wilmington weddings

Meg and Branden chose The Isles Beach Club in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina for their wedding day. I had the pleasure of photographing this gorgeous day for them, and we ended up with a nice cloudy and warm day in October for a beach wedding. Summer beach wedding days can be brutal in the heat, so October is a MUCH more pleasant time of year. The cloud coverage helped us achieve some ideal lighting and nice calm weather after a very stormy September. A couple deer showed up for the wedding ceremony, which I had never seen happen at the beach, before! It was so cute! I loved the vintage wedding cake and the funky bright colored candles on the tables at the reception, and oooooh the dance party. These people had me scream-singing with them all night long. I loved this day, and this couple was just so much fun. Now check out some highlights from their day!

Photographer: Allison Eding, Lightbloom Photography

Venue: The Isles Beach Club

Cake: One Belle Bakery 

Dress: Flora Bridal – Lana Addison Bridal

Hair Stylist: Jasmine Kay Hair Co

Makeup Artist: Amy Kennison

DJ: Active DJ (Mike)

Catering: The Isles Beach Club

Officiant: Nick Arbia

Ring: Bailey’s Jewlery 

Morgan and Connor chose the gorggggggg Wrightsville Manor for their wedding on an absolutely perfect sunny day in October. Wrightsville Manor is known for its beautiful greenery and my favorite: the giant oak tree to have your ceremony under. The indoor area has crisp white walls, lots of natural light, and is the perfect blank canvas to add your own personal touch to make it your own. I think one of my favorite parts of their decor was their florals, they were the best fall colors with tons of texture, it went SO WELL with the location, and the bridesmaid dresses! Morgan and Connor are full of life and energy and they were SO EXCITED to marry each other, it was pure joy to be around them. I looooove how they brought their dogs to walk down the aisle too (and kept trying to play with me during the ceremony LOL), so naturally we included them in a bunch of our portraits too. And then there was the dance party. I can’t even describe it, it was so energetic and fun all night long. Talk about a group of friends/family to hype you up – every single person got out on the dance floor and they danced until the lights came on at the end of the night. Something they did differently than other weddings that I LOVED was instead of doing a bouquet and garter toss, they had t-shirts that they tossed out to their guests instead! Some of the bridesmaids wore them all night over their dresses and it was so fun! Moral of the story: be like Morgan and Connor. Their smiles are contagious and their love was so easy to capture on camera. Now go look at all my favorite photos from the day!

Photographer: Allison Eding, Lightbloom Photography

Venue: Wrightsville Manor 

Planner: Elise Does Events

Florist: Allure Bloom Creations

Videographer: Bruce Films

Cake: One Belle Bakery 

Rentals: Party Suppliers and Rentals

Dress: Lovely Bride DC

Hair & Makeup: Beauty Crew Mobile

DJ: Black Tie Entertainment

Catering: A Thyme Savor

Officiant: Brian Hasson (Groom’s Dad)

Ring: Eminence Jewlers