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Thanks a bunch Jenna, I must admit, I had so much fun with you two, it was a blast!-J
"The pictures are amazing!!!! We could not be happier, thank you so so much for getting them to us so quickly! We are seriously floored by them and cannot stop looking! You are so awesome and talented, we just love you! The kayak ones came out awesome and the ones of Jeremy taking the kayak in the ocean, omg! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Carla and Nick
Sept 11 2010
Ok, so I called Nick up, and he said I could look through them. I couldn't wait! Well, I love all 1072 of them actually, but seriously amazing job!
When Nick and I were planning our wedding, we felt that it was very important that our wedding reflected ourselves. It was our wedding; we should do what we want! With this open-minded perspective, we made sure the wedding reflected us, as individuals, and allowed our guests to see the love we share for each other. For my entire life, my family has vacationed in the Outer Banks, with Nick joining us for the past several years. While researching for a vacation, Nick and I stumbled across some info on getting married on the Outer Banks. I made a wistful comment about how cool it would be to actually get married on the Outer Banks. Nick responded, “Well, why not?” It was such a simple statement, but it was something that never occurred to me. At least not in a way that seemed like it could really happen. But as he said, “Why not?” So as we thought about it more, and after the initial shock of having our wedding 500 miles away from home faded, it seemed to really fit us!
We wanted to embrace the ocean and beach atmosphere while still keeping an air of elegance. I chose a very simple dress that had no establishments and we all went barefoot on the beach. I chose not to have a veil, and our wedding flowers were all freshly cut lavender bundles that smelled wonderful! Nick and I both love seahorses, so we used a seahorse symbol in various components of our wedding day, from a wax seal on the invitations to Nick's boutonniere. Since we both love cheese, and neither of us are big fan's of cake, we decided to stack different sized wheels of our favorite cheese in lieu of a traditional cake. One of my favorite pieces of jewelry is a bracelet Nick got me while we were traveling to to Savannah, Georgia several years ago. It is a silver fork that is bent to wrap around my wrist. We modified this concept, and after gathering enough antique silver-plated cutlery, we hand bent each piece to use to hold the name cards. I also found a skilled Etsy seller who fashioned two forks into a dancing couple that we used as our cake topper.
I have always had a passion for photography, so picking our photographer was our most important vendor decision. We researched many different wedding photographers and considered how they captured motion, emotion and color in their images. When we found Julie and saw her amazing images, our decision was nearly made up before we even met! Once we finally did meet, we knew we had have her shoot our wedding! And we loved working with Julie! Although our wedding is over now, we have Julie's beautiful photos left over to remind us of our incredible day. And we wouldn't have it any other way!
photos by Julie Dreelin and Lauren Cowart of Julie Dreelins Photography/Videography Inc.
vendors: Hilton Garden Inn Pier House
We love all of our weddings at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kitty Hawk, one of our favorite event locations. Wedding photographs always turn out fabulously there. This wedding had an extra kick with visits from Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy. Not only did they dress up and sing but the entire guest list got up and sung to the bride and groom as well. I had never seen anything like it! What a blast, and the bride (who had no idea this was going to happen) was just beside herself with joy. What a beautiful family for making the day so special. This wedding was so unique and different that we will be submitting it to the Knot Magazine.
What a fun wedding-this was a dancing crew! We love the Hilton Garden Inn and a dancing crew because the place really rocks right over the water. Guests huge out on the pier while the girls went crazy late into the night inside. the cutest part of this couple is Jen was so little that everybody was throwing her around!
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Awwww!! These are so fun and innovative(-; I adore the candid shots they really do you both justice and your love comes across so naturally. Exactly what a moment like this should be! Love you two(-: