The Perfect Setting

The Perfect Setting

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October 2023

Photographs by:

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Just the Place - For bridal suites, rehearsal dinners, welcome parties, or the big day itself, a host of exciting wedding event venues have popped up in Charleston.

Just the Place - For bridal suites, rehearsal dinners, welcome parties, or the big day itself, a host of exciting wedding event venues have popped up in Charleston.

The Perfect Setting

Photographs by Peter Frank Edwards, Laura Saur, Matt Peacock Photography, courtesy of Sweet Grass Vodka, the venues & Bella Natale

The Wedding Row

April 5 2019

Jessica & Jay | Middleton Place

Jessica and Jay met online and dated long distance (she was here in Charleston, he was in Connecticut) before she made the move up North. The two came back to visit the Holy City often, though, and...

April 4 2019

Lauren & Alex | The Gibbes Museum

Food plays a part in every aspect of this Atlanta, Georgia, couple’s relationship, from the first time they met to their Big Day at The Gibbes Museum of Art. It’s fitting, Alex says, as he owns that...

April 3 2019

Styled Shoot | The Cedar Room

We’ve all seen photos of Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra’s Jodhpur, India, nuptials by now, thanks to how social media was lit up with the bright colors and ornate designs of their festivities. But...

April 2 2019

Liz & Kevin | Folly Beach

When the bride owns a wedding and event planning company, you know her Big Day will be something remarkable. Such was the case for Liz, owner of Elegant Aura in Boston, Massachusetts. After her...

April 1 2019

Tiffany & Jayce | Charleston Library Society

Usually no one gets a word out of a barkeep regarding his or her personal life, so today’s an extra special treat considering the groom du jour is Jayce, longtime bartender and bar manager at Edmund’...

March 29 2019

Jacquelyn & Conor | The Dewberry

Jackie and Conor both went to College of Charleston, but they didn’t meet until the New Year’s Eve after graduation. That’s when both were secretly set up by mutual friends (and Jackie’s sister) at...

March 28 2019

Mary Jane & Alex | The Gadsden House

Magic brought Mary Jane and Alex together. No, really, it did—they met while working at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, part of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Five years later, while on...

March 27 2019

Liz & Chris | Engagement Session

Here’s how the writer-bride talks about meeting her now-hubs on their wedding site: “Liz and Chris lived in the same apartment complex. The ‘boys upstairs’—as they were lovingly known by the girls in...

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