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About the Cover Bailey Moore and Josh Ringer married at the groom’s family farm in Eatonton.

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From the Editor

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Editor Kathryn Schiliro invites you to Say Yes!

The Do’s and Don’ts

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Learn from others’ mistakes in these cringe-inducing wedding horror stories

10 These wedding-related statistics shed a numerical light on

By the Numbers infinite love

Chic Colors

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What’s in: Gold and blue, purple and green add a chic touch to your special day

Last Glance

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Local wedding parties are using shoes to make a statement

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Love and the Classic City

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Madisonian Brittany DeJarnett and Kevin Kisner bookend their Athens wedding in two of the city’s mainstay venues

Love at the Lake

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A Kentucky bride and groom tee up for their nuptials in a destination wedding at Lake Oconee

My Mother’s Wedding Dress

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Vintage looks add a unique, personal touch to modern weddings

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From the Editor Lake Oconee Living invites you to Say Yes!

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elcome to our second edition of SAY YES!, our annual Weddings & Celebrations Guide, meant to provide you with new ideas and inspiration for your Big Day. In this issue, laugh (and take heed) at weddingrelated horror stories, learn how statistics can shed a new light on weddings, and expand your potential color palette with our take on this season’s hottest color trends.

Don’t miss bride Brittany DeJarnett and groom Kevin Kisner making the most of Athens with their rehearsal dinner and reception venues; the tale of a golf-inspired wedding at Lake Oconee; and local brides who’ve kept their gowns in the family, recycling dresses from previous generations.

Thanks to photographers who shared their work with us, and to Nancy Nolan-Kuperberg of No Regrets Events for helping with preliminary planning.

I hope you enjoy this edition and gain some ideas for your once-in-a-lifetime celebration!

Thanks for saying YES! again!

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Newton’s wedding party jumps for joy. 2 Becca Smith and Michael Malcom ride away quite romantically, in a horse-drawn carriage. 3 Lisa Spagnuolo and Todd Kohout share a smooch. 4 Bride Hannah Ellis is pictured with her bridesmaid. 5 Kathryn Torbett and Justin Kimmel ride away in style. 6 Valerie Lipscomb and Shane Duvall get engaged. photos 1, 3 and 6 by brandy angel of brandy angel photography, photo 2 by anthony thurmond photography, photo 4 by alyssa

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Do’s & the

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weddings and engagements rarely occur without some sort of snafu. see how these lovebirds cope with disaster The Art of Dumpster Diving While interviewing artist Steve Penley for a magazine story, I realized that I’d left my just-received-only-daysearlier engagement ring in the bathroom of an Athens deli after washing my hands. Terrified, I stopped the interview and ran to the bathroom, to the counter where I left it.

My internationally renown artist subject asked if I’d found the ring. After learning the ring was nowhere to be found, we immediately began asking everyone in the restaurant if they’d seen it and, of course, no one had.

Then an employee told me the janitor had been in the bathroom. Of course, his shift was over and he’d left.

My artist subject suggested the ring might have been thrown out with the trash and climbed into the Dumpster to look through the trash, much to my embarrassment and gracious thanks. Later I found out that the custodian had put the ring in his pocket and intended to put it in the lost-and-found, but had forgotten to. I asked him by phone where he was – at a gym across town – and requested he stay put for 20 minutes. I called Mr. Penley out of the Dumpster, to let him know I found the ring.

Shouting behind me, I asked if we could resume the interview when I returned, which he said was OK. With my ring safely on my hand, I got back to the deli, and Mr. Penley gave me a signed print of one of his works. At the bottom he wrote (to my husband): “David, I walked through the Dumpster for you.” I am so thankful for kindness in the midst of hysteria and wear a reminder of that each day.

Do be mindful of the details. Don’t forget to thank the friends, family, and good-natured strangers who help you along the way.

A Groom by Any Other Name…

At my first wedding, the preacher was drunk, and kept calling the groom by the wrong name.

Do appoint someone to make sure the wedding party is ship-shape before the ceremony. Don’t kill your drunk officiant, at least not in front of everyone.

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A Date with Disaster I was a bridesmaid in a beautiful wedding at a family farm in Morgan County. Everyone gathered in the barn for the reception to toast the newlyweds, dinner and dancing. A server came by with a platter of stuffed dates and my friend took one. She took one bite and immediately winced and gagged. “Where is the bathroom?!” she choked, trying to maintain her decorum. I think the caterer goofed and stuffed the dates with something else, because they were foul. I watched my mother, standing on the other side of the room, as a server approached her with a tray of dates. I had a vision of racing across the room, yelling “NOOOOOOOO!” and swatting the date from her hand in slow motion, but in a daughter-of-the-year moment I sat back and giggled while my mom spit the date into her napkin.

