Brooke and Chris hosted their wedding and reception at the always beautiful Cassique on Kiawah Island and WOW, what a gorgeous night it was! Brooke is a fabulous art curator and her effortless style was seen throughout the night from her Carolina Herrera gown with bold accessories and retro hair to the lovely letterpress printing by The Lettered Olive to the custom lantern lighting by TEC.  With plums and pumpkin orange as tones for the florals by SYG Designs and a rustic chic vibe in the reception tent and with Papa Sol keeping the dance floor full all night, I’d most certainly say that the party was as unique as it was fun.

The next morning (Halloween morning) was perhaps one of my FAVORITE events of the entire year and darn it if we couldn’t manage to get any photos to share with you! But it was a COSTUME brunch on the lawn of The Sanctuary and oh, my goodness it was hysterical! The mother-of-the-groom wore a gorilla suit, the bride and groom were Paul Bunyan and the Ox… everyone donned their finest Halloween garb and it was most certainly a brunch to go in the memory books for WED.

So no photos from that, but take a look at the beautiful bride and her gorgeous wedding, compliments of a Charleston uber-talent, Marni Rothschild Durlach (make sure to check out her blog with more photos here):

Congrats, Brooke and Chris!

Don’t you love being able to work with laid-back and easy-going people? It was so seamless for the Schultzes to work with WED and our team and their clever website name- www.lovetheschultzes – seems appropriate.

I LOVED the colors that Kim and Drew used for their April wedding… and how wonderfully did they photograph, too?? Thanks so much to everyone who helped make this happen!!

Here are a few of their wonderful images, and make sure to check out their blog on this event, too…

Thanks so much to the new Mr. and Mrs. Smith!

Here are a few shots from a hunting lodge that we transformed into an uber-romantic, pink-infused evening:

(The cake was lit under the linen, casting an ambient glow that could be seen even through the outside windows)

(The bar and cigar bar were uplit in hot pinks, and the trees across the lake were hilighted in blue. We even added a “full moon” to light up the night…)

(The two main interior rooms were all about “sleek” and “pink.” Custom white carpet and pink, pink, P-I-N-K lighting!)

Lighting Design by Todd St. Onge and PDA

Cake by Jim Smeal

Photos by WED

Location: Buckridge Plantation

The real kicker for us was that due to an event on Friday at Lowndes Grove, WED had less than twelve hours to make over a year’s worth of planning come together before the 4:00pm ceremony!! Each vendor dutifully came out at 5:00am and completely made it happen.

Let’s take a walk through the creative process of this wedding with these photos from the uber-talented Marni Rothschild Durlach…

We used lots of Snyder and Snyder Lounge’s new pieces… including a fabulous wooden bar, new natural wood bookcases and green rocks glasses. We order crystal globe pendants that were installed by PDA and Blossom‘s did a custom-draping and drumshade job.

I really can’t say enough good things about Sara Grimshaw and her team from Dahlia Designs. Their flowers always exceed even OUR high expectations! I love how the huge sprays of yellow-orange orchids almost frame each guest in photos, including the lovely bride and groom here:

A close up of the lovely flowers and the napkins, created from the same fabric as was used in the draping border…

Their menu was positively mouth-watering. Who wouldn’t love to sit down to this menu??:

Course One:

Traditional Hushpuppy Amuse with Spicy Cajun Remoulade

Course Two:

She Crab Soup with Red Pepper Oil and Beet Micro Greens

Course Three:

Shrimp and Smoked Gouda Grits Cake with Chorizo Gravy and Truffled Frisee Salad

Course Four:

Braised Short Ribs served on a Bed of Spicy Collard Greens with Local Red Rice

Course Five:

Sweet Confections from Sugar Bakeshop

Looks like everyone had a great time, no?

Sugar Bakeshop really outdid themselves on this delightful miniature dessert display, its design a-la-amy atlas!

And finally, for the hours of dancing to local band Plane Jane- flip flops for their guests. These really are a completely cute AND practical wedding detail- these were snatched up in a hot minute once Plane Jane started kicking it up!

Ahh… another wonderful couple, another beautiful wedding. Thank you to everyone for helping us pull all of our planning together on Saturday!

And Kirsten and Paul, we wish you the best. WED is honored to have been a part of your big day!

Ashley and Scott celebrated their wedding at the beautiful Legare-Waring House, located at historic Charlestowne Landing. The shade of the Oaks made placing a clear-top tent doable in May (normally summer heat + clear top tent = everything melted!) and the effect was just stunning.

Here are several of the details, gorgeously captured by Marni Rothschild:

Cake: Jim Smeal

Tent/Rentals: Snyder Event Rentals

Flowers: Dahlia Designs

The bride wanted it to be the “WOW” factor of the wedding and I have to say, hearing the “oohs” and “ahhs” as guests walked into the reception and saw the display was my favorite part of the night!

The candy was all pink and white and the printing incorporated her butterfly motif…

Hundreds of romantic garden roses, hydrangea, nerine lilies, lisianthus and bells of Ireland composed the centerpieces that towered over the candy… gorgeous!

Eat your heart out!