Is there anything better than a wedding filled with enough love to make your heart want to explode?
Our friends Will and Alex exchanged vows during a gorgeous beach ceremony at the Omni Plantation on Amelia Island in the late afternoon yesterday.
Alex looked absolutely gorgeous in a long, lace dress and the groom and groomsmen looked handsome in gray suits with lavender ties.
I loved the color scheme of the wedding and the rustic, romantic feel of the flowers and reception space.
Alex and Will’s ceremony was short and sweet and when Alex started crying during their vows, all of the guests lost it. Hearing a couple pledge to be together forever and look at each other with so much respect, love and care simply warms my heart.
After the ceremony, guests met in the hotel lobby to take some pictures.
Weddings are so much more fun when you are very close with the other guests. Having one of my best friends, Merri, and my sister at the wedding, as well as their boyfriends (Pete and Ross were groomsmen), made the entire wedding weekend all the more awesome.
After some quick pictures, we hopped on a trolley and were transported to the reception.
Talk about gorgeous!
The reception space was located out in the marshes and the views around the building were breathtaking.
Our little group made sure to take advantage of cocktail hour and ordered lots of drinks. After taking a sip of Merri’s dirty martini, I decided to order one even though I’ve never liked them before.
I think I must’ve sipped straight olive juice off the top of Merri’s martini or something because two sips into my drink I ended up passing it off to Ryan who happily took it off my hands. I then ordered my typical vodka, club soda and lime. Much better!
While sipping our drinks, we ate passed appetizers (the potato fritters were my favorite!) and lots of nuts.
Around 6 p.m., we were allowed into the reception space and immediately oohed and ahhed over their adorable wedding cake.
Then Will and Alex arrived and danced their first dance together as husband and wife.
The marshes outside made the most incredible backdrop.
Guests then enjoyed a buffet-style dinner, complete with a potato bar and macadamia nut-crusted snapper, prime rib (my favorite) and stuffed chicken.
I filled my plate and ate every last bite.
Then it was dancin’ time! I loved our table and feel like we were all out on the dance floor for nearly the entire reception, dancing to everything from Michael Jackson to Justin Bieber. You know Ryan and I were pumped to hear some Biebs. We caught the Bieber Fever.
After dancing for a couple of hours, it was time to watch the bride and groom cut the cake.
I was pumped when I was served a piece of the chocolate layer of their cake, which included a yummy, fluffy chocolate mousse.
After more dancing, it was eventually time for the wedding fun to come to a close and guests were provided with sparklers to send off the bride and the groom.
They took off in their wedding golf cart… the one Ryan and I decorated earlier in the day!
It was such a fun night!
Congratulations to the newlyweds!!! 
P.S. The Fashion page was updated this morning.
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What a beautiful and fun wedding! I love that the couple timed their first dance with the sun going down – so romantic.
i know! it was breathtaking!
Such a gorgeous wedding! And I love that reception space!
cute cute and I LOVE your coral dress!
That’s funny about the martini – sometimes I’ll try to switch it up, but always end up back with a Vodka diet tonic and extra lime 🙂
You’re not the only one that loses it at weddings. I always carry a pack of tissues with me!
Beautiful wedding and love your dress too!
What a beautiful wedding! I love the colors and the venue looked stunning! 🙂 I love your dress too!
Aww what a lovely wedding! The bride looks gorgeous, and I love the dresses you ladies had on too!
i LOVE your dress, you look so beautiful!!!
what a beautiful wedding! it sounds like you all had such a fun time too. i love your dress, and where did your sister get her dress? everyone looked great!
I wish I lived somewhere warm! That wedding looked amazing! You did a great job on the golf cart!
What a beautiful wedding!
wow, that is like my dream wedding–even down to the lace wedding gown! gorgeous!
Looks beautiful and it looks like a blast! Your dress was gorge!
What a beautiful wedding!!!!!
SO pretty! WHat an awesome evening/weekend you all had. HOW fun 😉
Love how romantic it all felt/seemed!
What a beautiful wedding! I love when you can see the love pouring out of the couples eyes during their special day!!
Looks like a beautiful wedding! I love weddings – I wish that everyone I knew wasn’t married so I could go to more! I love your sisters lace dress! And the golf cart looks awesome!
Aw congrats to your friends!! That looks like such a gorgeous wedding! Alex’s dress looks like one that I almost got…it’s absolutely stunning on her :). And her wedding cake is so cool…totally pinning that right now haha.
Such a gorgeous wedding, so many amazing details! The golf cart turned out great too, good job 🙂
How fun!!
And I agree wedding where you know/are close with at least some of the guests make it extra fun!
