At Home Wedding Amidst the Beautiful Fall Colors of Asheville, NC
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Brown Mountain Beach Resort - Suzanne + Adam Wedding Sneak Peak- First Look
What a stunning venue and such an amazing day! The sun was shining for Suzanne and Adam’s first look, and even though ominous dark grey clouds were rolling in, everything held off and the ceremony was able to be held on the beach side with the river and mountains in the background. Good weather luck!
All these amazing vendors put in their creative love into this special day and it showed in every corner of this venue. Many joyous wishes to you both, Suzanne and Adam! Keep on loving each other and making each other laugh through your many happy years together.
Vendors
Planner- Plain With Sprinkles
Venue- Brown Mountain Beach Resort
Catering + Bar- Smash Events
Photographer- Amelia Fletcher Photography
Videography- Studio Misha
Flowers- Carolina Flowers
Officiant- Love & Wisdom Inc./AVL Marriages
Music- Diamond River Band
Hair/MakeUP- Ali Lawless
Dessert- Layerd by Lex
Vintage Rentals- A Bushel and A Peck
Rentals- Valley Rental Center
Transportation- Emma Bus
Sudha + Adam Summer Wedding at White Gate Inn
It’s always a beautiful day for a wedding! Especially at Whitegate Inn and Cottage where the garden is so gorgeous and colorful. Sudha was gorgeous in her vintage style, beaded wedding dress. And the love was beaming between them as they prepared to tie their lives together forever. They gathered at the little bridge in the garden surrounded by color; simple and sweet, the moment was all about the two of them and their love for each other. Afterwards we walked around the grounds and got their couple photos done. And of course, ended with cake!
Congratulations to Sudha and Adam. I wish you a lifetime of laughter, happiness, love and family. May the love you felt on this special day shine through your many years together.
VENDORS
Venue- White Gate Inn and Cottage
Photography- Studio Misha Photography
Flowers- Merrimon Florist
Kansas + Trey - A Vibrant & Colorful Autumnal Wedding
This was one of the most amazing fall weddings of my career! The colors were just bursting, and right at their peak. Usually it’s either too early, too late, or there was a big storm that knocked off all the leaves LOL. The weather was perfect, not too cold, not hot, and the rain held off for most of the day until the very end of the reception. The colors of the bridesmaids dresses mixed with the hand made flower crowns and the gorgeous bouquets made by Natalie of Mountain Life Services were so perfect for the backdrop of fall colors. I loved the BOHO feel Kansas planned, with her wedding dress, that YES, was perfect for her, and especially the macrame ceremony arch that she was able to get done in time. Kansas, you did an amazing job of coordinating all this into such a beautiful day.
The ceremony was down at the bottom of their hill amidst the trees, with a beautiful spot picked out to plant their red-wood tree, which was their first task as husband and wife. Catering was by Mama Bear’s BBQ and man was it good! Everyone ate and enjoyed the rockin’ music of the Random Strangers. First Dances (Some of the best moves from a mother and son I’ve ever seen!), Toasts with heartfelt words and laughs, cake made with love by family, and a sparkler send off. Congrats to you guys, Kansas and Trey, and a love-filled and beautiful day. What a wonderful beginning to your loves together. Wishing you many wonderful years ahead with more love, laughter, and joy to fill your hearts.
VENDORS WHO ROCK
Photography and Video: Studio Misha
Makeup: Beauty by Whitssworld
Hair: Shaylon Tierra Rice
Flowers: Natalie Jones with Mountain Life Services Inc.
Cake: Kay Jones
Catering: Mama Bear's Food Truck
Band: Random Strangers
Rentals- Professional Party Rentals
Katelynn + Kyle- Wedding in the Gardens of WhiteGate Inn & Cottage
Another gorgeous wedding at the historic WhiteGate Inn & Cottage in Asheville, NC. Only this time it was outside in the beautiful and lush gardens. The setting just HAD to be amazing to match the beauty of this couple! Katelynn and Kyle were beaming with excitement to get married and finally have the wedding day they have been waiting for. Like so many COVID couples this year, it may not have been their exact plan, but when it’s time, it’s time! So here they were, joining their lives together forever. They had a letter box that they sealed a letter in to be opened on their one year anniversary, and then so on for every anniversary after. I have always loved that tradition.
