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Kim and Drew on Junebug Weddings Blog!

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Oh my goodness, what a fun surprise to see that our lovely bride Kim Smith’s wedding was featured on Junebug Weddings blog! Kim and Drew’s wedding was just so lovely… the bright sky blues and spring greens were fresh and quirky but didn’t feel overdone. I always love it when the decor really fits the time of year and I feel like theirs really screamed, “Spring!” So great.

We loved working with this awesome Charlotte, NC couple and also loved working with their friends, photographers Geoff and Cheyenne Schultz. Make sure to check out their great blog here as well as the post on Junebug Weddings here!

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Erin and Tyler are married!

Monday, May 9th, 2011

I know this sounds sooooo cliche, but it was a total and complete pleasure to help plan Erin and Tyler’s wedding. Erin and Tyler met and both work at the lovely Daniel Island Club, but decided to get away from the “office” for their own wedding and chose a Mother’s Day wedding at The Confederate Home.

Never been to the Confederate Home? You are missing out! My husband and baby boy joined me for a picnic lunch during set up and it is as charming as the day is long. Erin wanted a garden feel for her wedding with a laid back, relaxed dinner with mellow music and lots of time to catch with with close friends and family. And I think that’s exactly what she got!!

She had a total vision for the event and put tireless hours into many of the details from designing his/her silhouettes for herself and Tyler to using pliers to pull back antique fork tongs to make place card holders to hand-selecting a family-style served menu with wine pairings so that everyone could have flavors to enjoy.

I loved everything about this wedding. It was traditional but modern, classic but fun, detail-oriented without being gimmicky. And above all, I ADORE the bride and her new husband. Cheers, y’all!

(These are some of my amateur photos, but we sure to check back when I post those from her delightful photographer Caroline, an associate of Juliet Elizabeth)

Her sign in was a lovely poster Erin printed from a Martha Stewart template along with a few portraits of the blushing bride and some antique silhouette frames:

SUCH a pretty place to be married (with guests on plantation benches, all the more charming!)

As a chef, Tyler knew exactly what he wanted for his wedding day food and beverage. He made a ridiculously delicious honeydew puree to add to cava for a sparkling pre-ceremony drink, and during cocktail hour he provided the hand-ground ginger beer for the gentleman’s ginger drinks. As a guest of the wedding I was thankfully allowed to partake and they were to die for (and beautiful!):

And the two lovebirds enjoying one (and a sweet kiss):

Dinner rocked. The food was amazing, the dessert was amazing… it was perfect. We set up two long tables down the length of the room and put burlap runners atop of charcoal grey linen. Spring green cushions on the chivari chairs brightened it up a bit but kept things neutral. And we placed mirrors all throughout the space to reflect all the candlelight and create that great low-lit ambience. Check out some of the details…

The escort card board was a fun project. Each table had various frames with either Erin’s or Tyler’s silhouettes, so those acted as the table “numbers:”

The menus were written on huge mirrors we scoured from thrift stores:

The tables were gorgeous…

These are some of my favorites because I LOVE to see everyone settled into the night and having a blast…

The bride and groom left under a shower of benne seeds… appropriate for this foodie couple, I’d say:

Congrats to the Dudleys! We love y’all!

Caterer: Granville’s Catering

Flowers: SYG Designs

Cake: Peninsula Grill

Rentals: Snyders

Photography: Caroline Ro

Lighting: TEC

Dress: Modern Trousseau from Fabulous Frocks

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Abby and Joseph, the Wedding

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Oh, this wedding… I LOVED IT. I think it just really speaks to what happens when a bride’s vision meets our tastes meets a great venue (Legare Waring House and Founder’s Hall) meets a slew or talented vendors (think TEC, SYG Designs, Snyder Rentals, etc.) meets a charmed weekend. It was magical!

I could go on and on, but how about I post a million photos instead and let those speak for themselves?

Let’s start with the SUPER HIP wood-burned invites, sent out in chic boxes wrapped in patterned paper:

Moving right along to the dapper men…

And the beautiful bride and her bridesmaids…

Gorgeous flowers by SYG Designs…

And tons of fun detail and decor…

How cute are these two??

Thanks for the amazing photos, Leigh!!

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Brooke and Chris

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

Halloween. Now I know that this is a favorite holiday for many… not for this girl. Well, that is until Brooke and Chris’ Cassique wedding over Halloween weekend this year! The colors, the charm, the fun… all made me fall in love with the festivities and the spooky cheer.

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!

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A White Wedding Day

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

We have to give a HUGE thank you to Sara York Grimshaw and her friend Andrew Cebulka for sending these GORGEOUS photos of the flowers Sara designed for a dear client’s recent wedding day…

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…

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Mandy and David

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Mandy and David were married at the Daniel Island Club in September and it was one of those wedding weekends in which our entire staff didn’t even feel like we were working at all! It was all so fun and relaxed and our vendors were such friends that it *almost* felt like we were guests ourselves.

