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Edgy Eclectic Summit Farm Wedding Overlooking Springer Mountain

December 13, 2017 | Junebug Weddings

There’s nothing rustic about this Summit Farm wedding. With bohemian decor and edgy vibes, Tracy and David put a spin on their eclectic outdoor wedding. Traveling back to where they take their annual trip to ride their motorcycles, they had a handful of family and friends (and their dog, too!) join them for an intimate wedding setting. Tracy is killing it in a long sleeve boho Rue de Seine dress paired with a customized leather jacket and studded white boots – honestly, we’re obsessed. Sarah Joy Photo joined in the day’s festivities and perfectly captured Tracy and David’s love and personality.

The Couple:

Tracy and David

The Wedding:

Summit Farm, Ellijay, Georgia

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When Sarah took my accessories to photograph them, David took a minute to write a message to me on the bottom of my shoes, it was such a sweet gesture and made me feel so loved.

Having a background in fashion design, I knew exactly which designer I wanted for my dress! I chose a gorgeous Rue De Siene boho dress, with long draping sleeves, and sheer lace at the bottom to add balance. I felt so beautiful and comfortable all night! 

The wedding party picked their own attire! For the bridesmaids, we wanted neutral colors that flowed well with each other, and for the groomsmen we had them chose a gray suit of any shade. When they all came together it told a beautiful color story.

We knew we wanted a mountain wedding with a lot of natural beauty and amazing views, as soon as we pulled up to the venue we were in awe. The venue overlooks Springer Mountain, the start of the Appalachian Trail!

We incorporated some of our heritage by doing traditional Celtic hand fasting ceremony during our wedding. We literally ‘tied the knot.’

Our favorite photo is the one of the whole wedding party (dog included!) Our friends traveled from all over the country to be with us that day, and to have them all in one photo, means the world to us! 

We’ve been traveling from Florida to Ellijay every year since we started dating to ride our motorcycles, which is why we chose a destination wedding in the mountains of Georgia. It was most important to us to get married in a place that would hold a lot of memories for us and that we can keep coming back to year after year! When we come next year, we’ll get to ride as husband and wife!

Sarah was amazing! She made us feel so comfortable and relaxed! It was easy to laugh and have fun with her! And not to mention, her style is impeccable

We wanted our wedding to be a reflection of us, eclectic and edgy, but most importantly relaxed and easy-going.

The most memorable part of our wedding day was during the reception, when we were able to take a minute outside and take in the beauty of the day surrounded by our closest friends, and our course, our dog!

The Wedding Team:

Photography – Sarah Joy Photo
Event Planning – Southern Lace Events
Venue – Summit Farm
Catering – Toast by Maria
Cake – Toast by Maria
Officiant – Mark Lombardi
DJ – MSA Entertainment
Invitations – Hamilton Printing
Hair Styling – Lacey Ingle
Wedding Dress – Rue de Seine

 

Thank you so much to Junebug member Sarah Joy Photo for sharing Tracy and David’s edgy wedding with us! If you couldn’t get enough of Sarah’s magical work, take a look at how the greenery in this Callanwolde Fine Arts Center wedding is a plant lover’s paradise.

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Pack Up + Go Travel Experience Giveaway for Two!

December 12, 2017 | Junebug Weddings

photo by Maggie Grace Photography

For our last giveaway of the year, we’re partnering with one of our favorite companies to bring you something SO awesome! We know you guys have a major case of wanderlust so we’re sending one lucky winner and their boo on a trip thanks to our friends at Pack Up + Go! In case you haven’t heard of this brilliant company, Pack Up + Go plans three-day weekend trips around the United States. After filling out your budget (with trips as low as $400) and a short survey tailoring the experience to your desires, Pack Up + Go takes care of the tavel and accommodation arrangements to your surprise location. That’s right – SURPISE! You can find out more about how the process works right here.

photo by Keegan Cronin Photography

Here are a few words from Pack Up + Go about the experience they provide:

“We work to distribute the socioeconomic benefits of U.S. tourism among small and mid-sized cities, while encouraging travelers to experience places they may not seek out organically. American travelers often limit their destinations to a few major metropolitan areas, missing out on all the diverse experiences awaiting them in other cities from coast to coast. We challenge the status quo to make domestic travel exciting and unique.”

photo by Tinted Photography

Giveaway Terms + Official Rules:

– You must be 18 years of age or older to enter
– You must be a US permanent resident to enter
– You must enter prior to the giveaway close date on January 12 at 11:59 PM Central Time
– Winner will be notified via email on January 15
– By entering, you agree to the Official Rules and the Junebug Weddings Terms and Conditions
– Winner will receive one (1) $1,300 value trip (in the form of a $1,300-value promo code)

  • Trip must be for two (2) adults above the age of 18
  • The budget is $650 per person for a total of $1,300 for the entire trip per the promo voucher
  • The Travel Experience will include two-nights’ accommodations and travel to and from the destination. All other expenses and incidental travel costs, including, but not limited to, ground transportation, meals, activities, incidentals, gratuities, personal charges at lodging, or other expenses, are solely the responsibility of the Winner.
  • No cash or other substitution, assignment, or transfer of any prizes permitted
  • Each Travel Experience will be coordinated by Pack Up + Go in accordance with Pack Up + Go’s terms, policies, and conditions.
  • Travel may not occur during holiday weekends. “Weekend” is defined as including the following days Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Travel may not include any of “weekend” days during holiday weekends. All trips booked with dates that fall near holidays are subject to Pack Up + Go approval prior to confirmation of the trip.
    • Holiday weekends include all of the following federal and national holidays:
      • New Year’s Day (January 1).
      • Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Third Monday in January).
      • Washington’s Birthday (Third Monday in February).
      • Memorial Day (Last Monday in May).
      • Independence Day (July 4).
      • Labor Day (First Monday in September).
      • Columbus Day (Second Monday in October).
      • Veterans Day (November 11).
      • Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November).
      • Christmas Day (December 25).
  • Trip must be booked at least 2 months prior to departure date.
  • Trip must be booked within 3 years of the drawing.
    • Must be booked by October 20, 2020
    • Must depart by December 20, 2020

 

Enter to Win:

Good luck to all!

