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Rachel + Matthew : W Hotel Fort Lauderdale Wedding Part I

August 26, 2013 by Jensey 4 Comments

If you don’t remember Rachel and Matthew from their playful downtown Delray Beach engagement session with their two dogs, you should click here and remind yourself.

Matthew and Rachel met the same way Nate and I did: Through a best friend who wasn’t trying to set them up, it just sort of happened. :) On that first night they met, Matthew told Rachel’s best friend he was already smitten. They chose the W Fort Lauderdale as their wedding venue, and from the moment we showed up, everything was practically perfect. :)

I LOVE DOGS ON WEDDING DAYS!

I also love Rachel’s wedding gown. Did you ever read Ramona the Pest when you were little? I loved Ramona books and one of my favorite things was how badly she wanted to pull Susan’s curls and watch them boing. Well, I was sort of like that with Rachel’s wedding dress. All I wanted to do was touch it!

So many favorites, but this is a big one.

Rachel didn’t want to do a first look when we first brought it up, but the more we discussed their wedding day timeline, the more obvious it became that if they wanted any portraits of the two of them, that was sort of the only option. (They were married after sundown.) I felt really awful that she wasn’t excited about it at first, but all that changed when the moment actually happened. About 5 minutes afterward in the elevator, she couldn’t stop telling me how happy she was they did it. *Whew!*

Coolest. Elevator. Ever. :)

Another favorite!

I can have a third favorite, right??

Mamma-razzi!

Click here for part two!! <3

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Sarah + Christopher : Nashville Backyard Wedding Part II

August 20, 2013 by Jensey 3 Comments

Continued from Sarah and Christopher’s Wedding Part I. <3

Sarah’s mom did an incredible job on the wedding floral- Look at that bouquet!

The buffet stations were set up in the garage. :)

The band at Sarah’s wedding was the best bluegrass band we’ve ever heard. Imagine our surprise when I asked this man for their card and he tells me they’re not actually a band- Just friends that love to play together. He’s a friend of Sarah’s family… And a dentist. :)

Favorite- Sarah’s father / daughter dance. :)

Sarah’s mom had some fun with Nate and the mustaches. ;)

Sarah and Christopher, we can’t thank y’all enough for letting us be your wedding photographers!!

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Sarah + Christopher : Nashville Backyard Wedding Part I

August 19, 2013 by Jensey 1 Comment

Christopher and Sarah met at their neighborhood pool: She insists it was love at first sight (for her). I should mention here that she was six years old, and Chris was the handsome young lifeguard! Chris always let Sarah and her friends tag along with the “cool guys” in the neighborhood, and Sarah says the highlight of every summer was getting to be a part of Chris’ life. :)

Eventually their friendship turned into more-than-friendship, and Chris sealed the deal by taking a two-week trip to visit Sarah in Paris during her study abroad program and proposing under a weeping willow tree along the Seine. <3

It’s been a year and I still can’t stop swooning over Sarah and Christopher’s wedding. They chose Christopher’s childhood home as their wedding venue, a house and yard that gives the Father of the Bride home a run for its money!