Southern Weddings

If there were an award for Best Wedding Shoe, I’m pretty sure Kate Spade’s Clarice pumps would win.  Hands-down.  We’ve featured at least a half dozen brides on the SW blog who donned the flirty shoe – though usually in fuchsia – for their big day, so I’m loving that Esther opted for my favorite wedding shoe color of all time when it came to picking her Kate Spades.  Pair these scarlet red heels with her bridesmaids navy portrait-collar gowns (Jim Hjelm, of course) and you have a winning wedding combo.  Esther, in an asymmetric drop-waist Melissa Sweet, and Jeff were married in true Hill Country style at the aptly-named Texas Old Town.  Table4Weddings was on-hand to photograph the Southern celebration planned by Nita Teng.

How did the two of you meet?  Tell us your story.  The boy from Oklahoma and the girl from Boston met in Austin, Texas. We both went to the University of Texas and shared the same group of friends. Right before sophomore year ended, Jeff asked me for my number so we could talk over the break.  I declined, so he had to settle for Instant Messenger conversations, instead. At the end of that summer, he asked me out on a date (on IM, of course!) and I accepted! That kicked off our six-year dating relationship.
Describe the proposal. Jeff and I had been dating long-distance for four years while he was in Texas and I in Boston. In 2009, Jeff bought a plane ticket to visit me and emailed me a fake itinerary showing his arrival for February 6. Little did I know he was actually flying in the day before to meet with my parents and ask for their permission to propose. Sneaky, sneaky! I didn’t suspect anything until Jeff met me at work on the 6^th. He had supposedly come straight from the airport, but had no luggage with him. Suspicious. Later that night, he cooked dinner together at my apartment. As an after-dinner treat, he pulled out a ring and proposed!
Our favorite detail of the wedding was: Jeff says his favorite part was watching me walk down the aisle on my father’s arm, and I loved hearing Jeff say his vows.