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Beth + Robert’s interview reveals how they infused family into their celebration and how the bridesmaids dealt with a rip in a dress! Check out all the shots on W. Scott Chester Photography’s {Blog}. Happy Black Friday ya’ll!

The weather on our wedding day was: More than perfect. Georgia in August is not known for pleasant temperatures but the temps dropped a few degrees just for our special day.
What was the design inspiration for your wedding? Nature
Favorite design element of your big day: The vineyard itself created the best backdrop you could ever produce.
Tell us about finding your wedding dress: I wanted something that looked as natural as the surroundings; I didn’t want the glitz of the dress to distract from the beauty of the mountains and trees around. The English netting was a perfect fabric that moved so nicely in the breeze.
Our favorite detail of the wedding was: The vineyard, which was not really a detail but defined everything else in the wedding.
What was the biggest challenge you had to overcome while planning your wedding? There weren’t any huge hurdles. Robert is in law school and didn’t have a lot of time to plan. That got frustrating at times but in the end it all worked out.
Funniest moment? One of my bridesmaid’s dresses split right up the side. Luckily another maid is handy with a needle and thread, fixed it up perfectly and they hid it from me until the reception. At that point I couldn’t have cared less if she were wearing a trash bag.
What advice would you give to someone planning their wedding?
Don’t stress out about any details, in the end you will just be happy to be married.
Best advice or most memorable comment someone made to you during the wedding celebration.
“There wasn’t an ugly one up there.” – family friend when talking about my beautiful bridesmaids.
What’s next for you as a couple? Robert will finish law school and we will be off to a location TBD.
What are you looking forward to in the future? Everything. We have so many dreams and plans its going to be exciting to see what comes next.

Congratulations to Beth + Robert!  We wish you a lifetime of happiness wherever life takes you!

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  1. avatar Emie reply

    Who is the designer of her beautiful dress?

  2. avatar Joey reply

    Omg! This is one of the places on top of our list…we love to have brunch there. Glad to see these photos. Very very lovely wedding.

  3. avatar cristen chester reply

    thanks for another beautiful southern wedding of the week feature ladies! beth + robert were so fantastic to work with and it’s wonderful to see all their wedding planning + efforts recognized! emie, i will try to see if i can get beth to leave a comment on the dress designer info on this post : )

  4. avatar Kirsten reply

    GORGEOUS! I just love the natural feel and the bridesmaid story is hilarious….always wise to keep the small things from a bride until she has a drink or two in her or the reception has gotten well under way.

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Scott and Cristen from {W. Scott Chester Photography} bring us this gorgeous wedding today… two weeks in a row as the SW of the Week for the Chesters! We were immediately in love with the wedding as soon as we saw the bridal portraits. Beth looks absolutely stunning and so happy. In addition, Robert is so handsome in his tuxedo and fun green mum boutonniere. This wedding took place in the North Georgia mountains at the {Wolf Mountains Vineyards}. Read on to hear about how these two beautiful people met and about some very special elements in Beth’s bouquet…

How did the two of you meet? We met our freshman year at University of Georgia and began dating our sophomore year. My roommate, who had gone on a few dates with Robert, introduced us. Coincidentally she is now engaged to Robert’s college roommate.
What attracted me to my husband was: Robert has a contagious sense of adventure. He was always looking for new places to go and he was willing to do just about anything. He pushed me to set new goals and explore myself. Plus he’s really good looking.
What do you love most about your wife? Because she, more than anyone I know, has the courage and drive to make her and our dreams reality, and because she inspires me to never be content with life as it is, to relentlessly experiment with all of life’s opportunity.
A date we went on that we’ll always remember: On one of our first dates Robert took me out to an old rail road bridge to watch a meteor shower. The entire scene was perfect. Water below us and stars falling above. We had our first kiss that night.
Were there any special family traditions you included in the wedding?
My mother passed when I was 16, before she died she gave me a cameo pendant that my father made. She asked me to wear it on my wedding day. I put it in the stem of my bouquet.
What was your most memorable moment about your wedding day?
Robert: I’ll never forget you turning the corner and starting down the isle. Beth: It would be too hard to pick a favorite intimate moment between Robert and me. I think one of my favorite moments was dancing to the song Wagon Wheel with all of our friends.

Check back later for more from Beth + Robert…

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  1. avatar Emie reply

    Could someone please tell me who the designer of her beautiful dress is? I’ve fallen in love with it!

  2. avatar Dawn reply

    The flowers are incredibly beautiful. So loving the soft colors!

  3. avatar Julie Gandy reply

    What a beautiful couple. The bride’s skin looks flawless.

  4. avatar jesse chamberlin reply

    great feature! i didn’t notice how cute the bridemaids’ dresses were the first time i saw this wedding on the chesters blog.

  5. avatar Megan Hobson reply

    This wedding is basically perfect…wow.

  6. avatar Beth (bride) reply

    Hi Emie- I’m so glad you liked the dress. It was perfect for a breezy summer wedding and not much fuss. It is a Waters and Waters dress. You can find it on their site but I’ll warn you that it looks a lot different in person than on the Web site. Thanks for the kind comment!

  7. avatar Tatum Mountcastle reply

    The groom is so good looking he is hard to look at directly.

  8. avatar Geraldo reply

    I think I have seen him before in the April 2005 GQ Spring best looking men in the whole world section.

