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Happy Friday, my dear friends! I don’t know about you guys, but I’m ready to do absolutely nothing this weekend. Emily and I traveled to South Carolina for another V6 photo shoot this week and the next four weekends are full of my own personal travel plans. So I intend to just enjoy my apartment for the next two days (and catch up with my momma on Sunday, of course!).

Speaking of travel, we were blissfully (and okay, jealously,) soaking in the photos from Emily’s honeymoon to Nevis, where she and John stayed at the beautiful Montpelier Plantation and Nisbet Plantation.

With two shoots for V6 now finished, we think it’s high time we gave you a proper sneak peek! Last week’s shoot with Katie Stoops was berry exciting!

We’re even giving away two High Cotton bow ties from the shoot to celebrate! Enter here.

We think moms are the backbone of the South and love that weddings and Mother’s Day are both wonderful excuses to publicly honor them. We posted a few of our favorite mom-centered wedding moments.

Real weddings steal our hearts!

Molly Gee + Justin’s Mississippi wedding was full of lovely details, gorgeous flowers and the bride’s own designs! See it here.

Kelly + Corey’s military wedding proved that distance is no obstacle in the face of true love! See it here.

Some happy news for the weekend

Congratulations to all of the winners of our Southern Surcees Giveaway! Olivia won the Butter My Butt and Call Me A Biscuit book, Melissa B. won the pink bow clutch, Cait T. won the engraved iced tea spoons, Holly won the “Bless Your Heart” pendants, Peyton won the Lilly Pulitzer iPhone 4/4S case in Delta Zeta and Kathleen won the state tea towel in North Carolina! Winners, be on the lookout for an email from me!

We just love Sarah’s Stands and are so excited to hear that she’s debuting a new collection on Monday. The Simply Stunning collection is beautiful, durable and affordable. Read all about her new products here and head to her shop to snatch up one of these lovelies before they’re gone!

If you’re local to the Chapel Hill area, save the date for our next yard sale on May 18 from 9 am to 11 am. We’re clearing out our closets and selling general wedding supplies such as books, fabric, candles and votives, vases and glassware. All proceeds will go to charity. Email me at [email protected] for address information!

Be sure to head over to our Facebook Friday. Dianne Lisette is sharing something pretty with us!

We’re sending out hugs and happy thoughts to all the belles and beaus getting married this weekend, including our Southern Bride Blogger, Elizabeth! Congrats, y’all!

Enjoy the weekend! Do you have any fun plans? Tell me about them in the comments below.

nicoleyang Written with love by Nicole
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Moms are the backbone of the South, don’t you think? Strong, gracious, graceful, loving, wise, and usually perfectly perfumed, they gave us our best recipes, our first lessons in hospitality, and, if we were lucky, our most deep-seated sense of security and self-worth. One of the most wonderful parts of a wedding day is getting a chance to publicly honor our mothers. Here, in honor of Mother’s Day, a few of our favorite photographs to remember these moments by.

Cyn Kain, Tanja Lippert, Live View Studios, Bamber Photography

Bamber Photography, Sarah McKenzie, Jo Photo, Graham Terhune

Bamber Photography, Aaron Snow via Christina Leigh Events, Elaine Palladino, Loft Photographie, Elaine Palladino

Amalie Orrange, Renee Sprink, Loft Photographie, Renee Sprink, Paige Jones

Loft Photographie

Go hug your mama today, belles! And happy Mother’s Day to all of our mamas reading — we know you’re out there! :)

Amalie Orrange, Bamber Photography, Christina Leigh Events, Cyn Kain, Elaine Palladino, Graham Terhune, Jo Photo, Live View Studios, Loft Photographie, Paige Jones, Renee Sprink, and Sarah McKenzie are delightful members of our Blue Ribbon Vendor Directory!

emily Written with love by Emily
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  1. avatar Lisa reply

    I got my tendency to tear up quickly from my mama, so it isn’t much of a surprise that these sweet pictures made me do just that!

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  3. avatar Amalie Orrange reply

    Thank you sweet ladies for featuring one of our images! And, happy mama’s day to you Lara!

  4. avatar Brent & Anna – Live View Studios reply

    Thanks for featuring one of our images … moms are definitely the best! Much love to y’all xoxo

  5. avatar Cyn reply

    Such a sweet post! Thanks for featuring my adorable bride and her loving mama!

