{"id":582532,"date":"2016-04-12T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=582532"},"modified":"2016-05-15T18:51:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T23:51:18","slug":"tennessee-summer-wedding-wrens-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/tennessee-summer-wedding-wrens-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Summer Wedding at The Wren&#8217;s Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582544\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/10\/1c\/101c333f8c4c18b0.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrensnestvenue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Wren&rsquo;s Nest<\/a> turned out to be the perfect rustic venue for Laura and Mark&rsquo;s dream wedding.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/modernvintageevents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Modern Vintage Events<\/a>&nbsp;helped them plan the elegantly chic and simple celebration, and the result was the homey, relaxed day that they always wanted. They incorporated some DIY when possible, including a guest-requested playlist, handcrafted card stock wedding programs, and two little wooden &ldquo;love birds&rdquo; topping the cake! The details fell together perfectly, and Laura and Mark with their family and friends danced the night away under a sky full of Tennessee stars.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Couple:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Laura and&nbsp;Mark<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrensnestvenue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Wren&rsquo;s Nest<\/a>, Murfreesboro, Tennessee<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582557\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/47\/85\/4785cdbaee75553e.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-24\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582555\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/6e\/93\/6e93e3d1fcf48fb9.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-22\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582576\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/57\/3d\/573d393352417d78.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-43\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582534\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/90\/e2\/90e234a628a3c406.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-582535\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e9\/c2\/e9c252384148dc6a.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582536\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/53\/82\/5382a3e4c97aab6b.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-3\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582537\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/f5\/65\/f5650fa95f20deb2.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>Hire wedding planners! The good ones keep you on track with planning, scheduling, and organizing the months leading up to the big day so that the process is much more stress free and enjoyable. Also, some of the best advice I received before starting to plan my wedding is that everything is negotiable! Don&rsquo;t be afraid to ask the vendor what their best price is: from food cost, to cake options, to light rentals, and the dress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582538\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/7e\/e3\/7ee38fbfa6efb0a8.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-5\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582539\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/8c\/4f\/8c4f1301c8a7107e.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-6\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582540\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e5\/0e\/e50eee5bac3bc911.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-7\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582556\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e3\/2e\/e32e9e6173c835de.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-23\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582541\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/17\/69\/1769625a85a8a2aa.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-8\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582542\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/f5\/15\/f515655267224e35.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-9\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-582548\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/f5\/70\/f570ca437c63b188.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582560\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/10\/c4\/10c4a671e81f5d42.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-27\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582558\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/40\/c4\/40c4c5b73ca3ecdc.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-25\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582562\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fa\/9d\/fa9d22e2ec8ec069.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-29\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582563\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/db\/7e\/db7e0705569caec7.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-30\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>First and foremost, we wanted out wedding guests to feel like they were at a big celebration in our living room. We wanted them to feel relaxed, and at home under the Tennessee summer night sky; like a big family.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-582564\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/f2\/a1\/f2a196b3c1b0974b.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582565\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/07\/65\/07651f2038b2f9d7.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-32\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582566\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/3c\/20\/3c20993d22da27f5.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-33\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>The most memorable part of the day was during the ceremony, under a canopy of trees and twinkle lights, the rain clouds parted during our vows and the sun beamed just on our faces. It was a moment we will never forget, because it solidified eternity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582567\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/3e\/f8\/3ef833852d572e68.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-34\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582569\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b3\/a6\/b3a66a9f2d547e02.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-36\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582547\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/c5\/92\/c5927836b6fb2c1a.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-14\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-582549\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/55\/a5\/55a5b1841fbafae5.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>We created &ldquo;cootie catchers&rdquo; (remember those from 3rd grade?), and had fun facts about the Newlyweds printed on the inside for conversation starters at dinner. On the outside we printed the guests&rsquo; names and placed them at their assigned table.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582551\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e7\/00\/e7007f6f8765d24e.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-18\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582552\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/2d\/80\/2d80a722604888d1.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-19\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582553\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/30\/68\/3068a3263d4dd9e7.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-20\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582571\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/cf\/7a\/cf7a3b13ed9eacc2.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-38\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582572\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/76\/47\/7647916a33553673.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-39\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>My Maid of Honor is extremely talented, so I utilized her talents to DIY our wedding cake toppers &ndash; two paper cut outs of birds that said &ldquo;Love Birds.&rdquo; I also had her design the wedding programs that we printed on card stock and attached to crafting sticks so the guests could use them as fans since the ceremony was outside in humid June! <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582573\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ab\/9b\/ab9bdc915b0e2af7.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-40\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-582574\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e2\/69\/e2695b3acb9d32d3.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\">Processional &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UvBBC7-PSHo\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Holy Spirit<\/em><\/a> by Francesca Battistellu<br>\nRecessional &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vJ3xTjvj9tw\" target=\"_blank\"><em>You Are The Best Thing<\/em><\/a> by Ray LaMontagne<br>\nFirst Dance &ndash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=luXI2-5X2K4\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Take the World<\/em><\/a> by JonnySwim<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-582575\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e6\/d2\/e6d29086751a79dc.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582577\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fd\/0b\/fd0b82bd69bfe3ec.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-44\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"goldbox\"><em>We wanted to give back to charities that are meaningful to us as a couple in lieu of wedding favors. We had two charity options for guests to drop tickets into jars for their preference for a donation to be made in their honor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582581\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b1\/b4\/b1b42dfeb2404275.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-48\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-582582\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/69\/10\/6910fce505844217.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee-Summer-Wedding-Wrens-Nest-49\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"goldbox\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding Team:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photography &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.photographyanthology.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Photography Anthology<\/a><br>\nEvent Planning &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/modernvintageevents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Modern Vintage Events<\/a><br>\nVenue &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrensnestvenue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Wren&rsquo;s Nest<\/a><br>\nFloral Design &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soulflowers.org\/\">SOULflowers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Laura and Mark on their gorgeous summer wedding at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewrensnestvenue.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\">The Wren&rsquo;s Nest<\/a>! Love their rustic wedding? Check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/southern-chic-nashville-wedding-historic-cedarwood\/\" target=\"_blank\">southern chic Nashville wedding at Historic Cedarwood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xoxo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.junebugweddings.com\/blog\/xoxo\/xo-samantha.png\" alt=\"xoxoSamantha\" width=\"128\" height=\"47\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wren&rsquo;s Nest turned out to be the perfect rustic venue for Laura and Mark&rsquo;s dream wedding.&nbsp;Modern Vintage Events&nbsp;helped them plan the elegantly chic and simple celebration, and the result was the homey, relaxed day that they always wanted. They incorporated some DIY when possible, including a guest-requested playlist, handcrafted card stock wedding programs, and two little wooden &ldquo;love birds&rdquo; topping the cake! The details fell together perfectly, and Laura and Mark with their family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1338,1071,1466,1005,1088,1188],"tags":[1110,1114,1103,1109,1106],"class_list":["post-582532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barn-wedding","category-casual-wedding","category-diy-wedding","category-real-weddings","category-rustic-wedding","category-tennessee-wedding","tag-dark-pink","tag-ivory","tag-light-blue","tag-light-pink","tag-orange"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}