Glamourous Midsummer Night's Dream Wedding in DC

Though Lindsay Dubroff (29 and a graduate student) and John Carter "J.C." Beese III (31 and a commercial real estate agent) chose to tie the knot at The Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., for the sake of convenience, their wedding didn't quite feel like it was in the Capital City. Instead, it was important to the pair that their day felt as though it was happening in a whole different place and time. "The theme was based on 'A Midsummer Night's Dream," Lindsay says. "Our ceremony felt like sitting in a garden." Case in point: A pair of trees held up the couple's chuppah during the interfaith service."
After the ceremony, guests partied in a fairy-tale-esque secret garden. Mosses, vines, ferns, dahlias, orchids and peonies on the tables and hanging from the ceiling transformed the space. "When it came to the flowers, the colors were a free-for-all," Lindsay says. "It had to be natural, like the flowers you'd see growing in a garden."
Lindsay finished her ceremony look with a cathedral-length veil, while J.C. topped his suit with a white dinner jacket. "I knew I wanted a summer wedding specifically so I could wear a white dinner jacket," J.C. says. He also added a playful touch with a black-and-white polka-dot pocket square. 
Lindsay and J.C. accenting the botanical reception decor with an illustrated dance floor to match the blue and white calligraphy design on their envelope liner. Guests got down on the festive floor with the help of The Free's country-tinged jams. Bumblebee napkin rings and butterfly-print china completed each guest's place, adding a whimsical note to the forest-like decor. Toile-patterned bread plates mirrored the design of the dance floor and stationary.