Michelle & Bryant’s Wedding

Michelle and Bryant got married at the Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine, and honestly, it was one of those days where everything just clicked. We've known Michelle for almost a decade now — she was coordinating weddings for Coastal Celebrations back when we first met, and we watched her become one of the most capable coordinators in the business. So seeing her on the other side of it, as the bride, hit different.

They did their first look in the gardens among the palm trees and old coquina walls, and a peacock decided to put on a full display right behind them — you can't plan that. The ceremony was outdoors under the oaks with white roses lining the aisle and tropical florals on clear acrylic stands. Bryant wore a white tux jacket with black satin lapels, and Michelle's off-shoulder gown with its button-back train was the kind of clean, modern look that photographs itself.

Jessica Stout went all out with the florals — orchids, anthuriums, trailing amaranthus, palm fronds — and they carried that tropical black-and-white theme into the Magnolia Room for the reception. Vinyl record table numbers, a black-and-white checkered dance floor under the tent, disco balls hanging from palm fronds, and a dessert display that could have been in a magazine. The party went hard, and they capped it off with a sparkler exit before hopping on the trolley.