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From the Bride…Jason and I were married on August 6th in Greensboro, NC. Jason and I were both raised in NC and went to college together at the University of North Carolina, but it took a move to Atlanta for us to cross paths. We met six years ago through our respective roommates at the time (who are now married and expecting), but due to other relationships, we remained very good friends. Although we were “just friends”, we would still joke about getting married someday. Finally, last February, everything fell in to place and within weeks I knew he would be my husband.

Our wedding was truly wonderful; I could not imagine anything better. We wanted a “fun” wedding, and I think we achieved just that. I have always wanted an outdoor wedding, but North Carolina weather makes an outdoor summer wedding somewhat difficult. We took a little bit of a risk and decided to plan an outdoor ceremony with an indoor reception. Once we visited Grandover and I saw the outdoor ceremony area, I knew it was the place.

The week of the wedding was unseasonably cool, with forecasted rain for the weekend. I was devastated. On our wedding morning, I woke up to gray skies and very humid air. As the day progressed the sun came out and everything was set up outside. Unbeknownst to me (I think I was the only one not checking the weather that day), an afternoon storm was heading our way. My bridesmaids and I walked outside around 5:15 to take pictures to find storm clouds and heavy wind. There are even pictures of us running inside as the rain is starting. We waited out the rain (throw in a minor meltdown by myself), and the rain stopped at 6:00. The chairs are wiped down by our sweet groomsmen and the wedding started only five minutes late. My husband jokes that he became a master at reading the weather radar that day, as people were tracking the storms all day to determine if an outdoor wedding was possible. As my father said in his toast, the day was just like a marriage: its not always easy, your plans may be changed, and you may have to bear a storm or two, but its the love that makes it perfect.

We wanted a classic Southern wedding, while incorporating some of ourselves. Our colors were pewter, peach and ivory, so our signature drink was the peach mojito. The bridesmaids wore pewter Alfred Sung dresses, with peach shoes (although they look pink the the pictures). Their bouquets were bunches of white hydrangeas, and each one had a different brooch that I found at antique stores that the bridesmaids could keep after the wedding. Jason proposed last September after an Avett Brothers concert with a concert poster signed by the entire band, asking me to “say yes to Jason’s question”. To honor this, we made a concert poster for our wedding and had our guests sign it instead of a guest book. We now have both posters framed in our home. My sweet mother made 150 ribbon streamers in peach and pewter for our send off and helped me make all of the S’more favors and welcome bags for the hotel rooms. We were so lucky to have Elissa Keno, our wedding weekend coordinator, to ensure everything went exactly as planned, without us having to worry about it. It was great to be able to to relax all day of the wedding and not have to think about the things going on behind the scenes.

It really was a perfect day, and now I have a perfect husband to share my life. Jason played a very active role in our wedding planning, down to spreadsheets and Chivari chairs. Throughout our ten month engagement, he always said he would do whatever he could to make sure I had the wedding of my dreams. As I type this, he just said to me: “I think it would mean just as much to me as it would to you if our wedding was on Style me Pretty”. I am one lucky girl.

Photography: F8 Photo Studios / Flowers: Plants and Answers / Wedding Weekend Planner: Elissa Keno / Ceremony and Reception Location: Grandover Resort / Dress: Legends by Romona Keveza / Sash: Lazaro / Bridesmaid Dress: Alfred Sung / Bridesmaid Shoes: Unforgettable Moments from Payless / Cake: Delicious / Handkerchiefs: Artful Beginnings / Band: Walrus / Hair and Makeup: Carla White of Greensboro, NC

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From Kristin at AK Event Design in Dallas, Texas …

David and Julie were a fun couple to work with. They loved bright colors and wanted their event to be FUN! We incorporated the “Four Seasons” into their save the date, invitation, programs, menu cards etc. For example…on their invitation, the belly band said “A Time to Love…” The menu cards said, “A Time to Celebrate.” One of the fun things ~ David gave all his groomsmen black converse to put on at the reception. We also used Flutter Fetti at the end of the night during the last dance. It made a great picture and the guests had so much fun!!

Julie and David were married in August at the Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. The reception followed at The Four Seasons Resort & Club in Dallas.

from the beautiful bride, Julie …

“To everything there is a season…

David and I met at college when we both applied for a co-director position to lead a service organization at Baylor University our respective freshman and sophomore years. David was a long haired, eccentric freshman who knew no strangers, and I was a clean cut, reserved sophomore who was not the least bit interested in “his type.” But, as fate would have it we were selected to co-lead this service organization and through our service became the best of friends and eventually more. Guess opposites really do attract!! At our end of the year banquet, David presented me with a charm that symbolized the four seasons. It was round and was divided into four sections, each with a cut out to symbolize a particular season. A flower. A snowflake. A tree. A sun. He gave me this charm because he felt like it was the perefect representation of the seasons we’d been through together as leaders that past year.

David and I, gluttons for committees, served the following year on a focus group that helped to design a new community center on Baylor’s campus. And what was our inspiration? None other than the four seasons charm. Everything from the light fixutres to the builidng’s name, Seasons Cafe, was centered around that charm. Three years later, it was the eve of my law school graduation and David surprised me with an elaborate proposal that included a walk down memory lane on Baylor’s campus and ended with him on his knee in the middle of the transformed community center, Seasons Cafe, that we’d helped design so long ago.

Thus began yet another season of our life together! When we’d narrowed our potential reception sights down to a handful…the Four Seasons was a no-brainer winner!”

Julie and David’s classically beautiful wedding was followed by an equally stunning reception at The Four Seasons Resort and as noted by Kristin, followed through with the “four seasons” inspiration …

The special lighting effects are just mesmerizing!

LOVE the confetti!

What a pretty, pretty, pretty wedding! Congrats to Julie and David … and as always … Kristin, Angie and Sarah ~AK Event Design~ … fantastic!!

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