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Per­fec­tion.

There’s no other way to desc­ribe Nicole & Haven’s wed­ding day. The loca­tion, the weather, the peo­ple, the ambiance, the everything. It was simply an affair to remember.

I found my way back over to the Drift­wood early after­noon and met up with the girls get­ting ready. They glos­sed and spra­yed and laughed and cried. From the next cabin over, Haven sent the most per­fect gift and swee­test card ever. Nicole’s hair was ama­zingly intri­cate, yet sim­ple and and com­ple­tely com­pli­men­ted her already natu­ral beauty. She saw her dad. Ever­yone took their turns being overwhel­med and speechless.

The cere­mony began and folks gathe­red around. Each and every one of them impar­ted hap­pi­ness and lon­ge­vity into their wed­ding bands before they said i.do. And did they ever!

Ring bea­rer!

We took a ride to the spot where they wan­ted to do for­mals, only to find there was another wed­ding lite­rally about to hap­pen in the EXACT spot! There are a lot of ‘rules’ I’ll break, and pla­ces I’ll tread, but step­ping on another bride’s day was NOT in the recipe for per­fec­tion. Bai­ley Island, howe­ver, is full of per­fect spots so we drove to the Land’s End and had our way with the edge of the world.

The boys and girls came in sepa­rate cars. The boys snuck beers into their car, and didn’t bring enough for the whole class. So while I was ‘tor­tu­ring’ them with their pic­tu­res, the girls were snea­king sips of the beer!

Nicole had one request — a fun pic­ture of each of her girls’ per­so­na­li­ties. mis­sion accomplished!

Love love love these nautical boutonnieres!

The recep­tion was spec­ta­cu­lar. Full of class and whimsy, and oppor­tu­ni­ties for the guests to leave more than just their name in a guest book. The wishing bott­les hold sec­rets and whis­pers for Nicole & Haven to expe­rience on anni­ver­sa­ries for years to come. What a bri­lliant idea!

Nicole’s wor­king towards her dream is to be a wed­ding plan­ner. She’s hel­ped out here and there before and effort­lessly did all the plan­ning for her own event. It loo­ked like something straight from a maga­zine! She’s star­ted her own busi­ness and if you’re loo­king for a little extra help on, or before your wed­ding day, you should abso­lu­tely check her out at Nicole Mower Events! Not to be outdone, Haven’s mom & family crea­ted ALLL the sweet treats, except the cake, which Haven had sta­yed up baking and deco­ra­ting the night before as a sur­prise for Nicole!

DETAILS!

Puppy kept a watch­ful eye on everything.

BBQ in a wed­ding dress? Of course — when you have a cus­tom bedazz­led apron!

Every time you catch a glimpse of them, even when they don’t know they’re being watched, they’re in love with each other. they’re that genuine. its phenomenal.

Des­serts with a view!

Fan­tas­tic sce­nery and grounds for the guests to min­gle and enjoy the amazingness.

Of all the pla­ces for the bou­quet to land — it chose the lan­tern. Crys­tal found a ride though and grab­bed it down. I think it might be chea­ting because she’s already enga­ged, and had already boo­ked me to shoot her wed­ding before Nicole’s wed­ding day, but it can’t hurt to have rein­for­ce­ments

The eve­ning went splen­didly. I was so SO hono­red to be a part of it.

These two sweet folks took a few minu­tes to write some kind words about me on wed­ding­wire:

Melissa is so fan­tas­tic! Not only is she an ama­zing per­son with a great per­so­na­lity and sense of humor but she’s an inc­re­di­ble pho­to­grapher. She became a fast friend to my hus­band and I and we feel very lucky! When I first met Melissa and saw her work it was obvious how pas­sio­nate she is about this job and I was con­fi­dent she would cap­ture every spe­cial moment of my wedding. 

Melissa went out of her way to help me with everything! She hel­ped my wed­ding party correctly tigh­ten the cor­set in my dress (thank you), she hel­ped me keep the event time­line run­ning smoothly (pho­tos, speeches, etc) since I did not have a DJ or a wed­ding coör­di­na­tor. She also hel­ped my hus­band and I by giving us ins­truc­tions on how to begin the cake cut­ting! 
Also, I can’t remem­ber what it was because the day FLEW by but I reme­me­ber while we were get­ting ready she whip­ped out at least three magi­cal items from her bag of tricks to help me and my wed­ding party. 
It has only been two weeks since my wed­ding so I can NOT wait to see the pho­tos. I’ve only seen a cou­ple of sneak peak pho­tos and I’m dying for the rest! =)
I already have a cou­sin and an old high school class­mate using Melissa for their upco­ming wed­dings and I won’t stop rec­co­men­ding her so book fast if you have an upco­ming event! ?

I’m so exci­ted to work with her friends and family and can’t wait til our paths cross again!