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Budget-Minded Couple Splurge on Picture This Nashville + Take The Kiosk Photo Booth to Reagan, TN!

Friday, May 18, 2012

We love featuring local Nashville weddings, but Reagan, TN is local enough and this wedding just shows the importance of finding vendors you love - wherever they are located. For Kyla and John's budget-friendly wedding, Picture This Nashville really brought the fun (all the way from Nashville) and made the day for them and their guests.   

Thanks to Shannon Fulton Photography for sending us photos from the ceremony and reception.  Other photos are from Picture This Nashville (as marked).

Kyla and John's Picture This Guestbook cover

Kyla + John
Wedding Date ~ October 8, 2011 at 6pm
Ceremony + Reception ~ Outside of a family friend's house in Reagan, TN
Guests ~ 200

Budget

$10,000

Wedding Team

Photo Booth | Picture This Nashville
Photographer | Shannon Fulton
Gown | Allure Bridal - diamond white, one shoulder, mermaid cut
Groom’s Attire + Groomsmen Attire | Chocolate Tux from Brasher's Tuxedo in Jackson, TN
Bridesmaids Attire | Sangria dresses from David's Bridal
Hair | Maria Fucci  - Tips to Toes Nail and Hair Spa
Makeup | Rachel Stricklin
Stationery | The Print Shop, Parsons, TN 
Ceremony Musicians | Chase Inman, Cord Laster, and Emily Baughn
Reception Musicians | DJ - Scotty Adams
Cake Artist | Liz Whitsitt and Lila's Cake Shoppe, Lexington, TN
Floral Designer | The Flower Basket, Parsons, TN
Tent Rental | Party Pros USA, Florence, AL

My Wedding Details

How would you describe your style as a couple?

Fun and energetic, up for anything!

How did you incorporate that style into your wedding?

We had a unity firework instead of candle or sand, and we had a big screen TV to play the Tennessee/Georgia game - go Vols!

Plus, the photo booth was so much fun! The guests loved it! And instead of birdseed or bubbles, we had biodegradable confetti poppers.

What was the favorite aspect of your wedding?

The location and gorgeous fall day, beside a pond and historic log cabins.

Where did you splurge? Where did you save/DIY?

We splurged on our photo booth (Picture This) and the tent rentals (Party Pros USA). We made it work because when I saw Picture This Nashville at a bridal show I knew right then I had to have them. It was new, innovative, and it was something original which is what I wanted my whole wedding to be. I wanted people to saw "wow I've never seen this before". The photo booth was perfect for our wedding!

We saved on our food -  our families made all of the food and we saved on doing the centerpieces ourselves, we borrowed tables, and table linens from our church.

Bridesmaids goofing off with the props and looking through the Picture This Nashville photos, before taking their own.

Why did you decide to hire a photo booth for the reception and at the same time make it your biggest splurge?

I wanted our guest to feel like they had a part in the guestbook instead of just a signature. I wanted them to have fun and the props totally made it fun. And I wanted them to be able to take something with them to remind them us and how fun our wedding was, the prints did that.

It really added to the atmosphere at the reception. Our reception was meant to be fun and it really made it just that; it really added that extra spark that wow'd our guests. They completely loved it and are still talking about it.

Now that the wedding day is over, is there anything about your planning process you feel you could have done differently?

We would have hired a wedding planner! It was way too stressful doing it myself.

In one sentence, what words of advice do you have for couples in the midst of their planning?

Hire a planner, you can enjoy the planning if someone else is doing it.

About the Author:

Megan

I’m new to the wedding industry. Before getting engaged I literally avoided any websites for weddings only because I knew, once I delved in, I would become obsessed…. And it’s true. Once I got engaged, I did become obsessed and luckily, about that time, I started working in the wedding industry. So my interest increased on two levels. Now I am a newlywed and still enjoying the industry. I love writing, social media and connecting to people; happily, I get to do all of this with ABG.

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