Do sample the caterer’s food before the big day. Don’t worry if it’s not perfect the day of – everybody’s there for the cake, anyway.

Islands in the Stream Our wedding was planned for a small island in the middle of the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta on March 30, 1980. Rains and floods submerged the island hours before the ceremony. With no backup plan, (duh!) people started calling, and folks trickled into a friend’s home for several hours. We started drinking champagne while everyone arrived. We were asked to “put down our drinks” so we could get married. It was a very festive wedding ceremony!

Do have a back-up shelter for outdoor weddings.

Don’t panic if it does rain – round up everyone under the shelter and have a good time.

Man on the Run On the day my husband and I said our vows, we rescued a battered wife and two children from her fugitive husband. We were glad to be of help, but it wasn’t your typical fairytale wedding day!

Do remember that while this your big day, it is good to think of others in need. Don’t be insensitive.

Kentucky Fried Wedding John and I were married in a typical late ‘60s, early ‘70s wedding in at a national park in Mississippi– I embroidered a belt that he wore, which later became a headband. His fraternity brother, Dale, flew from Oklahoma to Mississippi, as did my maid of honor.

Neither had a way of getting home. When the wedding was over, we decided to give them a lift. The four of us piled into our heavily decorated yellow Impala, John and Dale riding in the front, and Rita and I in the backseat.

After some time on the road, we got hungry and pulled in at a Kentucky Fried Chicken next to an old man eating fried chicken in his truck. John and Dale, two long-haired hippies, got out first. The man fell out of his truck when he saw two men get out of a car that said “Just Married!”

Do savor time with old friends. Don’t worry what other people think!

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Monkey Love They say bad things come in threes– my daughter’s October wedding is a great example. En route from their home in Vanceville (near Tifton) to the rehearsal dinner in Moultrie, she and her husband-to-be stopped at a convenience store. They quickly discovered they had a stowaway – their cat had ridden in the undercarriage for several miles. They caught him, and put him in the car during the dinner.

The second thing that happened involved a family tradition gone awry. When I was in third grade, my sister made a sock monkey for me. Decades later, when I married, she slipped it into my suitcase for the honeymoon. It was a sweet sentimental gesture, and I wanted to continue the tradition with my daughter. My mother was to bring the sock monkey to the wedding so I could sneak it in my daughter’s bag. My mother loaded it in the van in a polished silver punch bowl. A little later, my other sister got in the van and noticed the smell of something burning. The monkey had combusted in the reflective punch bowl in the hot South Georgia sun!

The third bad thing– my husband and I forgot our video cameras on the big day. Luckily, I had asked a friend to film the wedding. I began to get anxious when she didn’t show. It turns out, my friend was on probation and couldn’t leave her house, and didn’t want to tell me!

Do try to hang on to meaningful family traditions.

Don’t freak out if your plans go up in smoke!

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Weddings

By the Numbers

the world’s longest marriage

86 years, 9 months, & 16 days Herbert Fisher (born June 10, 1905) and Zelmyra Fisher (born Dec. 10, 1907) were married on May 13, 1924 in North Carolina. When Herbert died on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, the couple had been married 86 years, 9 months, and 16 days – the current Guinness World Record.

“There isn’t any secret [to a long marriage]. It was only God that kept us together,” Zelmyra told the AARP. The couple has five children, 10 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. source: aarp.com

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The amount of time the average human will spend kissing in their lifetime, equal to 20,160 minutes. source: psychologytoday.com

while it takes two to say, “i Do,” neat facts about love and marriage are innumerable

61,391 The number of weddings in Georgia in 2011. source: theweddingreport.com

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11,017 ft., 0.5”

The cost of a marriage license in Morgan County (with proof of marriage counseling, $76 without counseling). With marriage counseling, a license in Clarke County costs $27, in Oconee County, $26; in Putnam County, $21; and Greene County, $26.

Length of the longest bridal wedding veil, worn by Sandra Mechleb at her wedding to Chady Abi Younis in Arnaoon, Lebanon, on Oct. 18, 2009.

sources: county probate court websites

source: guinnessworld records.com

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number of states that allow gay marriage: Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Washington, Washington D.C.

states that permit civil unions: California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Wisconsin source: ncsl.org

(I do! x 100)+1 = a whole lotta love

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Always a bride, Lauren Lubeck Blair has said “I do” to David E. Hough Blair 101 times since their original wedding in 1984. Their most recent ceremony took place at The UPS Store, in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 11, 2011. Each of the Blair’s weddings have been in separate locations. source: guinnessworldrecords.com

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Chic Colors

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rustic textures and the warm hue of marigold perks up deep blue in these area weddings

