Many of our exhibitors have given us some great offers and special for you to take advantage of not only while at the Salon, but year-round. We’ve posted them online, and you’ll also receive them when you check in at the Hilton.

We love our wonderful vendors, who have given us some great door prizes to give to you at the Saturday night Salon After Party at the Hilton Garden Inn. We’ve posted them online, and we have more in the works!

The After Party is going to quite the to-do. Mike from Outer Banks DJis going to turn the Pierhouse (overlooking the Atlantic Ocean) into a fun house with lots of music, food and drink–and some interesting surprises.

DJ Professionals and Video is bringing their whole sound and light show to the Hilton’s ballroom and transforming it into a high energy dance club.

The After Party is part of your Salon ticket admission, so make planes to come by!

We’re really excited about our Saturday night After Party at the Hilton Garden Inn. In the Hilton Pierhouse overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Mike from Outer Banks DJ is going to turn it on with some fantastic music and fun suprises. And in the Ballroom, DJ Professionals and Video will transform the space into a light and sound spectacular dance club!

During the evening, we’ll give away a bunch of cool door prizes donated by our vendors and enjoy lots of food, drink, and dancing!

Best of all, admission is part of your Outer Banks Wedding Salon ticket price. Bring your dancing shoes, and let’s have some fun!

Click here for tickets, lodging, and more details.

One of our Wedding Salon Event Venue Tours is to Hatteras Island, one of the most romantic Outer Banks locations there is! The chauffeured tour will stop at Hatteras Realty, where 18 of the island’s best wedding vendors will be on hand to meet you and help plan your Hatteras Island wedding.

Hatteras is becoming one fo the most popular Outer Banks wedding locations. With over 60 miles of pristine National Seashore beaches, top notch vendors, and plush accomodations, Hatteras has everything you need for a spectacular beach wedding–and still retains a romantic vibe. Did you see Nights in Rodanthe? Then you know what we mean.

Click here for a complete list of all of our Outer Banks Wedding Salon Event Venue Tours. 

Photo courtesy of Chris Bickford.com.

The professionals at SeaBreeze Florist & Gifts are two generations of floral designers with over 35 years of collective creativity and imagination. 

They take great pleasure in offering superior, highly personalized service.  They recognize that each bride is an individual, and each wedding needs to be custom designed.  They are committed to doing what it takes to ensure you are delighted.  The designers at Seabreeze pride themselves in making your dreams a reality. 

SeaBreeze Florist & Gifts is a full service florist and we offer daily deliveries. You can met them at the Outer Banks Wedding Salon.

Photos courtesy of Island Photography and Brooke Mayo.

We just love Mike and Allie, husband and wife team behind Island Photography. They are one of the Outer Banks most-requested wedding photographers primarily because their work is outstanding. But also because they are just so much fun!

They are both photographers that have worked together for 12 years. Which means brides get both male and female perspective, two for one. They focus on the candids and capturing the moments of your wedding. And they release the images to their clisnts, copyrights and all, within a month of the wedding.

Come visit them at the Salon. And check out their photo gallery!

Argyles Restaurant and Catering is one of our favorite places to hang out. Their food is out of this world, their catering is impeccable, and Debra and PJ are great friends.

Argyle has the ideal setting for all special occasions, Wedding Receptions, rehearsal dinners, and yes, a romantic dinner for two near the soothing sounds of our piano bar.
 
Their event catering is appointed with the quality that has been added into all of their food creations. Their carefully chosen, professional staff is acclaimed for meticulous and attentive service, and compliments their outstanding cuisine. For over 20 years guests have enjoyed and appreciated their dedication to excellence. Their menus are flexible and meant to allow for your total creativity.

You can meet Debra and PJ at the Salon and sample their outstanding cuisine!

Coastal Cookies is a home-based business established in 2005, originally named Claudia’s Cookies.

Claudia creates buttery-rich sugar cookies, lovingly made from scratch using the finest ingredients, each cookie meticulously hand-decorated with royal icing. Her cookies have no preservatives and are best eaten within 2-4 weeks.

She is located on beautiful Roanoke Island near the soundside in Mother Vineyard, home of the centuries old mother vine of our native scuppernong grapes.

The ingredients for our cookie recipe include butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, salt and baking powder. For the royal icing we use confectioners’ sugar, meringue powder, vanilla and lemon extracts, gel paste (food colorings), purified island water and fresh salt air.

She will provide her scrumptious cookies for brides on our event venue tours. You can Claudia at (252) 423-2071 or email her at coastalcookies@embarqmail.com.

The Pearl Restaurant is located on the Ocean Front in Kill Devil Hills North Carolina and specializes in local ingredients with a French twist.  Being the only remaining true ocean front location on the Outer Banks, The Pearl is a popular destination for locals and visitors.  The cuisine has strong French influence with an emphasis on ingredients from local farms and waters.  

Tucked away in the Historic Sea Ranch Hotel , guests are delighted to discover this hidden gem with its outstanding ocean views and tranquil, beautiful ambiance.

The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and has regular live entertainment.  The location is the perfect setting for weddings on the beach, receptions, large family gatherings and especially the perfect dinner for two.

The Pearl will be a featured stop on the Salon’s event venue tour of the Central Beaches.

Check out the Pearl’s promotional video.

Kim, Wes and Eric hosted our very first Salon Vendor Blender on August 27 at the Stetson’s Bayou Bungalow on Roanoke Island. With a New Orleans Cajun theme at work, the weather cooperated with winds and rains from what was left of Tropical Storm Fay. But us Outer Bankers are used to it, and the party went off without a hitch!

Everyone who attended is so excited about the Salon weekend! This is a fantastic group of people who love weddings and the Outer Banks. Needeless to say, there was lots of laughter, music, food, and drink to accompany the comraderie.

Check out the photos here.

Special Thanks to:

• Metro Rentals who provided the tent that kept us dry.
• Holiday House Flowers for the beautiful centerpieces and Cajun shrimp.
• Argyle’s Restaurant and Catering, Just Desserts, and Blue Ocean Events for the delicious side dishes.