Southern Weddings

Would you be surprised if I told you Stephanie + Wil’s Alabama wedding – photographed by Jesse + Whitney Chamberlain at Our Labor of Love – was my pick for our week of magazine sneak peeks?  If you’ve seen their dessert bar, then probably not!  (If you haven’t seen the coma-inudcing array of goodies, what are you waiting for?!)

Fittingly, it was Stephanie + Wil’s childhood dream of opening a bakery that first sparked a night of conversation and bakery planning, and ultimately lead them to this dessert-themed Southern wedding.  Pretty sweet, eh?  The bride sure thinks so!  “Our meet truly was the beginning of something very sweet,” she happily muses.

While the emphasis of Stephanie + Wil’s wedding at the Sonnet House in Leeds, Alabama naturally was on the desserts (most of which were homemade labors of love from the bride + groom themselves), one of my favorite details was the funky-fun pink dress Stephanie wore for her walk down the aisle. “I never walked into a dress shop, never tried on any big, white gowns or long, flowy veils,” she explains.  Instead, after seeing a beautiful Vera Wang bridesmaid dress in a magazine, Stephanie immediately found a seamstress who could copy the design.  The only catch?  Like the other design elements for her September nuptials, the dress had to be princess pink!

Credits: Photographer Our Labor of Love; Venue The Sonnet House; Bride’s Dress Custom copy of a Vera Wang bridesmaid dress; Caterer: Carolyn Counts Catering.

There are more images from Stephanie + Wil’s sugarfest in the November issue!  Be sure to get your copy now.