sets the stage for a spectacular evening.


Hopefully this inspires our brides to create their own perfect stage! Happy Friday :)