Melanie & Jeremy in Decatur

As I live and work in Decatur, I'm always happy to meet newly engaged couples who believe that Decatur is totally awesome and a great place to get married.  And they further believe that "keeping it local" is the best way to do business.

Melanie and Jeremy chose The Courthouse on the Square and Wahoo! restaurant for their wedding day.  Two wonderful wedding/event venues in the city.

Melanie's color palette was soft grey, ivory and shades of yellow.  Here she carries down the aisle escorted by her mom, a bouquet of dahlias, button mums, yellow garden roses, stock, spray aster and dusty miller.

The sign-in book was located in the lobby of the Courthouse.

Gorgeous grey dresses on the bridesmaids and beautiful beaded floral necklaces.

Melanie and Jeremy saw each other before the ceremony so that they could spend more time with their guests after.  She actually didn't pin on the boutonniere, I did - but it makes a cute photo!

Close family members each received a flower in their seat at the start of the ceremony.  Later, they added the stems to a vase at the "altar" creating a 'family bouquet' - symbolizing the coming together of the two families.

  

 Table decor at Wahoo consisted of clusters of vintage vases filled with garden roses, queen anne's lace, spray aster, billy balls, mint, rosemary, chamomile, stock, football mums, ranunculus and dusty miller.

 

The escort table was set with individual favor vases that each guest collected and took to their assigned table, contributing to the centerpiece floral display.

 

A sweet and intimate Decatur wedding.  Congratulations Melanie and Jeremy!

Ashli and Mr. Price

This wedding, held last year on the infamous 10-10-10, is very dear to me.  The beautiful bride above was my daughter's third grade teacher!  Ms. McMahon, (Ashli), would always refer to her fiance, Adam, as Mr. Price when she would discuss her wedding plans with her third grade students.  So naturally, I refer to him the same way!

Ashli announced during the school year that it would be her last as a teacher.  She had decided to follow her growing passion of cooking/catering and start her own business.  As she is a foodie, I tried to incorporate some familiar elements into her wedding bouquet.  Sage and mint, along with hypericum berries, orange ranunculus and white asiatic lilies comprised Ashli's simple and romantic bouquet.

Her color palette was vibrant and earthy. 

The ceremony took place in the gazebo at The Avondale Community Club

All sides of the gazebo were hung with mason jars filled with floating orange gerber daisies.

My daughter helped set up the wedding and she stayed for a sneak peek at some of the other teachers/administrators who were bridesmaids!

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I love that the dresses were in three shades - scarlet, burnt orange, and mocha. 

Different sized mason jars were used for the table arrangements.  Filled with orange ranunculus, white lilies. gerber daisies and all different kinds of herbs - sage, mint, rosemary, thyme, dill, etc.  I also added a few ornamental peppers to round out the garden/foodie feel.

Catering was by Sawickis, a local Decatur purveyor of artisanal and local products.

The Avondale Club has a beautiful lake view.

Lilies in hanging mason jars decorated the front porch.

And here's the most delightful part of the event!  Ashli LOVES bacon...so what better place for bacon?  On the wedding cake!  Bacon bows...a true foodie knows that bacon goes great with chocolate icing!

The happy couple - Mr. AND Mrs. Price!

All photos courtesy of Anna Kate photography.

And by the way, Ashli's catering/personal chef business has taken off!  Check her out at http://www.plantoplate.com/.



Cator Woolford with Amy + Dan

Gorgeous is all I can say about Amy!  And her groom was adorable.

Pre-wedding photos were taken on the Emory University campus.

Her lush green and white bouquet was a lovely mix of super green roses, cymbidium orchids, sweet peas, mint, and kermit poms.

A sweet boutonniere of white kalanchoe and scented geranium leaf.

I love the mothers' traditional wedding garb.  They were like little dolls!



Mint was used in their signature drink as well as the homemade lip balm wedding favors.

Amy wanted a collection of vintage vases on each table to hold a serene and lightly fragrant mix of white and green flowers - peonies, stock, sweet peas, queen anne's lace, super green roses, kermit mums, mint, scented geranium, and lisianthus.

She purchased the clever luminaries/table numbers from etsy.

 Homemade photo booth fun!



A quick change into a short, funky dress made dancing the night away very easy!

Photos courtesy of Altmix Photography.