Brown Mountain Beach Resort - Suzanne + Adam Wedding Sneak Peak- First Look

What a stunning venue and such an amazing day! The sun was shining for Suzanne and Adam’s first look, and even though ominous dark grey clouds were rolling in, everything held off and the ceremony was able to be held on the beach side with the river and mountains in the background. Good weather luck!

All these amazing vendors put in their creative love into this special day and it showed in every corner of this venue. Many joyous wishes to you both, Suzanne and Adam! Keep on loving each other and making each other laugh through your many happy years together.

Vendors

Planner- Plain With Sprinkles

Venue- Brown Mountain Beach Resort

Catering + Bar- Smash Events

Photographer- Amelia Fletcher Photography

Videography- Studio Misha

Flowers- Carolina Flowers

Officiant- Love & Wisdom Inc./AVL Marriages

Music- Diamond River Band

Hair/MakeUP- Ali Lawless

Dessert- Layerd by Lex

Vintage Rentals- A Bushel and A Peck

Rentals- Valley Rental Center

Transportation- Emma Bus

Kansas + Trey Wedding Highlight Video

VENDORS WHO ROCK

Photography and Video: Studio Misha

Makeup: Beauty by Whitssworld

Hair: Shaylon Tierra Rice

Flowers: Natalie Jones with Mountain Life Services Inc.

Cake: Kay Jones

Catering: Mama Bear's Food Truck

Band: Random Strangers

Rentals- Professional Party Rentals

Roan Mountain Wedding- Annamarie + Jeff

This had to be one of the most beautiful days ever! Roan Mountain is always pretty but today it was majestic. When Annamarie and Jeff told me they were going to do their wedding up there I was thrilled. After a hike up that was a little longer then 5 minutes (ha ha, you had to be there to get it) we reached the top of the bald and found the perfect spot. Jeff and Annamarie, like so many other couples this year, postponed their big wedding plans until next year, but didn’t want to postpone being married. So here we gathered, at the top of the mountain surrounded by trees, sky, and views of blue mountains in the distance.

It was a beautiful moment when Annamarie crested the hill and came into view, arm and arm with her parents, making her way to her husband to be, Jeff. They held hands, and the anticipation and love shining between them was palpable. Along with my two stationary cameras, Jeff had a Facebook live going to connect people who couldn’t make it to the ceremony but still wanted to be present. SO amazing! If you were one of those people watching please leave a comment and share your experience. I would love to hear what it was like to experience being on the mountain with us from wherever you were around the US. They read their own vows to each other, which is always such a beautiful and meaningful touch to a ceremony, and then at last they were united together forever. “This is the marriage of equals”

We all made our way down the mountain, snapping pics and shooting video along the way. And it only got a little chilly at the end. Most beautiful day ever! I am so honored that you both would choose me as your videographer to be a part of this incredible day. I hope these memories will instantly transport you back to the top of this mountain, holding each other, and feeling that elated sense of unity and love. I wish you decades of joyous moments together, loving compassion for each other, and prosperity in whatever you set your hearts to.

(for the purpose of this blog and the video only, the photos included in this post are by Studio Misha. Fabulous photography day of is below.)

VENDOR LOVE

Videography - Studio Misha

Photography- Emily Anderson of Windsor Grey Photography

Flowers- Purchased from Carolina Flowers Farm and Florist

Hair- Karma Salon & Boutique

Rebecca + Connor - St. John in the Wilderness & Black Tie Afterparty

I would have to say that no two wedding videos are ever the same. There’s no cookie cutter recipe that I use, and from beginning to end it totally depends on the couple and the events that unfold. Nothing could be more true than this one! It was a perfect duo of sentiment and classic beauty mixed with uninhibited joy and fun. So how to tackle the video and make ONE highlight? I decided it simply had to be….both!

They had a beautiful ceremony planned at St. John in the Wilderness, with an impressive bridal party: 10 on the bride side and 13 on the grooms. Each bridesmaid held a gorgeous bouquet of flowers. These flowers were everywhere, bathing the ceremony and reception in beauty and color. Every pew was packed full of elegant wedding guests, laughing and crying along with the ceremony.

Then followed by the reception at Rebecca’s parent’s home in Flat Rock, NC. She had given me a tour of the reception site (her ) many months before her wedding date. She pointed where the white tents were gonna be set up, and described a “ladder dance” of which I had never heard before. How can there be so many people on the dance floor you would need a ladder? Post reception….it became clear. This was a rockin’ party with everyone busting a groove on the dance floor and not stopping until late into the night. Rebecca and her Dad started it off with “Who’s That Lady?”, with Connor and Mom jiving to “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)”. Not to be outdone, Rebecca and Connor’s first dance was to “Give It To Me Baby” by Rick James. The AMAZING live band, The Black and Blue Effect, was one of the most talented and spectacular bands I’ve seen at a wedding in my career. The singers, the musicians, the amount of songs they knew, their energy! and an OUTFIT CHANGE halfway through the performance! Never seen that before! Rebecca had requested NO slow songs for the reception, and they kept up the pace keeping everyone partying along with them.

So here is my highlight video for this amazing couple. Thank you for choosing me to be your wedding videographer! Rebecca wrote me after her full wedding video and said, “We quite literally laughed and cried our way through it.” That’s the greatest compliment I could ever receive. May you laugh and cry (tears of joy of course) for many more years to come. And I hope you eel the love, joy and happiness of these moments every time you watch your videos. Many happy wishes to you both!

Amazing Vendors

Ceremony Site- St. John in the Wilderness

Flowers- Bloom Room

Caterer- Colorful Palate

Cake- 50/fifty

Hair/Makeup- Lola salon

Band- Black and Blue Experience with East Coast Entertainment

Classic Event Rentals

Photographer- Jeremy Russell Photography

Event Coordinator/Planner- Katy Nevel