How Things Change



It's been over a year since Keoni Keur shot our Premier W.E.D. "photo shoot". I LOVE the classic shots of the girls and his picture of me in my office will remain a favorite. It is fitting of my every day work (minus the ruffled dress of course! ) and even though I warmly embrace change, it will be hard to replace those photos. However, when Christy Bryan with Waldorf Photographic Art (www.waldorfphotographicart.com) offered to do a shoot for the girls and I, I jumped at the chance!

If you know me at all, then you know I am all about staying current and fresh with out compromising who I am at the heart of design. Christy was not feeling well, traveling in last minute from Memphis from a trip with her husband, she stepped up to the plate to spend a few hours with us downtown. I know she must have been exhausted and she still walked all over with us finding just the right place she thought was great for us to get some good pictures. I am a southern girl at heart, but I have this "funky/urban" part of me that creeps out and I had to explore.


Christy's parent company, Waldorf Photographic Art is out of Knoxville and Bill saw Christy's great talent and asked her to branch out to the Nashville market. The crazy thing is....I met Christy when she photographed a client's wedding (Barbara/Cal's wedding) and while she was shooting that one at the Hutton Hotel, I also had a wedding in Leiper's Fork the same day (Brittney/Austin's wedding) and Bill was shooting it! First time to work with this company at all and I just happen to get both entities! Christy is employed full time with a large Magazine company here in Nashville so she has a great eye for the print. I think she did an amazing job of capturing the fun, relaxed side of my company as well as a little sassiness that has brought me to today! Thank you so much Christy for all your hard work, and patience with four women who were freezing and particular. You are the best! I know that when people turn to our website to find out more about Premier W.E.D. and who is behind the work, your pictures will give them a great sense of fun to come! June, Joanne, Brittany and I are grateful for your expertise. The website will be updated any day with our new head-shots. Thank you!











A big THANK YOU to Sonja Sevin who did our makeup for the photo shoot. She is a great makeup artist who has relocated from FL to the Nashville area and specializes in airbrush application. She also deserves an applause for patience and fast work! We were having to rush just a bit because we all forgot the time change that day and that pushed sunset almost a full hour earlier than expected.

Singing Song Birds


Southern Weddings Magazine Online, this REAL wedding was a pleasure to be a part of. Meg and Josh met on the reality TV series, Nashville Star. Both very talented musicians and VERY creative. The planning process with Meg and her mother, Donna was so fun and I was honored to help execute their plans and ideas. I think having a planer's voice to confirm design ideas and thoughts was all Meg needed!

I still giggle at the day Meg was in my office for a design meeting and somehow the subject of Josh's boy's came up. (The handsome tykes in the photo below!) We soon realized that my daughter Greer and Josh's son Drake had been in preschool together. We then put two and two together that sweet Drake (really is a sweet kid!) had a biting problem his first year at the Preschool and Greer was the last to experience his fetish. I still can see the horror on Meg's face when she realized it was my "Greer" that he bit! As a mother of two....I know that kids go through phases that you aren't always sure they will come out of! Just ask me which phase mine is in at the moment and it will make your jaw drop I'm sure! All that to say...Greer, being the dramatic 2 year old at the time, still talks about the moment and that makes it even funnier. I quickly settled Meg's fear of "Mom going to beat up the kid who bit my kid!". Life happens....But BOY Nashville is so small!

I know that they (Donna and Meg) are starting their own business with vintage finds that will be rented or used for weddings. I hope to have all the information to share with you soon. Not only are Meg and Josh great musicians, but they are up and coming photographers. They studied under their dear friends, The Parsons and do some fantastic work! You should check them out! Souder Photography In the mean time....enjoy this southern song bird's wedding!














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Photos Courtesy of WE ARE THE PARSONS

Damask Fall Wedding at Noah Liff Opera Center



Mary and Terrance were married in early Oct. at the St. John American Church in Nashville with a beautiful fall reception held at The Noah Liff Opera Center. (I blogged about their engagement a few months ago and you can view it here.) The couple had many friends and family who shared their special day with them. It was fun to see the family gather around this couple and embrace them with such excitement.

The design of the evening came to me from the binder that Mary had chosen to hold her wedding details in. She brought the binder to our first meeting and shared with me her favorite colors for the wedding. With out even noticing she had chosen the same for her book, I pointed out the similarities in the binder. We were off from there....Chef's Market brought a fun flare to stations set up around the reception, Village of Flowers created budget friendly arrangements that popped with color and texture. The Bridal bouquet was STUNNING against Mary's dress and beautiful skin! Jay Qual's with Mapel's Wedding Cakes did a fantastic job matching the invitations and Jason Davis handled the warm lighting that providing the mood for the evening. With out Divine Images, I surely couldn't share the fun and beauty of the night! They were "work horses" rallying family and friends for as many shots as they could get. All the while, grabbing the amazing detail shots that I, as a planner, need to show.










Happy 2011 to this couple and their new marriage!

Enjoy the pictures shared with me by Divine Images!