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Wow! What an incredible month this has been ---- wonderful couples, beautiful weddings, crazy weather, and fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants wedding day events! We've got tons of wedding and engagement photos to blog in the next few weeks so let's get started on a wedding that encompasses all of the things I just mentioned, the wedding of Brittany Baker and Ben Cudzilo!
Brittany and Ben's ceremony and reception were to take place at the beautiful Historic Bleak House in Knoxville at 7pm (Friday, May 15)..... You are about to hear one heck of a story, and it's a great story, one that ends with two people very much in love, united in marriage in front of all of their friends and family - and nothing can beat that! :)
So here we go!
We started the day at the Bakers' house getting ready with the girls.
The girls arrived at the The Bleak House, munched on Twizzlers and admired Brittany's GORGEOUS dress :).
These next two I L-O-V-E!
I'm crazy about this picture! Brittany's mom was awesome. She was really there for her the whole day and I love that she is in so many important shots. If I was Brittany's future child(ren) (God-willing) I would love to see my mother and grandmother like this.
This amazing bouquet was done by Lisa Foster Designs.
Girl and girl posse
Boy and boy posse
And how cute are they??
Loved the details!
(pause) And this is where it started to get kinda crazy... It started raining :( and then thunder and lightning. The ceremony was to start at 7:00 and RSVP was 390! So, we tried to wait it out...
...and the GIRLS prayed,
peeked at guests downstairs,
and tried to find other ways to pass the time - lol!
But the BOYS had other plans. They were busy making phone calls --- to see if there was a church that would let them use their sanctuary.
Thankfully, yes, there was! Calvery Baptist Church, located right next door to the Bleak House, was so, so nice and let and Brittany and Ben use their sanctuary! (It was especially nice of them because they had just finished a rehearsal and were set up for a wedding the next day.) So, the umbrellas started moving next door!
Including Brittany and Mr. Baker... It was crazy when we got there because Brittany was like, "Ok, which way do we go? Where is the sanctuary?"
And this was the best part of the whole day--------
Don't look yet, just let me explain. Brittany was worried the whole day about the weather and the ceremony started about an hour late and all she really wanted was to get married. And so when she saw Ben, she BURST into tears, like she was so happy to see him. It WAS hands-down the sweetest moment I've ever seen at a ceremony. Emotional too, tears were totally running down my face... and I'm sure everyone else there :)
An equally happy groom
Yay! Married! The rain stopped by the time the ceremony was over and the rest of the night was really great!
The scene:
Dan and I are going to start taking dibbs on who plays naughty or nice with the cake cutting. I mean, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. You can have the sweetest couple, like Brittany and Ben, suddenly have an all out war with the cake. OR, you can have the wildest couple give each other the most delicate, sweet bites. I'm betting Tyler and Slate will be cake slammers this weekend ---- we'll see. Oooh, this could be a fun game!... especially if there are prizes involved ;)
Might be my fave of the day
Throwing the bouquet = a fight to get it. Throwing the garter = everyone steps back and sees whose feet it lands in front of - hahaha.
One day my hair is going to catch on fire :)
And finally, Ben had to pop a few balloons before Brittany could get in the car :).
The end! Congrats Brittany and Ben! We love you guys and can't wait to see what you two do next!
AND - to our umbrella holders Steven and Paul:
Wedding Coordinator - Kristie Wright
Flowers - Lisa Foster Designs
Caterer - Rex Bradford Jones Catering
Cake - Brenda McMahan
DJ - Gary Loe Productions
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I cannot say enough about this couple or this wedding -----amazing doesn't even begin to describe them or it. It has been so, so hard to pick out just a few pictures to post... I think I could post pics from this wedding every week for an entire year and never run out of material. This beautiful wedding took place at the William Aiken House in Charleston, SC. The whole event was flawlessly coordinated and designed by Hannah Alexander of WED in Charleston.
The William Aiken House is yellow stucco and we used it for a backdrop in a lot of the photos... It was really cheery and summery and, well, take a look,we had a lot of fun on the 'wall'...
All of the BM's wore different snake skinned high heels - so fun (and they all had perfectly manicured toes too!) Also notice that all of the groomsmen had different boutonnieres - I have close up pics of them all but there's never enough room on the blog :(
Love a long veil on a windy day :) It's crazy how only a little bit of wind can move a veil, and it always makes me smile.
Love these little candid moments.. On the left, that's Erin's mother and she is talking to Chris on the right :)
And a bit of drama...
Erin was such a beautiful bride and it was so hard picking pictures. She looks amazing in every shot and needed zero skin retouching -----Erin, tell us your secrets!
The girls and Erin's "bridesman" (aka cousin Cody) posed for this picture in the Red Room, the space where Erin and the girls got dressed - wow, what a room!
Amazing table details by WED...
...and handsome men.
Ahhh, the bride and groom... (This was after the ceremony, a little out of order here)
This was Erin's bouquet and yall are going to think this is adorable! For years she said she's carried around this pic of Chris in her wallet. So, she had it affixed to her bouquet - isn't that just precious!?
