Southern Weddings

OK, get ready for a fan-tastic SW of the Week today!  This amazing wedding was sent to us by the lovely gentlemen at {A Bryan Photography} with the following note from Bryan.  “[Lily and Jordan] are one of the coolest and most unique couples I have ever met and their wedding was very different.  Things I love about it: the bride took intentional ugly shots with each bridesmaid, the groom designed a unique pair of shoes for each groomsman, the groom wore a brown ruffled shirt with a light blue cummerbund, all the beer that was served was High Life and Bud…”   Read on to hear how these two met, tied the knot and everything in between.  Happy Friday!

How did the two of you meet? Jordan and I met when I was in college at UGA.  Jordan was had just moved to Athens to pursue his career as a glam rock star and I was a student and part time cashier/ waitress / traveling hippie. We met at the counter of the pizza place that I worked in throughout school.  I was manning the register that day and in walked Jordan– fur trimmed coat, skinny tight jeans, eyeliner and all!! We had a funny exchange that included emptying our pockets to reveal our kindred tendency to hoard receipts, trash, and change.  Jordan was of course immediately in love and after some unsuccessful ‘stalking’ we finally saw each other again walking to different parties on the same street.  Our first attempt at love was unsuccessful but Jordan and I remained friendly and were always pleasantly surprised to see one another.  Fast-forward four years.  Jordan had just ended an intensely serious relationship and I had just returned to Athens after living in Charleston for a year.  Our paths crossed once again, this time through my little sister who had recently moved to Athens and met my old friend Jordan.  Jordan and I were older and (I’d like to think) wiser versions of our selves and something between us this time just clicked. Our friendship quickly morphed into more.  I believe it all happened some time in between our breakfast date and sewing Halloween costumes in a hammock that I looked in to his eyes and knew he was the one. 
Describe the proposal: It was August 9, 2007 (one year to the day before the wedding) and I had just started a new job.  We had seriously discussed getting married on August 9 because it was my parents and grandparent’s anniversaries and it also happened to be a Saturday in 2008! I guess it was the new job, but I was NOT thinking the proposal was coming yet. I got off early and went over to Jordan’s (without notice) to say hey and hang out.  Little did I know, he was planning the details of the proposal and was nervous that I would figure it out.  From my prospective, Jordan was being quite short, quite rude, and weird, so I decided to take myself home and leave him alone to maybe fix his bad mood.  A few hours later I was hanging out at my house eating a snack and in walks Jordan with a stack of old encyclopedias tucked under his arm.  We tend to collect old stuff, so I figured the books were just Jordan’s most recent thrift store find.  He asked me to sit down at the kitchen table and sat the encyclopedias in front of me. First the “L” encyclopedia, a note on the front of the book told me to look up “love”.  After a lengthy description of love “see also God” was highlighted and I was instructed to look up God in the next book in the stack.  This continued through a few more encyclopedias ending on the last book in the stack “M”.  “I’ve ear marked this one for you” Jordan said.  I opened eagerly to the marked “marriage” page to find a hole carved into the book and my great-grandmother’s ring shining up at me.  I quickly saw the words “WILL YOU MARRY ME” written in bold red letters and turned to find Jordan on one knee beside me sobbing. I screamed and then promptly said yes and began to cry with Jordan.
What attracted me to my husband was: His curls, his sense of style, and our differences.
Why do you love your husband? He is the most truly unique individual I have ever met. Jordan inspires me daily with his wealth of creativity and passion.
What attracted me to my wife was: Well the first thing that drew me in was the curly hair and then her amazing nose but what really hooked me was her friendly sense of humor.  Its unreal, she says she’s shy but once you get her talking she can make quite an impression on anyone.  When I watch her talk to people they are laughing and cutting up.  It’s still got me hooked
A date we went on that We’ll always remember: Ill never forget because I hardly slept the night before in anticipation! Our first date was for breakfast at Big City Bread. Jordan was wearing his yellow Miami Vice T-Shirt and blue shorts—ill never forget it.

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