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Poms are a huge trend in weddings right now, and we are more than happy to hop on the bandwagon!  We love the way Katrina + Ryan interpreted the look, though, with their fun and innovative ceremony decor and round balls of bridesmaid bouquets.  Katrina’s dress was made by her aunt, Malou Castro-Leonio, in the Philippines and her veil from Something Bold, and we just love her too-cute blue shoes — so chic! More lovely images of Katrina + Ryan’s reception from Kim Le Photograpy coming up soon!

How did the two of you meet?  Tell us your story.  I worked as a Tax Auditor for the State of CA based in New York City. When I moved to a different department based in Los Angeles, I reconnected with Ryan, who also was living in L.A.  We’ve known of each other since the 1st grade but really didn’t start hanging out till a few years ago. One thing led to another, and here we are!
Describe the proposal. 
I am a mother of a then five-year-old. The holidays are really busy for me so we started to put up our Christmas tree pretty late (December 20th).  Ryan was handing ornaments to my son, Sebastian, who then would hand them to me to hang on the tree.  When we were on our last two or three ornaments, I opened my hand out for the next ornament with my back turned and my son dropped the ring into the palm of my hand. I thought that it was one of those silver balls or a tiny shoe ornament, but when I opened my hand and saw the ring I started crying!  Ryan went down on his knee and proposed!  The funny thing was the entire time my now-husband was trying to propose, my son was asking me if I was okay because I was crying!

Three adjectives that describe the day are: Happy, relaxing and fun!
What was the design inspiration for your wedding invitation? 
The outdoors.  Our venue was outside where there were lots of trees and plants.  Our invitation had a vine and a few branches of leaves.  We wanted the invite to show the relaxed theme of our wedding and didn’t want to set the tone with something too formal since we’re not like that at all.
What was your favorite design element of your big day?  
I loved how we incorporated a lot of pinks and gray throughout the whole wedding.  My mother brought in shawls/pashminas from New York in different shades of pink and gray.  It was prefect since it became pretty chilly by 6:30 pm.  In lieu of traditional ceremony decorations for the aisle, we used tissue balls in various sizes and in white and two shades of pink for contrast.  It turned out to be really pretty!
Our favorite detail of the wedding was: The dedication video that my sister had made for us!  It made us realize how far we’ve come and reminded us that our friends and family all took time out of their busy schedule to contribute a little bit of themselves to help create the video!

Written with love by Southern Weddings
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  1. avatar Barb Cameron – Ottawa wedding photogrpaher reply

    Stunning pictures on the blog…very inspiring

  2. avatar weddings reply

    Ooooh, LOVE her shoes!

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A little Smilebooth action to get your weekend started right. Full Launch party post coming Monday, y’all! Woohoo!

lara Written with love by Lara Casey
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  1. avatar Leah reply

    Can I just say how completely excited I am to get my hands on a copy of your magazine. I’m here in Australia madly rushing to the letterbox every day in the hopes to fin it there. Can’t wait to see it.

  2. avatar Jenna reply

    Got my box of magazines! It had a hand written post-card addressed to the "King of Ring Shots" and his rad wife…which most certainly isn’t me! Just thought I’d let you know in case you wanted to re-send his note!

  3. avatar The Perfect Palette reply

    we love our labor of love!

  4. avatar Katharine @ Southern Weddings reply

    Too funny, Jenna! We’ve been searching high and low for Nate’s note, and we finally know where it is! So sorry for the mix-up but so glad you received your magazines :)

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And I thought the holidays were supposed to be the busiest time of the year!  We’ve had an extraordinarily busy – and extra exciting – week here at Southern Weddings.  To catch you up on the latest SW news, I’ve created the 60 second recap.  Ready, set, read!

 Buy Your Copy of the New SW Issue!

It’s official!  The November issue of Southern Weddings is on newsstands near you!  Can’t wait to for your local Barnes & Nobles to get the issue?  Order a copy directly from us right here!


Some (but definitely not all!) of the Store Listings:

While we don’t have the complete list of stores carrying the newest issue yet, we posted quite a few hotspots where you can pick up your copy!  First up on the list: Books-A-Million and Texas retailers (specifically Houston, San Antonia and Grand Prairie).  We’ll be posting more store listing as we get them, so be sure to come back soon!

 

Love for Southern Weddings, from all corners of the blogosphere!

We’re so grateful for the  love and support from our fellow bloggers who offered sneak peeks of the new editorial features! To whet your appetite, we’ve included snippets of some of our favorite here.

 

Hazel + Harlow Jewelry + Pet Contest:

Attention all Pet Lovers!  Did you know that jewelry favorite Hazel + Harlow was named for the owner’s two dogs?  To honor the Hazel + Harlow furry namesakes and mascots, we’re offering a special giveaway to the cutest pet (okay, to her owner!).  Send a picture of your pet with a brief description of why he deserves the chance to win a gorgeous golden horseshoe necklace to whitney {at] iloveswmag {dot} com.

 

Etiquette with Emily: Engagement Party Guest Lists:

Things got a little heated (again!) on the SW blog, thanks to Emily’s biweekly etiquette post.  This week, Emily, who is currently helping plan her older sister’s August nuptials, posed an especially tough question: when it comes to engagement party guests lists, who makes the cut?  Want to know our Art Director’s final verdict?  Make sure you catch her follow-up post in a few weeks.  In the meantime, if you’ve got any burning etiquette questions for Miss Emily you’d like to see featured on the blog, send them her way at Emily {at} iloveswmag {dot} com.

 

Real Weddings

It wouldn’t be a truly Southern week at Southern Weddings without a few all-star weddings, and our photographers (thanks Cameron Ingalls, Cesar + Tanya Perez, Aregrayline Weddings and Kristin Marie Photography!) definitely didn’t disappoint with Heather + Jordan’s, Amy + Carl’s, Susan + Troy’s, or Anca + Jordan’s happy celebrations.

 

Contest Winner for a Super (Mammothly) Southern Gift Basket:

We asked readers to help us come up with some distinctly Southern names for our favorite troupe of all-male photographers, the Mammoth Men.  Up for a good laugh?  Check out the super Southern (and sometimes redneck) monikers winner Cyndi proposed for the guys.  Reading this post, Cyndi?  Be sure to email me at katharine {at} iloveswmag {dot} com to claim your prize!

 

Sponsor Love: Cover Ads:

 We’re so thankful and impressed by our talented advertisers who made this last issue we possible, we just had to introduce them to you!  We think you’ll agree that their beautiful – and strategically placed – ads really made the magazine even better!  Want to be a part of the next issue, due out in stores this July?  Email me at katharine {at} iloveswmag {dot} com to reserve your spot.

 

Mega Photo Contest:

Of course, don’t forget about the SW Mega Photo Contest!  (Yes, that is Emily above before she worked for Southern Weddings!) The first twenty readers to email me a picture of them with their brand new copy of the November issue (subject line: I LOVE SW!) will win a very special secret surprise.  Get snappin’, ladies (and gents)!

We’re having a busy Friday here and are about to take care of some very serious business… ie office Christmas pictures at the mall with Santa!  Be sure to follow all of us on twitter to get in on the fun.

And a very happy 20th birthday to our fabulous intern, Alyssa!  Want to join our amazing intern team?  Click here.

Happy weekend, y’all!

Written with love by Katharine
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