This September wedding gives us a splash of spring with a color palette of light pink and light green. Floral design by {Flower Allie}, ceremony held at the {South Shores Church} in Monarch Beach reception at Woodbury Commons. Beautiful wedding cake created by {Scrumptious Wedding Cakes}. Wedding coordination by Uyen of {Sassy Girl Weddings}. We have to thank Tracy from {Tracy Kumono Photography} for sharing Angela + Val’s big day with us. To see more, check out Tracy’s {Blog}. How fab is that acorn lapel and Angela’s gorgeous dress!? Happy Monday ya’ll!
Hi Meg,It’s a Casablanca dress from their spring collection. If you go to their website, you’ll be able locate the model # and a bridal salon should be able to order it for you. Hope that helps. :)
Hi MegSorry I misunderstood. The reception dress (tea length) was Casablanca. My wedding dress was from St. Patrick. :)
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If I tried to explain to you what the next week holds for us, your head would fall right off. And we really don’t want that. We like you : ) I will tell you that we are sending our print issue to the printer this week. WOW. I have to admit tearing up as I type this. Tears of joy that the 2+ years we’ve been working on this magazine is about to reach another milestone. It has been a looong road and I couldn’t be more proud, grateful, and just in awe of what the SW gals have done together during this time. Danielle and I started this crazy project many moons ago and never thought it would blossom into what it has today. It’s all because of YOU. You, dear readers, are why we are able to even go through this crazy week we are about to experience. And it’s just the beginning….
So, in honor of our week ahead, we are having a long-overdue photo contest. OK, TWO contests, because that’s just how we roll. You know we like to give a lot of stuff away and you know we love surprises! So, we’re not telling you the prize this time. Yeah, that’s right. Don’t even try to sweet talk us. (unless you have dots (my fav), chocolate covered anything (rach’s fav), peppermint patties (Laura’s fav), or mac n’ cheese (kirstin’s fav))
Photo contest 1: Send us a pic of you having fun, happy, joyous, bubbling over with laughter… whatever floats your boat.
Photo contest 2: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, send us a pic of what you are thankful for… could be anything… person, place, thing. Get creative.
Rules: These must be your pics. Don’t steal someone else’s unless you have express permission to do so. Extra points for iPhone pics, camera phone pics and anything that isn’t edited. But, feel free to get creative and do whatever you want to the pics.
Contest ends next Tuesday the 25th. email {win at swsmag dot com} with your entries. Max of 5 per person. Try not to send us too high res files. Our mailboxes don’t like it.
Is anyone else as excited about the Mammoth Men trip as I am? Some of our favorite photographers are getting on a bus in about 24hours for the ultimate man trip. And you can be a part of it! Last time, the Mammoth Men let blog readers vote on their activities. We love these guys and can’t wait to follow their goofy crazy travels next week. You can follow along on twittertoo. Mark Brooke and Michael Chan will also be joining this wildly talented group…
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have already seen this video. But, I have to admit watching it about 10 times. It never ceases to make me laugh until my sides hurt. We are so thankful for all of the blog lovewe have gotten lately and can’t tell you how much it means to us! One very special post this week from the A Bryan Photo guys caught our attention so we just had to share the laughs… Enjoy!
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This wedding reception is true New Orleans. The reception was held at the classic {New Orleans Country Club}. The reception was complete with a “second line”. Erin explains, “The second line is a traditional New Orleans dance. We had personalized handkerchiefs for our guests to use and festive second line umbrellas for me and Taylor. It was such a fun and memorable way to leave our guests at our reception!” Floral design by Maede Wenzel and wedding cake by {Maurice French Pastries}. Thanks to {Laura Negri Photography} for sharing this stunning wedding with us!
The weather on our wedding day was: It was a very typical hot, humid, but beautiful August day in New Orleans. What was the design inspiration for your wedding? We are both pretty classic and traditional in our taste. I wanted our wedding to be very classic and elegant. I really wanted something we would look back on in fifty years and still think it was absolutely beautiful! Favorite design element of your big day: It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I really loved our flowers! Tell us about finding your wedding dress: My mom actually spotted my dress while my mom, sister and I were shopping. It was the third dress I tried on and we all instantly knew it was the one! Describe your wedding flowers: I absolutely loved our flowers! Meade Wenzel of New Orleans was our florist and she completely captured the classic and beautiful design that I had described to her. We had mostly cream and light pink flowers with some accents of bright pink. They were just beautiful! Describe your wedding cake: It was classic wedding cake with raspberry filling and butter cream icing. It was simple and elegant in design with our new monogram on the side of the top layer. Our favorite detail of the wedding was: We loved our “second line” exit! The second line is a traditional New Orleans dance. We had personalized handkerchiefs for our guests to use and festive second line umbrellas for me and Taylor. It was such a fun and memorable way to leave our guests at our reception! Three adjectives that describe the day are: Joyous, sincere, exciting What advice would you give to someone planning their wedding? Enjoy every moment of this special time you have together! It should be a wonderful time to celebrate the love you have found in each other and the life you will spend together! Don’t let yourself get wrapped up in the details because in the end the details aren’t the things you remember and cherish. Best advice or most memorable comment someone made to you during the wedding celebration. We had several people tell us that our personality as a couple really shined through on our wedding day in all the details of the ceremony and reception. It was a great compliment that our special day was a true reflection and celebration of our relationship. What’s next for you as a couple? What are you looking forward to in the future? We hope to settle into a new home in New Orleans soon and just enjoy being newlyweds!
Congratulations to Erin + Taylor. We wish you a lifetime of happiness down in N’awlins!
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I love the splashes of GREEN! It feels so fresh.
I love her dress! So young and feminine!
Love the dress.
Beautiful images!!
Does anyone know more about the dress? What designer etc?
Love her colors and the topiaries she used as place card holders!
Hi Meg,It’s a Casablanca dress from their spring collection. If you go to their website, you’ll be able locate the model # and a bridal salon should be able to order it for you. Hope that helps. :)
Thanks for sharing who the dress is by!! Can’t wait to check out their web site. I love the tea length dresses the most :)
Hi MegSorry I misunderstood. The reception dress (tea length) was Casablanca. My wedding dress was from St. Patrick. :)