Date:
Sept. 29, 2007

Ceremony & Reception:
Renault Winery

Photographer:
Agape Images

Gown: 
The Bridal House, Charleston, S.C.

Colors: 
Claret with fall accent colors

Hair & Makeup:
My good friend, Melissa, is also my hair stylist in Charleston, SC (where Jerry & I live), did my hair along with all the girls' hair the morning of the wedding.  She did such an incredible job!

How We Met: 
Jerry and I met in 1995 in college at Clemson University in South Carolina. We decided to get married in South Jersey because my entire family lives there & his family is from Hershey, PA. Also because I've always dreamed of having my wedding at Renault Winery.

Favors: We had Renault Winery wine glasses etched with our names & wedding date. My mom made grape cluster chocolates & placed them inside the wine glasses & wrapped them in claret tulle. The neighborhood ladies were also a tremendous help with all the details!

Flowers Lilies 
My bouquet was all burgundy roses.  For my bridesmaids we used fall golds, reds and oranges that included gerbera daises, roses and mums.  Jennifer was awesome.  The flowers were exactly what I wanted. Beautiful.  She just nailed it.  

Invitations:  We decided to make alot of things ourselves, since we're both creative & to save money. We made our invitations, which was extremely tedious & time consuming. They turned out amazing, but I wouldn't recommend it! We also made our programs, place cards, & save-the-date cards to keep with our unique, personalized, Winery theme. Instead of numbering the tables, we named each table for a different wine - chardonnay, zinfandel, pinot noir, etc.

Wedding Cake:
Our cake came with our wedding package from Renault.  the cake was gorgeous but I don't remember eating any of it.  I have a piece saved for our first anniversary and I'm looking forward to trying it then.

Disc Jockey:
Center Stage Entertainment 

First Dance:
Our first dance was Love Rescue Me by U2 which we actually practiced for ahead of time with dancing lessons.

Father/Daughter Dance:
"My Little Girl" Steve Kirwan

Formalwear:
Mens Warehouse, since our groomsmen all live in different states, this made things easier because this store is nationwide.

Bridal Party Gifts:  Since we both love wine, for our bridal party gifts we found a zippered wine case the fits 2 bottles of wine - perfect for the beach or a picnic.  It included a wine corkscrew and cheeseboard and we had them personalized with our bridal party members names.  Inside we included a bottle of red and a bottle of white from Renault.