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engaged, she and my sisters surprised me<br />
with a trip to Charleston to try on wedding<br />
dresses. We didn’t know much about<br />
wedding gown shopping, but we made an<br />
appointment with Modern Trousseau, and<br />
it was an amazing experience. I loved the<br />
very first dress that I tried on, but felt like<br />
it was missing something. Little did we<br />
know that the boutique we chose specialized<br />
in custom wedding dresses. I was able<br />
to take the dress I loved and add a handmade<br />
lace Watteau train.<br />
The day of the wedding came fast, but<br />
the morning felt slow, in the best way! I<br />
couldn’t wait to see my future husband, but<br />
it was really special because I was able to<br />
get dressed in my childhood bedroom. My<br />
bridesmaids spent the night at my house<br />
the night before our wedding, and my dad<br />
continued the tradition of “Saturday morning<br />
pancakes” and made pancakes for all of<br />
us. Before we left my parents’ house, I gave<br />
my mom and dad special gifts to remember<br />
this season from. I gave my mom a<br />
Herend wedding cake and a vintage frame<br />
to put one of our wedding pictures in. I<br />
am so thankful for her and all of our many<br />
trips to Charleston for my wedding dress,<br />
and the countless phone calls that would<br />
go on for hours about the smallest details<br />
for the wedding! For my dad, I gave him a<br />
handkerchief that I hand-embroidered. It<br />
was so sentimental to give him something<br />
that I had made, especially because he had<br />
spent so much time making all of the random<br />
DIY’s I wanted for the wedding!<br />
After spending the day having our hair<br />
and makeup done at my parents' house,<br />
we made our way to Moore’s Mill Club. I<br />
was amazed at all of the décor and seeing<br />
all of our planning finally come together.<br />
As I walked into the space, I first saw<br />
our wedding cake, beautifully made by<br />
Cakeitecture in Opelika. They worked with<br />
Lisa to create a yummy masterpiece. It<br />
had many tiers of buttercream, cake, and<br />
flowers - all of my favorite things! I made<br />
Avery’s favorite cake for the groom’s cake.<br />
Growing up, my dad had a chicken named<br />
“Annabelle.” Because this family cake<br />
recipe calls for so many eggs, it became<br />
known as Annabelle Cake. I think I baked<br />
it for Avery for every one of his birthdays<br />
since he was 15, so it was only fitting that I<br />
bake it for the wedding day!<br />
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