Alyssa & Adam were married at The Saltbox Inn and Stables in Cookeville, TN. We love The Saltbox, and every wedding we film there is beautiful. There are indoor and outdoor options at this venue, and most receptions are held inside their spacious stable. There is also a Rolls Royce Limousine for transportation! Alyssa was a sweetheart and looked so pretty in her white dress with lace detailing along the neckline from Magnolia James in Cookeville. Her bridesmaids wore long, powder-blue dresses with differing necklines. Ginger Sharp did their flattering makeup, and Nicole Hughes styled all of their perfect hair.
Their love story, as told by Alyssa:
"Adam and I met in college at UT Knoxville. He was in the agricultural fraternity, and I was in the agricultural sorority. We had all of the same friends and were really good friends first. I had a crush on him for at least a year, but we never dated. Finally, he asked me out on a date, and we dated for 4 years. In that time frame, I moved for graduate school and internships, and he moved for his job. We did long distance for about 1.5 years and he proposed in Knoxville at Ijam's nature center last June.
Favorite part of the day:
"Seeing all of our college friends for a mini-reunion"
We worked with Christan C George Photography, and OMG, the Boucher's wedding photos are AMAZING. You can scroll through some of them here. Wow, wow. Joey Locke designed the beautiful flowers as well as coordinated the wedding. Catering was provided by Grade A Catering, which we LOVE. The gorgeous "naked" cake was by Classic Cakes by Leslie. Music was provided by Cookeville DJ; and the reception was definitely a fun party. Thank you to Alyssa & Adam for including us in your wonderful wedding day. Here is their Intro!
April 22, 2017: Cady & Alex Cavalea
Cady & Alex were married at Castleton Farms in Loudon, TN. We considered this wedding venue ourselves whenever we were planning our wedding, and I was so excited to finally be able to film here. It is so gorgeous. Castleton Farms describes itself well on its website: "The Castleton Couple is the southern duo who loves the beauty and drama of a charming Greek Revival Antebellum Manor and lush gardens. It’s the vintage bride who yearns for a rustic and chic affair in our Carriage House. It’s the Groom who dreams of romance under the Tuscan sun, surrounded by intoxicating vineyards by the Laghetto. It’s the whimsical couple seeking an enchanted wedding in the forest at our Woodland Chapel. It’s a couple who wants a small, intimate gathering of those she loves. It’s the couple who can’t wait to spend an entire weekend with hundreds of their friends and family." Cady & Alex were the perfect Castleton couple. Cady was a stunning bride, with a dress that wrapped snuggly around her to past her hips then flared out with tulle. Her bridesmaids wore pastel shades of blue, purple, and green, and the group looked beautiful all together. You can see all the details in Cady's "The Dress" video:
Their love story, as told by Cady:
"Tiring of the single life, I joined Match.com on a whim in the spring of 2014 when I saw there was a GroupOn for a month membership for 1/2 the price! After about 6 weeks on the site and a couple of mediocre dates, I was starting to feel defeated. That's when this quirky but cute boy (pictured with a cat) showed up in my list of potential matches. His profile said he was moving to Knoxville, TN to start his general surgery residency in June.....This was the middle of May, you could say he was casting the net a little early since he was still a Chicago resident at the time. After a lot of snarky/nerdy banter back and forth for a couple weeks, he said he was preparing to move over Memorial Day weekend, and we discovered we both liked to sing karaoke. We decided it would be fun to meet up and sing karaoke once he officially became a Knoxville resident. I'm not typically an impatient person, but the compassionate nurse part of me began to worry that he had died tragically in a car crash on his way when I had not heard from him in 4 days. I decided to reach out to him via Match (he had my number, but I did not have his) and express my concern. It was in this moment that I realized his reaction to my 'reaching out' would set the course of our relationship and then worried that I might have been a tad too persistent....After an excruciating hour after pressing the send button and completely second guessing my instincts, he texted me (Thank God!) asking me out to sing karaoke the next night at the classy establishment of Bullfeathers.
"He serenaded me with his song choices of Like a Surgeon (Weird Al parody of Madonna's Like a Virgin) and Two Become One (Spice Girls). I sang him Our Song (by TSwift) who happened to be his biggest celebrity crush at the time. We both realize now how cliche my song choice was! In between our trips to the microphone that night, we both had the easiest conversation (sometimes in weird voices) on a first date that each other had ever had. Karaoke with a stranger is a ballsy first date idea, but we both rocked it out! I knew that night he was one of kind. I guess you could say it was love at first uncanny Christopher Walken impression. After another hilarious second date the next week to Cotton Eyed Joe's (because Alex wanted a truly authentic welcome to the South), we decided we wanted to see where our relationship would lead. He signed up to support me through my last year and half of graduate school to become a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, and I signed up to support him through the grueling 5 year grind that is general surgery residency (it is definitely NOT Grey's Anatomy as much as I wish it was- ha) Who knew that 1 year later we would make the leap and move in together merging our 2 fur families: his two cats Spidey and Nala and my pup Gracie.
"This past June we managed to sneak away to Asheville for 36 hours (this is a feat in surgical residency especially in the month of June #blessed). We visited Biltmore Estate and had a little too much fun at the winery so we decided to check into our cozy bed and breakfast early. Conveniently, there was a "heart-shaped" jacuzzi tube just begging to be used so I decided to test it out before our dinner reservations that night. Right after I was up to my ears in soapsuds and jacuzzi jets, I was told to close my eyes because he had a "surprise" for me. I heard him scurrying around and heard things falling to the ground....which turned out to be rose petals. After the extensive set-up, he asked me to open my eyes to find him on one knee as he proposed (in one of his weird voices) with the ring on a tray of roses and chocolate covered strawberries that read #WEDDINGISCOMING (Game of Thrones reference and his pick for wedding hashtag that I vetoed early on). I made him ask me again in a "normal" voice. :) But I said yes, of course! He's everything and then nothing like I would have imagined my future husband to be! I am thankful everyday that he helps me fly my nerd flag and he's thankful I help him dress better and become less socially awkward like Sheldon. Turns out, he was the best BARGAIN I have ever brought home, and he got a PURDY sweet deal out of it himself! We cannot wait to grow in mutual weirdness together for the rest of our lives as husband and wife!"
Favorite part of the day:
"Our 'date in the middle of the day' AKA our first look and my dance with all my bridesmaids was a close 2nd"
We worked with Carrie Jo Pinckard with Texture Photo for this wedding, who is super amazing. All of her photos are seriously gorgeous. (I couldn't find a link directly to the Cavalea wedding photos, but I have seen them on Cady's Facebook!) The wedding planner/coordinator was Darla Walker with Castleton Events. The ceremony music was by the Lake Terrace Trio. At the reception, there was Music in Motion and the Swing Street Orchestra. The cake was by The Cakery Bakery, and the colorful flowers were from Samuel Franklin Florals. All Occasions Catering provided the yummy food, and party rentals were from All Occasions Party Rentals. The Photo Booth was from All 4 You Photobooth. Overall, the wedding was so beautiful, despite the rain, and the reception was a BLAST. Congrats, again, to Cady & Alex!
