The Rest of the Story

This past week I gave a presentation explaining more about my business, Events by Design. I used this Tobacco Barn Wedding as an example of how I love to pull together an event or wedding. I know I've already told you a little about this wedding, but now that I have the profess pics I wanted to tell you the rest of the story.

Once upon a time, on a hot summer day in North Carolina, there lived a couple who had a beautiful wedding...

When I first met this couple, the words I heard them repeat about how they wanted their wedding to feel were "simple... casual... country... fun." I thought to myself, "rustic beauty".

We started with the backdrop of this

beautiful tobacco barn at the lovely Yancey House.

We added this gorgeous stained glass window from the mother of

the bride's collection to make a more chapel like appearance.

Then, we tied mason jars with raffia, and filled them with the

most gorgeous country flowers you've ever seen...

...and used burlap table runners to stay close to the natural feel.

This antique Coke cooler used to be in the bride's Grandaddy's country store!

We filled it with little cokes to serve as their signature drink.

Don't ya just love it?!?

We had an activity table for the kids...planting their own seeds!

Tons of fresh fruits and vegetables, from local farms

Of course, we had to do these wildflower seed packets as favors...

And, remember when I asked you to take a guess at what this was used for?

This old wood stove became our favor table!

We even stuck the extra favors inside the stove

and pulled them out as necessary. A perfect hiding spot.

It all turned out to be an absolutely beautiful time...and so much fun!

And, yes, they are living happily ever after.

Oh, and if you look really close in that last picture, you'll see me, in my "studio". I'm the one standing in the back left corner, and smiling as big as the sun. The first dance is always one of my favorite parts of the wedding.

(Photography is thanks to the fabulous Stephanie Brown of Stephanie's Creative Photography.)

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