It was truly a magical day and I was so honored to be there to share in it as their wedding photographer. No matter how many weddings I photograph I will never stop loving them! It’s such a beautiful moment, and I hope that my photographs help bring these precious memories back to you both for decades to come. Best wishes for a long, and joy filled life together. May you always find partnership and compassion in your days with each other, and plenty of laughter and love too. And never stop taking pictures Kyle! I loved that you had your instant camera there also, to snap a few pics to enjoy instantly.
VENDORS TO LOVE
Photography- Studio Misha
Venue- WhiteGate Inn & Cottage
Kansas + Trey - Waterfall Enagement Session on a Beautiful Spring Day
Always a fan and advocate for engagement photo sessions, it was a delight to meet up with Kansas and Trey for the fist time in person. I love getting to meet couples in person before the big day, and for this engagement session we revisited the spot where Trey proposed. Such a gorgeous waterfall!! Large amounts of water cascading down over huge boulders. On top of that, hearing all about proposals never gets old! I love hearing how it was planned and the beautiful details that went into such an important moment.
Jasper, their beautiful black doggy, came along and we got some cute family photos (who doesn’t love a dog in a bow tie!). He’s going to be a part of the wedding too so this was good practice. It was a beautiful spring day! So nice to be outside and enjoying the warm air and crisp, cool water; Add in some pops of color from Mountain Life Services Inc. to test out bouquets and table arrangements and you have yourself a fab engagement session. This was my first time balancing across a tree limb to get to a fall s spot too!! Kind of scary since I’m packing over $6000 in equipment LOL, but I survived. And Trey and Kansas were hopping over the falls like champs so I knew I just had to keep up.
I’m excited to see everything come together for their big day! And keeping my fingers crossed for them and all the rest of my couples that everything clears up before then. Thanks Kansas and Trey for bringing into this special time. And showing my the coolest waterfall spot ever!!! I’m keeping it a secret, don’t worry :) Wishing you health and wellness to go along with your bounding love and joy.
Vendors
Hair and Make up - Whitley Hunter
Flowers- Mountain Life Services
Tina and Adam- A Backyard Wedding in Asheville with Unicorns, Dragons, and Love
Tina and Adam were not my typical wedding couple. When we did their engagement session, it involved a nerdy portrait session, remaking a romance cover novel, and just a slew of silly pics outside in their backyard. Which was soon to be the site of their union, also once the site of the wedding of the previous home owners in the 1960s. So it was laced with tradition and wedding history. They know what they want, and it was all about fun and each other. So of course…I was on board!
The decorations were all made by Tina and her family and friends. The flowers, put together by her mom. All the decorations and accoutrements were put together by loved ones the night before. It was so special how everyone came together to make this happen. This is what weddings are all about.
I love seeing diversity in weddings. Especially here in Asheville. Food trucks at weddings is becoming a fast growing popularity, for so many reasons. Smash Box Mobile Kitchen parked in their driveway and served up hot plates of chicken and waffles, fish tacos, and other crowd favorites. Cakes by Grey supplied amazing cupcakes, which I have to say tasted superb. I haven’t seen cupcakes with filling inside and I’ve been to many a wedding with cupcakes I tell you! I had something with pineapple inside and a whip cream frosting! There was a photo booth in the garage, and a never ending stream of friends wanting to hug and congratulate and have their picture taken with the bride and groom.
Music played into the night from Westsound band and DJ Tommy See played the Bride and Grooms favorites, inspiring them to dance the night away. We ended the night with Dirty Dancing’s Time of My Life, and it was EPIC! Fog machine and laser lights topped it off.
Congratulations to Tina and Adam. Your freak flags can now fly together in this life. I wish you so many years of blissful joy and laughter.
Vendor Love
Photographer- Studio Misha Photography
Makeup and Hair-Ginger with Posh Lash Lounge and Beauty Bar
Cupcakes- Cakes by Melissa Gray- Cakesbygray.com
Catering- Smash Box Mobile Kitchen
Live Band- Westsound
Officiant- Wyman Tannehill
DJ- DJ Mad Sci
Day of Coordinator- Sarah the Extraordinary
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