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SB&G Launches Summer/Fall Cover and Shares the cover couple’s story!

Southern Bride & Groom magazine is happy to launch our summer/fall cover this month. Every year, brides and local industry wedding professionals look forward to SB&G’s cover picks, because they are often real brides and grooms from NC’s Triangle Area.

This cover couple is Jill and Dave Padilla, who were married in Raleigh last fall. The moment was captured by Stacy Borelli of Swank Photo Studio as the newlyweds rode from their wedding ceremony to their reception at Solas on the back of Jill’s father’s 1964 cadillac.

Jill is seen in the cover image wearing a stunning bridal gown from Alexia’s Bridal Boutique with a gorgeous bouquet by Fresh Affairs. Her hair was done by Bella Trio and her jewelry is from Bel Canto Designs. Dave wears a tuxedo from Bernard’s Formalwear.

To read more about Jill and Dave’s Real Raleigh wedding, and see a full slideshow of images, click here!

Congrats to Stacy of Swank Photo Studio for being the 2012 Summer/Fall cover photographer!

Golf-Themed Wedding Feature

Golf fan, anyone? This pro golfer and event professional found everything they wanted out of a wedding venue at Raleigh, NC’s TPC at Wakefield Plantation – ambiance, food, and golf!

They had fun with the golf theme, along with the help of their event planner, Erin McLean; their florist, Tre Bella; and TPC’s Event Director Jaclyn Parks. Brian Mullins Photography captured the creativity in his beautiful photography.

For a slideshow of more images, and Jenn & Chris’s love story, visit their wedding feature.

To submit your own wedding for feature consideration, visit our Real Weddings Page.

SB&G Photo Shoot Contest for Triangle NC Couples

As part of our 25th Anniversary Celebration, Southern Bride & Groom, the Triangle’s leading bridal magazine and resource, is hosting a PHOTO SHOOT CONTEST for REAL RALEIGH-DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL COUPLES!

We are looking for a loving LOCAL couple who is engaged or recently-married. We want to hear your story- how you met, fell in love, and got engaged! We also want to see your on camera chemistry since you’ll be SB&G models for the day!

To be considered for this photo shoot, submit your story via the “FEATURE MY WEDDING” tab at the BOTTOM of the REAL WEDDINGS Page. When submitting, make sure to check “Yes” to the box that asks if you’d like to be considered for the Photo Shoot Contest (one of the last questions). Then, email a few wedding or engagement photos of you and your boo to info@southernbrideandgroom.com.

Photo below from last year’s couples’ shoot, by Neil Boyd Photography.

New Real Wedding Feature: Umstead Union

A new real wedding feature is online today. This Cary wedding took place at The Umstead Hotel & Spa, with a team of Southern Bride & Groom vendors including photographer Neil Boyd, Sweet Memories Bakery and Bernard’s Formalwear.

Friends since high school, Bridgette and Nick began dating long-distance after college, and now the pair have ended up in Raleigh. Read the story of their wedding by visiting the Bridgette & Nick Wedding Feature!

To submit your own wedding, click the “Feature My Wedding” button at the bottom of the Real Weddings Page.

New Real Raleigh Wedding Feature Up!

There’s a new “Real Wedding Feature” on Southern Bride & Groom’s website today!

This is a super cute and creative wedding for two dance pros who found each other onstage and have now made their partnership a lifelong one!

Sally Oakley of Sally Oakley Personalized Wedding Planning put together a wonderful team of vendors for this event, including some of SB&G’s family- Saint Mary’s Chapel, Triangle Catering, Island Sound DJ & Video, and of course Luster Studios, who documented the day beautifully.

Read the full story and enjoy Luster’s photos HERE!

Mexico Destination Wedding with Raleigh Reception

SB&G’s latest wedding feature is a special one. Thank you to Brian Mullins Photography, who shared this amazing destination ceremony / hometown reception wedding with us!

Christina and Chris had a special ceremony for just the two of them in Cancun, Mexico – bringing along only Brian Mullins to capture their special day. Then, they had a full out reception for friends and family, at the Grand Marquise Ballroom in Garner, complete with floral arrangements by Fresh Affairs and DJ service by Spin.

Take a look at the full story and more of Brian’s fabulous photography HERE!

To submit your own wedding to be featured, click “Feature my Wedding” at the bottom of our Real Weddings Page.

Engagement Sessions

The E-Session is SO hot right now… And with good reason!

The engagement photo shoot commemorates the most special time between a couple! For most, this is the first time a couple has ever had a series of photographs taken of them, and surely its the first go-round with a professional photographer. This is a time for the happy hubby and wife-to-be to get comfortable both with their photographer, and in front of the camera. And the results? Several framers of you and your fiance that can be used on your Save-The-Dates, in your Wedding Guest Book, as gifts to the in-laws, or just for your own enjoyment (FB Profile Pic!).

This photo-shoot is all about the couple. Yes, the wedding day is about the couple too, but no matter how hard you try to schedule those newlywed shots on your wedding day, there will be less time to focus, and way more adrenaline rushing through you and driving you to get into that reception! If you have had an E-session, not only do you have to stress about getting as many shots together, but you will make more efficient use of the time you do have, because your photographer already understands how to work with you as a couple! So throw that E-session into your photography package – it will definitely be worth it!

Below is a collage of engagement photos by Dara Blakeley Photography ~ this gives an idea of how fun, and rewarding, the E-Session can be!

Pretty in Pink

Ashley Anne Purnell and Colby Allan Mooney met and began dating in 2009. After a few months, Colby’s brigade was called to deploy and leave the country. Ashley and Colby’s relationship grew quickly despite the miles and ocean between them, thanks to free AT&T minutes. When Colby returned home in late February, their relationship continued to grow.

On December 17, 2010, Colby told Ashley he had won tickets to the Cinderella play in town. They attended the play and afterwards Colby asked a stranger to take a picture of the two of them. As the photo was being snapped, Colby got down on one knee and asked Ashley to marry him. “The rest is ‘Happily Ever After,’” says Ashley.

Their wedding theme was “The Perfect Fit” which sprung from the Cinderella story that they watched on the night of their engagement. Ashley used pink throughout the wedding to create a feminine, romantic aura. They were wed on September 17, 2011. Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Mooney!