October 25, 2024

Dade and Adi met in junior high and then were high school sweethearts.  Dade proposed almost a year ago at the Rose Garden in Tyler. The search for a perfect spot to tie the knot began. The historic church and beautiful reception area above the Jefferson library fit the bill. The smitten couple were both […]

December 8, 2022

Emily was one of my first teacher friends when we both start teaching at Gilmer Elementary 13 years ago. I remember her talking about a someday wedding and it was really fun to be able to be there for her beautiful wedding day a few weeks ago. They got married on his parents’ wedding anniversary, […]

November 18, 2022

Kelsey and Louis tied the knot on November 5th, 2022 at Firehouse 9 Farm in Gilmer, TX. The night before their wedding some scary tornados came through, but you would’ve never known that on their beautiful wedding day. The weather was absolute perfection. The guys got ready in a RV outside while the girls finished […]

July 6, 2022

Jordan and Luke met as kids and then in high school, their love story began. It was so sweet to see all the photos of them as they’ve practically grown up together. This wedding was FULL of color and I absolutely loved it! The bridesmaids dresses were lace in all different colors and the bouquets […]

June 28, 2022

Kaylee and Trent got married on a toasty hot June day at her family’s new venue outside of Longview, Texas. The Barn at Shadow Ranch has all sorts of exotic animals roaming around which are fun to see as you’re out and about there. They also created a bar cart out of a horse trailer […]

shadow ranch

June 5, 2022

May 13th was a beautiful day to get married. Lauren and Bailey said “I do” in front of their closest family and friends. So much thought went into planning this special day. Their cake’s middle tier had a bible verse inscribed. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10 They […]

venue at orchard farms

May 31, 2022

It was a beautiful sunny May day for the Newland wedding. The love between these two radiated with every fiber of their being. They had so much delight about finally being married. Kristen & Jimmy opted to not see each other before their wedding, so instead Kristen did a first look with her step dad. It […]

willow creek ranch wedding

April 19, 2022

These two have the sweetest love story. Cynthia saw a cute guy at the gym and decided she would give him her number. So she wrote it on a napkin and put it on Derek’s windshield at Anytime Fitness. Derek had no idea who left him this number so he didn’t call or text it. […]

March 11, 2022

Ahhhh, where to begin?! Megan and Erik are fun-loving and seem to attract fun-loving friends as well. Their day was full of joy and laughter and all around fun. They actually got married on 2-22-22 and celebrated on February 26th with a ceremony and rockin’ reception.  The day was cold and rainy, but Ama La […]

etx wedding

February 13, 2022

We couldn’t have asked for a prettier wedding day in January. Katrina and Kaleb both got ready off site from the venue, so once we arrived, we started taking group photos. It was important to them not to see each other before the ceremony, so we had to be creative with timing of everything. Katrina […]

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Gilmer, Texas