LOVED her cake. Each layer was something different. One layer was red velvet, one was chocolate and the other was____? Can't remember, probably white.
The ceremony was very nice and very bright on the girl's side. I think it was pretty hard for the girls to keep looking in that direction but Erin certainly had no trouble :)
Ceremony location at night
Love this one! Possibly my favorite of them together - just down the street, love the floating veil.
This was funny. Erin's stepdad brought this funny 'bride pulling the groom' trinket. He was just about to put it on top of their lovely cake when Erin caught him in the act and said "No Way!" He snuck it back on the center of the table after they cut the pieces - ha, ha.
A little night action
This was during their first dance - I think it was Green Eyes by Cold Play. Also I just wanted to mention this because it was really cute and I don't have room for a picture here: Erin and Chris had a basket on the dance floor filled with flip-flops in different sizes for the girls to use for dancing. You know, just in case their heels were killing them - isn't that sweet?
They had these great lounging tables set up outside the bar.
This old theater is right next door to the William Aiken House ---- cute right? The End!!
If you want more, you'll have to follow me on twitter so you know when I post the link to her slideshow!
Michelle says:
JEEZ!!! these were amazing! That pic of the bridesmaids and man is perfect. and the last one is my favorite. Good job guys!
Ellen says:
WOW! I love these! I want this wedding! Beautiful couple, beautiful pics!
Sara says:
i think i want to live in that red room. love all the yellow pics. where did she get her dress?
Hannah Alexander says:
WOW! Absolutely stunning... you captured that vintage romantic vibe Erin and Chris were going for PERFECTLY. Can't wait to get y'all back down to Charleston for another wedding!
Jenny says:
What a lovely couple and such fantastic moments from the properties!
Suzannah says:
Words cannot describe.. Bea-u-ti-ful wedding! Erin.. you looked amazing!! hope all is well! Miss ya Ron!!
Jean Wilkerson Fourrier says:
Congratulations..to a beautiful couple.
May your lives be filled with all of God's blessings.
Erin, you are the most beautiful bride, I've ever seen...(Your Mother..is a beauty, herself.)
Thanks so much for sharing your gorgeous wedding with your family and friends.
Compliments to the Watson Studios.
DrewDoherty.com says:
So I'm in Las Vegas in Oct 12 and I'm eating at California Pizza Kitchen. I open the menu and find a SD memory card in it. It has photos from your wedding and another wedding on it. Email me at Natas5000@yahoo.com and will send you the card.
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Last Thursday on our way out of town to Erin & Chris's wedding (hold your horses it's coming soon!), we did an engagement shoot for the lovely Robin Butler and her fiance, Paul, who we just met and also L-O-V-E!!
We are very excited about their wedding this November and here's why: Not only are Robin and Paul fun, hilarious, great to be around and a perfect match for each other, they live and are getting married in L.A.! That's right, we are going on a trip to California and we've never been (except for skiing but that really doesn't count)! Their wedding is going to be awesome and we really couldn't be more excited about it. It's going to be on the rooftop of the Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel. Check it out, we're so stoked!
Robin is from Knoxvegas and she and Paul were here last week for an engagement party, so we got to hang out and do their engagement photos....
Robin said she really liked color so I'm going all out!
I love this one of Robin!
Robin loved the red brick in Brittany and Ben's engagement shoot so we used the other side of the building, which had great light that day...
Love this!
This one is my favorite for SURE!!
I couldn't decide between these two...
Ta da! The end
Claire DeLozier says:
love the pictures of robin and paul!
Sabrina Dowdy says:
Looks AWESOME!!!!! I love your new site!!!!
Deidre Lackey says:
natalie, your pictures are stunning. I'm def saving my $ for when the next baby gets here (oct). you travel? or would i need to come to knoxville?
Jill Miller Cole says:
hey Nat those are so great!!! u are so good :)
Denise says:
BEAUTIFUL! Robin and Paul are such a perfect couple. I can not wait until November!
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Ok..I don't even know Brittany and Ben...but I just got teary eyed with that series. Great job guys! and what a beautiful wedding. Your right, the photos of mother and daughter are perfect.
Wow. These photos say it all! You guys captured every possible detail so it seems (even the one of Noah calling!) ... Incredible! My fave is the one of Brit & Tupper crying. Such a sweet summary of their entire ceremony. Thanks for rockin' it, Watsons!
What beautiful pictures! I loved looking through and was also tearing up as I read about their fantastic day...you did a great job with the captions! Great job Nat and Dan!
What beautiful pictures! I loved looking through and was also tearing up as I read about their fantastic day...you did a great job with the captions! Great job Nat and Dan!
P.S. I also loved your special little thank you to your umbrella holders...so cute!
What great pics! We would have loved to be there but were with you in spirit. All's well that ends well and it turned out great! I will pass these on to Sean. Hope you used the luggage we got for you! Love you, Janet, Russell, and Sean