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Carolyn + Justin : Walt Disney World Wedding

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Carolyn and Justin met in Raleigh and had been together about 4 years before planning their wedding. It was Justin who encouraged Carolyn to consider having a Disney wedding! They visited for the first time together as a couple and were hooked. <3

I do feel like once you start to consider a Disney wedding, it’s hard to find an alternative! :)

One of my faaaaaaavorites!!

I looove the foggy feel of these photos around the Yacht and Beach Club!

Marriedddddddddd! <3

Is it a Disney wedding if you don’t serve Mickey waffles?!

These Nate dessert parties I tell you <3

Carolyn and Justin, thank you for having ussssss!! <3

Olivia + Chris : Yacht and Beach Club Wedding

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If you happen to follow us on social media, you may have noticed a major uptick in activity over on the ol’ Instagram, Facebook, and blog!

Turns out, when you live through a pandemic, sell a home, move in with in-laws for a couple months, then to an apartment, then build a home, then move *in* to the home, then move the crap from your storage units into said home, then take a little bit of time to paint and make that home your own, then go from your child being in VPK Monday-Friday to home 24 hours a day while you homeschool *and* carry a full-time job as you work from home, well… things tend to get put on the back-burner. For me, the first to go tends to be blog posts. Followed shortly by social media altogether.

Honestly it’s a wonder we’re still in this business, and I’m forever thankful for everyone being so patient as I slowly chug through our (130+!!!!) blog queue!! I know, I can’t believe it myself. I’m trying to keep up with current events first, and then going completely out of order and sharing past weddings from there. So if we still haven’t gotten to you, I promise it’s coming, but I can’t promise how many months or years it may be until we get to you! <3

Case in point, Olivia and Chris! This blog post is so old that these two have already gotten married, gotten pregnant, and welcomed the most beautiful baby into the world! I wish I could say this was my furthest-back wedding, but there’s no need to answer that, right?! ;)

Venues | Disney’s Shipwreck Beach + Yacht Club Marina
Wedding Planner | Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons (and Cathryne Grooms!)
Hair + Makeup | Beauty Bullies
Entertainment | DJ Willie Lugo
Floral, Cake, Catering | DFTW
Wedding Dress | Waters from Jaehee Bridal

If this isn’t good luck on your wedding morning, I don’t know what is!!

So many favorites, but this one’s way up there!!

Obsessed with this Disney celebrity (and now new mama, too!)

That time Nate was just casually taking location photos and zooms in to see this guy:

Olivia and Chris, thank you for everything!! Squinches to baby Elanor!

Vanessa + Timothy : DCL Wish Wedding!!

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Vanessa and Timothy met freshmen year of high school in PE class. The first interaction? Timothy walked up to Vanessa and said, “I like your shoes.”

Despite that killer first line, they could not stand each other sophomore year; constantly poking fun at each other. Junior year, they started texting and actually enjoying each other’s company. Then they started dating! Vanessa converted Timothy to the Disney side… Fast forward to them planning a Disney wedding for their 10th anniversary! <3

They had one of the most amazing wedding celebrations I’ve seen, from a Grand Floridian wedding to portraits at Wizarding World in Universal (one of my bucket list dream photo locations!!) Nate was lucky to be a small part of their adventure by being brought onboard the Disney Wish to photograph their wedding! And Ollie and I were even *luckier* because we got to come along and make a little family vacation out of it. :)

We also had a first for us- since Vanessa and Timothy only hired Nate to shoot their onboard ceremony and knew Ollie and I were tagging along, they *insisted* we come to their wedding as guests!!! Ollie *still* talks about this, and anytime he sees us editing a wedding, he asks if it’s Vanessa and Timothy! He loved the fancy sparkly blue drink, watching them “put on jewelry and kiss” at the wedding, and it was one of the most fun memories for us as a family; he’s never been able to see us work and I loved showing him what we get to do!!

Wedding Planner | Faith of Disney Cruise Line
Invitations | Jennifer Lauren with JLB Papery

Yes this photo is precious but check out the stud muffin in the pink bow tie in the background!!

  

Omg wedding Ollie maaaaaay just be the best Ollie.

I know it’s not allllll about us, but Timothy peeking around to cheers Ollie just melllllllts meeeeee!!

I spent most of my time making sure he didn’t shout loud questions during the ceremony and helped him so he could eat and drink as cleanly as possible. He still may have spilled my glass of champagne down the front of my dress but this was really, truly a top 10 favorite memory for me!!

Then Nate took them around the Wish for portraits. <3

Waaaaay too many favorites, so more coming on part two! <3