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If you haven’t seen this GORGEOUS wedding on 100 Layer Cake yet, rush right over now and check it out!! If you have, just thought I’d share one of the favorites I would never get tired of looking at. Didn’t photographer Amelia Lyon capture the California light and atmosphere perfectly? And the dress, oh the dress. By Melissa Blackburn, of course. Loveliness!

Real Modest: Sheena’s Bridals

Today’s “Real Modest” feature comes to us courtesy of Amber Weimer, who you may remember from her work with Jackie and Jang. Sheena is a bride after my own heart: her bridesmaids wore gray!

How did you meet?
Trent and I met at school. We were both studying photography at UVU and he was the TA during my class time, so I had to check out equipment through him. (He likes to add that I checked him out in the process.)
Tell us about the proposal…
He took me to dinner at the Roof in Salt Lake. Then we went to the capital building to take some pictures with his large format camera, like we did on our first date. He had me set up the camera, “for practice.” I flipped open one part and inside is a ring box. I immediately turned around to face Trent, feeling like a kid who got caught peeking at Christmas presents. He simply smiles and says “open it.” I do and the ring box is empty. When I turn around again, Trent is down on a knee with another ring box in hand, this time with the perfect ring inside and he asks me to marry him.

Did you buy your dress or have it made?
I bought it at Alyssa’s Bridal.
What did your bridesmaids wear?
They wore light gray dresses from DownEast Outfitters.

What was your favorite part of the wedding?
Knowing that I’d be with Trent forever. He’s my best friend and we have so much fun together. And I loved the end of our reception, when we got to dance. We had a playlist of some of our favorite songs and just danced our hearts out with our friends and family. The perfect end of a perfect day.

Thank you, Sheena, for giving us a peek at your bridals. Best wishes to you and Trent in your marriage!

{All photos above used with permission of Amber Weimer Photography.}

Real Modest: Jackie and Jang

When photographer Amber Weimer sent these photographs to me, I nearly swooned! (Yes, I just used the word swooned. I’m an old-fashioned kind of girl). If there is one thing I love, it’s anything that has the elegant glamour associated with Old Hollywood. And do these photos ever!!

If Sinatra and Crosby make your heart go all pitter-patter, then prepare to be just as bowled over as I was by the gorgeousness that is Jackie & Jang’s wedding…

Doesn’t this image just say it all? Wow.

How did you meet?
I was doing an internship at the law firm where he worked. I was dating someone at the time, so Jang would always be really friendly but I wasn’t more than just cordial to him. He told me he’d find excuses to come into my office and talk to me. Then things ended with my relationship and I started to really take notice of Jang. One day in particular we were doing our brackets for March Madness and I told him I “needed” his help. He helped me for over an hour and at the end of the day, he asked me out.

Real Modest: April & Ben

Today’s wedding was submitted to Modest Bride by the lovely Karen of Karen Schlink Photography. Karen is one of the most genuine and enthusiastic wedding photographers I’ve ever met, and she truly loves what she does (she tears up at every wedding she photographs!).

How did you meet?
Ben and I met at our church and were friends for a year before he approached me.

Tell us about the proposal…
On a gorgeous and warm winter day we went to our favorite park that we spent most of our time at. We hiked up to a flat area on the mountain that had a little granite bench where we went the first time we went to the park. Ben then proceeded to tell me how blessed and thankful he was that God brought us together and since we had been courting he was seeking for God’s will to be done in our lives. Then he told me that without a doubt he knew it was the Lord’s will for us to be together, and the absolutely gorgeous blue sky and 45 degree day in January was God’s blessing upon it. So with that he said there was only one thing left to do then he got down on one knee in the snow and asked me to marry him. I obviously said yes, then he placed the ring on my finger. God has greatly blessed us and been with us every day since.