Southern Details for Wedding in Tennessee
We are really excited to share this beautiful southern wedding today. Julie and TJ incorporated a lot of southern elements into their special day including the cotton in the bouquets and the food — fried chicken, squash casserole, and shrimp and grits!
Laura Leslie Photography did a fabulous job capturing all their special details.
Julie found her wedding dress through Brides Against Breast Cancer–an organization that helps grant wishes to people with breast cancer.
Their wedding cake is from Cecelia Villaveces Cakes in Athens. Julie’s grandmother would buy Julie’s birthday cakes from there when she was younger.
What Julie said about her wedding:
What was your most memorable moment about your wedding day?
Can we have two? We did a handfasting, and it was great to have the wedding party symbolically bind our hands with ribbon. Also, I loved walking back down the aisle, beaming next to my new husband, while family and friends showered us with lavender!
What was the biggest challenge you had to overcome while planning your wedding?
We were on a budget, but that was a fun challenge because we ended up doing a lot of things ourselves and making the wedding more unique. I would say that the most difficult part was planning a wedding from another state (I live in Tennessee), but my mother and aunt were both a huge help in the planning department.
Vendors
Venues: John Oliver Michael House
Photographer: Laura Leslie Photography
Florist: Ginni Edwards w/ Fertile Crescent Gardens
Wedding Cake Baker: Cecelia Villaveces Cakes
Caterer: Twigs Catering
Bride’s Dress: BCBG, purchased through Brides Against Breast Cancer
Accessories / Bride’s Shoes / Bridesmaids’ Dresses: JCrew
Meredith
Despite her dreamy wedding blogger lifestyle, Meredith's day job is running ClassicVeils.com and a full-time mom to an active toddler. If she could, Meredith would spend her days taking cruises, helping animals in need, and watching Big Brother!
The details are awesome – I also loved the flowers with the handkerchiefs and brooches.
i looove the beehive cake! oh my gosh this wedding is oh so pretty! sharing 🙂
This is so lovely – I adore those bouquets!!
So beautiful! I just love her dress!
This is absolutely beautiful I adore this wedding!
OMG! I absolutely love all of this. Beautiful . . .
LOVE! the bouquets and quaint bud vase display.
Simple yet elegant.
Thanks for the feature! I adore this wedding 🙂
Love this wedding!! The flowers are so amazing!
OH my goodness! This wedding is just absolutely Charming! Can I say it?
“OH, how CHARMING!” 🙂
The cotton in bride’s bouquet is like… it’s just a dream. Like a bouquet of clouds. It’s the perfect touch to a southern bouquet, and I almost wish I was getting married in the south so I could legitimately have cotton in my bouquet without looking like a dorky copy-cat! lol
The beehvive cake just made me positively giggle. It is SO sweet and just SO darling, and… CHARMING. The whole wedding is just CHARMING. I love it! <3