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Engaged Reader Round-Up No. 3

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Yesterday we toasted pink champagne in honor of our very own bride-to-be Miss Emily’s at a fabulous surprise shower, and today I am even more excited to share in the joy of these readers engagements!

I do have to give the beaus in these pics some major credit! We Southern Weddings ladies we’re bursting at the seams trying not to spill the beans about Emily’s shower. I can’t even imagine keeping the secret of an engagement!

Left to right and top to bottom, big hugs to Biana S., Alexis F., Brittany T., and Mariel T.

From left to right and top to bottom, congratulations to Beth L., Gretchen G., Jessica R., and Jenny T.

Left to right and top to bottom, happy planning to Patrice D., Devon M., Ashley M., Hannia D.

Left to right and top to bottom: Kate K., Sherry S., Candace W., and Taylor J. We love seeing Sherry enjoying a little Southern Weddings while her beau catches up on sports!

I’m a sucker for a fellow who’s able to have a few snaps of the big question! Especially in front of a gorgeous church – swoon!

Top to bottom: Bre and Carrie A.

Top to bottom: Sara B., Victoria T., and Laurie from Bee Photographie. Laurie’s sweet moment was captured by Kallima Photography.

Congratulations to all of our engaged friends! We are so excited for you, and cannot wait to share in your planning process!

Got engaged recently? We want to hear from you! Send me your smiling proposal faces with the subject line “I’m Engaged!”

marissa Written with love by Marissa
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  1. avatar Lara reply

    Oh this makes me SO happy! CONGRATS Y’ALL!!!

  2. avatar Jessica of My Baking Heart reply

    Thank you so much for including us! What an honor! :)

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Today is a big day for us, y’all. We’ve got our pearls on, our hair blown out and our fluffy dresses donned. We’ve powered through our to-do lists, answered emails and waited for 2:00 to roll around. Why are we so antsy? We’ve been invited to tea at the Carolina Inn!

At least that’s what Emily thinks.

We may have told a white lie a couple of weeks ago when I casually said to the team, “Hey, y’all. Heidi at the Carolina Inn invited us to an afternoon tea in August.” What I really meant was that we’ve been planning a bridal shower for Miss Emily Ayer for over a month and we had to find some casual way to get to her the Carolina Inn!

We’ve enlisted the help of Heidi, the Inn’s director of Catering, Erin McLean, a fab events planner in our area, Amber Housley, a sweet-as-pie designer, and Cyn Kain, one of our good friends and photographers to make Emily’s Mini Cupcakes and Tea Party a reality. (Y’all should have seen the menus and inspiration boards we’ve been emailing each other – I about died with excitement!)

Amber did an amazing job creating Emily’s mini tea party invitations and we can’t wait to show her the rest. In fact, we’re heading to the Inn right now to surprise her! Stay tuned for more fun details and a recap of Emily’s bridal shower!

nicoleyang Written with love by Nicole
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  1. avatar Nicole reply

    These are so amazing!!! Have fun SW Mag girls!! :) Can’t wait to see the recap!!

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It’s about high time that we make someone’s day and announce the winner of our recent giveaways, don’t you agree? With prizes ranging from delectable to delightful, there’s plenty of goodness to go around!

We asked you what you loved most about summer for the chance to win Amy Atlas’ Sweet Designs book.

Congratulations to Sandryte who said, “Good weather – that’s why I love summer! And then comes my balcony with flowers, outdoor furniture, afternoon tea and icecream, watermelons. A camping trip and a few picnics are a must for the year!” and Laura who said, “My favorite thing about summer is going on vacation!!! I live in NC, so I visit the beach AND the mountains during the summer!”

We are just gaga for Plum Pretty Sugar’s new Castelbel & Trumpet collection. We asked you to tell us what you’re doing the morning of your wedding for the chance to win one!

Winner, Virgina said, “The morning of my wedding I plan to first, wake up and have a cup of coffee with my mom and dad to cherish those last minutes of being only theirs before everything gets started. Afterward, I want to have all my bridesmaids over for a morning devotional and then give them their bridesmaids gifts. So looking forward to it!!”

Who doesn’t love cornhole?? We were thrilled when SC Cornhole wanted to give away three sets, but now as an extra bonus, TWO MORE WINNERS will also get a set! Yahoo!! Biggest thanks go out to the SC Cornhole team!

Big congrats go out to our winners:

Lerissa said, “I think it would be awesome to give the girls and guys a couple pints of paint (in pre-selected colors) and let them each have a board to customize, hen have the girls sign theirs and the guys sign their own. To stick with the theme of the wedding, I will go back and add burlap-knitted lace with gold accents along the outer sides and modge-podge the boards to preserve the creativity and the fun times we had preparing for our wedding. All of our closest friends will have partial ownership in its creation and will be excited to see them when we bring the boards out when we get together.”

Kathryn, who said, “My boy and I both love our monograms, so I’d do one of each. Mine might be light blue and white for UNC and his purple and gold for ECU. I could also do light pink and white for my sorority colors and light blue and white for his board, with a quatrefoil shape behind our monograms (my sorority’s badge shape) – his idea, I love it!”

Emily, who said, “Monograms would be cute – but I’d totally make it “ours” by having a bowtie on “his” board and a champagne glass on “my” board.”

Eva, who said, “We would love a cornhole set for our wedding! We would customize by painting them turquoise and then painting the state shapes of Georgia (groom’s home state) on one board and Virginia (bride’s home state) on the other board!”

And Brianna, who said, “I’d love to Monogram this with my new last name and blue and yellow Chevron print!(wedding colors).”

Wahoo! Winners, be on the lookout for an email from me.

Didn’t win this time? That’s okay, we’ve got plenty more giveaway coming up!

nicoleyang Written with love by Nicole
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