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Styled Shoot: Riverside Pavilion at Sotterley Plantation

November 19, 2015

Sotterley Plantation recently added a new wedding ceremony and reception site on their property — the Riverside Pavilion. The pavilion sits on a secluded, serene area of Sotterley’s land. Its name comes from its direct view overlooking the river. The pavilion can hold 150 people and includes a cottage where the bridal party can get ready.

The purpose of this styled shoot was to show brides how they could use this space for their own wedding. The wonderful vendors listed below added a few rustic touches to enhance the natural beauty of this peaceful location. If you’re outdoors kind of a girl, this is the perfect spot for you!

The following vendors contributed to this styled shoot: Sotterley Plantation, venue; Blondie’s Baking Company, cake; Floral Expessions, flowers; Maryland Country Caterers, linens and place settings; Lex Design Co., graphic design; Today’s Bride & Formal Wear, dress; and Jill Christine Design & Photography, photography.

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For Brides: Southern Maryland Wedding Guide Feature

November 18, 2015

It’s a lot of work to plan a wedding, but if you’re getting married in Southern Maryland, the Southern Maryland Wedding Guide is the place to start! This is the area’s ultimate wedding resource. It includes planning tools and advice, a guide to local wedding venues, articles on the latest wedding trends, and this most recent version includes a styled shoot at Sotterley Plantation that I had the privilege of working on with many other talented vendors!

You can download a copy of the guide here, and then flip to page 18 to see our feature showing off the new Riverside Pavilion at Sotterley! I’ll be sharing more of my favorites and a full list of the vendors who contributed to this styled shoot on the blog tomorrow.

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The G Family: Southern Maryland Fall Pictures

November 17, 2015

Rachael is both a wonderful friend and a talented photographer. Some of my former brides may recognize her as she often assists me with weddings. But every year she takes a break from her spot behind the camera to get in front of it with her sweet family. Her boys’ adorable faces will melt your heart, guaranteed!

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Kateline & Justin: A Southern Maryland Farm Wedding

November 13, 2015

The family that works together, celebrates together! It’s not a saying, but in this case, it should be. When Kateline decided she wanted to marry at her family’s farm, everyone pitched in to fix up the old barn and carve out a place for the ceremony and reception sites. The work they did, along with the efforts of Serendipity Bridal Events, transformed this quiet country farm into a gorgeous wedding venue. And this sweet couple deserved nothing less!

I loved every detail of Kateline and Justin’s wedding — the gift Kateline received the morning of the wedding (a bracelet with numerous charms each selected by a member of her immediate family, her groom and step son), the sunflowers that hung over the arbor where they married and how the teal pick up truck popped against the colors of the field in the background (just to name a few)! The beauty of the day was made complete by this sweet couple and watching how content they were with one another. This family did good!

The great news for everyone else is that this farm is now a wedding venue! So if you love Kateline’s wedding as much as I did, you could have your wedding here too!

The following vendors contributed to this beautiful Southern Maryland farm wedding: decor, wedding planning and dress, Serendipity Bridal Events; ceremony and reception venue, family farm; hair, Katherine Rae Bridal Beauty; videographer, Thuis Studios; photographer, Jill Christine Design and Photography; cake, Almond Creek Cakery; band, Hero; DJs Marc Shubrooks and Jason Thompson; and Bailey’s Party Rentals.

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The Bride’s Choice: Jenny & Shane

November 12, 2015

I’m excited to start a new series on the blog! Week after week, you get to see my favorite images from weddings, but I thought it would also be nice to hear directly from my brides. So this is a chance for them to choose their favorite image from the day and tell us what about the photograph makes it so special to them.

First up is Jenny. You may remember her lovely Historic St. Mary’s City wedding — the one with lots and lots of laughter! Well it should be no surprise then that Jenny chose an image where she and Shane are laughing. Here’s what she had to say about her favorite photo (pictured below) taken during their first dance:

“This photograph is so us. Me laughing hysterically and clearly so joyous, and Shane laughing at me laughing. We love to dance together (although neither of us is particularly skilled!) and I just can’t imagine a photo capturing us and our lovely day better than this one. Plus.. look how handsome he is!”