lily rose wed: premiere issue

LILY ROSE WEDWeddings | Events | Designs

Premiere Issue

Smelling Like Roses

A Lily Rose Entertainment Publication WINTER 2010

Building My Media Empire…

…One Calla Lily & Rose at a Time.

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27 WEDDINGS 48 EVENTS 56 DESIGNS30 Kristin & Jason 50 Welcome Baby Camila 58 Home Sweet Home

36 Kristin & John 52 HU Homecoming 2010 60 Sweet Dreams

40 Cindy & Roger 54 The Best Man 62 From Drab to Fab

44 Erin & Brian

19 PUBLISHER‟S PAGE

26 PHOTO ESSAYS

68 DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS

70 Reel Love

72 Book Club & Author Spotlight

74 Treble Clef

76 Poet‟s Pen

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LILY ROSE WEDWeddings | Events | Designs

A Magazine for all Things Creative

Welcome to the Premiere Issue of Lily Rose WED. We are so

excited to have you join us as we embark on this new creative

journey.

One of our most fascinating accomplishments since the Preview

Issue launched in September 2010, was becoming an editorial

partner with Two Bright Lights located in Chicago, IL. Through our

partnership, our publication receives incredible, high quality photos

from national and international wedding and event photographers.

We can‟t wait to share them with you.

We LOVE our premiere issue. In addition to beautiful wedding

photos, we also have great interior design, and a fabulous

homecoming featuring my beloved Howard University: Go Bison!

Thank you to our incredible advertisers for all of your support.

Best,

Shea Thomas

You are Cordially Invited!

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PHOTO ESSAYS

WEDDINGS | EVENTS | DESIGNS

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Kristin & Jason

July 9, 2010

Photographed By: Laurie Ann Martin

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Location: The Hacienda

Santa Ana, CA

Hair & Make-up By: By Evelyn Lui

Disc Jockey:American Mobil Music

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Kristin & John

May 9, 2009

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Photographed By: Elena Volkova, Elena Volkova Photography

Officiant: Rev. Starlene Joyner Burns, SLB Ministries, LLC

Event Planner: Ivori Lipscomb-Warren, Simple Yet Elegant Affairs, LLC

Location: Ceresville Mansion, Frederick, MD

Videographer: Andre Banks, ABB Video

Entertainment: Jerry Stamper, JLS Corp, Inc.

Floral Design: Regina Davis, Flowers By Gina D.

Pastry Chef: Rashida Kenney, Sprinkles Specialties

Make-up: Monica Cook Make-up Artistry

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Cindy & Roger

July 23, 2010

Photographed By: Photography By Verdi

Location: The Woodlands, Woodbury, NY

Event Design: Bleu Diamond Events

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Erin & Brian

July 17, 2010

Photographed By: Studio B Photography

Location: The Jessing Center, Columbus, OH

Floral Design: Elegant Touches Events

Caterer: Mass Appeal

Cake Designer: Delightful Cakes

Hair: J Bentley

Dress: Wendy‟s Bridal

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Welcome Baby Camila

Dad & Mom: Mr. & Mrs. Curtis & Cecile Yarbrough, Jr.

Coordinator: Tatiana Johnson

Photographed By: Sean Josiah

Location: Private Home Potomac, MD

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& EVERYTHING NICE

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Howard University

Homecoming 2010Photographed By

Winter Coleman | Sieda Johnson | Christopher Sledge

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A celebration of

Culture

Entertainment

History

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“Silk” Anniversary Dinner

The Best Man (1999)

The Cast Celebrates their

12th Anniversary

Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Sanaa Lathan, Harold Perrineau, Melissa DeSousa,

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INTERIORSHome Sweet Home

Photographed By: Michelle Rasmussen

Interior Design By: Michelle Hinckley

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Sweet DreamsMadison‟s Nursery

Photographed By: Lillian Walcott

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Bathroom Décor From Drab, to Fab

Designed & Photographed By: Shea Thomas

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FILM | LITERATURE | MUSIC | POETRY

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William Shakespeare

LIGHTS!

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Marquise T. Watson is a young man making a difference. Born in Newark, NJ, Watson, 21,

is the author of Break The Cycle, a coming of age story of inner city youth. The book attempts to

provoke a sense of urgency and open the eyes of urban youth, while uplifting the community.

The novel is a perfect example of the importance of good decision making: “the future is in your

hands,” Watson said, in between classes at Union County College where he is studying business.

Lead character, Amari Crews needs to sell more than bras and pajamas to take his family out

of the hood. White an assistant manager for Victoria‟s Secret, Amari dreams of independence,

entrepreneurship, and wealth. However, rather than working towards his goals, Amari becomes

reckless: complacency is his enemy.

For more information and to purchase the book, please visit: www.marquisewatson.com

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Christopher Dunn loves music and weddings. He is the owner/president of Classical Guitar Ceremonies Inc. and has

performs for about 300 upscale events annually nationwide.

His client list is as varied as his musical tastes and have included private clientele, state politicians, senators,

diplomats, and Fortune 200 companies. Dunn's company was featured in "The Knot" 2008 Real Weddings.

Recent chamber music concerts have included concerts in United States, Canada, Costa Rica and Japan. As a

soloist, Dunn performed Vivaldi's A Major concerto in Costa Rica with the Sinfonica Independencia Orchestra in 2003.

Duo guitar performances with the Dunn-Moeller Duo commenced in 2009 with a recording to be released in the

winter of 2010.

Dunn earned a Bachelor‟s of Music, Master‟s of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma from Peabody

Conservatory. Dunn was a recipient of the Peabody Merit Award and Howard County Arts Scholarship during his

studies with Julian Gray, Ray Chester and Manuel Barrueco at the conservatory.

In addition to classical performances, Mr Dunn performs as a studio musician for popular music groups/song

writers and is part of a new mix media electronic group in Baltimore with poet Stephen Reichert.

For further information, please visit: www.chrisdunnguitar.com

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A William Shakespeare Poem

Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day?

Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimmed;

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.

But thy eternal summer shall not fade

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;

Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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