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“We’re all a little weird. And life is weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatable with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness- and call it love- true love.”  -Robert Fulgrum

Here are a few highlights from 2011…

WED is off to great places & new adventures; we can’t wait to see what 2012 has in store for us!

More to come from Chelsea & John’s wedding in the New Year!

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

Kiften and Will are both in medicine at MUSC and with their hectic schedules, it left little time for planning. What was great about this couple was that they knew EXACTLY what they wanted- or, rather, exactly what they DIDN’T want. What they didn’t want was the stuffy, formal feel of some weddings they had been to in the past. What they did want was a fun al fresco dinner filled with lawn games, delicious drinks, easy southern food and plenty o’ dancing.

They fell in love with the Legare-Waring House and we managed to find of theme of “…in the garden.” We hoped to be able to achieve a casual elegance by imagining a home-spun soiree in the garden of a grand estate, and I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what we got.

With the amazing talent of our lighting friends at TEC, the floral expertise of SYG Designs, rentals by Snyder and photography by our friend Josh Drake, this is what came about from our garden vision…

(welcome packets were hand-stamped  muslin bags filled with benne wafers and cheese zingers, made locally by the Olde Colony Bakery, and parkling water- below- refreshed guests before the ceremony)

The STUNNING bride Kiften:

Bridesmaids and the bride having fun before the wedding:

Can’t say the groomsmen weren’t having fun, either

The Avenue of Oaks ceremony!

Custom burlap runners on the seated tables + farmhouse tables = rustic chic

How ’bout that lighting! Go, TEC!

It’s not a wedding without dancing…

Love, love, love! Congrats, Kiften and Will!

Rehearsal Dinner

Wedding

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

We are thrilled, THRILLED to announce that The Knot Magazine has featured one of our gorgeous 2010 brides, Gately Carroll! 

Gately and Mikell were wed at St. John the Baptist and celebrated their marriage afterwards at the William Aiken House.  The details of this wedding were so fun for us to plan for many reasons (the bride has super hip tastes, the colors were different and funky, the venue is always fabulous) but honestly… the reason we really loved this wedding was because we ADORED the families involved. It’s true that real love really shows through, no?

Thanks to The Knot and to our always-adored photographer/friend Marni Durlach for the perfectly-captured details and moments…

Make sure to pick up the Winter 2011 issue (it’s full of great content, too!) and especially pay attention to our beautiful girl Gately on pages 170-172.

P.S. CONGRATS to Mr. and Mrs. Carroll on the recent birth of a sweet baby boy!!!!!!