  6. avatar Sheree reply

    Aw, this was an exceptionally nice post. Taking a few minutes and
    actual effort to produce a very good article…
    but what can I say… I hesitate a lot and never seem to get nearly anything done.

  7. avatar Lotus Eyes Photography reply

    We agree! Wonderful Photography

  8. avatar Cindy reply

    Question … If my daughters brides mades are petal (soft) pink … Should my mother of the bride dress be a soft sage green or a darker “regency ” purple ?? I’ve asked all my friends and their split down the middle … What’s your take ?? Please email me your thoughts

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Hello, belles! Nicole and I have spent the last two days in sunny (thank goodness!) South Carolina shooting an editorial for the next issue. It’s been a V6 whirlwind around these parts, actually – we wrapped a shoot in NC last week, we have another scheduled for next week, and are just diving into planning two others for June! You won’t hear a peep of complaint from our lips, though — it makes us positively giddy to piece together beauty we know will eventually make it onto the printed page!

Before too much time gets behind us we wanted to give y’all a little peek at what we’ve been up to. We were lucky to have Graham Terhune on hand to snap behind-the-scene shots on the actual shoot day, but our instagrams will have to tide you over until V6 debuts!

Like so many of our photoshoots (yesterday’s, too!), this joint was the first stop of the day:

We were thrilled to have the chance to work with Katie Stoops again, of course. You may recall she photographed our Williamsburg and Richmond features from past issues!

That’s our intern Jessica up there with Katie, Nicole, and me!

Happily, shoot prep always leaves pretty — and tasty! — extras around the office. Don’t mind if I do…

I’ll leave you with my favorite snap from the day: This was Ms. Katie taking photos of the pretty we had created, but doesn’t this scene look worthy of capture, too? Such an amazing field of clover — we had never seen anything like it!

That may be the last sneak peek you get from our first V6 shoot, but we have more surprises for you! Before you get too antsy with anticipation, we have a fun giveaway for y’all! Our good friends at High Cotton happily gave us a couple of boys bow ties to use for some special gents in this shoot. We couldn’t wait to do a V6 giveaway!

To enter, leave a comment below telling us about the best biscuit you’ve ever tasted and which bow tie you’d love to win. Will it be the Red and White Mini Dot bow tie or the Nantucket Seersucker Stripe bow tie? Tell us before this giveaway closes at midnight on May 22.

If you’re not already, be sure to follow us on Instagram as we spend the summer prepping for V6! We’re here: Southern Weddings, Lara, Emily, Nicole, Marissa, and Kristin.

P.S. Vendors, interested in joining in the fun? We’re working with lots of sponsors already for V6, and would love to have you, too! Email Marissa (marissa at iloveswmag.com) or fill out this form for more info.

Graham Terhune is a delightful member of our Blue Ribbon Vendor Directory!

emily Written with love by Emily
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  1. avatar Maria Barnes reply

    Where can I get the monagram keepsake?

    • avatar Emily reply

      Hi Maria! I’m not sure what keepsake you’re referring to, as I don’t see one in this post. If you can be more specific, I’m happy to help!

  2. avatar Emily Barrois reply

    The best biscuit I’ve ever had was honestly made by my dad. He learned how to make his own to avoid the sodium of canned. Now he never uses a recipie but always manages to make a fluffy, flakey on the outside, soft on the inside mound of awesome. Last christmas we had leftover eggnog so the day after he used that instead of milk. It transformed his already yummy biscuit into a holiday tradition we’re going to repeat every year! And he was so proud of himself.

    The polka dot bowtie would be adorable on my dad and make a great addition to his father’s day present. I dressed him up in bowties for my wedding and now he loves them!

  3. avatar Jillian reply

    The best biscuit I’ve ever tasted actually came from Poppey’s Chicken! My fiance loves their chicken and convinced me to try their buscuits! One bite and I was hooked! Now I need to the recipe! I would love to win the Nantucket Seersucker Stripe bow tie!

  4. avatar Lauren reply

    The best biscuit I have ever had was homemade by my boyfriends mother – I spread it with pepper jelly and it was absolutely amazing. I would love to win the Red and White Mini Dot bow tie.

  5. avatar Elizabeth @ HobbyLobbyist reply

    I would love to win the polka dot tie, but both are precious!

