In Home Newborn Session I know the Parton family from church. When we joined their life group, someone else was the leader and Olivia was at one meeting before she went to have Sutton (baby #2). Fast forward several months and those leaders moved to China to be missionaries while Mitchell and Olivia took over […]

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Backyard Elopement May 16th was their original date. They had planned it all out, we went to Gatlinburg for their engagement photos, and it was set to roll with all their favorite people in Pine Mountain State Park. And then Corona happened. Like you’ve heard dozens of times already. Like you’ve experienced for yourself probably. […]

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The Studio at Fountain City Newborn Session At the end of The Studio at Fountain City newborn session, Beth told me that I didn’t have to put all the time in to write them a blog post. At the time, my editing to-do list was small and I wanted to share the photos from my […]

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Wedding Card Designs and Wedding Place Cards by Basic Invite I’m sure you’ve noticed that I’ve been doing flatlays every single wedding for the last year and a half or so and really marketing them! That’s because I LOVE them. I love details and I love styling them and I love paper products. In case […]

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Sampon’s Hollow Elopement Jonathan and Kaela had a Sampson’s Hollow Elopement last week with two very special little guests. One of the massive benefits to doing a small intimate wedding is that you can really do it however you like, with absolutely no rules. Sometimes this means letting your pups be your only guests. Technically […]

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Dandridge Wedding This couple decided to go forward with their May 9th wedding despite the coronavirus. Of course they had to make a ton of changes in order to make that happen, one of them being a Dandridge wedding ceremony vs. a water stone quarry wedding. But I want to point out some silver linings […]

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Hunter Valley Elopement Lindsay and Kendrick were due to be married on June 5th this year. They have a lot of their friends traveling from out of town and they wanted all of those people to still be able to come. They decided to go ahead and do a small Hunter Valley elopement and reschedule […]

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Knoxville Newborn Session You never know what someone is going through. This couple tried to get pregnant for 10.5 years. They went through SO much. From surgeries to medical menopause to fertility drugs to IUIs to acupuncture to IVF. When they reached out to me at the beginning of April, I was not accepting any […]

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Shoreline Elopement There are so many brides having to change their wedding plans right now. To the normal person, it looks like two options: 1. Postpone everything and have the big party later or 2. Elope and have a super small gathering now. Really, there are so many more options than that. You can stream […]

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Wedding Pandemic Options This is not a Wedding Planning 101 post I ever foresaw myself writing. I don’t think any of us expected there to be a whole season of weddings so drastically changed by a single event. Nonetheless, here we are. So what are your options? As I’m writing this, I know a lot […]

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