Crazy packed Spring schedule- check. Amazing weddings - done. Summer vacation- relaxed. Now I feel like I finally have a chance to jump back into blogs *just* before the Fall wedding craziness hits! And boy do I have some seriously amazing weddings to showcase from April. Let's start at the beginning... April 7, 2018 The FABULOUSLY fun Diana and Kyle were my first of three April weddings. Did it rain on their wedding day? YES. Did they get adorable pictures with umbrellas

What do you get when you mix St. Patrick's Day, Myers Park Country Club, a Leprechaun, and fireworks? You get Whitney and BJ's simply MAGICAL wedding day. From start to finish, this day was perfection. From the lights in the ballroom, to the floral garlands that greeted guests, to the band that rocked all night long, not one detail was left untouched. It was even supposed to rain all day, but instead it was the prettiest weekend of the year to date. Whitney and her mom, (b

On this dreary, rainy, April day, it makes me think back to a similar day in December. I'm not going to lie, December 9 was not the prettiest day. It was cold. It was drizzly. But we also got some snow flurries, and you better believe we capitalized on those moments to get some amazing first look photos! Kudos to the bride for braving and pushing through the cold - Vera Gayazov's photos proved to be well worth it! Tony and Amanda both work in NASCAR, and the off season i

Almost exactly a year ago, I decided to throw my last bit of energy before having a baby into a sexy styled shoot with a dynamic team of vendors. Said baby is the reason that it’s taken me an entire year to get this blog post published, but since then, four different wedding blogs have featured this sultry and fun Prohibition themed wedding shoot: Bustld, Ultimate Wedding Digital, Tantamount Love, and Strictly Weddings. The inspiration for this shoot came from the photogr

October is THE PRIMO wedding month here in the Carolinas. Why you ask? Well… Beautiful weather. It’s not 90 and humid anymore, and it gets just cold enough to put a light coat on in the evenings The colors. Leaves are changing, dahlias are in bloom, and the colors are RICH There’s a buzz in the air. Major sporting events are in full swing, the rush of holidays is coming on, and it seems like there are fun festivals and concerts going on constantly (which gives guests som

People often ask me what venues I find myself at the most- and the answer’s not simple. There are a TON of fabulous venues in the Charlotte and surrounding areas and I feel really lucky that we get to work with so many beautiful and different places. From skyline views and city lights, to barns and old historic houses, working at different venues means various wedding styles -which in turn keeps things interesting and varied. With that said- Details Wedding Planning had a

And just like that we hit August (two months ago... yikes!). This year has been something else, right?! With our busiest year yet, I was so ready and excited for a vacation come August. So, my family packed up our entire house (not sure I realized just how much we’d need to fit into a car with a 5 month old) and headed to Duck, NC for a little R&R. It was little Josie’s first time at the beach, and as long as her little legs could kick the water, she was happy as a clam.

Oh the quintessential June wedding. When you think of a classic wedding, you think a Saturday in June. (Right? Is that still the case? My mind automatically still goes to June even though our most popular wedding months here in Charlotte are April/May and Sept/Oct.) Before I get too sidetracked, you definitely don’t want to miss out on either of these beautiful June weddings, both of which happen to be at the fabulous Foundation for the Carolinas and both of which happene

May was a great month for weddings. It’s always special when your friends get married, and it’s even more special when your friends honor you with a place in their wedding. What makes an even better month? Two friends getting married! I got to serve as a reader in a wedding at the beginning of May, and a bridesmaid in one at the end of the month. Sandwiched in between those two fantastic days were two gorgeous, fun, and sweet weddings. Courtney and Preston Courtney and I

April is considered a prime wedding month, and it certainly was a great one for Details Wedding Planning. We were in the thick of things, working with couples Sydne and Ryan, Cari and Chris, and Catherine and Creighton to pull off some AMAZING days. Here are a few highlights from each: Sydne and Ryan, Married April 8, 2017 at Noah’s Event Venue in Charlotte, NC This couple has such a fun and energetic crowd that kept the dance floor busy all night. After leaving the receptio

Katie and Dan are such a fun pair. There are few weddings where you find the subtle colors of champagne and peach combined with beautiful, classic florals, and then get to throw in a skull and crossbones koozie. Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE couples who are authentically and fantastically themselves? I do. (Wedding pun fully intended). Katie is a former event planner in her hometown of Houston, and she was on top of the planning process. She knew exactly what she wan

At the beginning of September I sat down with Megan of Milk and Honey Photography Co. and we chatted about life, work, and doing a shoot together. Then we decided, why wait? Let's do it now. And with that impulsive decision in a Starbucks, we decided that during the height of wedding season we were going to put together a styled shoot on a mountain top in Asheville because... why not? Megan and her husband had gone on a hike to Craggy Pinnacle in the Blue Ridge near Ashev

I think Winter weddings are becoming some of my favorites... maybe because they're less popular, maybe because there's usually no big rain backup plan (almost everything's already inside), or maybe because I like fur stoles and icy accents? In any case, Ashley and Davis's wedding did NOT disappoint. It had all of these fun elements and more. It was so much for working with Ashley to coordinate the wedding. She wanted to embrace the Winter theme and had a formal, Uptown aff

This past Spring I participated in a vendor fair in my sister's town of Goldsboro, NC. It was a fair put on for women owned businesses, and I thought I'd be a great idea to get some promotional materials together and see how advertising would differ away from my home base. I figured the fair probably wouldn't yield anything, but I'd get to spend the weekend with my sister, passing out brochures, ring pops, and pitching my business. Then I met Sally (and I'm so glad I did!)

When you plan or coordinate a wedding for people you know, you just feel more connected to it. This is one reason I really try to get to know all my couples before their wedding day, but feeling connected is especially easy when your friendship began almost two and a half years before the wedding. This was the case with Ryan and Mackenzie. I met them during our summer teacher training in June of 2014. Ryan had just graduated from Clemson (an immediate and never failing co

If I could sum up Becca and Jason's wedding in one word it would be "Surprise!" The couple wanted their wedding to be personalized, different, and a BLAST for guests, so while they included all of the traditional elements in their day, they did things with a twist to surprise guests throughout the night. When I say surprises, know that this couple is a PRO at them. So often, when I hear engagement stories (and this one includes my own!) I hear about trips, or special nights

Wedding crashers are always hard to deal with, and Matthew was no exception. Matthew the hurricane that is... he came in with strong winds and rain, made for some tough last minute decisions, (and some purchases of extra umbrellas), but he didn't dampen the party. This wedding started over a year ago when I met Caitlyn and Todd. We had a fun start to the planning process, finding out that Caitlyn and I shared a love of elephants, and Todd and I share a birthday! Caitlyn kn

Who doesn't like pineapples? (they're delicious, they're a symbol for welcome and hospitality, and they make you think of Hawaii.) The answer is (almost) no one. And what makes everything better? Gold. The two combine forces for what turned out to be an AMAZING summer inspiration wedding shoot!! I've lived in the South *almost my whole life, and the years I didn't spend there, I soaked up sun (and grad school text books) on the Big Island of Hawaii. Both places hold a s

This wedding...wow. What a pleasure to be a part of the love that was shared on your big day. K + D's story is short and sweet. They met, they knew it was meant to be, and they started their happily ever after on Saturday, April 9 (all within about a year). The couple hosted two ceremonies, a family, church centered one in the morning, and a personalized vow exchange for friends and family in the afternoon. An hour of hors d'oeuvres and drinks followed the vow exchange, wh