Packed with Personality! Liz and Joey, October 1, 2010

This couple had personality! While every detail was planned with style, Liz and Joey also had a quirky sense of fun that they infused into their wedding day. Here they are getting ready before the ceremony.








Liz and the bridesmaids took some time to pose for photos beforehand.



The wedding ceremony was held in our Garden Patio. Liz provided a pale blue drape to use as the back drop and some fun bride and groom rubber duckies.



After the ceremony, the bridal party found some time to clown around at the meadow across the street from the hotel.






A photobooth and props provided by Booth-O-Rama kept the guests entertained during the cocktail hour and beyond!








Then it was time to enter the ballroom in grand style and Joey led Liz into their first dance together.



The entire bridal party seems to have gotten into the cake act!



DJ Jake Ritchie of Dream Day DJs kept the tempo up for this fun-loving bunch as they danced and partied the night away.











And then it was time to say good night and send the happily married couple off into the night!




Professional photography provided by Rachel Naft, RMN Photography.

See us on Black Tie DJs web-site

Look for the Hilton Garden Inn Fairfax on Black Tie DJs web-site! Thanks to Dave for making our ballroom gorgeous with colored lights! See what decorative lighting can do for your event!

Thank you to all of those who voted for us for the third year in a row!

Fairfax, VA – January 28, 2011 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Hilton Garden Inn Fairfax has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Ceremony and Reception Venues.

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Hilton Garden Inn Fairfax stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Hilton Garden Inn Fairfax for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Hilton Garden Inn Fairfax is among the very best Ceremony and Reception Venues within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://weddingwire.com/hiltongardeninnfairfax .

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More on new uplighting package!

Professional photos will be on their way shortly but in the meantime, here are some additional photos that we took to introduce you to our newest decor item - ballroom uplighting! These lights feature 100 different colors and be set to one or more colors of your choosing, alternate between many colors at different rates of speed or switch colors in sync to the beat of your music. This is an upgraded option for only $300 per event. Consider it for a dramatic look for your reception! Photos here show green uplighting (upgrade) with pink under skirt lighting (standard option) from a recent corporate holiday party. See more photos in blue here!

Another great video from The Philip Kent Studio

This video is from Julie and Matt's Wedding last May! Images courtesy of The Philip Kent Studio.

Do It Yourself Day 2011 dates announced

As a continuation of our popular DIY Day program, the dates for 2011 DIY Days are below! We hope that you can join us and work on all of the details for your upcoming event!

Do you have Do It Yourself projects you’ve been meaning to get to?

Do you wonder how your ideas will look inside the ballroom?

Could you use a few hours of quiet time to get some work done?

Wish you had an extra pair of hands to help out?

If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, grab your materials, some friends and join us at the

Hilton Garden Inn Fairfax DIY Day.

• Free event for you and your guests
• Meet & share ideas with other HGIF clients
  
• Catherine will be an extra set of hands
• Have fun
• Leave with your project completed

Save the Dates ~ Favors ~ Escort Cards ~ Address Invitations ~ Thank you notes ~ Photo Collage ~ Centerpieces

DIY Day is scheduled from 1pm

– 4pm. Please RSVP to

Catherine by Thursday.

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ADJA hosts Alan Berg with TheKnot.com at Hilton Garden Inn Fairfax

On November 16, 2010, the DC Chapter of the American Disc Jockey Association hosted their monthly meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn Fairfax. In addition to the DJs, a variety of other event specialists were in attendance. Alan Berg, the Director of The Knot Market Intelligence was the speaker with amazing insight on improving our web-sites.

Ron Jones, Jones Photography provided the professional images. Look at his blog to see more of this event.








Alan with Kimberly Feys of TheKnot.




Jake Ritchie of Dream Day DJs and current President of ADJA DC made the opening remarks.