Chris and Maddie's Wedding in Rixeyville, Virginia
Romantic Summer Green 12 wedding vendors
6/3/2023 42 0
C&M
3 Jun, 2023
The story of our wedding
We got married in the valley of the Shenandoah Mountains, at Rixey Manor in Rixeyville, VA. Despite a forecast of thunderstorms all day, it never rained a single drop and instead ended up being the most gorgeous early summer night in VA. We tried to bring personal touches into the entire day. My father officiated the wedding and had everyone (including himself) laughing and crying throughout the ceremony. My grandmothers were our flower girls (“flower grandmas”), and also baked nearly 2,000 cookies to honor the Pittsburgh cookie table tradition.
Chris and I hand-wrote every guest a personal note as our seating chart, describing their role in our lives and why it was so important for them to be a part of our day. Our first dance was to Dan and Shay’s “Glad You Exist” and we had a neon sign made of those words for a photo booth area for our guests to take pictures in front of. We took a shot of Chris’s grandma’s “family recipe” whiskey drink that they made for every special occasion with all of our guests.
Continue reading »I surprised Chris with a flash mob to open up the reception to ABBA’s “Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)” which really set the tone for the whole dance floor and kept the party going long into the evening.
Chris and Maddie's vendor team
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