A Summer Evening at the Park

Carrie Barton, more to come

WE MADE THE FEATURE WEDDING ON WEDDINGCHANNEL.COM

Yes, we made the front page! Check out one of my favorite brides from last year, Dori and her hunky man on the front page of weddingchannel.com-
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Carrie Barton Fashion Shoot

My trusty assistant Lauren Cowart of Chapel Hill and I had a great time the other day shooting this gorgeous bride. She is a model from Las Vegas and you can tell every bit of it!
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OK, one more for Marlene . . .

Marlene and Dave

Sometimes the small ones are the best ones. This was an elopement we did last night, so cute!

Erin and Micheal-Wren Chapel, Williamsburg

Oh my goodness

Oh my goodness is right! There have been 15 weddings since the last post. I just can't keep up with the blog with so many gorgeous wedding photos! This engagement photo got me remotivated to show you all tonight - how perfect:)



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Jennifer Mitchell and Jeremy Denney July 4th 2008

JULIE DREELIN'S BEACH PRODUCTIONS RECEIVES THE 2008 READERS CHOICE AWARD

The Bride's Book Announces 2008 Readers Choice Awards
"The Bride's Book" readers award top wedding service providers for 2008
About "The Readers Choice Awards":
The annual Readers Choice Award is an annual award recognizing Carolina businesses that offer superior customer service and excellent quality as defined by local brides. Each year "The Bride's Book" magazine and TheBridesBook.com both based in Chapel Hill, NC ask their readers to nominate their preferred wedding vendors. This year more than 5000 brides nominated businesses throughout the Carolinas via mail-in forms, faxed forms, phone calls and general email messages. The votes were hand tallied and sorted by region after the close date of June 1st.The nominations are solicited in each issue of The Bride's Book magazine, on the website and thru quarterly email newsletters to the magazine's subscription base. All winners will be listed in the 2008 Fall/Winter edition of "The Bride's Book" magazine on sale Oct 1st, thru March 31st. Venues will be "spotlighted". Winners will also be listed on www.TheBridesBook.com by region.

Aly and Rob - June 28th 2008

Thanks for you part in a marvelous series of events topped off by a remarkable wedding ceremony on the beach behind our Corolla Light home! I loved the pictures you had on display at the reception -- and so did the entire group there to celebrate my daughter Alysson's wedding on Saturday. You were always there, showing both creativity and the right kind of needed direction to a group of 175.

The success of the event can be described in many ways, but the one most meaningful to me was the Sunday morning call from my daughter thanking me and telling me that the day had been perfect! Exactly my goal.
Derrick Crandall, father of the bride wrote:
"It has been fun over the past two days as those who watched the ceremony as gawkers have now approached me to say that the event has inspired them -- that they want to know whether they should encourage children and friends to consider Corolla for weddings of their families and friends. I'm sure you can imagine that my answer is a solid yes. The decision to do a destination wedding here made it possible to gather most of our wedding-goers for a solid week, and we had non-stop events ranging from "clan gatherings" at various homes on Corolla Light to a surprise birthday party with an entertainer on the deck of the Corolla Light oceanfront complex to a wonderful rehearsal dinner at the Currituck Club --- and then brunch for 100 (!) at our home on Sunday morning, I had dear friends -- including a former Member of Congress and other worldly folks -- tell me that this was the most fun and most memorable of all their many wedding experiences. And my extended family was ecstatic about the role the wedding played in achieving a long-overdue family reunion."

June 23rd 2008 Wedding

Flying

Going flying above the Outer Banks is always a treat - what a great way to entertain your guests while they are here! Also, my husband there on the right fly's banners for wedding ceremonies up and down the beach all summer. This was just a couple of local jokers and use having a fun afternoon spin -

Lana and Steve's Wedding Day - June 7th 2008

Lana and Steve's wedding was at the Saltaire in Duck on June 7th. We just love the uniform Steve! Lana and Steve used our favorite DJ in town not only for his dedication and personality but he just does a great job every single time, Don from Soundwavz.
They also used Blooms and Jay Bowman - funny, my assistant asked if "Do you ever do weddings with anybody else"-well of course, but they are the best!
As the heat of June fell into evening, the colors of the sky turned a magnificent color of blue right after sunset. We suggested having the dance right at this time for the primo dusk photos, they turned out wonderfully.
Congrats Lana and Steve!
Good luck on your magazine submission-