Southern Weddings

I admittedly don’t have the same eye for detail as our Emily, but even I can tell that the personal touches at Stacey + Chris’ reception at her parents Alabama home are really spectacular!  A cup filled with old-school No. 2 pencils?  Adorable!  It’s hard to believe that the backyard-chic floral arrangements were designed by the bride and her friends.  Want more?  Check out SimplyBloom’s blog post here.

Describe your wedding flowers: I really didn’t know what direction to take with the flowers.  I knew I wanted something in-season and sustainably grown.  Luckily, one of my clients suggested this great little farm north of Huntsville.  They grow all their own flowers organically and sell them by the bucket.  I went with my Mom to look around and found that dahlias were the major flower in season.  Once I saw all the colors and sizes, my mind went into overdrive.  I was in heaven.  I bought three buckets and had enough flowers for all my center pieces and my bouquet. The Friday before the wedding, my sister-in-law, Mara sat on the floor in the living room arranging all the flowers.  She was a miracle worker!
Describe your wedding cake: Let’s start by saying it was the most buttery, moist piece of sugary delight ever!  Not to mention beautiful and made with love by my new sister-in-law, Lisa!  Lisa is a teacher by day and cake baker by night.  She spent so much time whipping and measuring and icing!  The cake was a butter cream frosted vanilla cake with our flowers arranged on top. I painted a groom and bride for the toppers and we placed them to the side of the cake.  The groom’s cake was a tower of doughnuts placed on a cake stand.  Lisa promised to make us a cake for our anniversary rather than having to pull a piece out of the freezer.  Have I mentioned how wonderful my new sister is?!
What was your most memorable moment about your wedding day?  Really just one: After the ceremony, Chris and I stuck around to take pictures and everyone else headed to my Mom’s house to begin the festivities.  For us to have those moments together in the sunlight was so surreal.  We were so excited and happy and the surroundings couldn’t have been more beautiful.  The really great thing is we had the most talented photographer to catch it all.  Now, whenever I have a stressful day or I just want to have that moment back, I can, and do often!  Thanks Vania and Christine!
Did you write your own vows?  If so, what was your favorite verse, line or phrase?  We went a step further and wrote the whole darn ceremony, so it’s hard to pick out one favorite phrase or poem.  I would say what was really nice is everyone coming up to us afterwards and saying that the ceremony was so honest and real.  One of our friends said she had been to several weddings in the last year and she felt ours was a true representation of what marriage is.  That made us really happy!
What’s next for you as a couple?  What are you looking forward to in the future? This is an exciting question for us to answer.  We are right on the edge of Chris finishing his schooling and taking a job in D.C.  We plan on moving in the summer and I am also going to make the jump from doing hair to working in the non-profit sector.  After we settle in up there, we hope to travel and see all kinds of wonderful things.

Congratulations, Stacey + Chris!  Good luck with your exciting move to D.C.!