Southern Weddings

Krystal, I’m just going to come out and say it: I. want. your. bolero.  Like, seriously, desperately want and wish I had it for my own wedding. Hmph.  The sleek, ruffly jacket looks like it was made for her elegant drop-waist Priscilla of Boston gown + handmade hairpiece (love the feather and flower accents!).  If I didn’t know any better, I’d say Krystal looks exactly like a bride is supposed to look on her big day – and I’m a little bit in awe.  Guess now would be a good time to thank photographer Allen Arrick for being on-hand to capture this gorgeous bride + her darling hubby at their Roseland Plantation nuptials.  The couple brightened up their classic, all-white color scheme with peacock blue accents (portrait-collared bridesmaids dresses from David’s Bridal and too-cute Rocket Dog heels) and fresh green floral arrangements courtesy of La Tee Da + Flowers by Ela.  Flirting with Fonts designed the newlyweds’ colorful invites, and Lynell’s Sweet Shop gave guests a three-tiered buttercream sugar fix.  Hmm hmm!

How did the two of you meet?  We meet in college while enrolled in the same history class. It was fate! I was accidentally dropped from all of my classes (due to a computer glitch) two days before classes were to start, and everything was re-arranged and messed up.   After some scrabbling, I just landed in classes with open spots. Classes started in August and I’m not sure if was his lack of courage or my lack of attendance, but he finally asked me out for our first date in October! 
Describe the proposal: We went to Austin for Labor Day weekend.  It was a perfect weekend! We started out at Threadgills for dinner and then took a stroll up to the capital building. We were talking and looking over the balcony at the beautiful architecture, when Grant tried to pull something out of his pocket… just as a group of teenagers walked up! He pulled me back into the waiting area and dropped to one knee. Hand of over mouth, I said “Yes, times 10!”  The ring was absolutely beautiful!
Three adjectives that describe the day are: Soulful, gorgeous and personalized.
Our favorite detail of the wedding was: The moss letters! I feel like they letters captured the garden-feel we were going for. I am all about initials and that personalized touch. Grant’s favorite detail was my veil. He says it summed me up perfectly!
Tell us about finding your wedding dress: Talk about a blessing! My mom and I went to Dallas for the weekend before she flew out to visit my sister and her new baby.  We had our list of twelve boutiques we wanted to conquer, and started at Priscilla of Boston. We were in there for two hours, during which I tried on about 15 dresses and even found the one of my dreams! When we got back in the car, we were both like, “Did that just happen?!” I always thought that it was a cliché that you got a fuzzy feeling when you put the right dress on, but it was so true for me. As soon at the sales lady took the dress off the hanger, I knew it was it.
Describe your wedding flowers: I am very meticulous and detail-oriented, so knew I definitely wanted white peonies, green cymbidium orchids, green apples and peacock feathers.  I designed Grant’s and his brother’s boutonnieres myself and even made the ushers’ and fathers’ boutonnieres.  My bouquet and the table toppers were a matter of trusting my florist and she definitely didn’t disappoint! 
Describe your wedding cake: The best cake I have ever tasted! It was a three-tiered cake with white buttercream icing with tone-on-tone scroll work. The top and bottom layers were buttercream cake with raspberry filling and the middle tier was chocolate cake with espresso filling.  Our topper was a plum of green cymbidium orchids, hydrangeas, money tails and peacock feathers. Grant’s groom’s cake was a good-ole fashioned cheesecake topped with fresh fruit. That was his one request for the wedding (“a plain cheesecake, not gnash!”) and it was just too delicious!
What was your most memorable moment about your wedding day? Seeing Grant when I first walked down the aisle. There were tears in his beautiful big blue eyes! I just knew how raw that emotion was and it took my breath away to know that I was going to spend the rest of my life with such a wonderful man.  Grant insists his favorite part of the day was seeing me step out with my dad. He saw the woman he had been waiting six-and-a-half years to marry and it was finally about to happen!
Did you write your own vows? We liked the tradition of age old ones. There is something very special about saying the same words with which our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents started their marriages.
What are you looking forward to in the future? Just learning about one another. We are excited to start our home and find our routine. We also love to travel so we have many trips on the horizon. We have a long list of places we’d like to visit before we start a family down the road. We are also excited about finally getting to do all those things together that make you a family: waking up with each other on Christmas mornings, birthdays, not having to leave or drive to see each other every weekend. We are just going to enjoy being together!

Congratulations, Krystal + Grant!  We know you are going to enjoy this special time together!

Written with love by Lara Casey