I have been so excited to feature today’s real wedding from the moment it landed in my inbox from the talented husband & wife team that is Sadie Higs Photography. Not only does it feature a beautiful couple, but the setting is none other than the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, NC. If you’re not familiar with Proximity, you should be!!  It is one of the few hotels in the country that has achieved a LEED Platinum level certification for its commitment to ecologically sound building and operation practices.  Among some of those practices:

• 60% of the hot water used in the hotel and on site restaurant is heated via the 100 solar panels that cover 4,000 square feet of the hotel’s rooftop (enough hot water for a hundred homes).
• Low-emitting volatile organic compound (VOC) paints, adhesives, and carpets were used throughout the hotel, reducing indoor air contamination.
• 87% of construction waste was recycled, diverting 1,535 tons of debris from landfills.

Read  more about what makes Proximity Hotel a model in eco-construction, not to mention a downright gorgeous place to get married.  So it’s no wonder that today’s couple Catherine & Taylor chose to exchange marriage vows there (add the fact that they were engaged at the hotel’s Print Works Bistro restaurant and it really was a no-brainer!)

Catherine + Taylor chose to see each other before the ceremony out in the hotel courtyard.  The resulting series of images is so touching and lovely.

I am loving the clean, modern aesthetic of Proximity.  It can work with so many different wedding styles.  No crazy colors or textures to compete with.

Such beautiful images and the love between these two is just oozing from them.  Thank you Sadie Higs Photography for allowing us to share these with the world!

And for you other Greensboro/Proximity brides out there, Catherine + Taylor have been kind enough to share the vendors that made their special day so seamless and beautiful.

Florals: The Proximity Hotel

Caterer: PrintWorks Bistro, The Proximity Hotel

Ceremony Musicians: Corda Entertainment

DJ/Reception Entertainment: K2 Productions

Bakery: Ketchie Creek Bakery

Hair: Tiffany Dickens from Tranquility Salon in Winston-Salem

A totally adorable engagement session for y’all to end the week.  Kellie Kano certainly needs no intro…at least not on White Thread where I’m a wee bit obsessed with her work .  To make matters even sweeter, the super cute bride-to-be Ashley is a White Thread reader who personally reached out to me to see if her and fiance Matt’s e-session might just be feature worthy.  Um…in a word…YES!!  I can barely stand the wait for the wedding!  Please, please, please let us see you on here in all your bridal glory Ashley!

Today I am off on a photo shoot with the super fun Nancy Ray for White Thread’s first ever DIY table scape feature.  Follow along on Twitter for some candid “behind the scenes” views of the shoot on location at Fearrington Village. And stay tuned for the full feature in a few weeks!

But don’t worry, I’ve got a gorgeous wedding to share with you today.  Sent to me by Sarah and Jordan of Sadie Higs Photography, it features the most stunning, uber-stylish bride.  I love everything about Alon’s wedding day ensemble, including the gown she custom designed with the help of the ladies at Myline’s Bridal in Greensboro, NC. 

This couple’s wedding day was a VERY long time coming…the pair have known each other since they were fourteen!!!  They were married on a perfect Carolina fall day at the Greensboro-High Point Airport Marriott, surrounded by the their closest family and friends, including the couple’s too-cute-for-words son, Koren.

This next series of images is straight out of a magazine, I swear.  I absolutely love the look on Alon’s face as she’s walking down the aisle toward her groom.  Priceless emotion captured forever.

A bride’s shoes can never be too blingy for me.  Alon is a girl after my own heart!

What a great couple right?!  Amazing images from Sadie Higs.  I’m so honored to be able to feature their work here on White Thread!  Thank you so much for sending this wedding my way.

To Alon & Ira – I can’t thank you enough for letting us all share in your beautiful wedding day.  Best wishes for a lifetime of happiness together!

As promised (and a bit in reverse but whatev), Emily + Tommy’s LOVELY, very fall wedding from Indigo Photography.  November in North Carolina…it doesn’t get much better!  And Heritage Hill in Greensboro is pretty much the perfect backdrop for a fall wedding.

Happy almost one year anniversary Emily & Tommy!!  I hope you had as much reliving it as I did here on White Thread!

And a great big THANK YOU to Stephanie at Indigo Photography for sharing all of today’s images with me.  Stephanie is so incredibly talented, you have to check out her stuff.  I hope to have a lot more of it here on White Thread in the future!