It’s just so true… Jake and Kris and pretty much my peeps insomuch that I find them both to be fascinating and wonderful and doing all of the things I kind of dream about doing in another life– leading a top-notch metal band, starting a non-profit and using their fame to help others instead of build up themselves. And of my gosh, how much these two loved one another. You could see it pretty obviously at their engagement shoot and even more so in the planning and on the wedding day. These two were made to be with one another and they embrace life together so beautifully. Even if you don’t read the rest of this blog, check out Jake and Kris’ work with Heart Support here!

As you can imagine their tastes were spot on with the things I am loving right now– a little bit vintage, a little bit industrial, a little bit rocker and overall romantic and lovely. We did the flowers in house and enlisted top-notch vendors and talent like Boone Hall Plantation, Wedding Cakes by Jim Smeal, Granville’s Catering, Snyder Rentals, OOH Lounge Rentals, and Technical Event Company to create really a hauntingly magical space at Boone Hall.

THANK GOODNESS they also enlisted the help of the amazing, amazing (any hysterical) Tim Willhouby and his gorgeous wife Sarah of TimWill Photography to document the day…. every photo is perfection.

Take a look:

Jake and Kris, we love you guys! We were honored and thrilled to work with you both and can’t wait to keep hearing about the amazing things you’ll do in life together….

Ashley and Andrew… I feel like I could TRY to talk about how cool they are, how beautiful, how friendly, how fun… but a picture speaks a thousands words, right?

So- we’ll just let these hauntingly beautiful images by the equally kind and talented Caroline Ghetes tell their wedding day story speak for themselves. The whole day was captured to perfection and we are excited to share their day- start to finish- with these beautiful images.

(Note: all images copyright of Caroline Ghetes Photography, please do not copy or save without permission)

(how about that dress? Vera Wang from Maddison Row)

(STUNNING flowers from one of Ashley and Andrew’s personal friend {and ours!} Sara York Grimshaw of SYG Designs) 

(Could these two be any cuter? Seriously??!??)

(awesome lighting by TEC) 

Ok, now you’re interested in these two a little more, right??

Caroline Ghetes described the bride and groom + their wedding weekend best on her blog-

“In my personal life, I love to surround myself with people who are creative and can laugh about anything. Andrew is a ridiculously talented photographer in Charleston (website HERE). But the best part about him is his ability to light up a room with his smile and his witty banter and jokes.

Then there’s Ashley, owner of yesUmay and Cose Belle in Charleston. This girl can bake AND dress! She’s a beautiful, creative fashionista. She likes to jump. A lot. And she likes to laugh. A LOT. And what was real endearing was watching her laugh at everything that came out of Andrew’s mouth. Some people get tired of their spouse’s same jokes over and over again, but not Ashley. She just lets Andrew be Andrew, and loves him for it. Throughout the day, I would catch Andrew just looking at Ashley, without her knowing. And I could see how much he truly loved her. And he never failed to tell her he loved her that day. Over and over again.

The best part of the entire day for Alin & I was when, during the ceremony, Ashley was all choked up on her words, and Andrew stopped everything, turned her around to face her family and friends, hugged her from behind and reminded her of everyone who was there. That they were all there because they loved her and cared.

Being around Andrew & Ashley’s friends and family that day made me realize how much these two were, in fact, loved. Their friends were loyal to them. And any one of them that had a talent, gave of themselves on the wedding day; from the DJ to the planner to the caterers. I have a feeling that Alin & I have found us some real new friends here and we can’t wait to spend more time with them again.”

Sweet

A few more vendors…

Venue: Poplar Grove

Ceremony Music: Elise Testone

DJ: Josh Silverman

Catering: Woody’s + charcuterie by Cypress Restaurant

Transportation: Absolutely Charleston

Rehearsal Dinner

Wedding

Head on over to The Wedding Row to see more from Allison & Ben’s rehearsal dinner, wedding, & day after photo shoot!

During the planning process Beth was struggling to hone in on a color scheme that she loved… in those discussions we discovered that she really was most excited about a white wedding! I love that. Here is a sneak peak of Marni’s gorgeous photos of our gorgeous bride and make your way over to The Wedding Row to see the rest…

In leiu of a more formal “rehearsal dinner,” these two opted to invite everyone to a welcome party at Mingo Point to enjoy oysters, a sunset and a bonfire. And I’m sorry but if these photos don’t make you want to hop on a plane, jump in a car or even ride a bike out to Kiawah Island ASAP then I don’t know what is wrong with you! Mingo Point is so beautiful and everyone looks like they are having the time of their lives.

Here’s a photo summary of the evening from a friend and talented photographer Jenna Walker:

Amanda and Jeff’s wedding at Lowndes Grove was pretty much just total perfection in every way, but the flowers were a particularly stunning part to me! While I really do absolutely adore all the color and different combinations that can and are used these days in weddings, there is something about a white wedding day that will never NOT make me swoon.

Thanks to Andrew at Heirloom Creative Photography, we have a few photos to share already from the November 6th wedding…

Enjoy! And stay tuned for more details from this wedding to come…

Marni took the photos for us and she just always blows us away with both the photos that capture all the candid emotion of the people and also all the beautiful details of the setting… thanks for passing these along, Marni!

And head on over to The Wedding Row to read about all the fun details… I always love her collages from the blog and they really bring the details to life.

Here’s a peak of the lovely October affair…

Congrats, Whitney and Daniel!

Flowers: Sara Grimshaw Designs

Cake: Jim Smeal

Venue: William Aiken House

Photographer: Marni Pictures

Catering: FISH

Marianne and Emre’s wedding was quite simply gorgeous. Marianne was ahead of the gold and metallics trend and I have not seen The Rivercourse on Kiawah look as beautiful as it did that night.

Be sure to check out the blog here!

And Tara and Jesse’s laid lack and fun personalities were perfect for Donna and also for the whimsical teal and yellow art deco-inspired wedding. WED brought in TEC, Studio R, Snyder, and Jim Smeal to the Harbour Club to transform the space with some mid-century style. I especially LOVED the ostrich feathers!!

Congrats, Tara and Jesse!

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!