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Acworth and Sean Ellis Crawford at the Washington Grass Inn featured yellow roses. 2 The couple’s handmade decorations continued the color scheme. photos by brandy angel of brandy angel photography 3 Bailey Moore and Josh

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blue

gold & new, borrowed &

Ringer (pictured on the cover) chose a similar color palette for their wedding at the groom’s parents’ house. 4 The bridemaids’ bouquets of poms and baby’s breath pop against their deep blue dresses. 5 The bride prepares for the nuptials. photos by red fly studio

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1 Bride Natalie Silvers, her bridesmaids, and flower girl Zelda look plum adorable in purple. 2 Hydrangeas, tulips, and lilies add rich color to Natalie’s bouquet. Natalie wed Mike Price on Sept. 29, 2012. photos by brandy

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purple

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3 Becca Smith had a tub full of fun at her wedding to Michael Malcom on Oct. 20, 2012. Home-grown hydrangeas in purple and green topped her tiered cake. 4 Lace and rustic textures offset the perky color combination. photos by anthony thurmond photography

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love, music, athens and bookending the nuptials of brittany dejarnett and kevin kisner

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love and

the classic city all roads kept leading back to athens

for University of Georgia alumni Brittany DeJarnett and Kevin Kisner when deciding on a wedding destination. Growing up down the road in historic Madison, in Morgan County, the bride-to-be felt a strong pull to host the wedding there. “Madison is such a special town to get married and it is my hometown. But Athens was special to us.�

Their years at the University of Georgia were special indeed to Brittany and Kevin. A member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, Brittany was involved in many campus organizations.

Kevin was a four-time All-American and captain of the 2005 National Championship UGA golf team. And though married life is busy for this speech pathologist and member of the PGA Tour, they knew life together would hold many trips back to the Classic City, a place they wanted to show their children where they met and where they were married.

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Once deciding on a ceremony at Athens First United Methodist Church, the mother of the groom, Christy Kisner, put a deposit down on a spot for the rehearsal dinner.

Those plans changed after picking up an issue of Garden and Gun. “I read where the Georgia Theatre was reopening with a rooftop restaurant.”

Fire had destroyed the landmark auditorium in June 2009. After extensive rehabilitation, the storied music venue was set to open again in August 2011. Kisner knew it held special significance for the couple, who had met at the theater through mutual friends at a Kinchafoonee Cowboys concert.

As the luck of St. Patty’s allowed, coowner Scott Orvold said their March 17th wedding weekend fell during UGA’s Spring Break. No concerts were scheduled and so the planning commenced. Working closely with Bethany Dodson of Epting Events, Christy let her creativity run with the show.

“Every idea I came up with Lee Epting made it happen – even better than I imagined.”

The night was filled with many showstopping surprises for the soon-to-be

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marrieds. They arrived to find the famous Georgia Theatre marquee announcing “Where Kevin Met Brittany” in lights.

Movie posters with the couple’s engagement photographs were placed in the event frames lining the sidewalk outside. Before entering, guests stepped up to the ticket booth and claimed their ticket baring a photograph of the couple and their name along with number of their table.

The dinner kicked off on the rooftop for cocktails including the Brittini, a special martini named for the bride, and The Kiz, a Crown and Ginger libation. Hors d’oeuvres were passed with green golf tee skewers while a solitary saxophone wailed in the background as family and friends enjoyed the view of downtown Athens at twilight.

For the dinner hour, both floors of the iconic concert hall were transformed into an elegant banquet hall with rows and circles of white-clad tables. The golf-themed dinner menu featured courses: the Green, the Fairway and the Sweet Spot, which was a groom’s cake in the shape of a golf bag.

After toasts, the groom and bride parted ways.

“It was our homage to Madison,”

said Kaye DeJarnett, mother of the bride, on selecting Athens’ TaylorGrady House for the reception. To their family, the historic building built in 1844 represented many of the lovely antebellum houses found in their hometown.

The early spring evening was perfect. Party-goers walked or drove from the church and were greeted by light jazz on the Greek Revival porch. Guests soon moved through the house to a large tent in the backyard.

When the wedding party arrived, the new husband and wife made their grand entrance down the steps in the rear of the house to join family and friends in the large party tent.

Kevin and Brittany took the dance, floor for the first dance sung by longtime friend singer and songwriter, Eric Dodd. While playing a tournament in Boise, Idaho, Kisner discovered an indie artist and brought a CD home to Brittany.

after the “I Do’s” One of the tracks, “From This Day On,” became one of the couple’s favorites. Dodd performed the song while the couple took their first romantic turn around the dance floor as husband and wife.

