“It’s a beautiful day,” she told me. Though the clouds were out, the temperatures down, and the threat of rain eminent, our bride yesterday could only see the beauty in her wedding day… I love that!

This wedding was an adventure for WED. Deborah contacted us this fall and told us her story of receiving her breast cancer diagnosis, enduring treatments, coming out stronger than ever (5 years cancer-free!)… but being plagued with medical bills. She had finally met the love of her life in her fiance Craig and had always dreamed of a Charleston wedding, but was debilitated with mounting hospital payments. She asked us if we’d be willing to help her out and help her in finding other vendors to donate of their time and services, and we were thrilled to be invited to be a part of this gorgeous couple’s wedding weekend. With having gone through a breast cancer scare myself, I was excited to help this deserving couple out.

Our planning started with the cocktail hour space: the ever-chic Robert Lange Studios. The space was donated by the owners (and friends of Deborah’s family) and proved perfect for their 50 family and friends to cocktail.

With this space secured I thought it only made sense to have their guests walk right up to dinner in the beautiful Gallery room at McCradys. Fate would have their wedding date open (the only weekend in March that was still available!!), so we picked a beautiful menu and the couple could not have been more excited about the space (“George Washington ate here!” I heard the bride tell just about every guest!). Lauren Robertson of The Cake Stand rounded out their meal with this gorgeous cake:

WED did all of the flowers in house, creating nature-inspired bouquets of andromeda (the bride’s favorite), button and cushion mums, garden roses, heleborus, cymbidium orchids and local dogwood blossoms:

So many of our vendors “wow”ed us with their generosity… FABULOUS photographer ELizabeth Leighton flew up from Port St. Lucie, FL to shoot the wedding (Tomme Hilton was her local second shooter),  Redeemer Presbyrterian Church donated their gorgeous sanctuary on Wentworth Street, Lee Edwards his night to DJ, Snyder Event Rentals the linen and Allure Salon the bridal hair. THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who chipped in to treat this very deserving couple!

Make sure to grab a Post and Courier this Friday — Deborah and Craig’s story and more wedding pictures will be featured in the “Moxie” section.