I LOVE their cake!!
Wow what a wedding! Are those marshmallows on the potatoes? Yumm!
Aww! What an amazing night! Love all the dresses 🙂
pretty photos!! and i totally want your sister’s dress, do you know where it’s from?? i love lace. your color is so pretty on you too.
That looks like it was SO much fun.. I adore weddings, aaand love. 🙂
What a beautiful wedding! I do have to say this already made me worried about the weddings I’ll be going to, cake is my absolute favorite food in the whole world, but I recently found out I can’t eat gluten! It’s going to be tough to sit there and watch everyone eat cake… Haha I’ll have to have a gf cupcake waiting for me when I get home.
I have a couple of random observations based on the pictures…I hope this doesn’t sound creepy!
First off, the wedding was beautiful!! Looks so intimate and meaningful.
Also…I can’t help but notice you in a dress with bare legs and Ryan wearing a suit WITH a sweater under?? Which of you was too hot or cold?? 😉
Also, how gorgeous are you and your sister…I’m dying over her hair colour. I kind of want to bring it to my hair stylist! haha
ryan was hot, if anything, but the weather was perfect for the guys. it was chilly for the girls (i had a jacket that i took off for most photos) – it was in the 60s. and thanks for the kind words about my sister’s hair! she’s never dyed it, either. 🙂
I just love weddings! One of my bffs I getting married this year and I’m so excited for all the fun it’s going to bring!
That dress is the hawtness. For real. I want it.
What an amazing weekend! Your dress was super cute! Thanks for sharing!
Racheal
That looks like such a fun wedding. 🙂 Also, I love your sister’s dress!
Wow, I seriously can’t get over those views, Julie. They are unreal!!! It looks like you had such an amazing time. And props to you and Ryan on the golf cart. 😉
I LOVE their wedding cake!! So stinkin’ cute 🙂 & I also loe that purple was one of their colors..that’s my favorite 🙂
Congrats to Will & Alex! Looks like a gorgeous wedding ceremony & reception!
I’m SO with you about the martinis- Craig always tries to get me to try his & every time I do I almost want to get sick. Ugh! Way too much liquor in one sip- haha!
i went to a wedding once with a mashed potato bar and it was the best.thing.ever!
more important than the food, though, this wedding and marriage looks perfect. i love love!
What a beautiful wedding! The reception venue was amazing, I love the exposed wooden beams and the views! I wanted to do sparklers for my exit too, but unfortunately sparklers are considered a fire hazard in the county I got married in, so they were not permitted. So strange!!
Oh & sorry for leaving yet another comment- comment overload- haha! But I have to say, I LOVE Leslie & Ross as a couple- they are just SO cute together 🙂 & it’s awesome that the 4 of you can hang out together! …oh, and I have to know where she got her dress..stunning!
i love your comments. 🙂 and leslie and ross dating is basically my dream come true. 😀
Great pictures. I love wedding pics, they’re always so happy.
WOW – what a beautiful wedding. I love that they had a beach wedding in January! Only in Florida!
What a gorgeous wedding… they looked great and I love your dress!
Weddings are so much fun.. I always cry. I am loving that beautiful orange dress.
Absolutely stunning wedding. You and your sister both looked amazing! Your sister’s lace dress is *exactly* my style – pleeease share where she got it!! 🙂
just added the info to the fashion page!
Thank you!!
The wedding looks fantastic! Especially the cake…so modern!
I love that dress you wore!
I am a vodka soda and lime gal as well. Yay drink twins!
How beautiful! I LOVE her dress!
I absolutely love weddings too. I end up having so much fun, especially when my friends are there. yay. So glad you had fun, and that dress looks adorable!
Congrats to your friends! This brings up an interesting point that has been circling the news – how long after an event is it appropriate to post photos online? did you speak with the bride+groom ahead of time about when to post your wedding recap? Would you have asked another couple (like another blogger) about posting a recap before they did, and what were your thoughts about this concerning your own wedding? Just interesting food-for-thought as we move even deeper into the digital age 🙂
congratulations to will & alex! what a beautiful time :o)
What a gorgeous location! I had the same dirty martini experience on New Years! I tasted my BF’s, had him make me one, then ended up coughing after each sip so I finally just gave it to him and poured myself some champagne 🙂
What a gorgeous wedding!
Wow, beautiful wedding – the sparklers are a nice touch!
I love your dress, such a fun colour.
What a beautiful wedding! I love the sparkler sendoff – I’ve always seen cute sendoffs on movies, TV, and pinterest, but never in real life.
Gorgeous!! The wedding cake looked so pretty and really tasty!! I love weddings! 🙂