To provide the perfect blend of relaxed, elegant, Southern cuisine, they called on Vera Stewart, an old friend of the DeJarnetts and onetime home economics teacher in the Morgan County School System. She is founder and owner of VeryVera

based in Augusta, an online cake and gourmet-to-go business that also specializes in catering.

The couple decided on a springtime Southern buffet featuring many of their favorites, such as collards for Kevin and tomato pie for the bride. Other items included fried chicken and Southern salads.

“When it came time to decide on a wedding cake, I couldn’t chose,” Brittany said with a laugh. And

when your caterer in nationally known for her cakes – why should you? Tables out on the lawn held 15 exquisite layer cakes all surrounding a three-tiered Bailey’s Irish Cream wedding cake in honor of their March 17th wedding date.

Cake selections included: Lemon, German Chocolate, Double Chocolate and Caramel. Then there was the famous VeryVera Strawberry cake, which made it to the List of Oprah’s Favorite Things in 2009.

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“Choosing the music for the wedding and the band for the reception were two of our priorities because music means so much to us,” said Kaye. Many know the father of the bride, Stan DeJarnett, as former superintendent of the Morgan County School System. But music has been a lifelong passion of this Music Education major, who began performing on stage with his trumpet at age 9. “Stan listened to hundreds of bands online before making a decision,” laughed Kaye. The band Legacy, out of Atlanta, made the cut with several musicians Stan had played with through the years. How many brides can say that dad jammed with the band onstage at her reception?

As favors, the guests took home golf tees imprinted with the bride and groom’s names along with the wedding date. The couple also made a donation in the honor of their guests to First Tee of Aiken, a charity that fosters the love of the game of golf and its character-building attributes to children in Aiken, South Carolina, Kisner’s hometown and where the newlyweds have settled.

“Everyone loved coming back to Athens so much,” the bride reflected. “The whole weekend was awesome.” The Classic City was the perfect place for the Kisners to start their new life as husband and wife. A one-of-a-kind place where historic meets hip, antebellum intertwines with rock, and white linen is subtlety wrapped with stays of red and black.

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lassic, elegant, and centered around the golfing community at Reynolds Plantation– those were the requests Camille Reilly Morrow of Lexington, Ky. made of her Madison-based wedding planner, Nancy NolanKuperberg. Oh, and there was one more thing– festivities needed to be punctuated with grand splashes of Kentucky Wildcat Blue.

When University of Kentucky graduates Camille Reilly and Nick Morrow, D.M.D., met frequently at social and charity events around Lexington, there never was a shortage of things to chat about once the subject turned to golf or Wildcat sports. Though Nick played baseball and received his undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt, he went to UK dental school and practices in Lexington. “One of our first conversations was about Reynolds Plantation,” remembered Camille. She had mentioned how her parents were planning a second home at Reynolds. This prompted Morrow to divulge his pilgrimage to Reynolds’ TaylorMade Kingdom, a custom club-fitting experience.

After that conversation, Camille said, “It was an instant click.”

Two years later and engaged, the couple decided on a more intimate ceremony rather than a large wedding in either of their hometowns. So, after choosing a destination wedding that would incorporate their shared love of golf, there wasn’t anything left to discuss. As the bride said, “Reynolds is gorgeous. The only thing we talked about was where in Reynolds we were going to get married.”

Though Camille and Nick wanted romance and significance of the ceremony to be centerstage, they also wanted to take advantage of the beautiful, lush fairway vistas of the resort. For the wedding site, they chose a private residence in Great Waters right on the lake with the 15th green as a backdrop. “It overlooked the lake and the golf course. It was the best of both worlds, which was what we were looking for.”

Camille knew that with her job in media sales for the Fox Affiliate in Lexington, she was going to rely heavily on Nolan-Kuperberg’s legwork and decision-making.

“And I told her Kentucky Blue everything,” she laughed.

With the flowers, Gardenia Floral Design created the perfect arrangements that agreed with Reilly-Morrow’s request for traditional and elegant. The bridal bouquet was a rich, romantic display of white roses and hydrangeas punctuated with calla lilies. Each bridesmaid carried an elegant grouping of three calla lilies as well. Cream and blue-tinted hydrangeas lined the banisters and aisles.

They also were found in the table displays and wreaths that hung on the interior and exterior of the house. Not wanting a calliope of flowers competing with each other, the bride said, “The classic simplicity of the design was important to me.”

Nolan-Kuperberg described the couple’s wishes for the ceremony to be separate from the golf-themed weekend: “They were golf fans. The wedding was not about golf.”

But there were plenty of little touches and hints at their love for the sport. Before the ceremony, their favorite pastime played a prominent role in the photographs.

Once dressed in all their finery, the wedding party moved across the cove to the 15th fairway and putting green for pictures.

