extra helping of southern charm.

I hope you all had a great start to the week! As promised yesterday, here is an extra helping 
of southern charm to help you get through this Wednesday!

After the meet-up on Saturday morning, I roamed the city for a few hours solo...yes, solo. {cv} was slaving away back at the hotel and I decided to make the most of it. With my photography class under my belt, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try out a few of my new skills. {You saw some of the pictures from that walk in my windowboxes post last Thursday!} At the suggestion of {jt}, I grabbed lunch at Fast & French {otherwise known as Gaulart & Maliclet}--satisfying an undying craving of mine in the form of a delicious croque monsieur.

I headed back to the hotel around three, with cupcakes in hand, to give {cv} a little celebratory boost before we gussied up for the wedding. I dragged my Nikon D5000 to the wedding--and I'm so happy I did! {lh} and {bh} got married in the stunning French Huguenot Church in downtown Charleston. Their celebration continued at the Old Rice Mill, just a short trolley ride from the church. 


Their venue exuded Southern charm from the first moment we arrived. {I sported my Rent The Runway dress and I couldn't have been happier with this Shoshanna rental! Though I'd never buy a pink dress, it was fun to sport one for a night!}


{lh} and {bh} threw a spectacular party, complete with a killer band, off-the-charts food stations, and two very tasty cakes. {lh} looked positively gorgeous! My favorite part of the night? Seeing {bh} so enthralled with his brand-new wife that he never took his eyes off of her! {cv} and I were so honored to be guests at such a fabulous celebration :)

Have you ever been to a wedding in Charleston? 
What are your favorite "southern" wedding touches?

Endless love to the {h}'s! You deserve a lifetime of happiness and we can't wait to see that come to fruition! Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone! xoxo {av}


P.S. Yours truly will be making a trip to NYC for the Royal Wedding! {more on that next week!}

Over that weekend, I have lots of fun plans with my girlfriends, but one that involves a few new friends too! I'll be joining a few other lovely {actual NYC} bloggers in hosting a little New York City blogger meet-up!

If you're in the City that weekend and would like to join in the fun, send over your email RSVP! The meet-up will be on Sunday morning, May 1st--and we would love to put a face with your blog :) More details will be emailed to you before the event! YAY!


23 comments:

  1. What a beautiful wedding! I love the brick building! And I want to try RTR but I keep backing out... I'm a little nervous about it but that's great that it worked well for you!

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  2. Congrats to the happy couple!

    Monique xx

    misszuman.blogspot.com

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  3. I love Charleston! That venue was so gorgeous (as was the bride!) I love exposed brick walls!

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  4. As always, I LOVE your pictures! The wedding looked lovely, as did your pink dress! I've ALWAYS dreamed of a Charleston wedding. As luck would have it, my beau was born and raised in Charleston and his family owns a restaurant there. Looks like it may be in the stars! Can't wait to read about your NYC blog meet-up!
    Happy Hump Day, {av}!

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  5. Pretty pretty wedding! And the NY meetup sounds like it will be so fun! Wish I could make it!

    bailey

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  6. Gorgeous wedding! I LOVE Charleston! My brother in law goes to College of Charleston, although graduating next month and moving to TX. I'll miss having a family reason to go!

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  7. congratulations to the happy couple

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  8. Great pictures! Love love love southern weddings. I love when drinks are served out of mason jars. :)

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  9. Beautiful wedding! I've never been to Charleston & am not a huge fan of the south, but they sure do know how to throw events down there. :)

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  10. i love the south but have never been to charleston! it's on my list. :)

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  11. Charleston is at the top of my list of places I MUST visit! Hopefully soon... :)

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  12. love the pics av! so wish i could go to the ny blogger meet up..how fun!

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  13. what a sweet wedding! and i adore your pink dress - very fun!
    you kill me with your graphics! i love the blogger meet up one! haha!
    too bad i don't come back to america till the 31st! :(

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  14. Way jealous you'll be in NYC for the royal wedding. I would kill to be there!

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  15. You look great in your RTR dress! I think I might do that for the wedding I"m goign to in June. Sure beats shelling out more money for another dress because I really don't want to wear any of the others I have even though I should. I did RTR for my bachelorette party and loved the dress I wore. Such a great service.

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  16. Stunning wedding! Jealous of the NYC trip/ meet up. Have a blast!

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  17. Oh my GOSH Charleston is one of my most favorite places on earth! That's where WE got married! :) We're also going back in June for another wedding and are so excited! Looks like you had an amazing time and I LOVE your dress! :)

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  18. You look so beautiful AV :) As usual! xo
    And Jealous of the meet up. Sounds so fabulous!

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  19. Beautiful photos - and I love the pink dress... you totally rock it!

    I also sometimes love walking around a new city on my own!

    xoxo
    Jenna

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  20. You look SO cute in your pink dress! What a lovely wedding!
    <3 leigh

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  21. You two look terrific, and what a gorgeous, classic wedding! I'm smitten!

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  22. My sisters wedding was in Charleston!! It was so beautiful and southern! My cousins actually getting married there in June, so we're heading back to the city of romance and southern hospitality for more wedding festivities!!

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