The groom was cracking us all up and the bride was so laid back that I don’t think that even if anything DID go wrong she would have been thrown off…

And of course, working with the Daniel Island Club, Juliet Elizabeth Photography, Allure Salon, Old South Barber Spa, Studio R Designs, and Snyder Event Rentals made for an easy and relaxed weekend as well.

Take a look at all the fun times!

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Kate and Ben

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Oh, my… this wedding. One of our FAVORITES for many reasons…

Does everyone remember “Hurricane Hanna”- the alleged hurricane that was coming through the lowcountry in September 2008 threatening to destroy all of our carefully planned events?

This bride and groom would have none of that. Kate, a boutique owner (see her adorable shop here) and her groom Ben, a Navy SEAL, were scheduled to go overseas the very next week. So the show had to go on!

Thankfully the winds gave away to an absolutely STUNNING wedding full of thoughtful details and charm. And did we mention how fun it was? From the bride and groom’s first dance to “Super Freak” (a surprise to all the guests) to the Polaroid photo set up complete with dress up props galore, we were all kept entertained.

Photos by Marni Pictures

Flowers by Dahlia Designs

Rentals by Snyder

Lighting by Todd St. Onge

Wedding Cake by The Cake Stand

SEAL cake by Jim Smeal

Dress by Maddison Row

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Wallis and Nick, via Leigh!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

So y’all know the drill… I post what photos I have, then as soon as Leigh Webber gets her gorgeous photos up I snatch them up to post, too!

But please check out her great blog, which (when she’s not sick with the flu!) she updates regularly. Her photos are always inspiring and her comments a fun take on the day, as she is truly in the middle of everything at all times…

The Manolos… gently tread here before the ceremony, but by the end of the night completely worn down from all the dancing!

Oh, this ring… All we can say is, “Well done, Nick!”

Beautiful ladies!

Sara Grimshaw of Dahlia Designs somehow tracked down these tree peonies at the end of October. Whoohoo!

Ummm… sweet tea mojitos, the recipe graciously supplied by Cypress restaurant (if you haven’t ever tasted one, you must!)

The beautiful couple walking back down the aisle under the oak at Magnolia Plantation…

I loved the “barn” feel at Magnolia in the details like this fence guiding guests to the ceremony

Jim Smeal does not leave out a single detail in his cake designs. These leaves and flowers were edible, and the “young” dogwood flowers and their centers were coordinated with the green and coral scheme

I love that we kept with the season in our “fall leaves” send off! We purchased preserved leaves so that we could have all of the color and none of the breakage.

A beautiful end to a simply lovely night. Cheers to you both, Wallis and Nick!

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Thank you, Charleston Weddings Mag!

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Check out the new issue of Charleston Weddings Magazine for great tips and tricks… we had several brides featured (p. 4, 64, 88, 95, and 153– are they not all stunners?!) and a great feature on a budget-savvy wedding from this past fall pp. 88-89:

Find the article in the newest issue and here online:

Brides on a Budget: Alli Hobbs to Mark Peavy, October 25, 2008

Innovative ideas plus $25,000 equal one gorgeous Charleston wedding

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Alli Hobbs to Mark Peavy

“Considering the state of the economy,” says New York gal Alli Hobbs, “issue number one on most brides’ minds is saving money while maintaining beauty and not sacrificing too much.” Counting herself in that camp, she and her fiancé opted for a small, smart wedding that stretched their dollars. They chose a morning ceremony and brunch reception (less pricey than dinner) with Bloody Marys and mimosas (less expensive than an open bar). And since Alli had a clear wedding day vision, she just needed a top-notch event coordinator to polish it off and pull it together. W.E.D.’s Ellen Robinson typically tackles six-figure affairs but was happy to work with Ali and Mark since the well-thought out (and early) event didn’t call for much manpower. The result? A stunner of a fall fête.

Cost-Saving Tips

The Location
Alli and Matt booked the Confederate Home, where they hosted a garden ceremony and sit-down brunch on the same property for one rate.

The Attire
The Bride: Alli got a past-season Vera Wang gown at a sample sale, which costs less than a current release.

The Bridal Party: The couple opted for only a matron of honor and best man, who were able to select (with guidance) their own attire.

The Ushers: Male ushers wore their own suits and the couple gifted them ties, which brought the color scheme together.

The details
Décor: Elegant but simple ribbon streamers in purple and green gave a lot of bang for the couple’s buck.

Stationery: A designer pal made the invites, and Alli created programs herself with a color printer, kraft paper, and ribbon.

The Photographer: Setting a strict shooting time limit and opting for an online album (rather than an actual one) to trim photo costs.

**We wrote a post on this last year- check it out for more great photos from this chic event!**

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Avenue of Oaks

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

An Avenue of Oaks… what is more “Charleston” than that?

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: