Southern Weddings

Ahhhh, those swags behind the group portrait get me every time!  Perfect, no?  Similar to the adorable sign post, and the ridiculously awesome, massive barn doors, and the ribbon-bedecked photo wall.  Luckily for you, we’ve got a bit more coming up from this wedding, photographed by Jon and planned by Lauren at Elements Event Design (one of the bride’s dear friends, just like the florist)!  Lisa + Ben chose to hold their reception at the Sundance Resort, and I’d say that was a pretty good choice.  Two thumbs up from the SW office!

Tell us about finding your wedding dress: This was a hard task for me, as a stylist, all my friends and family were all telling me they were dying to see what I would pick out. I had seen the dress I ended up buying about a year before and I loved the look of it, but was not engaged or ready to go dress shopping. My mom and I went wedding dress shopping in Los Angeles, and while I was looking through the racks of gorgeous gowns, there was the one I loved the previous year. Of course I tried it on, along with many more, and it ended up being my favorite.
Describe your wedding flowers: My wedding planner, and one of my dearest friends Lauren, worked closely with my florist (another dear friend) to create the amazing centerpieces and bouquets. I am not really into matching, so each table had subtle differences, and I loved it. Also, we used many different color flowers in addition to the flowers and ribbon in our wedding colors. I think using colors that complemented our wedding colors of coral and aqua, helped it from looking like a sea of matching decorations and flowers.
Describe your wedding cake: Our wedding cake was based on a pattern in a wedding magazine I saw, but we changed up the colors a bit. My favorite part was it tasted delicious. I love the look of fondant, but I wanted a cake that tasted good, as well as looked good. All of the frosting was buttercream, and we loved it. I just wish we had more than the one bite we fed to each other!