CJ's Fall 2009 Open House Pictures!

We can't say enough about what a fantastic success last night's Open House was! Thanks to all our clients for coming and dreaming up their weddings, our potential clients considering CJ's for their big day, and of course all our wonderful vendor friends for their contributions and support! I'd put our wedding vendor community up against any city in the country, no doubt!

Please enjoy these early pictures from Shannon Jenkins Photography, and a big thanks to her for sharing them with us! More to come from her and our other photography friends who were so kind to come and shoot.

Grand Open House at CJ's Off the Square TONIGHT!

We are so, so, so excited for our Open House here at CJ's Off the Square tonight from 5 to 8pm. We're already expecting 150 guests or more throughout the evening and the list is growing as the day goes on!

We have so many new style ideas showcased tonight that have NEVER been seen here before, including (but not limited to!) new Menu Items, new Lighting Design (can you say romantic string lights in our fabulous Garden?), new Invitation lines, new Cake flavors, and most importantly, a gorgeous artist rendering of our much-anticipated new Pavilion, opening April 2010!

We hope you're able to join us - the event is FREE but you must register here: http://www.cjsoffthesquare.com/registration.html. Those registered will be entered to win a FREE Engagement Session with Hartz Photographic or a FREE dinner and accommodations at the Cool Springs Marriott!

Real Wedding - Tricia & Dominic, September 19

We played hide and seek with the rain this day for quite awhile, but the weather worked in our favor and Tricia & Dom were able to a have a beautiful sunset ceremony in the Garden, followed by a very fun and elegant reception in the Pavilion. She chose a color scheme of creams, dark browns, and natural greens, which is always a great look here - matches our feel perfectly!

The Enchanted Florist did a great job enhancing the natural look with the great iron table top trees and the string lights from Nashville Event Lighting added a warm feel. Jason Middleton from Middleton Entertainment kept the party rolling and Jay from Maples Weddings Cakes created a beautiful cake - the piping color was inspired by his morning cup of coffee! A Catered Affair presented a delicious dinner buffett from our house menus and VIP Bartending manned the spirits.

All in all, it was a fantastic night! Many thanks to http://www.bsgphotography.com/ for sharing these pictures. 

Evin Photography brings you Sarah & Andrew! September 12, 2009

We were so excited to have Evin Krehbiel of Evin Photography (another Downtown Franklin-er like us) to shoot our September 12 wedding here at CJ's. She did a wonderful job and I'm thrilled to show you these beautiful pictures she shared with us. Thanks Evin!

Real Wedding - Denise & Ryan, September 5

We had a beautiful Labor Day weekend wedding reception with Denise & Ryan on September 5. The weather was fantastic and their guests enjoyed southern delights from Monell's catering under a canopy of white and green paper lanterns from Nashville Event Lighting. Denise incorporated her heritage in many ways, including sarong runners, a uniquely designed cake, and hundreds of paper cranes she folded herself!

Thanks to Hannah at www.hannahelaine.com for these beautiful pictures!

Sneek peek from this weekend!

Check out this gorgeous shot of Denise, our bride from September 5th, by Hannah Elaine Photography. Can't wait to see the rest!