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Keswick 10/27/13 Keswick 10/27/13

Rachel & Sean's Wedding Day | Rachel & Sean

Rachel & Sean were married at Keswick Vineyards on Sunday, October 27th on a colorful Charlottesville fall day. I love how Rachel & Sean chose to have their wedding ceremony in what I call our "fall" location. It gives you the best of everything for a backdrop. You have the Estate, the fountain, the vineyard, the mountains and all the fall colors! Hard to capture it all in a photo since you are basically surrounded with breathtaking views. Rachel incorporated just enough orange in her color scheme to blend with the natural fall colors. Her bouquet by Verde Natural Florist was right on and the simplicity of the centerpieces were perfect! Love the idea of using old shutters to put place cards in for guests to find their table. Also, love the look of using an old door as a table top above wine barrels to create a sweet table.

Thanks to the following vendors that make weddings here so effortless for our couples: Caterer Exchange Evnts, DJ Andy Wilfong, Photographer Audra Wrisley, Verde Natural Florist, Officiant Steve Farmer, rentals by MS Events and Musician Peter Markush.

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Lindsey & Joshua's Wedding Day | Lindsey & Joshua

Congratulations to Lindsay & Joshua who were married at Keswick Vineyards in Charlottesville on Saturday, October 26th. What a gorgeous Virginia fall day! The fall colors are really starting to show now. It would have been nice perhaps 10 degrees warmer, or at least get rid of the wind that day, but all in all everything was perfect! Check out the chuppah from Verde Natural Florist. Sandy and her husband Peter did an amazing job building and decorating it. It blended perfectly with the backdrop of the vineyard. Funniest part of the ceremony was when Joshua tried to break the glass to symbol the conclusion of the ceremony. That glass just wouldn't break! He tried, and tried, and tried again. Finally someone gave him a rock. Can't wait to see the video of that moment. Guest then went from the outdoor ceremony to inside the heated Sperry tent for cocktails and reception. Guest enjoyed a delicious family style dinner prepared by 20 South Catering and then danced the night away.

Thanks to the following vendors for doing a flawless job: 20 South Catering, Event Planner Barb Wired, DJ TD Layman of Sound Enforcement, JMK Photography, Cakes Unlimited, videographer Chris Scott, Albemarle Vintage Limousine for the vintage car and buses, rentals by MS Events, Verde Natural Florals, Musician Evan Mook and Officiant Brian Purcell. Click here to view photographer Jamie Kay's blog. Click here to view this wedding featured on Borrowed & Blue. Click here to watch video by Chris Scott.

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Congratulations to Lauren & Jesse! | Lauren & Jesse

Well, we witnessed another miracle when it comes to the weather radar for this wedding. Lauren & Jesse were married Saturday, October 19th at Keswick Vineyards. As the afternoon wore on, the radar started to pick up a lot of color and I'm not talking fall colors:) It looked like a giant rain mass was heading right for us at exactly the ceremony time. As we all waited to see exactly what would happen I think we all knew we were going into a rain plan, but then the craziest thing happened again. The clouds parted their way and went right around us. No one could believe it. There is just something with our location and the mountains that can split a storm coming right at us. Not only did the storm miss us, but it ended up giving us one of those colorful sunsets. Truly amazing! Lauren & Jesse got their dream wedding and more.

Special thanks to the following vendors: Blue Ridge Catering, DJ TD Layman of Sound Enforcement, Photographer Jamie Kay of JMK Photography, Hair by Jennifer Snoddy of Classy Images, Florist Couture Design, Cake by Teri Edwards of Cakes Unlimited, Officiant Dave Kingrea, and Photo Booth of Charlottesville. Click here to see some of Jamie Kay's photos.

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Amanda & Justin's Wedding Day | Amanda & Justin

What better way to close out a 3 wedding week end at Keswick Vineyards than with the marriage of Amanda & Justin. Unfortunately, that tropical storm, Karen, was still lingering around to give us another overcast & drizzle day. The good news again was we were able to get a break in the drizzle to do the ceremony outside! Amanda & Justin opted to do a first look which really works well in these October wedding days in Virginia since it gets dark outside much earlier and you lose that really good lighting for photos. The guys were all dressed in black tuxedo's with the bridesmaids in beautiful, wine colored full length gowns. Guests were able to enjoy a lounge area while taking photo's in the photo booth. Later in the evening a cupcake truck came to satisfy everyones sweet tooth.

Thanks to the following vendors for doing an incredible job: Event Planner Barb Wired, 20 South Catering, Officiant Claire Goodman, DJ T.D. Layman of Sound Enforcement, Photographer Marta Locklear, Hair by Jessica Myers, Make-up Artist Judy Hayward, Southern Blooms by Pat's Floral, Pastry Chef Passionflower, Transportation by Camryn Limousine, Cupcake Trailer by Sweethaus, MS Events for lounge furniture & photo booth & Festive Fare for rentals.