A Charlottesville Love Story Colored by Blue Ridge Sunsets

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[field title=”Wedding Colors”]Navy, lighter blues and yellow[/field]
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Having met each other at school in Charlottesville, Virginia, we got to enjoy the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of the Shenandoah National Park together. We also shared many incredible sunsets in our time together in Charlottesville. This helped inspire the range of blues and yellows that we used throughout the event.

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[field title=”Proposal Story”]Coco is a runner and decided to run the St. Louis marathon – which is Willie’s hometown. He popped the question at the end of the race, much to her surprise.[/field]
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[section title=”The Details”]
[field title=”Food & Drink”]We wanted the menu to keep guests going all night long. Guests were greeted with Aperol spritzes and Mount Ida sparkling wine to keep them cool pre-ceremony. After the ceremony a variety of bites were passed during cocktail hour paired with the couples signature cocktails a ranch water for the groom and a cider cocktail for our cider loving bride. A fun twist is you could add a kick to your ranch water by asking for it “Willie style”. Summer in Charlottesville was celebrated using local ingredients for a family style dinner. After dinner guests kept the dance floor full and we refueled them with ham biscuits (Charlottesville’s signature dish) and fried ravioli (a nod to the grooms St. Louis background).[/field]
[field title=”Florals & Decor”]The mountains were the most important part of view and showed up in everything from our save the dates, invitations, cake, to how we structured the ceremony florals. Leaving the flowers to lead guests eye towards the mountains with a lush ombre aisle and a gorgeous grounded arch.

Our day of paper celebrated talavera style designs with blue patterns and talavera tile table numbers.

In the reception tent layered whites, ivories, yellows and blues shown under the sailcloth tent. A gorgeous blue glass charger from BBJ added a fun pop to the tabletop.
As the sunset the tent ceiling of twinkle lights started to glow providing the perfect ambiance for dancing. [/field]
[field title=”Wedding Cake”]Cakes by Rachel provided our cake and the white on white cake continued our mountain theme with the representation of the blue ridge mountains adorning the bottom tier.[/field]
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Ceremony music was carefully selected by the bride using a mix of strings and recorded music. The recessional was exceptionally well timed with lyrics by Chance the rapper. Landslide- groom, grandparent and moms entry (live) Cowboy Take Me Away – the chicks – bridal party (live) Enchanted Taylor Swift- bridal party (live) Love you for a long time- Maggie Rogers -bride (recorded) Recessional- Holy start at 3:06 (recorded) Ohh La La – Faces (recorded) The band was incredible and kept the dance floor rocking all night long. The bride and groom shared their first dance a mashup the band learned. The groom and his mom danced to Proud Mary, it was such a fun and high energy mother son dance.

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[field title=”Special Detail #1″]We did a welcome party structured to have seated appetizers and toasts for an intimate group at Potters cider with stunning tablescapes by Tupelo florals. After that the rest of the guests joined for an incredible stationed welcome party with fun nods to the couples favorite things. We had a signature drink recreated from a trip they had recently taken in the tropics that included ginger beer and pineapple. The venue Potters cider was a nod to the bride’s love of cider. We also had a bluegrass band, as well as a tarot card reader and a magician to keep guests entertained. It was a fantastic event that allowed the bride and groom to soak in time with all of their guests before the big day. [/field]
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