Brattonsville Wedding by Ben Q Photography
There’s just something so romantic about South Carolina. Maybe it’s the slow, southern way of life and the sweet-as-can-be accents, but whatever it is, you can bet your booty that the weddings here bring on a whole new meaning to the word romantic. Especially when the bride and groom are high school sweethearts. I mean really, does it get any cuter? Mix in with that the most fabulous vintage decor and dress, and you have yourself a new SMP favorite! Captured by Ben Q, this wedding is sure to melt even the hardest of hearts out there! Click here for even more.
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Before you hit up the full gallery, don’t forget to check out this sweet-as–can-be video from Visual Elegance Productions.
From the Bride…Walter & I have been together since 8th grade (almost 7 years!) and have been best friends since 6th grade. We have never broken up & went off to the same college (ECU) together. We both own a wedding photography business together & love it. So obviously we couldn’t wait to start planning our own wedding. We didn’t have a very large budget but knew we would be able to make it work. Obviously photography was the most important part of the day to us so we set aside a lot of our budget to fly in Ben & ChrysQ from Dallas, Texas & our wonderful videographers were from Greenville, SC. Also we hired Carla from Style Perfect Events to make sure all our awesome ideas became a reality on the wedding day. So since we well over half of our budget to our three most important vendors we had to be very creative with our decorations, food, & everything else. This meant that we made pretty much everything from the wedding.
When we started planning our wedding, the only thing we knew is that we wanted it to be at an old house, preferably a plantation, and we wanted to get married under oak trees. We thought about Charleston, Wilmington, and all kinds of locations but decided we definitely wanted to have the wedding closer to home for family. After searching all over for a venue, my mom (the bride’s) mentioned they had been down to Brattonsville before & that it was beautiful. We all took a trip down there and fell in love with Hightower Hall. It had been used in the movie The Patriot & so had some other parts of Brattonsville. It was exactly what we wanted especially since it had a lot of history to it as it had been built in 1856.
After we had the venue & the dress set, the rest of the ideas just fell into place. We went antique shopping & used a lot of my parent’s antiques they already had in their house. We tried to add creative touches everywhere such as our table numbers were on old windows, our guestbook was actually a painting & each guest painted a square, we had a photobooth, and we hired a lighting company to uplight the house & tent for us. We even drove away in a 1955 Bel-Air & had sunflower cupcakes! It was completely us in everyway. Vintage, but somewhat modern, and VERY casual. It was absolutely perfect & a blast.
Wedding Photography: Ben Q Photography / Cinematography: Visual Elegance Productions / DJ: Split Second Sound / Flowers: Jean’s Flowers / Event Planning: Style Perfect Events / Ceremony + Reception Location: Hightower Hall at Historic Brattonsville / Programs: The Bride / Lighting: Eye Dialogue / Rentals: Classic Party Rentals / Wedding Dress: Vintage / Photobooth: Shutterbooth / Caterer: Boxcar Grille of Claremont / Cupcakes: Courtney Johnson of Sweet Anna’s
27 Comments about “Brattonsville Wedding by Ben Q Photography”
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July 19, 2011 at 10:02 am
Yay! Thanks for posting our wedding!! (-: If we were still dating today would actually be our 7th year anniversary exactly!
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July 19, 2011 at 10:03 am
Aww thanks so much for featuring us! I am so excited to be up on SMP!!! :) YAY!!
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July 19, 2011 at 10:08 am
Are they not the cutest ring bearer and flower girl you have ever seen! We love their stylish outfits!
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July 19, 2011 at 10:15 am
How exciting! Thank you for featuring Heather and Walter! They are an amazing couple and I am so honored that I was able to play a role in their special day.
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July 19, 2011 at 10:27 am
Seeing the post this morning put a smile on our faces! What a beautiful wedding and a beautiful couple! Many blessings!
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July 19, 2011 at 10:30 am
I think using canning jars as flower holders / center pieces / candle holders is very cute. It make life and the wedding seem a little slower and more peaceful. Beautiful photos.
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July 19, 2011 at 10:48 am
It was such a beautiful wedding and so much fun. We were excited to see this featured on SMP! We wish you all the best!
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July 19, 2011 at 10:48 am
This is exactly what I love to see: A dress that is off-the-charts gorgeous and originally vintage. Thank you so much for this lovely post . . .
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July 19, 2011 at 10:54 am
LOVE this shoot. The vintage accessories for the deco make it just perfect. Will definitely be adding more floral design to my 2012 collection ;)
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July 19, 2011 at 10:59 am
How gorgeous and romantic!
The bride has such a stylish, beautiful, Maggie Gyllenhall thing going on. ;) -
July 19, 2011 at 11:39 am
Her smile is radiant. Great dress!
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July 19, 2011 at 11:41 am
these props are absolutely fantastic!! so full of character! & her dress is absolutely beautiful!
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July 19, 2011 at 11:41 am
Thanks for posting this wedding on your site. I can honestly say, as mother of the groom, this was one of the most moving weddings I have attended in a long time. It was truly one of the most beautiful moments of my life. And the video, by the grants was unbelievable as well as the photos by Ben and Chrys. Thank you, Thank you , Thank you!!!
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July 19, 2011 at 11:42 am
Wow! These blew me away! So good to see someone breaking away from the norm! Loved the Vintage dress and the bride is beautiful! Beautiful pictures and loved the video! What a special wedding!
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July 19, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Thanks for the article....it really was a beautiful wedding! The vendors were all great and Heather and Walter's personal touches made the wedding! Everyone commented on how much fun it was and how comfortable they all felt! Even their invitations were "dress casual", which was unusual but fun! Such special memories of such a beautiful, special day!
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July 19, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Lovely wedding. Ben and Chrys are wonderful photographers and they captured this event perfectly.
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July 19, 2011 at 2:56 pm
i absolutely love seeing familiar faces on SMP. walter and heather you are such a lovely couple and i love how your wedding reflected that, through and through. so great!! <3
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July 19, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Where did you get the darling bow tie for the ring bearer? We are having a vintage bikes throughout our wedding so that would be perfect!
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July 19, 2011 at 3:57 pm
@Laura Weimer his mom got the bow tie off etsy.com
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July 19, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Absolutely love the brides dress, just stunning
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July 20, 2011 at 7:07 am
This wedding made me cry it was so beautiful.
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July 20, 2011 at 7:26 pm
beautiful and adorable!
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July 29, 2011 at 10:03 am
so sweet, southern, vintage and lovely. i dig it.
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September 8, 2011 at 10:29 am
Amazing wedding!! So happy for you guys Heather!!! And I love love love that video! Made me cry!
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May 2, 2012 at 11:52 pm
can i please get this bride's info?? I LOVE this wedding!!!
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