Below is the start of the day from our very first wedding of the season. It's one of our all time favorites and we're doing multiple posts because there is just so, so much we want to share from Paige and John's wedding at Blackberry Farm. One of the reason's there is so much gorgeousness to share is because we had our dear friend and amazing photographer Ashley, of Ashley Hoskins Photography to come shoot with us! The three of us combined were in, as my mom would say, "hog-heaven"... and maybe had a little too much fun because we shot over 7,000 (!!!) images on this gorgeous day! And let me tell you, whew, that was a job to edit down (thankgoodness for Dan)... and even harder to decide what to blog so hence the multiple posts :) 

This first part from the actual wedding day is a combination of details, getting ready, and portraits leading up to the ceremony. The next will be the ceremony and candid moments around the ceremony and then... who knows, I haven't decided. This is so much fun!! Here ya go! Happy Monday!!! (My favorite day of the week! Seriously! :):)

I love anyone with the middle name Texas... :)

I want these on my feet!

I'm making a cameo on the left ;)

Paige is reading a letter from John, so sweet!

Putting on the dress

Paige is so stunning and I'm loving the bridesmaid dresses above.

Gasp....

Definitely one of my favorites from the whole day!

Love this groom, so much personality... I wish you all could hear the speach he gave at the reception. What a guy! 

Before the ceremony we spent some time shooting The Barn, the building where the reception was held. The light in there was just right for these beautful center pieces and place settings.

I told you...amazing...

 That's all for now, but I'll leave you with one more, sweet, sweet Paige. 

 Next up will be the ceremony!!

Our first wedding of the year was soooo amazing, we're going to have to deliver it to you in multiple posts!  We're starting off the season with the rehearsal dinner of one of the most amazing, charismatic, and beautiful couples we've ever had the pleasure of working with!  Paige and John live in Chicago and decided on a destination wedding right in our backyard... The rustic, elegant and charming Blackberry Farm, a world-famous resort in the beautiful Smoky Mountains.

Now, if there's one thing we love almost as much as an outdoor wedding, it's an outdoor rehearsal dinner! Amid strings of lights, streams and ponds, beautiful pastures of llamas and horses, and the honeysuckle (oh the honeysuckle!), there is just toooo much to love about Paige & John's Tennessee barbecue rehearsal dinner. Aside from the marriage, the most special thing about a wedding (in our opinion) is that it's one of the few occasions in life when you get to have all of the people who you love and who love you in one place, celebrating together. Rehearsal dinners are an intimate and special part of that whole experience and we love to help couples create a visual record of that special event. So here is part one of who knows how many posts on Paige & John's fun and dreamy wedding weekend! 

Enjoy!!

Let's just go ahead and call this a special occasion!! We have been waiting for forever to post Heather and Dustin's gorgeous and so-fun wedding, so get ready for one of our absolute favorite weddings of 2010! We are very fortunate to get to travel to some terrific places for our work, and Heather and Dustin's wedding was no exception! So, let me just tell you about their special little weekend last October. It was at a place about 30 minutes south of Atlanta called The Inn at Serenbe. I loved this place so much that I got my mom & Jimmy a gift certificate there for Christmas!! In addition to being a super cute inn on an organic, sustainable farm, it's a whole comminity built around that theme with an inn, homes, condos, even its own little downtown area with really cute shops!  But, what absolutely made the weekend so special was the wonderful, amazing, super sweet couple we were there for -- Heather and Dustin. First off, I feel like we have known them for forever now! Heather booked us way in advance and now that their wedding has come and gone, well, I just hope we do know them for forever!  One of the reasons they are so great is that Heather just might be our biggest fan - at least she always makes me feel that way :)  She's sooooo sweet and always saying that she likes a certain weddings we've done or making comments on our blog, which of course always makes us feel great --- they're both just the best!!

And now it's time to share their wonderful wedding! Hope y'all have an excellent Friday and and we'll see ya next week!!

There were so many cute little farm animals, and we had no idea what we would do with these pics in the end, but we just had to take pictures of everything.... so.much.fun. 

I love both of the shots below :)

And this one maybe even more :)

Heather is the freakin' cutest thing ever... and happy!!

There were a ton of great details and the florals by Gloriosa were stunning!

I love some good ol' wedding drama and I love this shot though I have no clue what's going in it (drama or not... probably not) because Dan took it --  but I just love not knowing, the mystery of it! 

The ceremony site looked amazing with all of the trees. 

Always, always my favorite moment of any wedding comes right after the ceremony :)

Heather and Dustin

The end!! Congrats Heather and Dustin, we love you guys and we hope we know you for forever!!  xoxoxo