Natural Inspiration: Alexia & Blaine in North Carolina
For an intimate wedding weekend to share with 90 guests, Alexia Rouquette and Blaine Mays wanted to find an off-the-beaten-path spot.
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Since, as Alexia says, "It was just breathtaking," the couple settled on a theme of rustic elegance to keep the spotlight on the locale, then chose a nature-inspired palette of green, brown and yellow. Alexia worked with floral designer Carolyn Clement of Millefleurs, who created floral arrangements with a natural, unstructured look.
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For an intimate wedding weekend to share with 90 guests, Alexia Rouquette and Blaine Mays wanted to find an off-the-beaten-path spot. After deciding to search near the home of Alexia’s mother in North Carolina, they came upon The Camp at the Eseeola Lodge, a large log cabin on a grassy hill overlooking a boathouse and a lake with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance.
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The couple’s invitation etched with their initials.
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Alexia gathers with the bridesmaids, in strapless sage-green dresses.
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The guys take a stroll by the lake.
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The ring bearers dressed in their finest.
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Guests were ushered to the ceremony, which took place beneath a wooden flowerdecked arbor.
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The September wedding day dawned sunny and comfortably warm.
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There, before a local minister, the couple exchanged vows. "While we were wed, I held Blaine’s hands and looked into his eyes. Then I knew that our dreams were coming true," says Alexia.
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