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Jackie + Eddie : Up the Creek Farms Wedding in Malabar, Florida

August 7, 2023 by Jensey Leave a Comment

Nate and I listed our home for sale in May of 2021. A few days later, I get a message from our past bride Amanda asking if we were selling our home. Her sister was looking for one in Winter Garden and thought she saw some familiar faces in photos on the walls. :)

Long story short, it sounds like Jackie was having a hard time finding a home (this was in peak crazy selling season!) and her mom encouraged her to up her budget a little bit. Mom ended up finding OUR home in her searching, telling Jackie, “see! The Roots’s home would have been a perfect fit, but now it’s under contract- you waited too long!”

Lucky for us, the stars aligned and that contract fell through. Jackie and Eddie ended up buying our home! I was *devastated* to move… Nate and I built it, choosing every cabinet, paint color, lighting fixture, and had the prettiest living room wallpaper. Even more than that, our good friend painted the most magical Small World nursery and it was truly a home I saw us in forever. I am so happy that it went to a couple that I know will love and care for it like we did, a pup Ace to fill the pup-size hole left by Huck, and (selfishly) we get to now visit someday!! This way, I don’t need to creepily knock on the door of a stranger or feel weird making slow drive-bys wondering what it looks like now. I can just call my friend Jackie and say, “HEY! Let’s have a BBQ. And by that I mean YOU need to have a BBQ and invite us over! And also can you please invite your family because we miss everybody.” <3

First things first for this wedding… 2023 seems to be the year of dogs at weddings and I could not be more here for it if I tried. Hi Ace!! <3

The wedding was held at Up the Creek Farms in Malabar, Florida. This venue was perfect for them: a *killer* getting ready suite, whimsical outdoor wedding ceremony site under majestic mossy trees, and just down the path, a rustic indoor reception venue with wooden beams. Everything was *right* there which ended up being incredibly convenient as we spent the day dodging rain drops!

Yep. Our first champagne gun at a wedding!

Alright Jackie and Eddie… How about that BBQ?! We love y’all!!

Vanessa + Timothy : DCL Wish Wedding!!

July 28, 2023 by Jensey 1 Comment

Vanessa and Timothy met freshmen year of high school in PE class. The first interaction? Timothy walked up to Vanessa and said, “I like your shoes.”

Despite that killer first line, they could not stand each other sophomore year; constantly poking fun at each other. Junior year, they started texting and actually enjoying each other’s company. Then they started dating! Vanessa converted Timothy to the Disney side… Fast forward to them planning a Disney wedding for their 10th anniversary! <3

They had one of the most amazing wedding celebrations I’ve seen, from a Grand Floridian wedding to portraits at Wizarding World in Universal (one of my bucket list dream photo locations!!) Nate was lucky to be a small part of their adventure by being brought onboard the Disney Wish to photograph their wedding! And Ollie and I were even *luckier* because we got to come along and make a little family vacation out of it. :)

We also had a first for us- since Vanessa and Timothy only hired Nate to shoot their onboard ceremony and knew Ollie and I were tagging along, they *insisted* we come to their wedding as guests!!! Ollie *still* talks about this, and anytime he sees us editing a wedding, he asks if it’s Vanessa and Timothy! He loved the fancy sparkly blue drink, watching them “put on jewelry and kiss” at the wedding, and it was one of the most fun memories for us as a family; he’s never been able to see us work and I loved showing him what we get to do!!

Venue | Nightingale’s Piano Bar aboard the Disney Wish

Wedding Planner | Faith of Disney Cruise Line

Hair + Makeup | Yanice of The Bella Agency

Floral | Disney Cruise Line floral
Wedding Dress | Maggie Sottero Shasta ball gown and Maggie Sottero Hesper gown

Cake Designer | Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings Disney Cruise Line Bakery

Invitations | Jennifer Lauren with JLB Papery

Yes this photo is precious but check out the stud muffin in the pink bow tie in the background!!

Omg wedding Ollie maaaaaay just be the best Ollie.

I know it’s not allllll about us, but Timothy peeking around to cheers Ollie just melllllllts meeeeee!!

I spent most of my time making sure he didn’t shout loud questions during the ceremony and helped him so he could eat and drink as cleanly as possible. He still may have spilled my glass of champagne down the front of my dress but this was really, truly a top 10 favorite memory for me!!