Southern Weddings

We’ve been building up steam in the Southern Weddings office this week with V6 shoot planning, feature planning and many more exciting projects I wish I could spill the beans on! I’m happy to say that after a chocolate tasting for Taste TV on Wednesday, we’ve successfully eaten enough sugar to propel us through the week’s end. Now, I think we’re all looking forward to some family-time with our dads this weekend.

With the unofficial start of summer behind us, we’ve been out and about completing #SouthernDoins all over the place. See what we’ve been up to here.

Lara and Emily returned home from the Engage!13 Conference at Biltmore last week. We love this recap of the Southern welcome party designed by our friends at Pressed Cotton.

We know bridal parties can get quite large in the South, but we loved getting the deets behind the Southern tradition of house parties. Read more about them here!

With Father’s Day this weekend, we wanted to take a moment to share the best advice we’ve gotten from our dads.

I am so thrilled that we’re able to share Jewel + Ben’s engagement session with y’all. Jewel is one of our Southern Bride Bloggers and their love story is so encouraging and a reminder that the real beauty of a wedding is a lifelong partner who will stick with you through thick and thin. See it here.

Real Weddings steal our hearts!

Chatham + Charlie’s bright, bold soiree took weddings at home to another level! We love that an untraditional piece of the big day was inspired by the bride’s grandmother. See it here.

Amy + Bryan took the traditional pink wedding scheme and made it their own with pops of neon and fun marquee signs! See it here.

Lauren + Marshall used the details of the wedding as a way to showcase their personalities and to show Southern hospitality to their guests. See it here.

Before y’all go…

Take a minute to join us in wishing a huge congratulations to all the belles and beaus getting married this weekend!! Big hugs to our Southern Bride Bloggers, Jewel, Allison and Martina who are also saying, “I do!”

Be sure to stop by our Facebook Friday for a little something sweet from Happy Everything Co.

Have an amazing and restful weekend!

Written with love by Nicole

Hello my dear friends! Earlier this week, I ventured north to New York City for my very first National Stationery Show! I’m in awe of some great new designers and swimming in amazing paper samples. There will be plenty of posts soon, but I’m happy to report that I’m back on Southern soil.

Earlier this week, our reader Karen wrote to us about maids and matrons of honor. With such large bridal parties in the South, it can be difficult to figure out who does what! We weighed in here.

May’s Southern Bride of the Month is planning her Southern nuptials with a clean and crisp color palette. We love what she’s put together! Read more about Lauren here.

You don’t have to be a Nicholas Sparks fan to love the romantic and nautical inspiration shoot that Faith Teasley sent us! (Though you’ll get an extra kick out of it if you are!) We loved the sweet details in this post inspired by the novel Safe Haven.

Real Weddings are the sugar in our tea!

Mary Simms + Alex’s South Carolina wedding had us swooning from beginning to end! Handmade details, traditions and monograms were abundant. See it here.

Rachel + Chad’s Georgia wedding was full of sparkle and family-made details. We love that these two decided to tie the knot on family property! See it here.

Before y’all head out, make sure you take a look at the lovely photos by Lynnesy Catron on our Facebook Friday!

What are y’all doing this Memorial Day weekend? I hope it’s a ton of fun!

Written with love by Nicole