With the hour approaching for the ceremony, Reynolds’ double-decked Spirit of Oconee picked up guests staying at the Lake Club Marina and Village condos. Not wanting attendees to worry about finding the wedding venue or driving home after the party, the boat was a leisurely ride and scenic way for friends and family to travel to the lakeside wedding venue.

The May weather for the outdoor event was perfect.

The seating was arranged to take full advantage of the lake views during the ceremony. Lee Reilly, mother of the bride, reflected on the setting’s waterfront atmosphere.

“All you could hear was the water lapping on the side of

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the bank. It was so peaceful plans a destination wedding during the ceremony. It was “only the people who truly like a church.” love you are going to come.” was the water lapping on the side of After the newly married The hosts and couple were the bank. It was so peaceful during Dr. and Mrs. Nick Morrow pleasantly surprised how made their way back up the many friends and family did the ceremony. It was like a church.” petal-strewn aisle, guests make the trip. Guests played walked across the lawn to golf, made full use of the spa, – lee reilly, mother of the bride the reception. The party and loved riding the Spirit

by Debra was a gorgeous confection was ready to go late into of Oconee to and from the made of different flavored layers all the evening with strands of cheery party. “Everything we could possibly covered in white roses and trimmed lights strung above the dance need was in close proximity. It was in more of that Kentucky blue. floor and dining area. Beautiful perfect.”

The mother of the bride silver fabric draped the guest In chatting about how the couldn’t have been happier with tables, complimenting rather than newlyweds met, their courtship, and the festivities. The residents of competing with the royal blue of the wedding, Reilly-Morrow laughed Collierville, Tenn., a suburb of bridesmaid’s dresses and other party that everything can be traced to Memphis, have recently broken accents. either golfing or a UK event. It was ground on a second home at After the traditional first dance on the golf course that Camille Reynolds, a place that holds many with her new husband, the bride told her husband of a special latefond memories of week-long golf stepped away and changed into a appearing gift from their May 12 vacations when their children were stunning Marc Valvo party dress. wedding: a little girl due to arrive young. “When Camille and Nick got Feb. 18. And it surely shouldn’t Friends and family celebrated under the stars and enjoyed a delicious meal engaged, all they wanted to do was surprise anyone if baby girl makes go to Reynolds. Nothing else would provided by Hallie Jane’s Catering. her appearance with sparkling eyes in And the cake created by Cake Design do.” She laughed that when a couple a certain shade of blue.

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Mother laughed, “My youngest already knows what she wants to do with it. It will be different on all three. It’s the magic dress.”

– Angelyn Lewis, seen here, with her daughter, Elizabeth Lewis Ford, on her wedding day photo by travis bowles dew

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Vintage looks add a unique, personal touch to modern weddings

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Wedding Dress To capture this retro feel, brides are wearing their mother’s or even their grandmother’s gowns. Though venue, or band for the reception, but if lots of work and expense can go into rehabilitating a honest, most will confide every decision gown, no dress is without hope. Hudson has received antique gowns in paper sacks most laymen would classify pales in comparison to “the dress.” as D.O.A. “They are in shreds, literally. And I end up making a brand new dress that had all the design Many of today’s brides are looking past rows of cookie elements of the original dress.” The size of the original cutter strapless dresses, beyond the almost lingerie-effect dress and the size and shape of the current bride are gowns of recent years, and are saying “yes” to a vintage irrelevant. “I can work with a size 2 dress and make it a dress. “You always look back. You can look forward, but size 18. You can use the essence of a dress and you always look back – that’s what wedding change a lot.” designers do,” said Chris Hudson, MadisonWritten by Wearing vintage also is a way to get based Couture designer.

Jamie Miles that one-of-a-kind look for a lower cost.

Blame it on beautiful Kate Middleton. Her Local boutique Dover Grace Alterative, in Photos special dress influenced the wedding world to once Watkinsville, specializes in vintage wedding again embrace lace, long sleeves, and illusion dresses. It has been proprietor Frances Gibson’s experience necklines just as her husband’s late mother, Princess Diana, that today’s bride wants a dress that fits her personality did for taffeta, puffed sleeves, and voluminous skirts. The and life stage. “They don’t necessarily want to wear their Duchess of Cambridge’s dress was reminiscent of the gown mother’s wedding dress but would like to incorporate Grace Kelly wore to marry the Prince of Monaco in 1956. it in some way.” She also has noticed a trend in vintage “The ‘50s look is very popular right now,” said Hudson. bridal accessories such as garters made from material Trendy illusion necklines and lacy peek-a-boo backs cover salvaged from old gowns. up skin that recent bridal fashion flaunted.

