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Oh my, this post makes me so happy! It’s been my pleasure to work with some amazing women during my time at Southern Weddings. I know they’ve worked their way into all of y’all’s hearts, too, so we thought it would be fun to check in with our “SW alums” on the occasion of our five-year anniversary!

This girl! Katharine and I started working at SW just days apart, and for our first two years, we were inseparable. I know her witty writing, timeless style, and love of candy have not been forgotten among the SW faithful! A little update from Ms KTW herself:

My handsome groom and I have navigated a few big changes and celebrated a number of milestones (most notably our first and second wedding anniversaries!) over the past couple years. Kyle and I loved being classmates so much in college that we decided to brave business school together. Our biggest lesson so far? If a marriage can survive graduate school, it can survive anything! We finish our MBA program this May, and I’m especially grateful to share another graduation with my best friend. In June, I’m making my first big move since 2009 to work as an internal consultant for Bank of America at company headquarters in Charlotte. Kyle will graduate from medical school in 2014, then plans to join me in the Queen City as a healthcare consultant for McKinsey & Co. In our free time, we enjoy blazing through our Netflix queue (me), performing at karaoke bars (him), and running the Duke trail (us).

P.S. For those of you who remember my candy addiction, my current favorites include gummy frogs, fruit runts, bottle caps, and Germany raspberries. Yum!

You know we love us some redheads around here! Happily, as you’ll see, we still have a healthy dose of Whitney in our lives!

So much has happened since my last day at SW! As many of you know, after four years at Southern Weddings, I decided to make the big move to New York City. Sometimes, though, the world has different plans. After 8 months in the city, I made my way back down to North Carolina to be close to my loved ones after a family emergency. My time in New York made me realize how very lucky I was to have grown up in the South, and if I had to move away to make that discovery, that’s okay! Now, I’m working as an event planner with A Southern Soiree and also handling the social media for Making Things Happen. I live in a pretty little yellow house in Raleigh with a cute new puppy, and I’ve never been more content.

Our office’s average style quotient definitely went down a few notches when we said goodbye to Sierra, and I think our sweetness levels did, too. We miss our favorite sorority girl, but are so proud of the life she’s made in Tennessee!

The week after graduation, I moved to Nashville and have been working as a news and features designer at Gannett’s Design Studio (small world – I put Lara’s mom, Celia’s column in the Pensacola paper!). In my off time, I shadow at Sony RED Entertainment, a promotions/distribution division of Sony Music (ran into former Bachelor contestant, Kacie B., at one of Jason Aldean’s #1 parties!) and work as an extra in for ABC’s Nashville (any of y’all watch??). Living in Music City, I go to plenty of shows (The Black Keys and Band of Horses are next on my list) and have been training for my first half marathon at the end of April.

Now, onto the gals that are still here!

On April 1, 2008, I was launching the SW blog and magazine at our very first launch party! Looking back at these images, it’s surreal to me. To go from that day 5 years ago, to this is just… it leaves me speechless.

On April 1, 2008, I was a junior in college. I had already been accepted to my summer internship at The Knot, and was probably nervously searching for housing in the city! John and I had been dating for a few years, and though I had my Martha Stewart subscription, I was just starting to discover wedding blogs…

In April of 2008, I was engaged to my now darling husband, and happily planning my very own Southern wedding. I was working as a corporate Account Executive for a cluster of radio stations in the Miami Market (and wearing all black suits, pearls and high-heels everyday!). I actually have the attached photo framed in our home, as it’s one of my favorites! This is BDK and I headed out for St. Patrick’s Day in 2008. As you can see by his outfit, it’s one of his favorite holidays! ;)

In April 2008, I was in Charlotte, attending my senior year of high school. I had just finished up a theatre show called “General Gorgeous,” where I played a superhero’s wife (ha!) and was managing our annual musical, “Cinderella” in addition to working on the senior issue of our school newspaper. I was also probably shopping for prom dresses :)

On April 1, 2008 I was weeks away from a milestone birthday and Kyle and I had just purchased plane tickets to fly to San Antonio for the NCAA Final Four. Our sweet Tar Heels were set to play that upcoming weekend and we decided to drop everything and travel to Texas. Unfortunately the games didn’t go as planned, but I was able to cross two things off my forever goal list – visit Texas and see the Tar Heels play in a Final Four.

Have you met our office mascot, Henrietta? Since she came to us in 2012, she was probably pre-egg in 2008. (Which would be… chicken?)

Wherever y’all were in 2008, we’re glad you’re here now! And this seems as appropriate a time as any to remind you that if you have some sweet graphic design skills, we think you should apply to join our team!

emily Written with love by Emily
11 Comments
  1. avatar Lisa reply

    Wow! So fun to see what the SW alum ladies are up to, and how much has changed (and stayed the same!) over the years!

  2. avatar Shelby reply

    Ah, I love this!!! It’s so good to see how far you ladies have come! I definitely miss Katherine around the blog, it’s good to hear how she’s doing! :)

  3. avatar Kat reply

    I can’t believe it’s already been 5 years! I found SW just after volume 3 and have been – hooked – since! I saw the magazine in Target and just giggled with excitement! Congrats on turning 5!! Here’s to many more!

  4. avatar Elizabeth reply

    This post is just plain awesome and brought a smile to my face. Love hearing you ladies’ stories and seeing how much can happen in life in just a few short years. So happy to have discovered the goodness that is Southern Weddings :)

    And oh my goodness, Henrietta?! That was my favorite great aunt’s name. I love it!

    I so wish I had more graphic design experience! Would love to work alongside you ladies! Wishing y’all the best person possible to fill the role.

    Stay just as sweet and adorable forever! :)

  5. avatar Ashleigh reply

    I LOVE that Katharine says if you can make it through grad school together, you can make it through anything. We might not be married just yet (4 months & 2 weeks, but who’s counting?), but we’re surviving grad school together. I think if anything, it’s made us stronger. Welcome to Charlotte, Katharine!

  6. avatar Megan reply

    Ironically, I JUST replied to the survey and wrote that I “never” commented, but I just had to say… I cannot believe Katharine has been gone since 2011! She was one of my favorite SW gals (though I love you all as much as a blog reader can – in a non-creepy way, of course). Her wedding was perfection. She even wore the dress I’ve always wanted to wear. We miss you, Katharine, but I’m so happy to hear you and the rest of the SW “alum” are doing well! Thanks for the updates.

  7. avatar Emily reply

    What a fun post!! And I feel like a pretty legit follower considering I remember all of the alumni and have been around to see many of the current staff start! Congrats on 5 years y’all!! Cannot wait to see where the next five take you!

  8. avatar Kat reply

    Love seeing where everyone WAS and now where everyone IS… such a fun post! I’m sure the pretty consistent blog-stalkers out there (myself included!) enjoyed reading about where everyone is after their SW days!

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  10. avatar Kim Williamson reply

    Are paper magazine subscriptions available?

    • avatar Lisa reply

      Hi Kim! We don’t have paper magazine subscriptions, but you can pick up our magazine in our online shop! southernweddingsshop.com

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