A Southern Spring Affair With an Epic Escort Card Display

Lauren Megerdichian
May 18, 2022
Categories: Real Weddings, Romantic, The Blog

Today’s southern nuptials planned by Ashley Rhodes brought a tropical twist to Lowcountry. Em Creative Floral created the most stunning arrangements teeming with tropical foliage, along with a classic all-white bouquet made entirely of peonies for the blushing bride. The two tied the knot on the fifth of May, and as an ode to their wedding date, guests were greeted at the tented reception with a viral-worthy Maraca themed escort card display. Don’t miss out on the full gallery from Amy Arrington Photography to see every last detail.

From the Bride and Groom… We really just wanted our wedding to be all around, unique. We didn’t want to go with some of the current styles or trends, we wanted something different – elegant, elevated, black and white with green tropical it was! None of our guests are from the lowcountry, so that in itself was so special for everybody to experience. Kegan and I are from CA, OR and OH, so each of our guests made a huge commitment to be with us on our wedding day.

Our wedding experience was actually a three-day long wedding event! For our rehearsal dinner, our guests boarded boats and cruised down the May River to the rehearsal dinner venue. In our welcome bags, Kegan and I each picked items from importation geographical locations to be included (i. E. Our favorite crackers from a local San Francisco bakery, jam from a small company in Washington, DC where we lived for a year, etc.)

I think my most special memory was when we were going to do our first look, and since we only had one vehicle to take us out to the spot where we did our first look, Kegan had to be blind folded in the front seat, while I sat in the second row, right behind him. We got to hold hands (while he still couldn’t see me) and drive out to our first look spot together. Some would say this was a ‘hiccup’, but for us it felt like it eased the nerves a bit. Another special memory is that our vendors truly felt like friends and guests of the wedding, rather than vendors.

Due to COVID, from the time we got engaged, to our Palmetto wedding, it had been 2&1/2years, so we were just grateful to have had a wedding at all. The vendors, from the wedding planner, to the photographers, the cigar roller, and even one of the venue coordinators all were so friendly, personable, and truly made or day stress-free and blissful. To many of our vendors, we are probably yet another wedding in their crazy schedules, but to us, we felt like our vendors became friends! :)

If we could offer one piece of wisdom to couples currently planning a wedding, it would be… Don’t sweat the small stuff! Inevitably, something will not go exactly as planned (big or small), and you just have to embrace it and accept it as your own ‘wedding story’. My veil fell off as I was walking down the aisle, no biggie! :)