Amy & Ryon | Tuckahoe Plantation | Richmond, Virginia
High school sweethearts, Amy & Ryon got married on the gorgeous grounds of Tuckahoe Plantation. Not only did we get to capture their moments on their wedding day, but we’ve been able to see their relationship grow from the beginning. For us, it was a double honor to be there to celebrate them along with their amazing community!
High school sweethearts, Amy & Ryon got married on the gorgeous grounds of Tuckahoe Plantation. Not only did we get to capture their moments on their wedding day, but we’ve been able to see their relationship grow from the beginning. For us, it was a double honor to be there to celebrate them along with their amazing community! Amy and Ryon, we love your love and can’t believe you made us tear up so much during your day! We’re wishing you an incredible lifetime together!
Venue | Tuckahoe Plantation
Planner | Richmond Bridal Consulting
Florals | Black Creek Flowers and Sweets
DJ | Fantasia DJ's
Cake | The Mixing Bowl Bakery
Catering | Avenue Foods
Hair | Rapunzel, Too
Make-up | Abby Smith
A Little Lunch & Learn
There’s a world within our world that lives and breathes all things wedding. It’s filled with people who delight in knowing the difference between grey-blue and glaucous. People who can help you navigate your internet browser with 14 open tabs. These people are called Wedding Vendors.
There’s a world within our world that lives and breathes all things wedding. It’s filled with people who delight in knowing the difference between grey-blue and glaucous. People who know what time your hair and makeup needs to start for your day to flow like it should. People who can help you navigate your internet browser with 14 open tabs. These people are called Wedding Vendors. And while you’re catching up on the last two years of wedding blogs and Pinterest boards trying to nail down the ideas and words to describe what you want and do it all within your budget – they’ll help you get what you’re looking for.
This year, we’ve made it easy. Kelsey & Nate is teaming up with A Little Party and 8 other vendors to provide A Little Lunch and Learn for 20 engaged ladies. It will be a relaxed event on August 27th, 2016 where we all will be coaching brides on what to expect during the wedding planning process and allowing them to comfortably interact with amazing vendors. It’s going to be a fun, swaggy event, designed to leave you feeling spoiled while also equipping you with the tools you need to plan the wedding that best represents you and your love as a couple.
We’re so excited to be a part of this and can’t wait to see what else A Little Party has up their sleeves for brides. There’s 20 spots and registration is LIVE now. It’s free and sizzlin’ so get it while it’s hot. The winners of the spots will be announced August 1st and I’d love to see your face and your gorgeous ring there.
Too good to be true? Nope. Your average Saturday from 10-1pm? Not a chance. Catch? You get to hang out with me. This is what we call a classic #winwinwin.
So tell a friend and open up one more tab on your browser to this page. Let’s make this world an easy one to navigate.
Melissa & Van | Engagement Photography | Charlottesville, VA
Hanging out with Melissa and Van was like catching up with friends while bringing our cameras along. When there's an effervescent joy between two people, it sure makes a comfortable environment for capturing their moments.
Hanging out with Melissa and Van was like catching up with friends while bringing our cameras along. When there's an effervescent joy between two people, it sure makes a comfortable environment for capturing their moments. We met up at one of our favorite photography locations right between Charlottesville and Lynchburg, Virginia – Sweet Briar College. A relaxed setting for an amazing love proved to be, well, magical. We are so excited for you Melissa and Van and can’t wait to capture your wedding this Fall!
Fuji 400H & Portra 800 shot on Pentax 645Nii
Our Engagement Story
It started with The Hunger Games and ended in tears. Mid-movie, I wanted to know if Katniss lived and Nate didn’t want to ruin my experience by telling me. He was operating under the assumption that everyone enjoys suspense. I had lived enough to know that suspense and I were on a permanent break...
It started with The Hunger Games and ended in tears. Mid-movie, I wanted to know if Katniss lived and Nate didn’t want to ruin my experience by telling me. He was operating under the assumption that everyone enjoys suspense. I had lived enough to know that suspense and I were on a permanent break. It doesn’t feel safe – it’s unsettling. Once Nate filled me in (spoiler alert – she lives) I enjoyed a conflict-free movie and Nate learned something huge – I hate uncertainty. This was a big deal because he was currently trying to make our engagement as suspenseful as possible. Classic Planner-Dating-A-Visionary combo. So, we talked.
Getting married is a big life decision and there’s wisdom in discussing huge choices with your future spouse. We talked about engagement; we looked at rings; heck – we’d even discussed an ideal wedding weekend. Life doesn’t arrive in beautiful packages with a timeline of events and I was realizing that our story might not be perfectly outlined like I wanted it to be.
It was now July and we were moving from Vegas in a month. We weren’t engaged and every date we went on I let my emotions run wild with excitement until I realized it wasn’t the moment #instantdevastation. Nate, being the thoughtful and gracious man he is, let me know that we would be engaged within the next two weeks and that we were going on two dates the first week.
On the first date we skipped the dinner we were too anxious to eat and went straight to Leoné Café; a coffee shop on the outskirts of Vegas that didn’t feel “Vegasy.” Nate ordered me a Mocha and I stirred my spoon in the oversized mug to make sure there wasn’t a ring at the bottom. There wasn’t. While I wrangled my emotions and mind to be fully present, Nate drank my coffee. Note: I’ve tried to like coffee and I have confidence it will happen.
By the time he was finished with my coffee, we had settled into good conversation and I looked down to see the empty mug display the proposal at the bottom. He saw my wide eyes and got down on one knee, said incredible things we both don't remember. The suspense? Gone. Hunger? Back. We now had no secrets, no purposeful hiding of anything. It was done and we were engaged. There were happy tears, photos, and a green flag for all things wedding planning.
The best part was that I was getting to marry my best friend – the most amazing man. I love our proposal story. I love that three years ago we decided to plan a wedding in 2.5 months. I love that he was intentional about this process, that he took into consideration how I was wired, and that the ring was customized just for me. I love that we get to take trips back to Vegas to visit Tivoli Village and soak up the Nevada sun.
This time mattered because it was during this season that we started to dive into how we were wired and how conversations or lack of them could either hinder or help us. We also learned that as soon as you get engaged, questions come pouring in. So here's our top two for those stepping into this season.
Soak It In | There’s lots of things that need to get done for the wedding – they can wait. You don’t have to have a date or venue right away. Just celebrate.
Divide Your Time | It helped us to have intentional wedding planning time and date time where we didn’t have wedding talk at all.
So if you're engaged, congrats! You've got this and we're here to help make sure you pause and breathe in the little moments while we take care of the details.
If you're not engaged but you know that a proposal is right around the corner, keep being present. Don't let suspense steal your joy and make sure you soak in every moment.
And if you're Nate, thanks for being incredibly intentional in everything you do - especially our engagement. I'd say yes again; even if it involves coffee.
From our trip earlier this year visiting at Leoné Café
Fuji 400h & Portra 800 | Shot on Pentax 645nii
