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 Hilary & Johnathan’s Keeneland wedding took place on a rainy, spring day. Their wedding also occurred as the world began to shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With only hours until their wedding, and their guests arriving in Lexington we all became uncertain as to whether or not things would be able to happen […]

Spring Keeneland Wedding

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Blair and Sean’s Hurstbourne Country Club wedding was on a gorgeous September day. The bride and groom wanted to transport their guests from Louisville, Kentucky to an elegant, Tuscan countryside wedding to pay homage to familial history. To create the Tuscan countryside feel, Blair and Sean used the Hurstbourne Country Club’s beautiful outdoor ceremony location […]

Hurstbourne Country Club Wedding

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Ali & John’s Kentucky Garden Wedding The day I first met Ali & John stands out in my memory.  It was January and cold outside.  I wasn’t super familiar with Louisville at the time, so I had asked them to pick one of their favorite places to meet for our initial consultation.  They chose a […]

Whitehall Wedding, Louisville Kentucky

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How to plan for Plan B during the Covid 19 Pandemic (Photo by Ivan and Louise) So, you’re planning a Fall 2020 Wedding and who knows what that will look like, here’s what you need to consider. As the last several weeks have gone by in quarantine, with more and more Spring and Summer 2020 […]

Fall 2020 Weddings: How to Make Your COVID Backup Plan

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Nicole & Corey’s Colorado Wedding Rocky Mountain I Do’s Nicole & Corey’s wedding was so special to me for a number of reasons. Nicole is my little (& only) sister.  We’ve always been close, but as adults have become even closer.  Planning this wedding for her was one of the greatest honors. Winding River Resort […]

Winding River Wedding, Grand Lake, Colorado

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Summer Lake House Wedding in Columbus, Indiana Karla and Peter’s wedding was a highlight of the 2018 season.  So it seems fitting that I should show you their beautiful lake house wedding on their one-year anniversary. It shouldn’t surprise me at all that these two, with a love story like no other, would also have […]

Lake House Wedding | Peter and Karla

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Beautiful Bridal Bouquet Inspiration My favorite wedding bouquets of 2018 As we are getting into the full swing of the 2019 wedding season, I’ve been thinking back to all the gorgeousness that made up last year.  I had the opportunity of working with so many incredibly talented wedding vendors.  So let’s showcase some snippets of […]

Favorite Bridal Bouquets of 2018

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Christy & Ty’s Kentucky Wedding I’m so very excited to finally share OUR Waveland wedding! Having been in the wedding industry for the past decade, I have the pleasure of being surrounded by beautiful gowns, flowers, stationery, and venues almost every weekend. Therefore, when it came time to begin planning our wedding, I knew we […]

Waveland Wedding, Lexington Kentucky

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Don’t let selecting a venue overwhelm you – follow the steps I used when choosing my own wedding venue.
When it comes to selecting a wedding venue it can be hard to know where to begin.  You can spend hours and hours googling and after weeks of hunting still feel like you don’t have a clue.  There’s so much info out there in cyberspace that it’s easy to become overwhelmed.  So using my own upcoming wedding as an example, I’ll break it down into four easy steps.

The Steps Series: #3 – Find Your Venue

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Lexington Kentucky has a rich tradition of bourbon and horse farms. When designing this inspiration shoot we wanted to make sure we included great representation of those Kentucky traditions.

Bourbon & Blues Styled Shoot

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