With spring rapidly approaching and beach vacations on the way, we were so excited to feature Sara and Steven’s beautiful, classic black + white Rosemary Beach wedding! One of our favorite spots (for weddings and vacation!), Rosemary Beach makes the perfect backdrop to a perfectly gorgeous day. With help from wedding planner, Denise Sikes and Sara’s mother, all details—black, white, cream, acrylic, and gold—came together in the most timeless, romantic way.

The (Happy!) Couple’: Sara Rodriguez and Steven Ludlam

Wedding Date: January 2, 2016

Location: Rosemary Beach Florida

Tell us “your story.’ We met out in Midtown at Rebar. Steven was living in Atlanta at the time, and I was living in Nashville. We dated long distance for about nine months. Traveling back and forth from Nashville to Atlanta and vice versa every chance we got. After dating for nine months we knew we would get married so I moved to Atlanta to be with Steven.

Pick three words you would use to describe your wedding. Timeless, modern, and romantic

We love your style! Tell us a little bit about your aesthetic… My style is classic. I love black, white and gold. These colors inspired the look for our wedding. I wanted to mainly use white and black with a touch of gold and a hint of blush. We used all white roses in the centerpieces, bouquets and boutonnieres. I think a lot of one thing is so much more powerful than all different things mixed together. I also like a hint of modern elements in my style to add clean lines and interest. This is why we used ghost chairs and acrylic light fixtures to accent our long head table. Lastly I love adding the feel of romance with lighting. My awesome planners and mother came up with the idea of using lit mercury glass orbs of different sizes throughout the rooms on every table to add a romantic glow. The orbs with the addition of votives made the room glow with romance. It was truly my dream come true.

What was your very favorite detail from the day? This is a really hard question. There are so many details I loved. Some of these include the seated dinner, the bandanas at the reception in honor of my dad, my husband surprising me with our first dance song, needlepointing Steven’s cummerbund, having all my nephews and my niece in the ceremony, my brother walking my down the aisle, glow rings at the dinner tables and having bagpipes play for our entrance and exit. We really tried to do a lot of personal touches throughout the wedding to make it more meaningful for us and our guests.

One thing you wish you would’ve know before you started wedding planning…Don’t sweat the small stuff.

Tell us why you love EOH custom paper lovelies! Emily is so creative and talented. She is easy to work with and really listened to what we were wanting. The many invitations and paper products we used for our wedding always exceeded my expectations. I never felt like I had already seen something just like it. She truly customizes to her clients. And on top of all of this, she is local and I love supporting Nashville businesses.

Anything else you’d like to tell us?! We’d love to hear! Everyone always says your wedding is the best day of your life up to that point. It truly is such a magnificent day. To get married with family and friends surrounding and supporting you is so special.

EOH would like to thank Sara (the timeless bride), Missy (the MOB), and Denise Sikes (wedding planner!) for allowing us to be apart of this exquisite day! It was a joy to work with these three ladies from day one! When you meet with a mother/daughter duo, you automatically can get a sense of their relationship, for better or worse. This one can be described as full of LOVE. There was so much support in the room, and you could tell the family was each others stronghold. It was a tangible, steady, and sweet love.  They wanted this wedding to be classic, timeless party and a celebration of love and family! Mission very well accomplished! We loved being tiny apart of your day. Thank you again!

DRESS Matthew Christopher from Bridals by Lori // ACCESSORIES  Family pieces // VENUE  Rosemary Beach Town Hall and Watersound Beach Club // PHOTOGRAPHER Paul Johnson Photography // WEDDING PLANNER Denise Sikes // PAPER Emily Holmes // FLOWERS Events by Nouveau // CATERER Watersound Beach Club, Chef Shane // CAKE Bake My Day // RENTALS Events by Nouveau // BRIDESMAIDS B. Hughes Bridal // GROOMSMEN Joseph A. Banks // MAKE-UP Tania Crawford // VIDEOGRAPHER Josh Kidd Films // BAND Atlanta All Stars