The Joy is in the details.
Details are intentional choices you make to transform your day into an intentional and elegant celebration of your unique and joy-filled story
choice heirlooms, daring destinations, and curated gastronomy are just the beginning
When planning an intimate wedding or elopement, the details you choose can profoundly reflect your unique love story.
A story you’ll want to share–turned into magazine-worthy photographs with an editorial touch,
starts with intentional details
NOT JUST A WEDDING VENUE, AN INTENTIONAL DESTINATION TO TELL YOUR LOVE STORY.
Here in the Southeastern United States, the wide selection of wedding venues allows couples to choose from grand ballrooms, regal estates, intimate mountain cabins, or even rugged Blue Ridge hills. From the mansion weddings at the Lioncrest at Biltmore Estate, the Historic Swan House in Atlanta, or the Duke Mansion in Charlotte, NC, to scenic views at The Cottages on Charleston Harbor, Overlook 55 in North Georgia, the many views at Howe Farms in Tennessee, and Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC.
Across the pond in Ireland, there is also no shortage of unique, editorial-worthy settings for your perfect Irish destination wedding experience. From the panoramic Irish seaside wedding experience at Skellig Dingle Hotel & Spa, a cozy Irish forest castle dream wedding at Kinnity Castle Hotel, Dromoland Castle, or a vogue-worthy Irish city wedding at Dublin City Hall with a reception at No. 25 Fitzwilliam Place, there is no shortage of venues to choose from.
Check with these planners to learn more about how to build your wedding day into your epic love story.
PERSONAL ATTIRE THAT NOT ONLY FITS LIKE A GLOVE BUT REFLECTS WHO YOU ARE.
Using accessories, fashion, and design to express who you are is one of my favorite ways to incorporate your individual stories as they come together to form a unified whole.
What were you wearing in your favorite picture of yourself? How comfy do your chic red bottom heels need to be? What color tie goes with the florals and also works with your eyes? All these questions and more are just a few you can ask yourself as you are planning your wedding looks.
In addition to your main outfits, you can intentionally accessorize to include important places, lost loved ones, and personal elements you love!
Common details couples include are heirloom hairpins, lapel pins, cufflinks, pocket or wrist watch, designer shoes, heirloom jewelry, heirloom fabrics such as handkerchiefs or pocket squares, and custom-designed elements such as a suit jacket, cape, or veil.
As your photographer, I can help you decide what embellishments to include in these details. Before your wedding day, we will chat several times and make the arrangements, allowing me to plan so I can capture each of these details in timeless fine art excellence.
My favorite wedding boutiques and bespoke designers
- Nicole Felicia Couture
- Kirrin Finch
- Pearce Bespoke
- Mira Zwillinger
BUILD A CURATED FOOD AND DRINK EXPERIENCE YOUR GUESTS WILL RAVE ABOUT
Once you've nailed down your venue, you will likely have a wide variety of caterers and vendors to choose from to bring your wedding day food dreams to life.
Custom cocktails reflecting your story, furry friends, and family are one of many ways to curate the culinary experience on your wedding day. Bespoke mobile bar-carts, a pre-curated wine selection, or regional whiskey could be the elevated touch that brings your wedding menu to life
Consider consulting with several vendors and asking what customizations they offer. If traditional catering isn't what you're looking for, you could bring in food trucks, a gastronomical experience, or even have family members curate recipes for you to create a menu as you work with a private chef.
This piece of your day is often overlooked as a last priority, but the timing, placement, and design of the food experience during your wedding somewhat shape the evening at your reception. Don't just let your food and drinks be one more thing to check off the list. Book a tasting, visit the restaurant with the private catering menu, and enjoy this step as an additional level of detail to your brilliant story of a Wedding day.
These are some food experts I highly recommend you check out
FLORAL DESIGN AND BESPOKE DECOR THAT BRINGS YOUR WEDDING DREAMS TO LIFE
When envisioning your wedding or elopement experience, you may have spent years dreaming about the intricate details, floral arrangements, vibrant colors, and centerpieces that will bring your vision to life.
In today's digital era, there is access to limitless inspiration to help you craft a stunning and distinct ambiance for your ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception. You can curate a cohesive and immersive experience for yourselves and your guests. Floral designers, decor rentals, and wedding planners possess the expertise to bring this vision to fruition.
Through the careful selection of flowers imbued with symbolic meanings, the use of intentional colors that hold personal significance, and attention to the couple's preferences, you can craft the perfect 'storyscape' for your wedding day.
Some of my favorite weddings have not been ones that match a Pinterest board, but the unique, eclectic, and real design that was birthed from a well-selected vendor team and couples who had a clear vision in mind of who they were and how they wanted that brought to life in their wedding experience.
These floral designers and decor specialists will turn the canvas of your beautiful venue into a bespoke masterpiece
You are WIDLY in love, and want the world to know it. Don't shy away from sharing your story and creating a momentous capstone to share with your family and frieinds. This is about the be the wedding of the century, and no one will forget your tale of love if you tell it with intention.
This is a chance to tell your Love story, your way
