Greenville Wedding Photographer : Huguenot Loft Wedding : Matt and Rene

Raise your hand if you love cold and flu season!!!  What?  No one?  Well, gee willickers, that's just plain shocking.  Or not.  What I'm really getting at here is that I have a cold, and it's making me grumpy.  I'm reasonably tough about lots of things, but I feel very strongly about being about to breath through both nostrils.  I admit there are perks...staying in sweatpants all day, not feeling the least bit bad about working from the sofa watching Les Miserables on repeat, and eating copious amounts of strawberries because I just like them.  But then we come back to the aforementioned single nostril breathing, and the light pounding in my head that comes with it, and I'm just not sure it's worth it.  Plus it's been several days since I've gotten any natural vitamin D in my life.  Steven has been instructed to only approach me with chocolate, and perhaps a shiny new tabloid magazine.  

I just needed to get that little bit of whining out of my system...every time I complain to Hallie, she just sort of looks at me, and then farts.  Not quite the expression of sympathy I was looking for, but I guess on the plus side, I can't smell anything.  But I digress...and really into a place I don't particularly care to go, so let's move on.

I love looking back on this wedding...everything from the color palette and amazing venues, to just how cute Matt and Rene are together.  It's all so bright and cheery, and it helps me forget that between the weather and the cold (that I WILL whine about until it goes away),  everything seems to look, feel, smell, and even taste gray today.  I think you'll agree...

Church : Grace Church Downtown

Reception : Huguenot Loft

Dress : Poinsett Bride

Flowers : Dahlia

Coordination : B & R Events

Cake : Couture Cakes of Greenville

True story...Steven and I got into wreck on the way to meet up with Matt and Rene at the Hyatt.  It was totally minor, we were both fine, and we even managed to get to the Hyatt on time.  Always leave early, kids...very, very early. Anyway, all was fine, but I'm not exactly famous for handling things like this in a calm fashion.  My hands were shaking up until I actually got together with Rene and her bridesmaids.  They were so sassy and fun that I honestly forgot until the end of the night that part of my car had gotten smashed earlier in the day.

I still maintain that Matt looks like Brendan Fraser...

I love the this...candy buffett before and after.  :-)

Greenville Wedding Photographer : The Loom : Britta and Boykin

Is anyone else as sick of this weather as me?  I know that I normally barter with God that if I can just have the weekend, I won't complain if it's rainy all week, but this dreariness is killing me.  Seriously, between the remnants of the World's Worst Sinus Infection...Ever, and the last 3 days being all gray and damp, I feel like I'm moving so slowly, I may as well be going backwards.  Through pudding.  All I want to do is snuggle up with hot cocoa and a blanket and watch Christmas movies, but I press on.  Although I may be sending spiteful glances in the general direction of Hallie, who is blissfully napping under the tree as I type this.  I can assure you, however, that she does not care how I'm staring at her.  She's warm in her doggie Snuggie and sound asleep.  But I digress.

I'm a little embarrassed to admit that this wedding and the next one will be rounding out my summer weddings.  Yes, summer.  As in, say, July.  It's awful, I know.  Now that I've established that it really is ridiculous that it's gone unblogged for so long, can we talk about how pretty this wedding was?  I love the Loom and everything about working there...from the staff, to the light, to the fabulous couples who get married there, it is a truly top notch experience!

Ceremony and Reception : The Loom

Dress : Poinsett Bride

Hair and Make-up : Cotton Rouge

Band : The Shack Band

It's not uncommon for a bride to put her dress on in a restroom.  The ladies at this shindig took it a step further... 

So pretty...I can't stand it!

First look!

Hi Kari!

In case you couldn't tell, approximately 83% of the guests in attendance were Clemson fans.  

These might just be some of my favorite images ever.  You may have had a Tiger at your wedding, but did you get his digits?  Because Steven Ragan did.  :-)

The old wives tale is true, ladies...Lauren just got engaged!