(Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
Readers know her as novelist Dorothea Benton Frank, but Victoria knows her as mom. “All my mom and I do is laugh together, but when she helped me with my veil, it brought us both to tears.” (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
“I wanted my bridesmaids to feel like goddesses,” Victoria says of her ladies’ robust flower crowns. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
Ground-skimming pale pink dresses and golden lockets enhanced the maids’ ethereal look. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
“Getting married at the church where my grandfather laid the cornerstone really spoke to our day’s strong sense of place,” says the bride of the ceremony at Stella Maris on Sullivan’s Island. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
Victoria chose their Halloween wedding date not for the holiday, but for its proximity to the month’s full moon. “The tide pulls back enough to give you a tiny private beach [at my parents' house], which makes for great photos,” she says. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
Branch Design Studio integrated pomegranates and pears into harvest-style wreaths. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
“Having the reception at my parents’ house felt very personal,” says Victoria. Though she originally envisioned an intimate indoor fête, the reception wound up outside. “We invited more people than could fit inside,” she laughs. Planner Cory Winn Lambert attests she rearranged the layout some 20 times as the guest count ebbed and flowed. In the end, the couple whittled down their initial 350-person list to half that with a brilliant rule: If you can’t name our dogs, you can’t come. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
The pair, who reside on John's Island, met in culinary school in Manhattan. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
Blush and copper draping and crystal chandeliers created a dreamy tentscape. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
This enchanting floral installation proved to be Branch Design Studio’s largest hanging piece to date. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
As a subtle nod to Halloween, table assignments were attached to golden masks, which guests donned for a masqueraded beachfront cocktail hour. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
“We wanted a menu that was a little different,” says the bride. “Cru Catering was excited to work with us on it not at all scared of tackling such a food fest.” Case in point: this antipasto plate. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
Wedding Cakes by Jim Smeal concocted a gilded masterpiece that called to mind the bride's wish for a Midsummer Night's Dream-meets-autumnal fete. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)
Before guests feasted on supper, the Sullivan’s Island sunset was a feast for the eyes. (Image by Juliet Elizabeth Photography)