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Allison + Charlie met at {Noah’s Ark}, an animal rehabilitation center and children’s care home.  Charlie’s family runs the organization and Allison came to volunteer.  Through giving back and their mutual love for children and animals, the two fell for each other.  How sweet! Their love brought them to February 14, 2009 and a wedding ceremony at {Serenbe}.  And a few furry friends helped out in the celebration… Allison rode down the aisle on a horse in a stunning {Vera Wang} gown. All the beautiful shades of green and white flowers were arranged by {Gloriosa}. Photography by our friends Jesse and Whitney at {Our Labor of Love}.  Check out more of Our Labor of Love’s work: {Kaley + Josh}, {Sarah + Richard Part I}, {Sarah + Richard Part II}, {Ashley + Dusty}, {Jennifer + JR Part I}, {Jennifer + JR Part II}, {Katrina + Matt Part I} and {Katrina + Matt Part II}.

How did the two of you meet? Tell us your story: We met at {Noah’s Ark}, I was doing volunteer work and we were just kindred souls that found each other.
Describe the proposal: He picked me up from the airport and took me to Noah’s Ark and proposed on the bench where he first saw me.
What attracted me to my husband was: His love for people, animals, kindness, love for children and his honesty.
Why do you love your husband? He is my soul mate and the person I was looking for to spend my life with.
What attracted me to my wife was: Honesty, inner beauty and love for kids and animals.
A date we went on that we’ll always remember: When we went to St Augustine for Charlie’s birthday.
Tell us about finding your wedding dress: I went with my mom and it was the first dress that I tried on, I knew it immediately.
What was the design inspiration for your wedding? To represent who we were.
Were there any special family traditions you included in the wedding? My earrings were the ones that my mom’s dad gave her on her wedding day and we passed out Pecan twirls at the reception, which he invented.
What was your most memorable moment about your wedding day? Walking to the ceremony with my Dad.
Funniest moment? When Charlie started saying his vows he was talking to Stephen the minister and he told him to talk to me.
Did you write your own vows? If so, what was your favorite phrase/verse/or line? Parts of them… how our lives are joined like two streams that connect
The most unexpected event on our wedding day was: When the sun came out right when our ceremony began.

More to come from Allison + Charlie…

Written with love by Southern Weddings
19 Comments
  1. avatar Emie reply

    Oh my gosh I’m in love! :) The photos, the decor, the gown, the tent, all so gorgeous! I can’t wait to see more! Hopefully lots more!!

  2. avatar ABC Dragoo reply

    Wow. What a beautiful wintery Southern wedding. Love it.

  3. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  4. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  5. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  6. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  7. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  8. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  9. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  10. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  11. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  12. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  13. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  14. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  15. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  16. avatar Emily @ Peach & Pearl reply

    Loved this wedding when I saw it on the OLOL blog… it looks great here, too!

  17. avatar Jenifer Simpson reply

    Their aisle arbor is incredible. I love it!…this is a beautiful wedding.

  18. avatar gin reply

    I want to ride my horse down the aisle in sept 09, glad to see someone else pulled it off!

  19. avatar Leslee Mitchell reply

    I just LOVE the shot with the veil blowing as the bride and groom enter the white tent. Classic shot. Very, very well done.

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Karen Tran: Gold

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Welcome to another lovely Karen Tran Thursday!  We love this color palette of golden elements that Karen put together. The colors instantly turn this wedding into a royal affair with gorgeous gold accents throughout the decor. Be sure to check out her previous posts here: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII.

A truly classic, elegant theme for a wedding is gold and white. The singular selection of white as a wedding theme, accented with gold, creates a truly romantic backdrop for a wedding ceremony or reception. White is a clean color, without distraction, allowing the focus of the event to be on romance shared between the bride and groom. White candles create a luminescent glow throughout the entire reception space, adding to the romance of a white and gold themed wedding.

credits: Top Left {Tim Otto}, Top Middle {Jennifer Dery}, Top Right {Jennifer Dery}, Bottom Left {Karen Tran Florals}, Bottom Right {Tim Otto}

lara Written with love by Lara Casey
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  1. avatar wedding chicksd reply

    the gold theme is so pretty, very rich and elegant looking :)

  2. avatar Jodi {In Any Event} reply

    What a lavish creation! Very romantic and gorgeous… I love the lush cake table, it’s beautiful!