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Flirty, shorter wedding dresses with full, swinging, ‘50s-style skirts are sassing down the aisle this year. Hudson supposed that the higher hemlines might spring from the popularity of Mad Men. Gibson agreed that shorter dresses hold appeal for certain personalities. “People are waiting longer to get married,” Gibson added, “they are expressing themselves and their personality more.” Dover Grace not only carries authentic vintage dresses, but new wedding dresses in the vintage style. Calling it Retro Couture, Gibson said, “Girls are wearing the shorter skirts, pointed pumps, and big hair.” Sounds like all that’s missing is a Don Draper look-alike as best man.

Hudson has found that fewer brides are wearing headpieces. Generally, one bride doesn’t want a veil because her friend didn’t wear one. “Then they are standing in front of the mirror and you put a veil on them.” Hudson added with a laugh, “They are like . . . ‘Oh, that is so pretty.’” Hudson confided that there are things like veils that she doesn’t want to see disappear. At Dover Grace, brides are tending to pick veils trimmed in satin in another nod to the ‘50s bride style.

“Embellishments are back,” said Gibson. Heavy beading and pearls are found all over dresses, especially in heavy jeweled belts along with silver and crystal beading on strapless dresses.

It’s been Hudson’s experience that brides often want to wear a vintage familial dress, but aren’t sure they’ll be happy with the end product for such an important day. Once they start reworking the dress, the bride finds that the essence of the garment is beautiful. Another benefit to older dresses is their workmanship. “You don’t always get that today,” Hudson laughed, “unless you go up, up, up in price.”

Having worked in New York before moving south, she acknowledged a much different feeling here. “It’s much more sentimental, attached to their roots. I think it comes from etiquette that was here forever. In the South, for me, the significance has been toward antiquity. In the look of gowns in all different time periods.”

To find that perfect older dress, wives-to-be can shop online, at vintage stores or poke around grandmother’s attic. With a little creativity, a good cleaning and a few alterations, a bride can end up with a unique, tailored dress, a wedding gown often made with materials and workmanship that aren’t found today without a large price tag. If recent trends continue, the love of preserving and wearing vintage wedding dresses in the South won’t be a tradition that’s gone with the wind anytime soon.

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the Trulock dress a fifth bride for a ‘50s gown

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s a child, Christine Trulock Smith of Madison had heard all about the storied, lacecovered wedding dress her grandmother, Chris Lambert, and mother, Anne Lambert Trulock, wore as brides. Her grandmother’s close friend Eloyse Hyatt first wore the dress in 1953. Then a year later, in 1954, her grandmother became the second bride to wear the dress as she walked down the aisle to marry a young Ezekiel “Roy” Lambert. After that wedding, the dress found a home in Hyatt’s mother’s attic, where it was often subjected to many hours of dress-up play at the hands of the brides’ young daughters. Then the house where the garment was stored caught fire. The dress was forgotten in the blaze until it was discovered wet and badly stained as the family sifted through the charred rubble.

When Eloyse’s daughter, Catherine (who used to play with the dress as a girl), decided to marry in 1983, the dress received its first rehabilitation. Bette Copelan of Madison was entrusted with the task of washing and repairing the dress for its third bride. Seven months

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later, Christine’s mother said her vows. Reflecting on the condition of the gown at her wedding, Trulock laughed, “The sentimentality of the dress was what was important. I came down the aisle in it because the other three women had come down the aisle in it.”

When Christine became engaged, she agreed to try on the dress. “I had always seen pictures of Mama and Chris wearing the dress. I heard stories about how when Mama wore it– it was rotten, bunched up and awful looking.”

She added with a laugh, “I was determined not to wear it.” In spite of her misgivings, she fell in love with it the minute she put it on. Though the bride proceeded to look for and try on many new beautiful gowns, she couldn’t get her mother and grandmother’s dress out of her mind.

With her daughter’s interest in the dress, the mother of the bride decided to have the gown altered.

“The dress really and truly didn’t fit me at my wedding. I just put the dress on because it was the right thing to do– to be the fourth dang bride who wore the dress, “ said Trulock with smile. “My goal was for the dress to fit Christine.” So after surviving little girl play dates, a raging fire, four previous brides, and almost 60 years with nothing but a good washing, mother and daughter carried the dress to designer Chris Hudson.

“Sometimes all that is needed to revive a vintage dress is a good soaking. Then sometimes

it’s a four-month project as was the Trulock gown.” She adjusted the peplum, making it more proportional for Christine’s figure.

The damaged lace in the sleeves was repaired with the antique lace removed from the peplum.

“The beautiful old Chantilly lace was separating. We literally had to applique it back down.” Then there was the issue of the color. Christine laughed that the dress had turned a mocha color “that we kept calling candlelight.” Hudson brought it

back from what she described as a smoky, oyster color, laughing how the odd color made a lot more sense when she learned about the fire.

