Weddings by Jess

Shelby and Darrin were married last October in a cool, fall ceremony held at Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory. It rained the day before, but it luckily held out for their entire wedding day!

Their photographer was Jonathan Hobson of Vizarti Studios, who took all of these photos.

Here’s my cameo of helping the bride up to the ceremony area by holding her train out of the mud.

Ralph Griggs officiated the ceremony, which was held on the back lawn of the observatory.

The reception was held under a tent provided by Nashville Tent & Awning. They have a special tent that perfectly fits the back of the observatory. Chairs and linens were rented from Grand Central Party, and Nashville Event Lighting did a romantic orange wash on the ceiling of the tent. Shelby and Darrin also wanted a custom gobo, so they ordered one from goboman.com for use in my projector.

The cakes were done by Mary Asherbranner, and the reception was catered by Down South Delights. Ben Hamric was the bartender for the evening. For table centerpieces, we stuck with the fall theme and picked up some pumpkins and faux fall leaves. Some candlelight completed the ambiance during the evening reception.

I’m so glad I could be a part of their day!

Here is an inspiration board for Jessica and Danny’s garden wedding at The Hermitage.

Top: Centerpiece from My Cleveland Wedding; gown by Jim Hjelm; bouquet from yoraflee on The Knot
Middle: Topiaries from The Knot; cake by Pink Cake Box; bouquet from Love and Splendor
Bottom: Drinks from Martha Stewart; bridesmaid dress from Alfred Angelo

Here is the inspiration board I created for Shelby and Darrin’s October wedding.

Top: Bridesmaid dress from David’s Bridal; pumpkin centerpiece from iStockphoto; gossamer decorations for unknown source
Middle: Orange Asiatic lilies with red gerbera daisies from FTD.com; pumpkin centerpiece from The Knot; fall ribbon decor from Oh Happy Day
Bottom: Dyer Observatory; leaves and candles from Superweddings.com; orange lilies and roses from NCBuy