The Sunshine State lived up to its name on the beautiful wedding day for Megan and Chris. The deep coral bridesmaid dresses along with the various shades of pink and yellow roses in the bouquets and centerpieces added to the bright, spring time feel.

These wonderful photos, shot by the talented Becka and Nate of Studio 222 Photography, really capture the essence of this fun-loving couple.

Megan looked absolutely gorgeous in her Marisa wedding dress and the picture of Chris’ face is priceless when he first catches a glimpse of his bride walking down the aisle.

Take miles of aqua blue water and ocean breezes drifting through palm trees, add in lovers lounging in hammocks and a clear blue sky, and you’ve got the ingredients for one fabulous Florida Wedding!!

Jenn Hopkins of Jenn Hopkins Photography shot Taylor and James’s amazing Florida Keys Wedding. The Keys showcase the idyllic Florida lifestyle; what better place to have a wedding!

Taylor and James make a gorgeous couple, and they used such fun details in their wedding. I LOVE the pink and green color scheme featuring one of my favorite flowers: green cymbidium orchids! They also incorporated starfish into many of their details — the cupcake cake is adorable! After their ceremony, Taylor and James partied the night away under a tiki roof adorned with paper lanterns. This wedding makes me ready for a vacation!

Ceremony & Reception: La Siesta Resort, Islamorada
Make-Up and Hair: KiKi’s Spa and Salon

Get ready for Florida wedding goodness!

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Check out some of the latest designs she has done for recent weddings.

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When most people hear “Florida,” they either think beaches or Disney. While those are two of the many awesome things about Florida, we’re also known for our golf courses, and big beautiful trees dripping with Spanish Moss. This adorable wedding features both! We are so happy to showcase Elizabeth and Jeff’s Sarasota wedding shot by wonderful photographer, Scarlett Lillian! Scarlett did a great job incorporating the golf location into the shots, and there are some stunning images featuring the Spanish Moss!

This wedding also has some adorable details. We love how the bride used hot pink as her accent color with the shoes, bridesmaid bouquets, and the beautiful roses on her cake. It was also such a creative and original idea to use movie titles like Sweet Home Alabama and Something’s Gotta Give on the place cards at each table. Congrats, Elizabeth and Jeff — your wedding was obviously such a sweet celebration of your love!

Here are the vendors:
Florist- Flowers by Fudgie
DJ- Jay Goodley Entertainment Inc.
Venue- The Founders Club
Videographer- Studio 26 Productions
Hair and Makeup- Nuovo Salon

We were delighted when we came across this wedding, shot by one of our favorite photographers, Corinna Hoffman! Candace and Zach are an adorable couple that chose to have their wedding in Jacksonville Beach. Corinna did an amazing job capturing so many of the fun details of this wedding. We love how Candace and Zach incorporated their favorite football team, the Indianapolis Colts, into their wedding! And the bridesmaid dresses are absolutely stunning - Candace chose a beautiful sapphire blue color. She took the traditional “Something Blue” and gave it a modern twist by personalizing her garter with blue ribbon and the Colts emblem. We also loved the elegant carriage horse they chose to use as part of their wedding day.

Here are the wedding details:
Ceremony Venue - First Christian Church
Reception Venue - Casa Marina
Officiant - Bishop Dale Howard, Pastor Galen Scott (no individual website)
Wedding Videographer - Ed Roy
Reception Music - Mike with Magnetix Entertainment
Florist - Diane with Make It Special (no website)
Wedding Cake - Publix
Hair - Betsy Abel (no website)
Makeup - Danielle Henderson (no website)
Limousine Transportation - TBD
Horse-Drawn Carriage - Pinto Carriage Works
Wedding Dress - Maggie Soterro from Park Avenue Bridal
Bridesmaids Dresses - Jordan
Groom and Groomsmen Tuxedos- Men’s Wearhouse: Ralph Lauren
Programs - Cherokee Printing in Jacksonville, FL (no website)
Monogrammed Items - Couture Wedding

It was really sweet how Candace and Zach wanted to pray together before the ceremony but had to make sure there were no sneak peeks!

Congrats Candace and Zach — you had a beautiful day!

We were so excited when we received these photos from Pilster Photography.

Jess and Blake had such a gorgeous day, and we are in love with their venue design, considering they had to change venues at the last minute! They really turned up the glam factor with all the awesome event lighting they used.

