Jennifer & Brent / Auburn & Georgia

Cute marries cute!  Jennifer & Brent were married at All Saints Church in Dunwoody with a reception at The Retreat at Perimeter Summit.

Jennifer's bouquet of  white hydrangeas, stock, garden roses, freesia and mini callas mixed with a few hypericum berries complimented the "clean, simple, comfortable and fun" look she wanted.  Her dress was comfortable and fun too but with a magnificent floral accent at the waist.

Soft grey chiffon bridesmaids dresses were a subtle touch of color.  Photographer Shannon Wright composed some great wedding party shots at The Retreat.

The reception venue has a giant wall of windows which allows for a wonderful abundance of natural light.

I love this Georgia/Florida shot (above) with the background image of Jennifer's shoes with a blue/orange accent and Brent's red/black striped socks.  She also has orange and blue toenails!

The wedding day garter was also a nod to her alma mater.

Note the green shoes for the wedding day!

Sweet Martha Stewart-inspired wedding cake with garden rose and berry accents.

Jennifer was a lovely bride and the day was expertly coordinated by Hester Parks of Park Avenue Events.

A fond memory of this wedding was arriving at the church with the wedding party flowers in the midst of the "wedding gown zipper crisis".  Of course, it was resolved and the dress finally zipped, but oh! the drama...

Emily and Aaron - Legacy Fountain & Greystone / Piedmont Park

Emily and Aaron have a great story.  They planned to marry at Piedmont Park's Magnolia Hall with a reception at Greystone on September 24th.  Not long after the papers were signed...Music Midtown was booked and threw a kink in the whole plan.  Because of the concert traffic, noise, etc., the ceremony could not be held as planned. 

Fortunately, the gorgeous Legacy Fountain at the park had just been completed and it's location was far enough away that the noise from the concert wouldn't be that bad.  The concert promoter was held responsible for the all the extra charges involved with moving the ceremony (i.e. chair rentals, speakers, extra floral decor, etc.) including providing shuttles for all the wedding guests as parking would be non-existent.

The upside to all of it was that during the reception at Greystone, wedding guests could sit on the patio and hear Coldplay live!

Now, another kink arose just a week before the wedding.  Emily twisted her ankle and was placed in one of those big, black boots!  Hence the reason for the sparkly Tom's.  Despite the challenges, Emily and Aaron had a fantastic wedding day.

Emily's bouquet was a collection of gorgeous purple hydrangeas, lavender spray roses, lavender and purple carnations, actual lavender stems and dark purple schwartzwalder callas. Now, I know what you are thinking...carnations?  And I somewhat agree - but the purple fancy variety looks SO gorgeous mixed in with other flowers to give the full spectrum of purple shades Emily wanted. 

Lavender stock was used in the girls' bouquets which added a lovely fragrance.

I love this shot of the girls with their bouquets on the grass.  It was a perfect day in the park.

Emily's mom was the sweetest.  Through all the twists and turns this wedding took, she rolled with it and made the best of it.  She looks stunning in her gold gown.

The steps down to the grass of the Legacy Fountain...what an entrance!

Aaron was a happy groom and if you look behind the Judge, you can see the dancing waters of the Legacy Fountain.  I believe that Emily and Aaron's wedding was the first ever at the fountain!



Can you say HUGE wedding party??



Flower balls for the aisle decor.

And large urns for the "altar" area of mixed shades of purple and blue hydrangea, ruscus, lavender roses, delphinium, stock and larkspur.

Centerpieces were low square vases filled with shades of blue and purple hydrangea, lavender roses, stock, carnations and wrapped inside with a green ti leaf to hide the stems.

An obvious groom's cake...

The boys made sure Aaron was up for the evening!!

And here's the mother of the bride - getting down on the dance floor!

The toss bouquet was caught by Josie.  Emily's neighbor and....

bloom's next bride!!!  How cool is that...(Josie's colorful Trolley Barn wedding will be featured soon)

Emily's wedding photos courtesy of The Long Farewell.

Debbie & Jason - The Gardens at Great Oaks

Here's a dreamy sneak peek set of images from Debbie and Jason's wedding at The Gardens at Greak Oaks.  The beautiful manor house of an old sorghum, corn and wheat plantation in Roswell, this venue is the perfect backdrop for an intimate and nostalgic wedding.

 Debbie provided most of the vessels for her centerpiece collections.  Borrowed from family and friends along with some lovely antique shop discoveries, the vintage vases held bright and textural flowers.  Red garden roses, orange ranunculus, dahlias, berries, sea thistle, celosia, and scabiosa combined for a bright and bold color palette.

Stay tuned for more of these beautiful images courtesy of Hollie Lytle Photography.

A Very Creative Mother of the Bride

 This is Elizabeth.  She and Paul were married this past September at the Decatur United Methodist Chapel with a reception at The Houston Mill House.

Elizabeth is a very lucky bride in that she and her mom worked together to create some very beautiful details for her wedding day.

 Suzanne, mother-of-the-bride, made the lovely vintage card collector featured here.

She also brought an old chair to the church in order to get some pretty shots of the bouquet.  Elizabeth's bouquet was a collection of pinks, purples and whites - hydrangea, lisianthus, lavender roses, hypericum berries, stock and freesia.

Suzanne also created this sweet vintage inspired guestbook as well as the "mr" and "mrs" signs for the back of the bride and groom's chairs.

She also put together the wedding programs and handmade every single one of the escort cards!

The escort cards were then hung on a vintage garden gate.  These escort cards would have been sufficient as wedding favors, however Elizabeth is known for her delicious white chocolate dipped pretzels.  Each guest received their very own pretty little package of them.  Elizabeth dipped over 900 pretzels!

The photos featured here are courtesy of Suzanne (and a family friend).  You can follow her creative endeavors here.

It's a pleasure to work with individuals who really care about the details.