Emalee & Sal // #SalGotHisGal

This is Emalee.  She's a doll and her groom, Sal, is the perfect match.  They were married at The Solarium at Historic Scottish Rite in Oakhurst and here's some great shots from a gorgeous day!

Her bouquet is seriously one of my favorites.  Fingerling eucalyptus, dahlias, lepto, sweetheart roses, ranunculus, and agonis together created a wildly romantic, loose and natural bouquet. 

Sal wore an impeccably tailored suit with a pale pink tie and handkerchief.

And of course, dog socks!

Sweet flower girls and...

10 bridesmaids!  All in shades of pink to burgundy. And even a couple floral dresses as well.  A beautiful collection of colors and styles.

Sal and the Ring Man.

Sal and his buddies.  I love his blue suit/pale pink tie with their grey suits/burgundy ties.  A nice way to mix it up.

This shot of the wedding party reminds me of an Annie Liebowitz photo.  They could be on the cover of Vanity Fair.

Married under an arbor made by a friend, draped with white and adorned with fresh, wild foliage.

The sparkling send off...

with Sal definitely getting his gal.

All photos courtesy of Sweet Avenue photography.  Catering by Taqueria del Sol, Decatur.

Decatur Love: Part 1

Amelia and Lain dig Decatur.  

  With a casual get-together Thursday night at The Marlay House, a ladies lunch on Friday at Cakes & Ale, and their Rehearsal Dinner at Victory Sandwich Bar - they treated their wedding guests to the best this little city has to offer.

Looks like someone is impersonating the bride and groom!

Stay tuned as the next post will feature all the hipster details of their wedding ceremony and reception at 

The Old Courthouse on the Square (guess where?) in Decatur.

Oh yeah, Lain just happens to be the nephew of Decatur's Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development - Linda Harris.  As well as the great, great, great grandson of that famous guy from Georgia - Joel Chandler Harris.

All photos courtesy of Jason Travis.

Josie & Lawrence at The Trolley Barn

Josie & Lawrence married on a gorgeous November Saturday at the Trolley Barn in Inman Park.

Oodles of handmade details made this casual ceremony and reception one of my favorites this year.

 Josie's friend made the altar "arch" of vintage paper flowers and pinwheels as well as the aisle markers.  (She could start her own business!)

Josie's bridesmaids each wore a different dress in a color palette of grey, lavender and taupe.  We added a pop of color with the bouquets of dusty miller, bright blue delphinium, yellow billy balls, purple gomphrena, dark purple asters and bright blue cornflower.

Ok, this is a cool picture but I don't like the idea of my flowers being thrown around!!  :)

Josie's bouquet was similar to the bridesmaids but with some additional flowers - white veronica, lavender scabiosa, and kermit poms.

Lawrence and his boys wore suits with purple ties.  His was the classic necktie and the groomsmen wore plaid bow ties.  A nod to their connection to Charleston, I used sweet grass roses for their boutonnieres.

Centerpieces were collections of found vases filled with a variety of garden flowers.  bloom provided the flowers and Josie's mom and friends put them together.

Catering was provided by Zest.  A wonderful local Decatur vendor.  And the groom's cake was handmade by a family friend in Tennessee!  Gorgeous!

Beautiful wedding shoes.  And apparently Josie is a shoe fanatic!

A handmade wishing tree of japanese maple branches...

Sweet little boys...

Congratulations Josie & Lawrence!

And....if you've been following my blog - you'll recognize Emily and Aaron here with her parents as happy guests.  Emily and Aaron were married at Piedmont Park back in September on the same day as Music Midtown!  It was a challenge but we pulled it off!   

Josie caught the toss bouquet at Emily's wedding and Emily and Josie grew up next door to each other here in Decatur.  And, another neat thing, one of Josie's groomsmen was my son's middle school social studies teacher!  And with Zest doing the catering, it was a great Decatur collaboration.  

The awesome photos are by Anna & Spencer.