“It was a huge renovation,” Hudson said with a smile. “I put heart and time and soul into that dress.” And last May, almost 58 years to the day her grandmother wore the gown at her wedding, Christine came down the aisle to meet her groom in the treasured, restored dress.

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the Boerma dress a ‘60s dress finds a new groove

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ackie O. and simple chic were all the rage when Cindy married Roger Boerma in 1968.

Though her girlfriends were walking down the aisle in traditional frills, lace, and full skirts, Cindy chose an elegant, unadorned gown with short sleeves trimmed in heavy Grecian lace.

When daughter LeeAnn Boerma became engaged, they pulled the

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beautiful, A-line, linen dress from her mother’s hope chest. Seeing it again made the mother of the bride reflect on its nontraditional style: “I loved it. Even when I pulled it out after all these years – I still love it. I thought it’s more me than that frilly stuff.” Daughter LeeAnn agreed, that its simplicity fit her taste as well: “I absolutely loved the dress.”

Once removed from the hope chest, it became apparent that time had left its mark on the beautiful, ornate, lace trim. It had dramatically changed from white to yellow. When her mother suggested taking it to a professional to restore the original shade, daughter disagreed, “I think the color got better with age.” She added, “I thought it was really neat that it had aged in the cedar chest my father had given my mother when she was 16.”

After the bride decided she wanted to wear the dress for the rehearsal rather than wedding ceremony, the Boermas carried the gown to Frances Gibson of Dover Grace Alternative Boutique in Watkinsville to see about minor alterations. “When Frances saw the dress, she kept calling my mother a flower child,” laughed LeeAnn. Gibson and her seamstress shortened both the dress and its train. For her June wedding, LeeAnn will wear the train long for the rehearsal ceremony and bustled up for dinner. Both women have always had a special relationship.

Being able to incorporate her mother’s dress into the wedding plans added another layer of sentiment to the nuptials. “Wearing the dress and having us be so close, I can’t explain how excited I am.”

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lizabeth Lewis Ford of Macon had always dreamed of wearing her mother, Angelyn Lewis’, wedding dress. After Lewis married in 1983, the dress was professionally “heirloomed” for long-term storage. At one point prior to Elizabeth’s engagement, they pulled the dress from the air-compressed box to inspect its condition. “It was shriveled and tiny and yellow,” she laughed. “I lost hope that it was going to work.” Mom agreed, “Obviously the heirlooming did not work.”

After an engagement was announced, the women retrieved the dress, which had been hanging in a closet. Over the year’s time, the dress had fallen out to its original size but the “sad gold-brown color” remained. Mother and daughter took the dress to Chris Hudson. At Hudson’s studio, the bride once again tried on the gown. Liking what she saw, she wasn’t 100 percent sure about the long sleeves.

After asking for mom’s approval and with daughter standing at the mirror, Hudson took her shears and sliced off the sleeves. As they fell to the floor, the bride’s reaction was, “I loved it. This is exactly what I wanted.” So then the challenge became restoring the color.

Hudson took apart silk and lace piece-by-piece and soaked the heavily pearl-embellished sections in her magic solutions. Lewis was awed when she saw the wedding dress fully restored. “It was stunning to have this gorgeous dress, and it was exactly what Elizabeth wanted.” Now that the middle Lewis daughter, Mary Kendrick, is to be married in June, Hudson is again reworking the dress by adding a cap sleeve. And with a third daughter in college, will the dress one day get a three-peat? Mother laughed, “My youngest already knows what she wants to do with it. It will be different on all three. It’s the magic dress.”

So if you’re concerned that a vintage wedding gown is a lost cause, think again. There are couture rehab artists and seasoned seamstresses who have expertise in handling heirloom gowns. No dress is too stained or torn; no bride is too tall, wide, or thin.

Placed in the right hands, a familial dress can be the perfect wedding gown for a bride – and her future daughters and granddaughters – to enjoy.

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The Hall on Foster Street at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center offers a unique rental space for weddings. The Hall includes a large event space with a stage, catering kitchen, coat room, and dressing room/bride’s room. A large, lighted parking lot and covered walkway offer an inviting approach for guests.

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1430 Durden Road, Rutledge 404-433-5646 www.sunflowerfarmfestival.com The Sunflower Farm in western Morgan County, Ga. offers a truly beautiful setting for your outdoor wedding event. The farm’s 15-acre sunflower field is in full bloom from mid-June until mid-July and many sunflowers bloom throughout the gardens through summer. Two historic houses surrounded by unique heritage gardens and a stage and picnic area offer the perfect rustic backdrop to any celebration.

