Southern Weddings

A part of being Southern is having a strong love for your family. My fiance and I have decided we want to incorporate as many family ties into our wedding as possible. That is why we decided to say our vows in the same church where my parents said there’s many years ago. Since the decor of the church has not changed much, I cannot wait to see our ceremony photos beside my loving parent’s photos. In lieu of a groom’s cake, we’re having my fiance’s grandmother make several of her famous cakes in a variety of flavors. The guest will love the tasty cakes and we will love that she made them! We’re also honoring our loved ones who have passed away with photos of them displayed on an old rustic door. I plan to use part of the lace from my mother’s dress around my bouquet and I’m definitely wearing my grandmother’s pearls when I walk down the aisle. She passed away a few years ago and I always wear her pearls to special events in my life so I feel she is still with me. Other southern elements featured will be our customized cornhole boards and our Antebellum Mansion reception venue. I would LOVE the Mirabella earrings or the Cushion Cut earrings. Would look great with my dress and finding earrings is still on my checklist :)

Hello SW Gal’s –

My Fiance proposed to me on November 2, 2014 after I gave a keynote speech about my passion for ending child abuse and since then Southern Wedding Magazine has been my favorite guilty pleasure. My fiance is as southern as it gets, he was born in Huntsville, Alabama where generations of his family have lived. We are both military brats and both of our Father’s served in the military in Virginia where we met. He took me to Alabama for the first time two months before he proposed to his Grandmother’s 200 acre farm, filled with corn fields, soy bean fields, and horses. I fell in LOVE with the people, places and things and it has become the theme of our wedding. We will be using antiques from his Uncle’s Alabama store, incorporating the tradition of “Jumping The Broom”, and having a “Southern Traditions” table with all of our grandparent’s, aunt’s and uncles wedding pictures. I cannot wait to marry him at the charming Founders Inn venue we have booked! Thank you for reading my post!

My daughter is getting married in August in Nashville, TN. She will be including many southern traditions in her wedding including carrying a small family bridal bible that was carried by myself (her mother) and her grandmother before that. Also the reception would not be complete without her favorite beverage, sweet tea!

So difficult to choose as I know she would love each and every option, but I believe her favorite would be the cushion cut earrings by Kate Ketzal. What a wonderful giveaway!

Being a southern girl, family means the most to me and my fiance. I will carry a handkerchief tied bouquet with a blue stone pin. Each item is from my Grandmother’s. My fiance will carry an old pocket watch that was his Grandfathers. Lastly, we will get married in the very same church that both of our parents married in. It will be a sweet, memorable day for us.

I am doing the same, Jessica! I love the idea of handkerchiefs, and have some from my grandmother that I hold dear – they are full of history, tradition, and they add that little bit of daintiness that every Southern gal needs! I would like to win the silver locket (another tradition, I just love) or the Mirabella Earrings by Nina. Thank you so much for the chance to win!

I am getting married in October in New Orleans, LA. I will be including mason jars with candles and pre-made cocktails. I’ll also be incorporating a candle that i received from my candle passing in my sorority from when i told my sisters i was engaged. It is a huge deal at LSU. I will also have magnolia’s in my bouquet.

All of the men in the wedding will be wearing cowboy boots (including the officiant)! I can totally see myself wearing either the Cushion Cut Earrings by Kate Ketzal or the Mirabelle Earrings by Nina. Both are so beautiful!

I style and do florals… use these props every day!!!

Jason’s and my Kentucky themed wedding is going to have everything from a groom’s cake to buried bourbon. But possibly the Southern tradition that I am most looking forward to is my bridesmaid luncheon.The week before my wedding, my Aunts and I have planned a sweet thank-you soiree for the ladies whom I love dearly and have helped me through the entire wedding planning process. They don’t know it yet, but they will be doing a cake pull! I am so excited to give back and share in a wonderful day with my best girls!

(I would love to use the Weddings, ETC cake pull set!)

I think one the most cherished southern traditions is honoring family during your wedding celebration as they made you who you are (good and bad). Somewhat unintentionally my fiance and I are getting married on the 1st anniversary of my grandmother’s death. At first it gave me an odd feeling but then I thought we will always remember the life of my wonderful, unique, sassy grandmother on our wedding anniversary. In honor of her, I will wear some of her beautiful jewelry and as my gift to my bridesmaids (who are all sisters and cousins that share the same grandmother) I am going to have some of her old handkerchiefs embroidered with each of their initials and our wedding date. I am sure we will all be in tears but we will remember her always!

Something old, new, borrowed and blue! My old is 85 years old and has seen many many weddings! I would love to incorporate the cake pulls! I think it is soo neat and an adorable tradition.!

I’d LOVE to win the mirabella earrings.. We are having a somewhat vintage southern themes wedding :)

I’ll have loads of Southern details in my wedding, my favorite right now being mint juleps at my brunch reception. I’d love to win that silver locket by Freshy Fig to put wedding portraits of me and my future husband!

Southern traditions will definitely be a part of Matt and I’s big day in July! At the ceremony I will be carrying an embroidered handkerchief and the lace from my grandmothers wedding dress is being sewn on my veil; at the reception we are having a groom’s cake and we are displaying not only old family wedding photos but also both our mothers wedding gowns! I would have to say my favorite giveaway would be the Mirabella Earrings by Nina or the Dangke Earrings by Kate Katzal! :)

We will be using hymns and readings that have special meaning to our families. We will have a cake pull at the b-maid’s luncheon and good southern food all weekend! I would love to wear the cushion cut earrings by kate ketzal! They are STUNNING!

