Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Earrings from J.Crew. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Bride’s shoes by Kate Spade. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Bride’s robe from Plum Pretty Sugar. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Groom’s suit from Express. Vest from J.Crew. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
To keep costs down, Bradley donned a khaki Express suit already hanging in his closet and accented it with a new J.Crew vest.
Bride’s robe from Plum Pretty Sugar. Hair and makeup by Ash and Co. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Jennifer slipped into an Allure Bridals gown (available in Charleston through Jean’s Bridal) and wore a veil from Etsy’s Bella Bridal Veils (it was $20!).
Bridal gown by Allure Bridals, available in Charleston through Bridals by Jodi. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Bridal gown by Allure Bridals, available in Charleston through Bridals by Jodi. Shoes by Kate Spade. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Bridal gown by Allure Bridals, available in Charleston through Bridals by Jodi. Shoes by Kate Spade. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Jennifer played with orientation and contrast in the printed materials she drafted on Wedding Paper Divas and printed with Vistaprint. Vintage stamps procured on eBay and envelopes addressed by a calligrapher finished the look.
Whitney Randall of Branch Design Studio made a feminine bouquet of astilbe, anemones, garden roses, ranunculus, and scabiosa pods mixed with dusty miller and jasmine vine.
Located about half an hour south of Charleston in Hollywood, South Carolina, Old Wide Awake Plantation sits nestled on the Stono River. Jennifer and Bradley met on its private dock for their pre-ceremony first look and portrait.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Bouquet by Branch Design Studio. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Bridal gown by Allure Bridals, available in Charleston through Bridals by Jodi. Groom’s suit from Express. Groom’s vest from J.Crew. Bouquet by Branch Design Studio. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Jennifer bound her late grandfather’s Bible with a lace ribbon to hold the rings during the ceremony.
Caris and Campbell, Jennifer’s niece and nephew, sported finery monogrammed by the bride’s sister.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Jennifer’s father built the ceremony arbor, which the couple plan to install in their garden.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Bridal gown by Allure Bridals, available in Charleston through Bridals by Jodi. Groom’s suit from Express. Groom’s vest from J.Crew. Bouquet by Branch Design Studio. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Bridal gown by Allure Bridals, available in Charleston through Bridals by Jodi. Groom’s suit from Express. Groom’s vest from J.Crew. Bouquet by Branch Design Studio. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Bridal gown by Allure Bridals, available in Charleston through Bridals by Jodi. Groom’s suit from Express. Groom’s vest from J.Crew. Bouquet by Branch Design Studio. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Bridal gown by Allure Bridals, available in Charleston through Bridals by Jodi. Groom’s suit from Express. Groom’s vest from J.Crew. Bouquet by Branch Design Studio. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Food by Bay Gourmet Catering. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Jennifer and friends arranged blooms sourced from FiftyFlowers.com. She tented an open-air deck and then hung 1,200 yards of gold and silver ribbon across the canopy hardware to downplay the metal framework.
Jennifer used gold baker’s twine to tie butler cards to Mason jars that doubled as the guests’ drinking vessels.
Rentals and linens by Snyder Events. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Arranged by the bride and her gals, arrangements of black-and-white anemones, scabiosa pods, and seeded eucalyptus sprang from simple glass vases.
“We kept the décor color-neutral and used textures to create interest,” explains Jennifer. Glass, linen, satin, rattan, and wood made for a dynamic aesthetic.
Rattan chargers dotting the tablescape hinted at indigenous sweetgrass.
Menus from Wedding Paper Divas. Florals from FiftyFlowers.com. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Cake by Kathy and Company. Florals from FiftyFlowers.com. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Cake by Kathy and Company. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Florals from FiftyFlowers.com. Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Bridal gown by Allure Bridals, available in Charleston through Bridals by Jodi. Groom’s suit from Express. Bouquet by Branch Design Studio. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
In lieu of a dining tent, the couple potted wooden poles, strung café lights in between, and set up tables for an open-air night under the autumn skies.
For “Mr. & Mrs.” chair backs, Jennifer cut letters out of sturdy glitter scrapbook paper and suspended them with ribbon.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography.
Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
Bridal gown by Allure Bridals, available in Charleston through Bridals by Jodi. Groom’s suit from Express. Image by Amy Arrington Photography at Old Wide Awake Plantation.
