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As most of you know, Katharine is getting married on Saturday!  Whee!!  In honor of her and Kyle’s big day, we thought we’d declare this week “Classic Wedding Week” on SW.  Seeing how much Katharine loves a traditional, black and white wedding (and, in fact, has planned one for herself!), we figured it was only appropriate to outfit the blog in her preferred style in the run-up to Saturday.

To start us off right, we have Ashley + Dusty.  Ashley’s gorgeous dress is by Romona Keveza (one of my very, very favorite designers) from Solutions Bridal, and her floaty veil (which I love!) is by Sweet Elegance. The couple celebrated at Highlands Ridge in Florida, Hobby Hill Florist took care of the arrangements, and Sprinkles delivered the wedding cake.  Last but certainly not least, the delicate bridesmaids’ dresses are by Belsoie from Olga’s Bridal and Boutique.

Besides its traditional style, what initially attracted me to this wedding was the subtle aviation details — the paper airplane toss exit, the adorable wish card that read “Love is… knowing you’ll never fly alone!”  Completely appropriate, of course, since both the bride and groom are pilots!  I also fell hard for the last photo in this post, of Ashley + Dusty’s vintage-outfitted 1937 Packard, which Ashley’s father refurbished for the couple as a wedding day surprise.  Big thanks to photographer Sarah Bray for sending this wedding our way.  Stay tuned for another classic tomorrow!

See all the photos from Ashley + Dusty’s wedding in their Real Wedding Gallery!

How did the two of you meet?  Tell us your story.  Initially, we met our senior year of high school, at the airport. We both attended the same college, but didn’t actually get together until later. When Dusty started airline training in Atlanta, he was partnered with one of my best friends. I came to visit from Memphis, and after a great weekend of everyone hanging out, ended up missing my flight home because of weather, but absolutely had to be back for work. Dusty drove me to find a rental car at two in the morning and then hand wrote directions from Atlanta to Memphis. He left his number at the bottom so I could call if case I got lost. I made it home safely, and after work called to say thank you since he had gone so far out of his way for me even though we didn’t know each other very well. After talking on the phone for a couple weeks, he made a trip to visit and the rest was history. 
Three adjectives that describe the day are: Beautiful, vintage and playful.
Our favorite detail of the wedding was: My father surprised me with a 1937 Packard that he had refurbished just for my wedding day!
Tell us about finding your wedding dress: We had grand plans of going to Kleinfields in New York just before Christmas, but since I had no idea what I wanted, we decided to stop and look in Florida, never expecting to find anything. The first stop was Solutions Bridal in Orlando.  After trying on about 20 dresses, it was clearly down to 2.  One was very traditional and the other was not. We stopped at another store, but I had no interest in trying anything else on. I had already found my dress. On my way back to the airport, we stopped back by Solutions, this time with Daddy and Grandma in tow, and bought my dress
Describe your wedding cake: My grandparents used a wedding bell on their cake, and it has been used for every wedding in the family since. Our cake was vanilla with different fillings for each tier: custard, strawberry cream, lemon, cherry cheesecake and chocolate. Dusty’s groom’s cake was in the shape of his R/C airplane controller, and was chocolate with peanut butter filling.

What was the biggest challenge you had to overcome while planning your wedding? Having our wedding in a small town was a challenge, especially when it came to finding a venue and vendors.  At one point, I felt like Sweet Home Alabama with all the trailers were rolling in because everything was from out of town, except the flowers.
What’s next for you as a couple?  What are you looking forward to in the future?  Getting settled into married life, lots of traveling and, in a few years, starting a family.

Congratulations, Ashley + Dusty!

emily Written with love by Emily
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  1. avatar Lara reply

    YAY! I'm so excited about this weekend!

  2. avatar Dennis @ Wholesale Flowers reply

    The 1937 Packard was definitely a nice touch to a vintage wedding. Congratulations to both of you.

  3. avatar lois reply

    The Packard…OMG ANd the photo of the packard driving down the road is so wonderful. I loved looking at your photos. I am such a HUGE sucker for romance and wedding days are just about as good s it gets. I will never be "mother of the bride" the kid simply refuses to wear a dress, even when I lock him in the basment. So I will have to make do with vicarious pleasures, Making wedding accessories is one way to get that pleasure. I love hanging around with all the beautiful brides.

  4. avatar Nate Henderson reply

    What gorgeous images; so classic and elegant. Blue paper airplanes? Pretty awesome if you ask me!

  5. avatar Hunter Valley Wedding Venues reply

    Those paper aeroplanes are great – SO unique!

  6. avatar Briana reply

    Oh my gosh! This is in my county. I just got engaged and will be visiting Highlands Ridge as a possible venue. I completely understand the bride’s challenge with planning a wedding in a small town. Clearly, she was successful!

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What better way to start the week than to wish a happy birthday to our dear Whitney?!  It sounds uber-cheesy, but she is a ray of sunshine in all of our lives (and that on top of being one of the most dedicated, organized and professional young’uns we have the pleasure of knowing).  We hope your celebrations were epic and oh-so-Southern, Miss Whit!  Here’s to many more happy (and red-headed) years!

Love,

Lara, Katharine, Emily, + Marissa

Written with love by Southern Weddings
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  1. avatar Whitney @ Southern Weddings reply

    You are all wonderful! Thank you for the birthday wishes. Now off to a birthday brunch of pancakes and grits (keeping it Southern)!

  2. avatar Lisa Jeffries reply

    I second that "Happy Birthday"! :-)

  3. avatar Phyllis Cheung reply

    Happy Birthday Whitney!!! Hope you had a wonderful day!

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Winner : Maihar Designs

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I love the giveaways where we have multiple winners. I get to be the bearer of good news for three lovely readers, which is always fun. Then, add in the prize–gift certificates for $120 from Maihar Designs–and oh my goodness, what good, good news it is!

Maihar Designs has a beautiful line of ring bearer pillows, flower wands, and hair petals for winners to pick from. Their pictures are so visually pleasing that I just want to buy them all (though I don’t quite know what I’d do with so many ring bearer pillows).

Congratulations to Rachel, Brooke, and Cassandra! They shared with us their business ideas and lucky them, they were randomly selected as the winners!

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I’ve always had the idea of starting up my own travel agency. I love planning my own vacations, so I know it would be an enjoyable to do that for other people! I would want to help people find alternative and truly authentic vacations. I would ask questions about why the person is wanting a vacation and tailor the trips to create the true experience they need based on what they say they want.

August 24, 2010 | Rachel

Besides my husband, my pups are the light of my life. Their “stuff” can get very expensive though so I started using my sewing skills to craft them new collars and such. I got to thinking one day if this stuff is expensive for me it must be expensive for others too and what can I do about it? I am just getting my underway selling affordable and fashionable dog accessories. Currently I am building up my stock of collars but hope to expand to leashes, toys, hair bows, beds, etc. very soon!

August 24, 2010 | Brooke

Couture!!! That’s my gig. :) My amazing talented mother taught me how to sew when I was quite young, but let me take it from there by myself, (but was sure to leave plenty of books around about new techniques!) As I was home schooled, my mother was able to observe and, I guess you could say enable my passion for beautiful, stylish, and impeccably constructed garments. I was given every opportunity to learn and grow and develop my technique and style, so that by the time I was ready to look for a college, I had already mastered everything that a fashion school could have taught me. So now I’m doing custom wedding dresses, until I finish my {history} degree, and can finally pursue designing and producing my own line of truly unique, romantic and sophisticated gowns.
I totally love the whole sister act; my kid sister is a *fabulous* jewelry designer, and works with some of my brides, designing unique and lovely pieces just for them! Way to go, girls!

August 26, 2010 | Cassandra

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  1. avatar bridal girl reply

    These are so creative. Thanks for sharing this to us!

  2. avatar Cassandra reply

    Wahoo!!! :D I'm thrilled!!! soo…. how do I *cough* redeem my prize? Thank [email protected]

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