  9. avatar Randall McFlagg reply

    The wedding and bride look great, but that groom…unbelievably gorgeous. Southern Groom of the Century!

  10. avatar Alli reply

    These pictures are beautiful. Who was the photographer? Do they have a website?

  11. avatar Laura E @ Southern Weddings reply

    Yes, this wedding has amazing photography. The photographers are {W.Scott Chester} out of Atlanta. There is a link at the top to their website. They also have a wonderful blog to check out too on the second post. Check out more of their work on our blog by entering them in the search engine. We even featured one of their weddings in our print magazine, Liza + Tyler.

  12. avatar Laine reply

    Is this Watters Style 6033B? This is probably a question for the bride, but she said it looked very different on the website, and indeed, it does! I just want to make sure I’m looking at the right one.

  13. avatar Hillary reply

    actually, the style number is 5034B! i’ll be wearing the same dress for my wedding next May and i adore it!

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For any bride needing some DIY (do it yourself) project ideas, read on… We loved the personal touch that Eryn created by using a photo of herself or Craig with the guest as a place card. And the welcome sign and menu card that they created together are picture perfect.  This event was held at the {The John Oliver Michael House} with flowers by {European Floral Designs}.  Catering by {101 Concepts}, the company that Eryn works for.  All planning and design by Eryn and Craig! To see more stunning shots check out W. Scott Chester Photography’s {Blog}.  Thanks so much Cristen and Scott for sharing this inspiring wedding with us today!  Happy Friday ya’ll!

The weather on our wedding day was: BEAUTIFUL!! We were worried about it being swelteringly hot… it was the middle of August in Georgia! But it was a perfect day! A slight breeze, beautiful clouds, blue sky… we must have done something very right to be so blessed!
What was the design inspiration for wedding: A college friend and I created a hand drawn and watercolored map of the wedding weekend locations for all of the guests. We mailed it out to guests as a postcard and included it in our welcome bags. Also, our wedding invitation… it was a deep almost metallic chocolate brown cover and inside a folded card with our picture on the outside of the written invitation. It was tied with a chocolate ribbon.
Favorite design element of the day: I wanted it to feel very personal for each guest. I had always wanted to have a dinner party with photos for place cards. I am always that person taking a million pictures at every event (and telling people they’ll thank me later)! I envisioned finding that one picture that summed up my relationship with each person. So, when we got engaged I decided that this was the time! Along with the help of my mother and Craig’s mother, I managed to find a picture of either myself or Craig with each of the guests at our wedding. For example, for the mother of my best friend from second grade was a picture of the two of us on the beach 20 years ago. Since we weren’t having a seated dinner, I mounted each picture, and tied it with ribbon for the guests to hang from their chairs during the ceremony. (we only had a 6 month engagement so this was a daunting task!)
Describe your wedding flowers: I had such amazing luck with all my vendors! Maggie at {European Floral Design} and I, seemed to speak the same language! I was trying to explain that we were having our wedding in the country, outdoors, but wanted a southern, NOT country wedding (our location with all the rustic barns and the white farmhouse could easily lend itself to looking country). She immediately said “garden party!” Which was the perfect articulation of what I wanted! She used ivory hydrangeas and chocolate ferns. One of my favorite details from the wedding was the locket I had sewn into my bouquet, both Craig and I were very close to our grandmothers. They have both passed away, I carried a picture of each of them on their wedding days in the locket.
Describe your wedding cake: Simple, ivory icing with chocolate ribbon and a hand-cut, metal monogrammed H on top. I loved how elegantly simple it was.
Our favorite detail of the wedding was: I loved the welcome sign and the menu board that Craig and I made together he cut all the wood and I stained and painted it! Of course the individualized pictures were a favorite touch. Instead of using the typical guest book, I used postcards. Craig and I love to travel so we have collected postcards from all the places we’ve been. I had a map with places we’ve been noted and postcards from all those places for people to write us messages. There was a mailbox for people to “mail” them in and now that mailbox hangs in use at our house!
Biggest challenge to overcome planning the wedding: I wanted so many personal touches and I was determined to do them all myself. Collecting and mounting the pictures was a big one.
Three adjectives that describe the day: Enchanted. blissful. Fleeting.
Advice to someone planning their wedding: Do it up!!! Don’t be daunted by time or financial constraints. This is a truly once in a lifetime event. I didn’t want to ever attend other weddings and wish I had planned that something extra. If something is too expensive try to make/create it yourself! Sit and imagine the day from beginning to end and think of all the memorable moments you can create! Decide what aspects are most important to you, for me it was personal touches and the photography, and then make those things happen.
Looking forward to in the future: Life-long happiness!

Congratulations to Eryn + Criag. We wish you a joyous marriage!

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  1. avatar cristen chester reply

    thanks ladies for the fabulous post! mad props go out to the bride/wedding planner/event designer extraordinaire, ERYN! she had a vision and she made it come to life beautifully!

  2. avatar jesse chamberlin reply

    i love this wedding! way to go chesters!

  3. avatar candee reply

    What a beautiful day and such a special couple. You can feel the love and regard these two people have for one another through their words in the interview and the touching photos by the incredibly talented photographers. Eryn has to be one of the most creative people this magazine has encountered!

  4. avatar John Prado reply

    Beautiful!!!

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