I’m sure I’m not the only one who declared Ashley and Jeremy the cutest couple ever after reading their story and admiring their sparkly barn wedding this week! That notion was only reinforced when Josh Gooden sent over their wedding video, which brought all of the touching, sweet, and fun moments of Ashley and Jeremy’s wedding day to life. Y’all enjoy!
Find more of our wedding films here!
Can y’all believe we’re already halfway through March? This month is flying by and spring will be here before we know it! We are more than ready to enjoy all of the wonderful things about spring in the South, and we hope you are too–in fact, we have a few surprises coming up to help inspire you to make the most of the upcoming months. Dust off your favorite sunhat, dig out your gardening tools, and check back on Wednesday to find out more!
We are so proud of Lara for all of her hard work writing her book, and we can’t wait for y’all to read it. In the meantime, take 25% off of everything in the Lara Casey Shop with the code MAKEITHAPPEN until she finishes writing! There are lots of beautiful art prints, organizational tools, and even magazines for sale!
Catch up on this week’s features!
We recapped our fun calligraphy workshops with Lauren Essl!
Mason-Dixon Madness continues with the Round of 32–vote for your favorite Southern delicacies here.
Meredith shared the story behind her wedding venue search.
Emily outlined some super helpful tips for creating a wedding day timeline.
We love real weddings!
Y’all fell head over heels for Louise’s wedding gown (above)–and so did we! See hers and Billy’s wedding here.
Ashley and Jeremy were pronounced “still married” at their sparkly barn wedding.
Lauren and Cole‘s Texas wedding was the perfect merging of natural and rustic, but elegant.
I wish I could’ve been a guest at Donielle and Vince‘s fabulous New Orleans wedding!
Have a great weekend!
When we announced our first ever series of calligraphy workshops back in February, I know that I was not the only one squealing with delight! We were so happy to host 40+ guests as we eagerly soaked up lettering lessons from Lauren Essl of Blue Eye Brown Eye. Lauren’s buddy Anna Routh (one of our Blue Ribbon Vendors!) was both responsible for convincing Lauren to come to Chapel Hill in the first place, and for photographing the festivities – we’re so grateful for her!
The Southern Weddings crafting machine was in full gear in the days before workshops – and we’re pretty proud with how our fringey garlands turned out!
Of course, the supplies were completely adorable. All of the basic tools needed to get started with calligraphy were included in the class fee!
Molly of the lovely paper boutique Ply (downtown Chapel Hill!) was gracious enough to lend us her space for our classes. The SW gals split up hostessing duties over the four classes, and we each chose something a little different for our snack of choice, but yummy options included biscuits with pimento cheese, cucumber sandwiches, hummingbird cupcakes, herb parmesan popcorn, and Key lime pie!
The floral straws and mason jar tops are from Shop Sweet Lulu. Morgan, our Shop Manager, lettered each attendee’s name!
Big hugs to all of the gals that came out for our classes, to Lauren for teaching them, to Molly for hosting them, and to Anna for photographing them!
Finally, I know there were a LOT of y’all that we weren’t able to accommodate at this first round of classes, so I have two pieces of good news:
1) Lauren is actually based in Dallas-Fort Worth, and she teaches classes locally! She also frequently travels to other locations to give workshops – check out her schedule here.
2) Due to overwhelming demand (more than 20 on the wait list for each class!), Lauren has planned a second trip to Chapel Hill for this November. Keep an eye out for sign-ups in a few months!
Happy Friday, friends!
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The calligraphy writing looks so amazing and stylish. Definitely a skill I would love to learn! ~ Jen
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Had such a wonderful time! Thank you again for having me! :)
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[…] Thank you so much to Southern Weddings for hosting and being so gracious, to Molly of Ply Studio for letting us use her space, and to Anna who took all of these beautiful (film) images and spread the word about the classes to make the dream become a reality! Looking forward to coming back in November. You can read Southern Wedding’s recap on their blog here. […]
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Hello! I am very interested in the November calligraphy class that you mentioned. I would love to hear more information about it as well as the cost. Thank you very much! :)
Kylie
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I’m also interested in the November calligraphy class! Please let me know!
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I, too, would be very interested in attending the November workshop. I don’t live in the area but I would make a special trip to learn from Lauren!
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Are you planning to offer another calligraphy workshop in the near future? Thank you!
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Wow what a sweet wedding! I especially loved the bride’s reception dress… and the Hitchhikers’ Guide reference, of course. :)
Yay yay! We love our wedding film – the day wouldn’t have been the same without Josh there to bring it all to life on film!! :)
I would love to be able to get a few of my wedding photos printed in your magazine or on your website or facebook page, HOW do I go about doing that? Can you help me? Thanks so much.
Hi Lesa! Please find our submission guidelines here: https://southernweddings.com /info/submit-a-wedding/