macy & connor

What a way to finish our 2020 weddings! Sweet Meadow Farm is such a charming barn venue unlike any that I’ve experienced and Macy and Connor were such a delight to work with.

Sweet Meadow Farm and Homeplace is located in Tallapoosa, Georgia about an hour West of Atlanta. It’s 160 acres boasts fields, forest, creeks and ponds and at the heart of it all- a beautiful farmhouse for overnight guests and a historic barn furnished with some truly charming furniture and decor.

As a wedding photographer, Macy had a clear vision for her wedding day and made the planning process so straight forward. She had shot a wedding previously at Sweet Meadow and had no doubt that Sweet Meadow was where she wanted to host her own wedding. She incorporated so many fun elements into the day including a Live Painter , darling VW photo bus and Marquee letters for the dance floor!

Below are some of our favorite photos from the wedding day courtesy of Joy + Everette

Venue: Sweet Meadow Farm

Photography/Videography: Joy + Everette

Coordination: Like the Dazzling

Floral: Amanda Clayton Design

Catering: Williamson Brothers BBQ

Cake: Cake Envy

DJ: MixPro

Live Painter: Designs of a Daughter

Bartending: LyghtHouse Cocktails

Hair + Makeup: Intensify by Patience

Marquee Letters: Bride Lights

Photo Booth: Roll with Juniper

Wedding Boutique: Wedding Angels

Wedding Dress Designer: Essence of Australia

Bridesmaids Dresses: Azazie

Mens Attire: Mens Warehouse

Invitations: Minted

Vow Books: Our Vows

Rehearsal Dinner Catering: The Olive Tree

nicole & ryan - an intimate brewery wedding

I always love when my Atlanta and Asheville worlds collide and that was just the case for Nicole and Ryan’s wedding back in February! Nicole and Ryan live in Atlanta but were visiting Asheville for Ryan’s birthday in February of 2018 when they came across Gingers Revenge, A Ginger Beer Brewery in North Asheville. While enjoying a ginger beer, they simply thought- let’s get married here… and so their plans to do so began! They chose an intimate Leap Day wedding with 50 of their closest family and friends and Like the Dazzling was thrilled to provide coordination for this sweet couple.

This wedding was extra special because of this amazing couple but also because it was our first wedding of 2020 and the wedding that would kick off our Spring Wedding Season. Fast forward to today, May 8th and Nicole and Ryan’s wedding has been our ONLY wedding of 2020. Usually this time of year we find ourselves longing for a weekend off but because of COVID-19 , we now find ourselves with too many free weekends and no place to go.

Sending you into the weekend with some of our favorite photos from Nicole and Ryan’s wedding day from Aurelia Bacca Photography

and make sure you scroll to the bottom for complete vendor list!

Asheville awoke to a surprise snow the morning of their wedding which made for such amazing photos up at Max Patch before their ceremony.

Venue: Gingers Revenge

Photography: Aurelia Bacca

Food Truck: Baad Sheep Burritos

Cake: Layered by Lex

DJ: Juan Salano

Coordinated by: Hannah & Sophie

an interview with kathryrn

When did you first know you wanted to be a wedding planner?

• I have known I wanted to work in weddings for as long as I could remember!  As a kid playing dress up, I was always the bride. Back then my parents asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, I said be a wedding planner, and that never changed.  

What are some questions brides should ask when looking for a planner?

• How involved will you be in my planning process?

• This is my vision, have you done weddings with a similar style and if so what was something that stood out about one of those?

What is your favorite aspect of working weddings? 

• Working weddings is helping put on the best day of someone's life and there is nothing more rewarding than that! 

What would you tell someone who didn’t think they needed a planner?

• Enjoy the day with your family!  A lot of the time when brides opt out of a planner tasks will fall on family members or close friends.  They want to partake in the celebration and you will want to remember the memories of being with them on that day. 

What has been your favorite trend you’ve come across in the wedding world?

• I honestly love a groom’s cake!  I think it is such a fun way to bring some of his personality to the wedding. I’ve seen cakes shaped like sports mascots, fish, cars 

Chocolate of Vanilla Cake?

Chocolate! 

Live Band of DJ?

Live Band always! 

Favorite flower? 

Calla Lily