I find it hard to think of any part of my upcoming March 23 wedding that isn’t southern! We will say our “i dos” at a sunset ceremony at a plantation on Hilton Head Island. Our menu is a “downhome bbq” with pulled pork, a low country shrimp boil and mini pies for dessert.

My “old” item is my grandmother’s wedding band and engagement ring and I am “borrowing” a locket from my fiance’s mother.

Our reception will be decorated with gardenias, lanterns and black and white family photographs and my mother is saying the blessing before our meal and as southern families do, we will all hold hands during the prayer.

My favorite item (which I hope to win!) are the Mirabella earrings – they are gorgeous!

I am including old lanterns, cotton blooms, and plan to bury burbon at our wedding site so that it doesn’t rain. I would LOVE LOVE to win the cushion cut earrings by Kate Ketzal!

I’d love to win the lace headband! I was married almost 3 years ago and didn’t really have a true “Southern” tradition, but I did have a bagpiper lead me down the aisle, hot chocolate chip cookies served with milk at our reception (our favorite) and even an Elvis impersonator at our rehearsal dinner! :))

Oh goodness!! I got so swept away in our details that I forgot to mention the perfect accessory would be those Kate Ketzal dangle earrings! Wearing those would only make it more lovely!

Two things that will be a focus of our upcoming wedding are two things I know a southern girl values: Faith and Family (and makin’ sure you honor those). The ceremony will certainly have some traditional hymns and our bridal party praying over us. At the reception (aside from monograms and mason jars) we definitely want to highlight the marriages of our families with photographs of couples whose marriages have stood the test of time!

I’d love to win the Cushion Cut Earrings by Kate Ketzal.

OUr whole wedding is going to be southern chic! From mason jars to monograms, all the way to a biscuit bar and lace!

The locket from Freshy fig would be perfect to tie around my bouquet with my grandparents pictures in it. SInce they have passed away, this would be a perfect way to at least have them close by.

Three words: Sweet Potato Biscuits

We had mini sweet potato biscuits with country ham passed during our cocktail hour. Almost all of our food was a nod to our location (Virginia). We wanted our guests from the north and west to understand why we love where we live so much!

We are having a very southern wedding. Our meal consists of homestyle bbq with mason jar jugs. We will have embroidered handkerchiefs for the groomsmen and bridesmaids. All the groomsmen will be wearing bow-ties and I’ll be wearing my mother and grandmothers pearl necklaces. The cushion cut earrings will look darling with the pearls

Im including a brooch bouquet for me instead of flower I love antiques, it will be made from brooches I have collected from many antique stores as well as ones handed down from my mother and grandmother very special. I would love to win the queens lace headband it is so beautiful

We’re having a groom’s cake that looks like Uga, the University of Georgia’s Bulldog Mascot & our alma mater!

I would love the silver locket from Freshy Fig on my wedding day!

The Southern Traditions in my wedding are getting married in Savannah, in the Spring. At the bridal shower we will be doing a cake pull. All of the family will be given a handkerchief with their monograms on them. Also as the bride, I will be doing the tradition of “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, & Something Blue” which includes new pearls from my groom and diamond earrings from grandmother. Old southern flowers such as the magnolias and skeleton keys will be the highlights of the wedding.

The item I’d love to win is the Cushion Cut Earrings by Kate Ketzal to hopefully use as a tradition one day myself.

These responses have all been so much fun to read!

My fiance and I will be getting married on a sprawling gentlemen’s farm and estate. We’ll be enjoying a Groom’s cake, and as many pies as can fit under the barn’s roof!! I’ll be wearing my fiance’s grandmother’s engagement ring as well as my own grandmothers’ handkerchief and shoes as my something(s) blue.

As for the giveaway, I’m torn! I would love to win the Queen’s Lace Headband for myself, but I’d also love to win the silver locket to fill with pictures from the wedding as a gift to my mother! Either item would be lovely!

Although our wedding is in Boston, there will be lots of Southern hospitality welcoming folks to town, and we’re including southern bbq as one of our dinner options. And, in true Southern fashion, faith and family will be the most important parts of our day.
I love all the earrings but I think the Kate Ketzal cushion cut ones are my favorite!

My fiance and I have talked about including several southern-isms during our wedding day. We both graduated from the University of Tennessee, and are planning on including several elements of our beloved alma mater, like a themed groom’s cake, shaker exit, and a Neyland Stadium tour after our rehearsal. To top it off, we’re looking at a southern menu with BBQ and including some staples from Maryland to blend our hometown traditions.

I’d love to win the Mirabella earrings by Nina, they would be a perfect something new!

we’re having a May wedding filled with family and love. most of our attendants are family members, our centerpieces are mason jars filled with hydrangeas and antique lace. I would love to win the dangle earrings from Kate Ketzal! So gorgeous

Something old, new, borrowed and blue! Would be cute to have a grooms cake. still thinking about it! I would loveee the dangle earrings or cushion cut! Love everything sparkly!

Our wedding was very Southern indeed! From seersucker to banana pudding grooms cake. I would love to win the Mirabella Earrings!

My daugther’s wedding will be full of southern traditions: using a collection of milk glass vases, bowls and do-dads to decorate the reception tables, having her University of Alabama Delta Gamma Sorority sisters as her bridesmaids (and counting on a sorority sing as a send-off at the end), being from Blue Angel country, having a fiancé who is in flight school here in Pensacola and a Daddy who retired here, and also carrying her Grandmothers bible with a spray of roses just like she did on her wedding day!