This stunning vendor team pulled off Jess and Blake’s big day:

Ceremony Venue: Knowles Memorial Chapel at Rollins College, Winter Park
Reception Venue: The Ballroom at Church Street
Event Design/Planning/Floral: Joyce Adams, Creative Designs Weddings
Catering and Wedding Cake: Puff n’ Stuff Catering
Groom’s “iPhone” Cake: Jennyfer Mancino, The Sugar Suite
DJ: Dennis Michael, VSI Networks
Lighting: Kaleidoscope Lighting
Photo Booth: ShutterBooth
Carriage: High Horse Carriage
Dress: Vera Wang from The Collection
Hair: Clix Hair and Nails
Shoes: Solutions Bridal
Makeup: About Face Design

To see more of this lovely wedding, visit Chad’s blog.

Congrats Jess and Blake from the Florida Bride’s Blog team!

It seems that the creative bar for engagement sessions is continually being pushed further and further as many couples try to plan a shoot that truly showcases their relationship.

Kim and Michael’s engagement session with sweet photographer Corinna Hoffman was no exception. This adorable couple had originally planned an outdoor shoot, as many couples choose, but due to some severe weather, decided to relocate their shoot to the home of Kim’s parents (which is gorgeous by the way!)

Corinna’s creativity really came through in this shoot, and Kim and Michael obviously had a blast participating in all the fun poses and scenes.

We absolutely love the shots where they are making Valentine’s, and the baking scenes in the kitchen!

They did get a tiny weather break and managed to capture some outdoor shots as well.

Enjoy!

Congrats on your engagement, Kim and Michael!

xoxo,

Cassandra

So, I don’t know how I’ve been a Florida girl almost my whole life, and I still haven’t made it down to visit the Florida keys!
Well, these pictures have renewed again my desire to visit this gorgeous part of our state!

Many couples have discovered the beauty of the Florida Keys, and Jade and Aaron were no different. This Alabama couple’s lovely Marathon, FL wedding was shot by Becka and Nate of Studio 222 Photography. The location, the couple, the details, all of it is just beautiful. We love Jade’s stunning bouquet of white roses, white mini callas, and hypericum berries. The girls spiced things up with their orange bouquets, and we love the orange mokara orchids for a tropical feel.

What a beautiful setting and celebration: Jade and Aaron, we wish you all the best in your marriage!

To see more from this beautiful wedding, visit the Studio 222 Photography Blog.

I was so excited when photographer Jess Cumbie told me about these photos. The photos are fantastic of course, but even more than that, I love what they showcase. This is such a simple, sweet wedding, and it goes to show you that an elaborate, expensive production is not necessary for wedding gorgeousness. This adorable, fun-loving couple chose a Disney wedding ceremony in front of a handful of close family and friends. They didn’t have a traditional reception. But they did have some fun details, and they took the time to get some amazing pictures with Jess!

Take a peek!

Teresa and Nelson had such a beautiful wedding day, and it was all captured by the fabulous Scarlett Lillian. Teresa is such a chic bride, and we love all the amazing details she incorporated throughout the day. Her funky color scheme of bright green paired with modern black and white is perfect for the modern Florida bride. And her amazing Manolo Blahnik heels are to die for! Teresa chose her wedding venue as St. Augustine, Florida’s Casa Monica Hotel, and the ceremony was held in the stunning Sultan’s Pavilion, complete with lavish draping and accented with black chandeliers. With such a stylish bride and such fun details, we knew this was a wedding for the Florida Bride’s Blog readers! Enjoy!

Wedding Details:

VENUE: Casa Monica Hotel
COORDINATOR: The Big Event
PHOTOGRAPHER: Scarlett Lillian
FLORIST: Riverside Flowers & Event Design
OFFICIANT: The Rev. Canon Ian Anderson
MAKE UP: Kimtasha Armstrong
CAKE: Avondale Cake Shoppe 904.994.5516
CUPCAKES: Luli’s Cupcakes
DJ: Jacob Towe, Your Event Answer

Congratulations Teresa and Nelson from the Florida Bride’s Blog girls!

Florida Bride’s Blog Vendor Corinna Hoffman sent us these fun fall wedding images.

Stephanie and John were married in October and had some gorgeous fall colors. We still can’t get over the DIY flowers that the bride and her family made, and the fact that the mother of the bride made the wedding cake!

Fun Fact: Another Florida Bride’s Blog Vendor, Stephanie Lynn, was a bridesmaid in this wedding!