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250 North Second St., Madison 706-342-4400 www.bradyinn.com The historic Brady Inn, an 1885 Victorian B&B in the heart of Antebellum Madison, provides personal service, distinctive venues, unique events, and affordable pricing. The Brady Inn’s landscaped wedding gardens offer several options from spacious, formal venues to private, intimate settings. Seven beautifully appointed guest rooms with private baths are available for bridal party and wedding guests. Wedding packages are available.

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The Farmhouse Inn offers events and accommodations in rural Georgia for those wanting to experience a family farm setting.

The charming Farmhouse Inn Bed and Breakfast includes five private guestrooms and a five-bedroom farmhouse for a getaway for two or a family celebration for up to 28 guests. The Red Barn Meeting Room, outdoor terrace and adjacent lawns can be used for rehearsal dinners, farm weddings, business retreats, reunions, and events for up to 300 guests.

Hard Labor Creek is a 6,000-acre park located within minutes of Madison in Rutledge, Ga. The park has many facilities perfect for weddings and receptions, including two group shelters and two large dining halls located within walking distance of spectacular lake views. If lodging is needed, there are 20 affordable and spacious two-bedroom cottages that sleep eight.

1161 Blackwell Road, Newborn 706-557-0407 www.burntpineweddings.com

Burnt Pine is the ideal location for your outdoor wedding, from the rehearsal dinner through the wedding reception.

Fulfill your dreams in a natural, yet elegant and affordable setting. Overnight accommodations are available for 30 guests and a party pavilion with dinner seating for 200. We are accesible from Atlanta and Morgan, Newton, Jasper, Putnam, and Oconee counties. photo by emages photography

1051 Meadow Lane, Madison 706-342-7966 www.thefarmhouseinn.com

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Whether intimate or grand, The James Madison Inn will create the wedding and reception of your dreams with a variety of settings for indoor or outdoor celebrations.

The Round Bowl Springs Gazebo and Event Lawn surrounded by woods, a pond and walking trails will host up to 300 guests, while the James Madison Hall and Daniel Morgan Room will host up to 285 people indoors. For a unique setting, The Variety Works offers a historic setting for up to 250 guests. The James Madison Inn itself has 17 individually themed luxury guest rooms and two grand suites.

The Variety Works is the perfect venue for a Southern destination event. Variety Works, built in the late 1800s as a manufacturing facility, is an ideal indoor option for any season.

The old, wood walls, concrete floor, and stunning chandeliers and sconces create a look that is at once rustic and refined. The Variety Works terrace overlooks the beautiful gardens and Gazebo at Round Bowl Spring. The spring, gardens, and event lawn are a picturesque setting for anyone looking to host an outdoor event. A combination of these two spaces provides an opportunity for guests to enjoy the beauty of both indoors and out. photo by

766 East Avenue, Madison 706-343-9990 www.madisonoaksinn.com

Madison Oaks Inn & Gardens provides an incomparable setting for weddings and receptions. This inn is a historic private estate converted to a Bed & Breakfast and special events facility where you can host your wedding, reception, and rehearsal dinner in one location. You have the advantage of staying in one place, cozy and comfortable, as well as the benefit of a single staff to coordinate everything.

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277 South Main St., Madison 706-342-9627 www.friendsofheritagehall.com Heritage Hall, located in the heart of the Madison and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a beautifully restored and elegantly furnished 1811 Greek Revival home. Period furnishings provide an elegant setting for weddings, receptions, rehearsal dinners, showers, luncheons, and brunches while a lovely lawn and garden provide a pleasant outdoor setting.

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Put on your dancing shoes! these wedding parties are footloose and fancy free!

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her wedding to Josh Ringer‌ but later flip-flopped into some Tevas, which all the groomsmen donned. 2 Her bridesmaids were comfortable and cute in periwinkle wedges. photos by red fly studio 3 The wedding party of Kathryn Torbett and Justin Kimmell booted up for a sweet vintage look. Photos by kaitie bryant photography

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UGA invites you to the perfect wedding

the UgA hotel, located in the heart of the University of georgia campus in Athens, provides all the elements to transform your wedding dreams into reality. from the professional expertise of our wedding planners, to elegant ballrooms, private dining rooms, delectable catering options and stylish amenities, the UgA hotel offers you the perfect wedding venue.

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The Variety Works is the perfect venue for a Southern destination wedding. Built in the late 1800s, it’s an ideal indoor option for any season. Old wood walls and stunning chandeliers and sconces create a look that is at once rustic and refined.

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Let us help you create an extraordinary wedding that is uniquely yours. Our boutiquestyle approach and our highly experienced staff transforms everyday details into works of art—all tailored to your desires… The result…

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