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Happy Monday, ladies + gents! I know you probably just had breakfast a few hours ago, but I hope you have an appetite, because our next V4 feature is downright delicious! Jose Villa and Lisa Vorce teamed up to create this gorgeous spread featuring every Southerner’s favorite carbohydrate: the biscuit! Let me walk you through a few of their yummy ideas, which imagine even more ways to incorporate the humble biscuit into your wedding day.

Biscuits packaged in a cloth wrap and accompanied by a small jar of favorite (or homemade!) jam are a perfect breakfast treat delivered to guest hotel rooms.

Mini biscuits slid into delicate paper wrapping are a gorgeous favor (they’d look perfect set at each place setting!).

Petite kraft paper bags look darling holding ham biscuits. Position a table full of these beauties at the door of your venue for a midnight snack to go.

On the left: biscuits topped with caviar and chives are an unexpectedly upscale hors d’oeuvres. On the right: a paper bag filled with freshly-baked biscuits and preserves could easily stand in for a wedding weekend welcome bag.

Gold-flecked biscuits?? My stars! We can’t imagine anything prettier. (And yes, the gold flakes are edible!)

On the left: We LOVE this idea — screenprinting Grandma’s famous biscuit recipe onto a cloth bag, then filling it with delicious examples of her baking prowess. On the right: Another variation on the biscuit welcome wagon: kraft box + hot pepper jelly + custom label.

Last but certainly not least, we have these delicate and delightful biscuit sandwiches. Perfect passed at cocktail hour!

Do you love these biscuit ideas as much as we do? Give a hearty thanks to photographer Jose Villa, stylist and planner Lisa Vorce, and paper details guru Wiley Valentine! Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse provided the gorgeous backdrop. And tell me: Will you be incorporating biscuits into your wedding?

P.S. Hungry for more biscuit goodness? Check out these past posts:
The original biscuit bar from V3
Megan + Steven’s real wedding biscuit bar
SW’s biscuit bar How-To

emily Written with love by Emily
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  1. avatar sarah k reply

    we had a biscuits and grits bar at our wedding {just over a week ago} and it was SO yummy. our guest loved it!

  2. avatar Shelby reply

    I love the idea of having biscuits be part of the welcome bag! Such a cute plan for guest’s breakfast or a late night snack without having an elaborate meal.

  3. avatar Cheri reply

    The little biscuit sandwiches are so cute!!

  4. avatar Jennifer reply

    My question does not pertain directly to this post, however it is in the magazine and I’m not sure what other way to ask the question. Approximately (5) pages in, there is section of photos across the bottom of the page. There is a photograph in the middle of a girl walking in a field in a wedding gown. She has her hands in the pockets and the dress has a lace upper with a v in the back. I VERY much love the look of the dress from behind and I’m wondering who the designer is so that I might be able to find it and see what the front looks like. Thanks so much for your help!! Love you magazine!!

  5. avatar Sara Gray @ MarryThis! reply

    This post made my mouth water! I love incorporating biscuits, and of course the styling is spot-on. Beautiful!

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It’s that time again, ladies and gents! The cat’s out of the bag about our cover and shiny copies of V4 are popping up on newsstands everywhere, so dust off your camera or iPhone and get ready to snap a shot of you and your brand new SW!

In a box, with a fox, in a house, with a mouse, here or there, or anywhere… the location is up to you! Perhaps you and your SW would like to travel to a cotton plantation? To the top of the Empire State building? To the beach in Miami? The peak of a mountain in Maine? To a BBQ joint in Texas? Or maybe your SW wants to be photographed with someone fun — your Momma, your baby, your pug, your best friends, your bridal party?

Whatever you choose, we want it to be creative! Entries are due November 25, one month from today. We’ll post our favorites and then vote on a winner that week! Two rules: you have to tweet your pic(s) to us (@iloveswmag) and then email the same to howdy at iloveswmag.com with the subject line “V4 Photo Contest.”