    • avatar Elizabeth @ HobbyLobbyist reply

      Elizabeth @ HobbyLobbyist: Oops, forgot to mention the best biscuit I ever had. It was outside of Houston at an amazing brunch place called Baby Barnaby’s. They have the most amazing honey biscuits ever!

  6. avatar Emily reply

    The best biscuit I’ve ever had was my Granddaddy’s “drop biscuits” which he always smothered in gravy. You basically make a simple biscuit dough and then rather than measuring or cutting the dough precisely, you scoop it out of a spoon and “drop” it onto the baking dish.

    Rob loves his bow ties and loves his seersucker, so I’d love to win the Nantucket Seersucker Stripe bow tie!

  7. avatar Janna reply

    Love the sneak peeks! I love the red striped tie! Perfect for my date for a late summer wedding we are going to!

    My all time favorite biscuit is my grandma’s biscuits! With some butter and strawberry jam we make every year- it’s the bee’s knees! Yum!

  8. avatar Romance reply

    My grandmother’s Cream Cheese Biscuits. She says the trick is to fold them 18 times, to them get nice and flaky, but I know there’s more to it, because her’s always come out better than mine!

    The Nantucket Seersucker, please!

  9. avatar Candice reply

    Best biscuit I have ever had was a maple bacon sweet potato biscuit. Savory and sweet at the same time! Nothing better than a unique southern style biscuit!! As far as the bow tie, I love the red and white mini dot bow tie. My fiance is loves bow ties and this would be a great one for him and our style!

  10. avatar Samantha reply

    The best biscuit that I have tasted BY FAR would have to be my Nannies (great grandmother) family recipe. It was so good it didn’t need a topping, but she canned jams as well and her peach jam was To. Die. For. That Nantucket seersucker bow tie is almost as amazing as my Nannie’s biscuits!! ;)

  11. avatar Maddie reply

    The best biscuit I’ve ever had was at The Roanoker in Roanoke, VA–SO amazingly fluffy and light–maybe even better than your grandma’s?!

    I would love, love to win the red-white polka dotted tie. :)

  12. avatar amanda reply

    I have to say the best biscuit I’ve ever tasted is my mother’s gravy biscuit breakfast! I LOOOOVE it! And no where I’ve been can compare. And my husband loves it too and would LOVE to win the the mini dot bow tie! Especially for all our NCSU pride ;)

  13. avatar Anna reply

    The best biscuit I’ve ever tasted was at Monell’s in Nashville, Tennessee. It was warm, falling apart with butteriness, and smothered in delicious peach preserves!

  14. avatar Katie Haviland reply

    Best Biscuit ever was from Loveless Cafe in Nashville, TN. So yummy!

    I would love the Red & White Mini-Dot bow tie!

  15. avatar Peyton Leigh reply

    Hands down, the best biscuit I’ve ever had was made by my sweet Grandma Jane. She made them every Easter, and they were always the most anticipated treat of the day! Warm and buttery, and slathered with honey :) And as far as the bow ties go, the seersucker striped oen is just the most darling thing I’ve ever seen! Beautiful shoots this week, take care!

  16. avatar Lena reply

    This Yankee and her Texan are headed to Savannah and Charleston this summer, and I can’t wait to taste a whole pile of biscuits; John decked out in that red polka dot tie would be the perfect cherry on top!

  17. avatar Marc reply

    The best biscuit i’ve ever had was my Momma’s. Just amazing. I’d love that polka dot tie.

  18. avatar Louisa reply

    The best biscuit I’ve ever tasted was at Shoney’s somewhere in Tennessee. It was the first biscuit I ever had. I am from Germany and I didn’t know what it was but after the first bite I realized that I loved it! I’d love to win the Nantucket Seersucker Stripe bow tie.

  19. avatar Whitney reply

    The best biscuit I have ever tasted are the ones I make. I use lard for the fat – they come out so fluffy but with a really good flavor! But I never tell people until after they’ve tasted, because they are usually grossed out. My fiance is a UGA grad and would love to have either – but I think I like the dots better for him!

  20. avatar Hollie Raulerson reply

    Hands down…the best biscut is in Atlanta, at the Flying Biscut Cafe!! Their tangy cranberry butter is a superb compliment to a slightly sweet biscut!

  21. avatar Laura reply

    By far, the best biscuit I have ever had was from Loveless Cafe in Nashville. I ate at least 6 or 7 in one sitting! I would love to win the Nantucket Seersucker Stripe Bow Tie.

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