ABC Member Planner: Janice Board, Spectacular Soirees Wedding & Event Planning, Terre Haute, Ind., spectacular.soirees@gmail.com, www.SpectacularSoirees.com.

Photographer: Calynn Berry Photography.

Non-member businesses: Cakes by Cathy, Cowan & Cook Florals, Goldstar Management (valet parking); Jim Sims Florals, Harris Productions (lighting and draping),  Tabco Printing, Indiana State University banquet facilities.

The couple: The bride and groom love international travel. The bride even had lived abroad in several countries. She is very non-traditional and enjoys the bohemian lifestyle. The groom shares her passion for experiencing different countries and their cultures.

Wedding date: Oct. 19, 2014.

Inspiration: The theme was 1920’s world travel and included international and bohemian elements. The 1920s was the perfect era to represent a time when the world opened up for exploration and women found a new role in society. Women no longer allowed others to dictate whom they were going to be, where they were going, or what they were going to wear. It was a perfect timeframe to tie in both international travel and the bohemian lifestyle.

Color palette: Purple, turquoise, and champagne

Budget: Undisclosed.

Guest count: 280.

Most unique design element: Since this was a 1920’s world travel theme, every table represented a different country—each was a location the bride and/or groom had been to or wanted to visit. We found period antiques for each table that represented each of the countries. In addition, the bridesmaids wore vintage 1920’s dresses and had hair and make up styled accordingly. The bride had a stunning drop-waist, acid-lace wedding gown that fit perfectly with the theme. The wedding cake was set atop two antique steamer trunks that had once been used for transatlantic boat passage. In lieu of a guest book, and in keeping with the theme, guests signed a world globe. The invitation was a vintage passport from that era, complete with photos of the couple and stamps of places they’d visited or planned on vacationing someday.

Biggest challenges: The most unique element was also the biggest challenge—finding antique 1920’s pieces representing 28 different countries. The mother-of-the-bride and I scoured any and all antique stores within a 100-mile radius of our region. I expanded the search to seven other states as well. We also worked within a tight timeframe as the couple contracted with us five months before the wedding. In addition, we had to transform two utilitarian classroom areas at Indiana State University into beautiful spaces with draping and lighting, etc. One room was shaped like a hexagon and had a slanted ceiling. The other had a lower ceiling and was square—making for quite the challenge!

Hindsight: The ceilings and rooms were misshapen. If I were to do it again, I would allow an extra day for draping and lighting. It was all-hands-on-deck the day before and throughout the night. We slept about three hours total that weekend—we will do anything for our clients to ensure perfection!

Learnings: It is not so much what I learned but what was reinforced. I recommend clients have at least 13 months (if possible) to plan a wedding—especially if it is one with enormous detail, such as this one. However, we took on this wedding and did it with the unwavering devotion of the mother-of-the-bride to her daughter. My crew stepped up to work at Mach speed. It was a team effort, all the way around!