A prize, you say? Oh yes, there will be prizes — multiple prizes. We are still ironing out the details, but five winners will get to choose from a bevy of fabulous goods!! These pretties will appeal to brides, newlyweds, and vendors alike, so don’t delay! We can’t wait to see what y’all come up with!

emily Written with love by Emily
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  1. avatar Laurie Chapman reply

    I saw this post about the new version this morning on FB and was thinking… “hum, I should get mine in a couple of days then”, so I was SUPER excited when I checked the mail and it was in there waiting on me! Love the cover — beautiful job as always. Thanks for producing my *favorite* wedding magazine of all time!

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SURPRISE, y’all! We just couldn’t wait any longer! We’re so excited to reveal the cover of V4!!!

We are all smitten with the bold and beautiful blue, as well as the always and completely gorgeous work of one Mr. Jose Villa. We love you, Jose!! This gorgeous gem, featuring real-life Southern sweethearts Amy and Quincy, was shot at Dunaway Gardens in Georgia, and we can’t wait for you to feast your eyes on the whole shoot! Oh Heavens, this issue is jam-packed with goodness!

And oh yes, remember how we’ve been talking about how fat V4 is? Here’s proof!

Impressive, huh?

After months of bursting at the seams, we are so excited to share this first snippet of V4 with y’all! We hope you love her as much as we do, and can’t wait for you to crack open a copy of your very own so soon! YEEHAW!!!

Pre-orders will begin shipping out in less than a week (next Wednesday, October 19!), so if you want to be the first of your friends to snag a copy, go here to place your order! The rest of the copies are scheduled to land on newsstands on October 25, but it’s entirely possible they might show up sooner, so keep your eyes peeled!

AND, now that the cat is out of the bag, it’s time to start up the V4 twitpic contest! As soon as a V4 is in your possession, tweet us a photo on Twitter with the hashtag #SWV4! Tweet us a pic of the issue at your local newsstand, a pic of you with your copy or feel free to get creative! You’ll be in the running for endless SW bragging rights, and maybe some other cool prizes. And yes, these entries will be included in our official V4 photo contest, which will launch on the on-sale date of October 25!

Now tell us: What do y’all think??

emily Written with love by Emily
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  1. avatar Jill B. reply

    Love the cover, ladies! So excited to get my hands on the real thing! Have fun at Bridal Market this weekend! I’ll be there, but I can’t wait to see all your behind-the-scenes details, tweets, and posts!

    -Jill B.

  2. avatar Haley reply

    I adore the cover! It’s so romantic and charming! I can’t wait to get my copy in the mail. I’m pre-ordering NOW. Nice job, ladies! -Haley

  3. avatar Sarah reply

    Amazing! Terrific work, guys! It looks so thick…love it :)

  4. avatar Brittany R reply

    MY WORD! This cover is SO dreamy, I think I am in LOVE! Plus, blue is my favorite color. So excited to be planning a wedding when I can be armed with this gem of a magazine. Cannot wait to get my paws on it! Well done, lovely ladies!

  5. avatar Dani | Studio Fleurette reply

    I have been waiting every day for this and can’t wait to see my issue in the mailbox!

  6. avatar w+e photographie reply

    oh hooray! i cannot wait to get my hands on one of these babies!

  7. avatar Kailey-Michelle reply

    LOVE it! Its adorable and the expression is the epitome of “smitten.”

  8. avatar haley s. reply

    Just lovely, ladies! You can’t go wrong with Jose’s work! Loving the blue, and LOVING the girth of this issue! I’ll be looking out for mine in the mail!

    • avatar Emily reply

      Haha! I think “girth” is going to be the new favorite term term in the SW office :)

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  12. avatar Jen C. reply

    Kind of underwhelmed by the cover. Expected more from SW and Jose Villa!

    • avatar Emily reply

      Hey, Jen! I’m sorry to hear you feel that way! We are all incredibly proud to share Jose’s beautiful work with everyone!

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  15. avatar Erin reply

    What a fantastic magazine! I have been on the lookout for this issue and actually let out a little gasp when I saw it! I am getting married at Dunaway Gardens next May, so to see the beautiful photos taken there made me fall in love with the place all over again. Thank you, ladies, for creating such an inspiring magazine!

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