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Kate & Paul's Mini-Mony and Burying of the Bourbon | Lavender Oaks Farm
 
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Kate & Paul’s Mini-Mony

and their Burying of the Bourbon at Lavender Oaks Farm

 

Kate & Paul were and are the sweetest couple that I have had the privilege of documenting. They were originally planning their 2020 wedding at their venue Lavender Oaks Farm in Chapel Hill, NC. 2020 had other plans, and they made the hard decision to postpone their big celebration and instead had the sweetest little ceremony at an AirBnb in Durham, NC. Dont worry, their big shindig is still in the works for next year at Lavender Oaks Farm!

I had a sort of split day affair with these two. In the morning we met at Lavender Oaks Farm and Kate & Paul buried their custom built box of bourbon. If you are not familiar with the tradition of burying the bourbon, its basically a Southern folklore that says if you bury a bottle of bourbon at the site where the couple is to be married it won't rain on their wedding day. Ironically, on this day, it was raining. The fun thing with postponing your wedding is that you can actually do fun stuff like this! Paul custom built this bourbon box and wow! It was the prettiest thing! High fives to Paul for the detail in it!

Later that afternoon, I met these two at their Airbnb. Yall, this Airbnb was house goals! The decor inside gave me so much inspiration. And, to top it off, it had this beautiful wrap around porch that Kate and Paul decided to tie the knot on. Their ceremony was officiated by Kate’s dad and was even livestreamed via zoom. During their ceremony, Kate’s mom gave them mead to drink from an heirloom vessel. For the exchanging of the rings, Kate’s niece was right up there with them and gave the biggest eyes of love as Kate and Paul exchanged wedding rings. It was a touching ceremony. I feel honored to have witnessed it.

Congratulations, Kate & Paul! I am excited to celebrate with you next year!

Special thanks to these vendors!
Venue // Lavender Oaks Farm
Flowers // Bowerbird Flowers

Garrett and Diana | Bury the Bourbon in Greensboro, NC | The Groome Inn

I love it when my couples ask me to partake in their awesome traditions and adventures before their BIG day! Garrett and Diana asked me to photograph them burying the bourbon at their wedding venue and I was oh so ecstatic to see this tradition in action! I had never heard of burying the bourbon before, but now I am wondering how I came this far in life without ever seeing it before. The tradition is to bury a bottle of bourbon 1 month before your wedding date at your wedding venue to ward off wedding day rain. When the wedding day arrives, you retrieve the bourbon and drink it. Seriously, it is that simple. Cheers to no rain on Garrett and Diana's wedding day come September!

Diana's dad made the cutest little bourbon box I ever saw, equipped with a baby shovel to boot. The tiny shovel could not do as much damage to the grave, but it made for really cute photos with the two of them in it. Although Diana and Garrett could not open the box yet, they will soon see the gift inside come September 24th. 

The event took place at Garrett and Diana's wedding venue, The Groome Inn, located in Greensboro, NC. This was my first time visiting, and oh my God was it a beauty! I can not wait to photograph these two love birds on their spoken day of love. How are my couples this amazing?!