Southern Weddings

Check out the bright pops of color + dreamy images from our friends at W. Scott Chester Photography.  Jen + Richard’s Georgia wedding, planned by Ashely Baber, just screams summer to me, and I think the bride’s hot pink wellies seal the deal for me.  (The rain boots are just as cute as her equally-pink Kate Spades!)  Take note, summer brides: you can make bad weather work for you.  J + R sure did.  The bride braved the rain in a romantic, drop-waist Melissa Sweet, and decked her maids in Anna Elyse frocks. 

How did the two of you meet?  Tell us your story.  One day in early 2007, a mutual friend told Richard about me and that she thought we’d hit it off. When he heard my name, he realized he knew exactly who I was since we grew up in the same neighborhood. Despite some of his friends telling him he didn’t have a chance with me, Richard decided to take his chances and lured me in with tickets to Monty Python’s Spam-A-Lot. Even though I was really embarrassed by his loud laughing throughout the play, it was the best first date I had ever been on!
Describe the proposal.  My parents had invited Richard’s family over for Christmas Dinner and because this wasn’t the first time our families had spent a holiday together, I really didn’t think much of it. I was in the kitchen helping my mom get everything ready for dinner when Richard came up to me and told me he wanted to sit with me and relax before eating. We went up this tiny spiral staircase to an intimate room of windows that overlooks the lake my parents live on. We started talking and he began to transition down to one knee and leaned in and asked me to marry him. We came down the stairs to find all of our family anxiously waiting for us with champagne. My parents’ lake house will always be a special place for us where we can revisit our engagement anytime we want!
Three adjectives that describe the day are:  Dreamy. Rainy. Perfect.
Our favorite detail of the wedding was: THE PHOTOBOOTH! There was a constant line of people anxiously awaiting their photo sessions. All night friends and family were telling us how much fun they were having playing with the props and taking hundreds of pictures. The part we loved most was coming home from our honeymoon to find that our wedding guests were using their photobooth photos as their facebook profile pictures. I’m still hearing about how much fun everyone had in the photobooth!
Tell us about finding your wedding dress: I did what every bride does after getting engaged: I bought every bridal magazine I could get my hands on. Each and every magazine had various designers and hundreds of dresses to ogle over but there was one dress by Melissa Sweet that continuously caught my eye. I didn’t want the typical A-line style nor did I want something so trendy that the dress would wear me. I made myself try on several different designers before trying on the Melissa Sweet dress I had been drooling over. Just as I had hoped, the dress not only fit perfectly but the style, shape, everything was exactly what I had wanted!