Raleigh Wedding Blog: Kate Pope Photography

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Friday, March 18, 2016

A Destination Wedding for Glenda and Charlie!

Glenda and Charlie live in Arizona. Glenda's daughter and family live in North Carolina and Charlie's sons live in Virginia. So they decided that Raleigh would be a good place to have their wedding. They found me on line and thought my wedding garden would be perfect followed by a delicious celebration at Vivo Italian Ristorante near by. And so we made the arrangements, The wedding day was Sunday March 6, 2016 and the day dawned with wonderful weather. Even the azaleas decided to bloom early!

Glenda's daughter, Dawn, watches her son Daniel pose for a photo. Daniel was very curious about the wedding and had a lot of questions. A very inquisitive and smart little boy!

Dawn and her daughter, Natasha, pose for a picture. You might think it was Easter Sunday!

The garden is ready and we are waiting for guests to arrive.

When everyone had arrived, it was time to get started getting these two married! Dawn stood up for her mother and Charlie's son, Joe, stood up for his dad. Fallons Flowers provided the pretty boutonnieres and the bouquets. Kate Pope was our photographer. She has photographed many weddings in the garden.

We welcomed everyone and then began with a prayer based on First Corinthians. Then we recognized the couple's adult children and their grandchildren.

And now they make their promises of marriage to each other.

Charlie places the ring on Glenda's finger.

Glenda puts the ring on Charlie's finger now.

The pronouncement of marriage makes their marriage legal.

Charlie goes in for the kiss!

Glenda and Charlie, thanks for finding me and my garden and allowing me the honor of joining you in matrimony. I know your families are excited about your relocating "back East" soon! I wish you all the happiness in the world.

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Heather and Johnny's Beautiful Spring Wedding in my Garden!

Heather contacted me on March 30 about doing their wedding in my garden sometime soon. Seems that she and Johnny have been trying to get married for years! They have known each other for 9 years and have been engaged for 6! In fact, Heather bought her wedding gown 5 years ago! But career changes and advancements for both meant they kept having to relocate and the wedding plans just got postponed over and over. They thought they would just go to the courthouse and get it done until Heather "stumbled across" my website and discovered my wedding garden!

So, on April 11, 2015 we all gathered in my garden. It was a gorgeous spring day and the azaleas were showing off their beauty. Heather's mother and sister and her husband had flown in from Texas for the wedding too.

When we are ready to begin, Johnny's daughter, Lauren walked in from the deck.

Then Amber, Heather's sister, who was her Maid of Honor.

And now our beautiful bride!

She carried a lovely bouquet to which was attached a photo of her father and his wedding ring. He passed away many years ago but he was with us for sure in spirit and in token on their wedding day!

All our guests are standing for the bride!

And we begin with a welcome to all and a prayer.

Then a blessing for Lauren and a little gift for the occasion.

The camellias added their pretty blooms to the mix.

We had quite an age range of guests!

The vows...

The rings......

Feel the happiness in this moment....now turn and gaze about you at all who have come to honor you on your wedding day!

Closing blessing.....

Pronouncement of marriage!

Sealed with a kiss!

Married--at last!!

Lauren is so happy!

Kate Pope photographs a lot of weddings in my garden. She gets some great shots--like this one! You can see more of this wedding on her blog when she posts this wedding.

Heather and her family: Noah and Amber, her mother Judie, Heather and Johnny and Lauren.

And so it is done! Congratulations, Heather and Johnny! I trust you had a fabulous celebration at Angus Barn later and are basking in wedding bliss!

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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Valentine's Day Wedding for Stefan and Michele in my Garden!

Stefan and Michele are a beautiful couple and so much in love! They each independently contacted me on December 30th about officiating their Valentine's Day wedding--Michele through an email from my website and Stefan from Weddingwire. At first I thought they were two different couples! They had not decided on a venue for their wedding so I suggested my garden and they liked the weddings in my garden they saw on this blog. So we met and they booked me and my garden for their wedding. Only their parents would be attending. We came up with a ceremony they loved and were all set for the big day.

Joseph proudly escorted Michele down the aisle. He and Michele's lovely mother Theresa traveled from Oregon to be with us.

Stefan's mother, Karin, traveled all the way from Germany for this auspicious occasion! Unfortunately Stefan's father was unable to make the trip and he was truly missed by all. Look at those fantastic red shoes Michele is wearing!

And so we began the ceremony exactly at 2:14 PM. Kate Pope was our official photographer. Kate does a lot of weddings in my garden and it was good to work with her again. Click here to see Michele and Stefan's wedding photos by Kate too. (The photos on this blog were taken by my husband, Dave, with my digital camera.)

Michele sneaks a peek at her happy parents as I welcomed them all and thanked them for being with us today.

A few words on love and marriage that reflect the couple's beliefs and feelings for each other.

"Stefan do you.....?"

The weather forecast for this day was not looking good at the first of the week. But as time went on, the forecast was for highs in the high 40s, low 50s and that was exactly what we had. The sun was shining and we had a little breeze.