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Since we’re still feeling the love from Valentine’s Day, we thought we’d extend the warm and gooey feelings to a few of our newest sponsors.  We couldn’t do what we do without them, and even more than that, we really believe in their work and want to share it with you.  We hope you’ll take a moment to visit their sites and send them a little SW love.

Project Wedding is a community of people who love to talk about weddings and share advice.  It’s known for its bride-generated vendor recommendations and reviews, a one-stop, uber-organized index of rants and raves from across the web.  They also have a nifty blog, a DIY section where experts from outside the wedding world (like Jordan of Oh Happy Day! and Chelsea of {frolic}) share projects, and an awesome sister site, Weddingbee!  Check out their site here, their blog here, and their reviews here.

John Bamber Photography takes some of the loveliest black and white images I’ve ever seen.  Their use of light and layering is great, and the joy they gets from what they do is evident in their site and blog.  John and Lindsey are a husband-and-wife team (cool!) with complementary personalities and shooting styles, and they are based in Dayton, TN but willing to travel.  See their blog here and site here!

I hadn’t checked out the work of husband and wife photo team Davina + Daniel in a while, but when I opened up their website to format this post, I was truly blown away.  Their work is intimate, fun, beautifully composed while still feeling fresh and photojournalistic.  Davina + Daniel are based in Montreal but love traveling for weddings of all stripes.  Check out their blog here and their site here!

It’s not hard to write something nice about Laura Hooper Calligraphy, but I almost don’t feel like I have to — her work speaks for itself!  Her precise + girlish script is instantly recognizable; it adds the perfect touch to the invitations, maps, and totes on her site.  You can check out her three tiers of styles here and her blog here!

Blossom Accents designs and illustrates artistic handmade wedding invitations and coordinating accessories (think save the dates, seating cards, thank you cards, favor cards…). Owner Agnes’ fun, colorful designs are pretty enough to make you forget about the hours that must go into crafting these lovelies!  Check out her site here and blog here.

Hope you’re having a fabulous Tuesday, y’all!

Previously:

Part I: Nancy Aidee, Nine Photography, Our Labor of Love, Dede Edwards, W. Scott Chester Photography

Part II: Cook Images, Agnes Lopez, Luna Photo, Brooke Schwab, Millie Holloman

Part III: Rae Leytham Photography, GB Photographers, Christine Tremoulet, East Hill Photo, Kellan Studios, Stacy Reeves

Part IV: A Delightful Day, Birdsong Photography, Asheville Events, Ashley Colhouer, Betsy White, Momental Designs, Regina Holder, Scarlett Lillian

Part V: Poser Photography, Isha Foss Events, Jory Cordy, Kristen Alexander, Delphine

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  1. avatar Agnes reply

    Wow, what a nice surprise! Thanks so much for the love :) Best wishes to you girls!

  2. avatar Nancy reply

    I totally love wedding bee. It is good to have that sort of website sponsoring you. You run a great site.

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Ahh… Carillon Beach in February must be nice.  Heck, Carillon Beach at any time must be nice if Katie + Steven’s wedding photos (courtesy of the uber-talented Paul Johnson) is any indication.  The modish square tables, fresh white linens and alternating orchid + greenery floral designs (courtesy of Nouveau Flowers) were the perfect accent for a beach wedding.  How cute are the seashell accents on the five-tiered patterned cake from Confections on the Coast?  (Really cute, if I do say so myself.)

Describe your wedding cake:  Delicious!  But I assume you want an actual description: varying patterns (stripes, dots, latticework) with sea-inspired accents.
Our favorite detail of the wedding was:  There are so many!  I loved the lights: we had lanterns in the tent, candles everywhere, cafe lights around the dance floor, and our venue had white lights in all the trees and through the town that surrounded our reception space.  Also, our dinner was served on three tapas plates, which was a little different and gave people some great choices.  I also really liked the flip-flops that we gave the girls for tired feet.
What was the biggest challenge you had to overcome while planning your wedding?  Travel arrangements proved especially difficult.  Carillon is a beautiful place, but not the easiest to get to.  We were so fortunate to have so many friends and family join us.
Were there any special family traditions you included in the wedding?  No, but we did honor my grandfather with a signature drink.  He was a big Manhattan drinker and I think would have preferred to be honored with that, rather than something too traditional!
What was your most memorable moment about your wedding day? My dad’s speech.  It was funny, touching and uniquely him.
Scariest moment? Realizing my “waterproof” mascara had made a break for it and not knowing how long I had looked like that!  So all in all, nothing too scary!
The most unexpected event on our wedding day was: Discovering how really terrible we are at dancing!
Did you write your own vows? If so, what was your favorite phrase/verse/or line?  No, but we did opt for a traditional Irish blessing over a Biblical reading.
What’s next for you as a couple? What are you looking forward to in the future?  We’re going to continue being good parents to our dog, which hopefully includes getting him a house with a nice yard.

Congratulations, Katie + Steve!  Enjoy your newlywed status, dog and (hopefully) that new house!

lara Written with love by Lara Casey
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  1. avatar jenny haas reply

    Love. especially the lanterns!

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UPDATE: We have extended our t-shirt design contest! Why? The ladies at Southern Weddings know that you are a talented bunch. We know that you could create the most Southern, most visually stunning, most crazy, totally awesome t-shirt that anyone has ever seen. Use your designing skills, release your creativity, and design a t-shirt that readers will be dying to wear (and maybe win a little somethin’ somethin’ too).

For a while now we’ve wanted to have some rockin’ SW apparel to offer to y’all (because that’s just the kind of people we are), but we’ve been a bit too busy to do anything about it.  (Ahem: November 2009 print edition, we’re looking at you.  You, too, MTH.)  SO.  Here’s our plan.  You’re going to do it for us!  We kid, we kid.  But… not really.  Because we’re holding a t-shirt design contest!

Rules:

–All entries must be in .psd, .ai, .pdf, .jpg, or .pub form

–All entries must be 300 DPI

–You may use a maximum of three colors

–You may submit a combo design (i.e. both a front of/back of shirt design)

–The background of your design must be the color you’d like the shirt printed on

–You must use the SW logo somewhere in the design (you can find a link to a selection of downloadable logos in the right margin of this here blog or a high-res pdf here)

And that’s that!  This contest is open to readers and professional designers alike.  All entries are now due March 1, 2010.  Entries can be emailed to emily at iloveswmag dot com.

Oh wait, what’s that?  You want to WIN something for your hard work?  Okay!  How about a complimentary t-shirt, a $50 Visa gift card, and bragging rights for eternity?  Oh yeah!

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  1. avatar Lisa Jeffries reply

    Ok, ok… I’ll play! :-*

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