Posts in Inspiration & Ideas
My Domaine Feature: 9 Small-Wedding Ideas to Try (Because Big Doesn't Always Mean Better)

Considering an intimate wedding rather than a large one? We were delighted to contribute our expertise to MyDomaine's recent article, "9 Small Wedding Ideas To Try."

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Real Wedding: Nancy & Tom's At-Home Wedding in the Virginia Mountains | Galax, VA Wedding

Sharing one of our favorite at-home weddings today, currently featured on Carats & Cake and winner of a Triangle NACE award for Best Wedding! 

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Martha Stewart Weddings Feature: 7 Things to Consider If Your Ceremony Venue Is Open to the Public

We just had  a major "Martha!" moment! 

We are over the moon about contributing to this Martha Stewart Weddings Feature, live today on MSW.com!

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Southern Summer Wedding On The River Forest Manor

We are excited to share with you our Southern Summer on the River photoshoot, featured in Southern Bride & Groom

The historic, century-old victorian mansion, River Forest Manor & Marina in Belhaven, NC, is perfectly placed where the Pungo River and Pantego Creek meet. This quiet, charming venue is an idyllic location for a southern summer wedding.

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InStyle Weddings Feature: Make Your Escort Card Table a Design Focus

We were honored and delighted to contribute to InStyle Weddings this week! Click for the feature, and to see more from April & Costa's jaw-dropping floral escort card display.

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Featured: Style Me Pretty

It's always such a privilege and honor to be featured on Style Me Pretty! Back in January, an amazing group of vendors came together to put the first Merrimon-Wynne Bridal Event! Getting to meet so many wonderful couples in an inspiring setting was a unique opportunity. It was also an incredible experience to work with such talent and we hope you'll visit the SMP feature to soak up all of the gorgeous inspiration these vendors cooked up! 

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Valentine's Date Night

It's easy to get stuck in a date night rut. We all know the pattern: you the know the restaurants you like (and can recite each other's order), you know the bars you like (the bartender starts making your drinks as you walk through the door), so why rock the boat? Right? Wrong! This Valentine's Day why don't you put a little spark of fun into the mix and try something new?! To start you off, Chelsey, Kat and I have put together some of what we think would make great dates in the Triangle area...

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Kentucky Derby Styled Shoot

Remember our excitement with the Southern Bride & Groom cover reveal a few weeks ago? Yes, there were many ear-to-ear grins amongst the Gather Together team! And now we're even more excited to share the images beyond the cover, captured by Rachel Red Photography.

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Bridal Party Gift Guide

They are an integral part of your wedding, but not only that; most of the time they’ve been an integral part of your life. They were there with tissues and ice cream while you ugly-cried when that guy (you know the one) broke your heart, they have piled you into cabs, lent you a cocktail dress, had your back, and you would not be here without them.  So what do you get these super-women to show them how grateful you are that they’re seeing you through this momentous occasion? Here’s the DL on some of our favorite gifts for your gals:

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Featured: Southern Bride & Groom

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas, everyone! The holiday has kept us quite busy, but not too busy to celebrate a fun feature with Southern Bride & Groom magazine. The lovely ladies of SB&G released their 2015 cover and magazine issue earlier this week and our Kentucky Derby inspired photoshoot is gracing the cover! YAY!

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Holiday Traditions

There’s nothing better over the holidays than the feeling of nostalgia you get as that smell - the one you’ve been smelling come late December since you were knee high to a grasshopper - floats out of the kitchen and fills the house up with its homemade, one of a kind, take-you-right-back, deliciousness.

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Is your training personal enough?

The world of exercise can be overwhelming. Bylines in magazines promising quick fixes, fad diets, 3,000 steps to the perfect crunch… Wait, aren’t crunches actually bad for you now?! All of those machines (am I the only one terrified of venturing into the forest of weights and wires?!) I recently began working on my fitness again after a fairly long hiatus. I may or may not just have celebrated my second anniversary of marriage… And of abandoning my gym membership. Happy pounds! Amiright?! Ahem. And I know so many of you brides-to-be are thinking about starting, or already have started your Get Fit For The Wedding plans. This week we've got some inspiration/advice for you from someone way more qualified than me!

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Featured: Style Me Pretty Living

Remember our Merrimon-Wynne photoshoot with Katherine Miles Jones Photography? Yes, this piece of lovely right here. Well our day was made earlier this week when one of our favorite blogs, Style Me Pretty Living featured it, alongside a profile of Gather Together! Check out all of the behind-the-scenes pretty and Chelsey's interview here

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Lighting 101: What does lighting bring to the party?

Chances are when you start planning an event, lighting isn’t going to be the first thing you think of. You know you need it, but its importance tends to take a back seat in a lot of peoples planning process. The question we posed this week to Terri Watson of Get Lit was How do we make the most of the lighting options available to us? Lighting is a major player in creating the atmosphere and mood you want at your event, and Terri kindly took the time to explain a little of how she finds and draws out the lighting potential at the events she lights up…

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