Wedding Details:

Ceremony and Reception Location: Embassy Suites, Jacksonville
Photography: Corinna Hoffman
Flowers: Bride, Bride’s Mother and Grandmother
Cake: Bride’s Mother
DJ: Larry Blackburn
Videographer: S&B Wedding Images

Congrats Stephanie and John! What a lovely day, and we wish you both a beautiful marriage.

When I saw this adorable session by Dana Goodson, I just knew I had to share it!!

Between an amazingly hot couple (Jenn and Adam), three outfit changes, and multiple funky Atlantic Beach locations, this shoot is brimming with fun, originality, and sexiness!

Dana Goodson did an awesome job with this session, and Jenn and Adam showed so much personality and love. While they did end with some “traditional” shots on the beach, other locations include Pete’s (a local dive bar), a cigar shop, and the gorgeous One Ocean Hotel.

Enjoy!

Congrats Jenn and Adam! Can’t wait to see your wedding next year!

Hello Lovely  Blog Readers — so sorry the Florida Bride’s Blog girls have been MIA for a few weeks!! Between both Danielle and Cassandra getting sick, craziness at work/jobs/wedding clients, and the holiday rush, we haven’t had as much time for blogging!!

BUT we are back this week with some fun sessions to share and some planning tips, and gearing up for an awesome 2010!!

Photographers, we’re on the lookout for some fun and fresh weddings from this fall — if you have a shoot you think we may like, send a teaser our way!

Brides, if you’re interested in being featured as a Real Florida Bride, send us a recent pic of you and your man, along with some details about your upcoming wedding!

And as always, feel free to email planning questions — we’d love to answer your questions in our Planning 101 series.

Stay tuned!!!

Hello Readers,

The Florida Brides Blog team wanted to wish you all a blessed Thanksgiving week!

We will be back the following week with lots of fun stuff to share!

Have a great time with your spouse, family, and loved ones and thank God for your many blessings!

Gobble Gobble, and don’t eat to much!

Love, Danielle and Cassandra

Tiffany and Josh were married on September 26, 2009. This bright, cheerful, fun, and lively wedding was shot by Brooke Images. This couple is seriously, to gorgeous for words, WOW!! They have to be models, what a stunning bride and a handsome groom! Best wishes to Tiffany and Josh!

Wedding venue : Casa Marina Jacksonville Beach FL

Wedding dress and Bridesmaid dresses : Davids Bridal

Cake : Cinotti’s Bakery

DJ : Jerry Blankenship

We love Brooke Images over here at Florida Brides Blog and they always seem the have the best clients! When I saw Ashley from Brooke Images post Jeff and Brooke’s Engagement session shoot around St. Augustine, I knew I had to share it with you all! This couple is gorgeous, they are so happily in love! They are getting married in March at the Casa Marina in Jacksonville, we will be sure to show their wedding day when the times comes!

Adina and Rudy were married in Jacksonville, Fl in the San Marco area! Adina has style, and did a great job with her wedding! We love everything about this wedding! It is tres chic and just too cute!

Dana Goodson Photography shot this bright, cheerful, and cute wedding!

The Brides in this photo shoot are just lovely! The Studio 516 Photography by Natasja are just so darling!

We just had to share these adorable photos with you all!

This gorgeous Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida wedding was shot by Florida Bride’s Blog Vendor Corinna Hoffman!

We love the elegance and simple beauty of this celebration. The bride’s bouquet of white, creamy roses and simple calla lilies provides a perfect foil to the bridesmaids’ burgundy color scheme.

Also, be sure to check out the reception pictures at the end. In addition to lots of fun dancing, this party had some awesome draping and lighting!!

Wedding Details:
Ceremony Venue: Palms Presbyterian Church
Reception Venue: Ponte Vedra Inn and Club
Hair and Makeup: Nancy Morrow, Albert Paul’s Salon at Sawgrass
Wedding Dress: Love, A Bridal Boutique
Florist: Wilson’s Limited, Inc.
Cake: Linda Weeks
Music: The Faze Band
Videographer: Turner Classic Weddings

Congratulations, Megan and Dan! We wish you all the best.

Madeline and Patrick were breathtaking at their  Carillon Beach Wedding. The one and only Vue Photography shot this amazing wedding! It is over the top and just out of this world! Love it! With flowers by NouveauFlowers and a delicious cake by  Confections on the Coast.