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What did you do for New Year’s Eve 2008?  If you’re Libby + Jimmy, you got married.  And if you’re friends or family of Libby + Jimmy, you attended their smashing reception that carried on well into the New Year.  Why have a New Year’s Eve wedding? For the lovely bride and groom, it was a perfect long weekend for guests wanting to travel to this destination wedding in Florida.  Wedding details include: wedding coordination by {Wonderful Weddings}, bride’s gown by {Peter Langner}, groom’s suit by {Brooks Brothers}, flower decor by {Flourish Floral Productions}, wedding cake by {The Pastry Studio} and photography by {Garrett Nudd Photographer}.

How did the two of you meet? Tell us your story. Libby: We met at a Greek (fraternity and semi-formal event) at UC Berkeley, when Jimmy was 21 and I was 19 years old, when Jimmy danced up to me during the song Red Red Wine. A month later we recognized each other at a popular undergraduate bar, KIPs, in Berkeley and realized we had mutual friends and also that we got along fantastically. After a few months as friends, I asked Jimmy to a Sorority Dance party and seven short years later we would be engaged. We moved across the bay to San Francisco after Berkeley and lived in the Marina and North Beach for three years before Libby left Jimmy behind to pursue a career in entertainment in LA. In a rare case of a successful long distance relationship, after a year Jimmy moved to Newport Beach to join Libby where we lived on Balboa Island.
Describe the proposal: Jimmy: I proposed to Libby in the summer of 2006 on her 26th birthday after we had dinner and drinks over-looking the ocean at Las Brisas in Laguna Beach. I took her down to a secluded cove at sunset and gave her a USB device key chain which she assumed was her birthday present. Before she threw it into the water I told her to look at the end of the key chain and attached was the ring. I then got on one knee and she said Yes.
A date we’ll always remember: On our first date we rented bikes in San Francisco and rode across the Golden Gate Bridge to Tiburon where we had lunch at SAMS. We then took the ferry back to San Francisco and had dinner in North Beach at Rose Pistolla.
Why did you choose a New Years Eve date? New Years Eve worked out perfectly because we could make a long weekend out of the wedding since many of the attendees were flying across the country from California and could take advantage of extra vacation days. We had festivities for four nights and four days, which made it more of a mini-vacation for those making the long-journey.
Another reason we liked New Years was that we thought it was a good idea to get all of our friends together for a big party; we thought that a New Years wedding would further heighten the celebratory vibe to enhance the liveliness of the party. The trick was that we had to have the party extend past midnight and wanted to get married at sunset. That resulted in a seven hour reception in which a few of the guests “became overly excited, escalating faster than the party” and did not make it until midnight. Regardless the dance floor was packed until the band stopped playing at 1:00.
Where did you honeymoon, What places did you stay? We honeymooned in Aspen Colorado and stayed at the Sky Hotel which was ski-in and ski-out. The hotel is very hip with a younger crowd. For the first two nights we were exhausted from the wedding festivities and went to bed around 8PM. The third day after getting back to the hotel from a day of skiing the concierge greeted us “hello Perkins’, I can get you in for the 5:45 early bird dinner special. It was then we realized we had to step it up a notch to see what Aspen had to offer. The great part about Aspen is that you can ski all day and then enjoy the amazing restaurants and the nightlife. We met some very interesting couples most of which involved 50-year-old men and 25-year-old women.

Congratulations to Libby + Jimmy!  We wish you a lifetime of happpiness and joy!

Written with love by Southern Weddings
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  1. avatar Auntie Nanny, TPA reply

    Jimmy and Libby are an handsome, bright and fun couple!

  2. avatar JoAnne reply

    What an exciting wedding that was! The four days of festivities enabled those of us from the West Coast to really get to know the friends and family from the East Coast, which otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to do. Anyway, what a gorgeous couple you were that evening and, for that matter, will always be.Love always,JoAnne

  3. avatar jessica reply

    oh my goodness, the picture of her father walking her down the aisle, is one of the most amazing wedding photos i’ve ever seen.

  4. avatar Garrett reply

    We REALLY loved this wedding! Libby and Jimmy were an absolute dream. And they put together an all-star cast of vendor partners. Thanks so much to the SW gals for letting us share this wedding on their site!Cheers,Garrett

  5. avatar Jill reply

    Such a great couple from wonderful families! I watched Libby grow up into a beautiful, smart young woman that I am pleased to call "friend"…..Much love and happiness! And thanks for a grand time at a gorgeous wedding! Love, Jill

  6. avatar John reply

    I don’t know how the celebration could have been any better!It was so much fun to spend four days with such a great group of friends and family. A special thanks to hosts, and to the first class team that pulled it all together.The awesome photography brings the entire event to life!

  7. avatar Jennifer reply

    Libby and Jimmy,What a great way to celebrate New Year’s Eve! I love the picture with confetti flowing over the crowd as the new year arrives. And the steel drum band is so perfect for a southern wedding.

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