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Friday, June 25th, 2010

Of a bona fide BEACH wedding!

The Ocean Course on Kiawah Island is one of the few places that brides can get that beach wedding they want… and I have to admit, there’s something uber-romantic about hearing the waves crashing behind you during your wedding ceremony…

Marni Rothschild took these beautiful photos for Jaci and Jamie’s wedding in May… here are a few details to whet you appetite for an upcoming blog on this event done by the wonderful Della on The Wedding Row- make sure to keep checking her blog daily for this one because it is FULL of great ideas and beautiful touches!

Jaci, you were beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing your weekend with us, and we can’t wait to see what The Wedding Row puts together soon…

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Thank you, Schultzes!

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Thanks so much to Cheyenne and Geoff Schultz, a wonderfully fun and exciting photographer husband-wife team who came down from Charlotte, NC to photograph Kim and Drew’s Legare-Waring House wedding.

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!

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Anne and Mike

Monday, April 26th, 2010

There are certain wedding venues in town that I know are going to ALWAYS be beautiful… their location and space are just perfect for parties.

The I’On Creek Club is just such a venue. Right on the water through the gorgeous I’On neighborhood, it really is a little Charleston gem!

A little drizzling rain couldn’t stop Anne and Mike’s wedding from being absolutely perfect. A ceremony on the lawn over looking the water led to a pleasant cocktail hour on the porches just as the sun was setting and a beautiful, formal seated dinner by Granville’s Catering inside the Creek Club…

and of course, DANCING rounded out the evening!

Here are a few of my shots from the big day, but hopefully more to come from talented photographer Lee Morris to follow…

Congrats, Anne and Mike!!

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WED on Weddings Unveiled Blog!

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Thanks so much to Completely Unveiled, Wedding Unveiled Magazine’s brilliant blog for featuring one of our all-time favorite couples, Wallis and Nick, and their wedding at Magnolia Plantation. Leigh Webber captured the details perfectly and we couldn’t be more thrilled to share the love with Completely Unveiled’s readers. Thanks so much for the beautiful feature!

(All images by Leigh Webber, collages created by Completely Unveiled)

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Ellen's wedding

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Do you ever wonder what a wedding planner does for her own wedding?Ellen has been planning weddings in Charleston for over 10 years and when she became engaged, she knew she’d want to escape for a more intimate celebration with her closest family and friends. Caneel Bay in St. John, U.S.V.I is her absolute favorite place in the world so it only made sense to gather there for the seaside soiree.

Here’s a little peak into the absolutely LOVELY wedding of Ellen and Dave….

Whoohoo, Ellen and Dave!!!

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Cupcakes, to go

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

How about lose the mess of picking up cupcakes and pre-package them for guests to grab?

Thank you Melanie Nashan for the lovely photos… and for The Cake Stand for baking up some of our favorite cupcakes around for this Palmetto Bluff wedding.

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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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Suzanne and Ben on Weddings Unveiled Blog!

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Thank you so much to the talented folks at Weddings Unveiled Blog for featuring one of our fabulous couples on their site!

Suzanne and Ben were married just over a year ago- December 27th, 2008 to be exact- and we loved planning their thoroughly unique and charming wedding. I loved how she wanted a winter wedding that featured bold tones and plenty of personal touches…

THANK YOU to Weddings Unveiled for the lovely storyboards of their wedding, and for the ever-talented Corbin Gurkin for the beautiful shots of the evening…

Happy Anniversary, Suzanne and Ben!

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Kirsten and Paul

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Kirsten and Paul have been working with WED for well over a year to fine-tune all of the thoughtful details for their October 24th, 2009 wedding at Lowndes Grove Plantation. They were SUCH A FUN COUPLE who were always ready for a good time. Kirsten was a SC transplant for several years and is now back up in Philadelphia, but she knew she wanted to show off Charleston to her friends and family. They wanted their wedding weekend to be full of relaxing activities, dynamic food, unexpected surprises, and a good ‘ole Southern time.

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!

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Holiday Drop-In at WED

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Right now we’re planning several winter-time galas and Christimas parties… searching for inspiration, I went back into my photos and realized I never shared photos from WED’s 2008 Christmas Party! I know, I know… we just got through Labor Day. But simple ideas can translate into any type of event.

This is in our design center. We set up a coffee and cidar bar and the self-serve aspect lent to the casual-ness of the evening. Homemade cookies and peppermint bark was inviting- particurally to me, if I remember correctly (!). We kept the flowers simple throughout… here a mass of green dendrobiums!

Granville’ catered the event for us and brought their specialties like goat cheese-stuffed African peppers, grilled pimiento cheese bites, and rare roast beef on crostini.