Marry Me

Winter 2020

WRITER CREDIT:

Charleston Weddings Staff

PHOTOGRAPHER CREDIT:

Charleston Weddings Staff

Marry Me | Make your dream bling a reality with these sparkling beauties sourced from local jewelers

White REEDS Jewelers

1/3 ct. center oval diamond with diamond accents (3/8 total cts.) set in 14K rose gold from REEDS Jewelers ($1,599)

(Top) The Kleinfeld Fine Jewelry Whitehall ring in 14K white gold with diamonds (.50 total cts.) from REEDS Jewelers ($2,000); (Bottom) Kleinfeld Fine Jewelry Essex ring in 14K gold with a cushion-cut center diamond framed by a double halo of round diamonds (1 total cts.) from REEDS Jewelers ($4,900)

Emerald-cut center diamond (1.08 cts.) with diamond accents (.36 total cts.) set in platinum from Croghan’s Jewel Box ($15,000)

Single Stone Arielle ring from Croghan’s Jewel Box, featuring a 2.11ct. Old Europeancut center diamond with side diamonds (.11 total cts.) in 18K yellow gold ($17,800)

Contemporary oval diamond accented with round diamonds (.56 total cts.) in 14K rose gold from Diamonds Direct ($1,850)

Certi ed 22.14 ct. radiantcut yellow sapphire and accent diamonds (5.72 total cts.) set in platinum by Kiersten Elizabeth Fine Jewelry ($86,000)

Vintage Milgrain marquise diamond ring accented with .31 total cts. round diamonds set in 14K yellow gold from Diamonds Direct ($1,970)

Aquamarine and diamonds (6.39 total cts.) set in platinum by Kiersten Elizabeth Fine Jewelry ($8,000)

.53 ct. marquise diamond surrounded by .39 total cts. diamonds in 14K white gold from Gold Creations ($3,350)

Princess-cut diamonds (1.05 total cts.) set in 14K yellow gold from Gold Creations ($2,250)

Vintage oval diamond accented by round- and pear-cut diamonds (.72 total cts.) in 14K white gold from Diamonds Direct ($2,450)

14K yellow gold ring with an emerald-cut diamond (3.32 cts.) surrounded by baguette and round brilliant diamonds (.35 total cts.) from Sandler’s Diamonds & Time ($24,898)

2.51 ct. round brilliantcut diamond set in 14K gold with diamondstudded (.30 total cts.) hexagonal halo and band from Sandler’s Diamonds & Time ($24,898)

Art Deco 1.66 ct. oval diamond ring with baguette-cut (.29 total cts.) and single-cut (.18 total cts.) diamonds in 14K white gold from Croghan’s Jewel Box ($11,500)

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Courtesy of the retailers

Photographs courtesy of Reeds Jewelers; (Kiersten Elizabeth aquamarine ring) by David Rinella

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Bold Move

A bride embraces bold colors for a day that's dressed to remember

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Singular Sensation

Chloe Byers & Paul Hotze, December 31, 2011, Lowndes Grove Plantation

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What a Pearl!

Believed by the ancient Greeks to promote marital harmony, pearls and weddings make a great coupling. Find your best match here

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Dream Come True

Take one football game, a well-meaning dentist, and a fake photoshoot and what do you have? Romance, people

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A Work of Art

A Charleston bride marries her beau at her childhood home amid family, friends, and 4,000 floating roses

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Fruitcake Fever

Revive a centuries-old tradition at your reception

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Au Naturel

Logan Stout & Mark Chandler, October 15, 2011, Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church & RiverOaks

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Simple & Stunning

Have a cool-weather luncheon or shower on the agenda? Event maven Mindy Rice visits the Old Village and shows how to greet guests with colorful grace

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Just Peachy

Alyson Knight & Jacob Biles, July 23, 2011, First Scots Presbyterian Church & the Historic Rice Mill Building <br />

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A Laid-Back Kind of Love

<p>At one of the toniest plantations in the country, this groom says "I do" barefoot while the bride's (haute) gown sports sequined fern fronds</p>

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Presto Change-o!

Tara Guérard Soirée and LulaKate teamed up to create a custom bridesmaid ensemble that went from formal ceremony to garden party reception. Here’s what they fashioned (plus a few bonus accessories Tara recently fell for)