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Natural Industrial Soho South Cafe Wedding in Savannah, GA

December 12, 2017 | Junebug Weddings

Annie and Wilson’s wedding at Soho South Cafe will have you saying one big “YEP” at every image. With the help of Ivory & Beau, Annie and Wilson’s wedding is the perfect balance of modern and industrial. The geometric ceremony backdrop doubled into the perfect background for Annie and Wilson’s sweetheart table, topped with lush greenery and white blooms by Gardenias Event Floral. The mismatched chairs added a whimsical touch with subtle pops of color throughout the space. And can we take a moment for the perfection that is their wedding cake by Flirt with Dessert – hello gold foil and mini pineapples! Mackensey Alexander Photography captured all of the stunning and fun details of Annie and Wilson’s wedding day.

The Couple:

Annie and Wilson

The Wedding:

Soho South Cafe, Savannah, Georgia

We wanted our wedding to be a great party, and bring together our family and friends for a memorable event! We thought Savannah was the perfect location to help us set that tone right out of the gate. We also wanted it to be more of a weekend experience, so we planned a welcome party for everyone in town the Friday night before the wedding, and my amazingly generous cousins and aunt hosted both a bridal luncheon on Friday and a brunch on Sunday, so we were able to spend as much time as possible with the guests that traveled to see us. From there we just tried to provide as much amazing food and drink as possible, and worked with our DJ to curate a playlist that would keep everyone on the dance floor all night!

It’s really hard to pick just one moment, it was all so amazing! Our first look was really special, we read each other cards we had written in place of more personal vows during the ceremony. It helped both of us to calm down, enjoy the full day and take it all in together.

My cousin, Terry, was our florist, and I couldn’t have imagined a more wonderful person to make our floral wedding ideas a reality. He took our inspiration and went above and beyond to make the wedding flowers of our dreams, and then some! Terry created the most beautiful arrangements that fit so perfectly with the vision we had in my mind. Including incorporating so many cute mini pineapples in unexpected places, such as our cake topper! He also surprised me with a really special detail on my bouquet, using a piece of my mom’s wedding dress wrapped around the stems. The tears started flowing after I saw that! We could not have imagined having this wedding without his beautiful creations.

We knew that we wanted to get married in Savannah, and Soho South Cafe was our first choice for the venue. We got their full availability for the next year and picked their soonest available date that worked for us, which turned out to be six months away. Once we had that date and location in place, we were able to reach out to all of the other vendors we were excited to work with, and managed to lock most everything down within a matter of weeks. I can be indecisive when there are a lot of options available, so having a short timeline helped me to make choices more quickly from what was available. We really lucked out with every single one of our vendors, it was like the stars aligned to help us fast-track our wedding planning process!

Our officiant, Ken Meeks, is so special to us. He’s a Butler Family tradition, as he was a classmate of my dad’s at the Citadel, and married both my parents and my brother and sister-in-law. So it was wonderful to have him officiate our wedding as well, bringing the tradition full circle.

Before we started planning anything, I pulled together a bunch of photos to create a mood board that reflected elements of both of us and tried to distill those elements into all of the choices we made for the wedding. We wanted a stylish, happy, relaxed vibe that didn’t feel overly formal, with elements and textures of greenery, wood, gold, and marble. In the end, the industrial elements of our venue really helped to amp up and tie together the overall look and feel we were aiming for.

I love to DIY but knew that I wanted to limit my projects to things that would make an impact on the day of without overloading myself (or my loved ones). Before I started, I chose a font to work with that spoke to our overall wedding vibe and used that on all of my DIY elements to tie everything together. I designed all of the signage, such as a welcome sign, favor tags, guestbook, hashtag and drink menu signs, and then hand-lettered everything on acrylic with gold paint pens. I also used hexagon marble tiles as escort cards, writing the names, table numbers, and entrees in gold paint pens. I designed menus and programs as well, that I had laser die cut into shapes to match the other gem/geometric elements we incorporated throughout the day.

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I am also incredibly lucky to have a very talented woodworking dad and an amazing mom that can help me translate my ideas into reality. My dad made the wood gems that we used to hold the table numbers and created the diamond structure we used for our ceremony backdrop. He also created the easels to hold the marble escort tiles, as well as the doughnut sticks that held the Krispy Kreme doughnuts, one of the best parts of our dessert table. We had such a great time putting everything together and gave ourselves enough time to complete it all so that we weren’t scrambling the day before.

The Wedding Team:

Photography – Mackensey Alexander Photography
Event Planning – Ivory & Beau
Venue – Soho South Cafe
Floral Design – Gardenias Event Floral
Catering – Soho South Cafe
Cake – Flirt with Dessert
Officiant – Ken Meeks
DJ – First City Events
Invitations – Paper Culture
Hair and Makeup Artist – Emma Collins Beauty
Wedding Dress – Rue De Seine
Bridal Accessories – ALDO
Groom’s Apparel – Hugo Boss
Rings – Vintage, Robert Laurence Jewelers
Favors – Sugar Whisk Confections

 

A big thank you to Mackensey Alexander Photography for sharing Annie and Wilson’s wedding with Junebug! If you couldn’t get enough of the modern vibes from this wedding, then you have to check out this lush industrial Austin wedding at The Union on Eighth.

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