Summer 2011

03/2011
Estate of Grace | RiverOaks, a country manor on the headwaters of the Wando River, welcomes demure looks from the country’s top designers
Where Butterflies Gather | Two local nature lovers proclaim their eternal "I dos" surrounded by earthy and elegant elements
Love Springs Eternal | Lowcountry lawyers Francie Daniel and Matt Austin tie the knot in a colorful—and comedic—Charleston affair
Romantic | Event and floral designer Sara York Grimshaw Designs partnered with stationer Dodeline Designs to fashion a romantic tablescape for a small wedding’s head table
Summer Sleek | The event design team at WED and photographer-slash-stationer Heather Forsythe joined to make a cocktail-hour or reception lounge area
True Prep | Red Letter Events, stems, and Merrymint Designs paired up to dress this shower, rehearsal dinner, or reception table in contemporary preppy trappings
Retro Glam Rocks | Tennesseeans Katie and Justin host a destination wedding to complement their Southern roots and vintage taste
Turning a New Leaf | Katelyn Mucklow & Adam Young April 10, 2010, St. Luke’s Chapel & Boone Hall Plantation Cotton Dock
Birds of a Feather | Holly Young & Tony Martin August 28, 2010, Legare Waring House
A Rose by Any Other Name | Add Lowcountry flavor to your wedding florals with handmade, everlasting palmetto roses
Your Girl Friday | A wedding concierge just might save the (big) day
Canvas Your Wedding | Hire a plein air painter to capture the magic in a “new” medium
The Bridesmaid’s Bill of Rights | Think prenups are only for Mr. and Mrs.? Think again!
Straight-Laced | Sweet details rule a summertime wedding
Get Gorgeous | Three top-of-the line cosmetics shops open throughout the Lowcountry, showering brides with new looks, products, & services
Happily Ever After | What does a gal get when she has an officer and a gentlemen, plus an audience with the Queen on date number two?
Take a Bow | K. Cooper Ray is on a mission to return menfolk to manners, one bow tie at a time. Find out how the local tastemaker teamed with Brooks Brothers to reinvent a wedding wear classic
Everything Old Is New | Vintage details and modern lines mark jewels for the ages
Rock of Ages |
Sunset Hues | Ashley Meek & Chris Dorsey July 24, 2010, St. John the Baptist & Lowndes Grove Plantation
Lovely Lavender | Minna Tolosa & Shea Tighe April 24, 2010, St. Mary of The Annunciation & Lowndes Grove Plantation

The Wedding Row

December 10 2018
After connecting on Tinder (both are adamant that they were each on it for a short, short while) Charleston residents Arlene and Andrew met at a local café where she says she knew she was in trouble—...

December 7 2018
Did you know we typically save our most blockbuster weddings to post on Fridays? It’s true. So knowing that, and that this couple got engaged in Italy (on a gondola in Venice, no less), and that they...

December 6 2018
Seems like you don’t even need to be Irish to have some of their fabled luck. Take Trygve and Brooks for instance: The pair met in Columbus, Ohio, via Match.com and went on their first date on St....

December 5 2018
Any first date can be intimidating, and especially so when it’s a blind date. In fact, butterflies got to Kierstin so bad when she was set up by a friend to meet Mike, she canceled. Luckily, Kierstin...

December 4 2018
After dating for three-and-a-half years, Olivia and Sam were visiting her family in Columbia, South Carolina, for the Fourth of July when the whole crew decided a day trip to Charleston was in order...

December 3 2018
When they met up for a reunion with a group of their fellow missionaries a year after all had spent a week in Savannah, Georgia, Ashley and Brian hit it off—bigtime. That encounter launched the pair...

November 30 2018
Yes, Paula and Tyler’s Boone Hall Plantation wedding is a dream to look at. But we have to say the backstory to their day is just as inspiring. There’s just something about a couple who knows...

November 29 2018
Is wedding planning getting to you? Say hello to Charleston’s newest feel-better motivator, Ginny Leavitt, the health coach behind Healthy Bride Experience, a program that helps brides-to-be look and...