Top left: Noah and Julie take a moment for sunset beach photos. Bottom left: Julie and Noah walk with the wedding party along "their" stretch of beach. Right: The incredible back of Julie's gown is beautiful and feminine, and we love seeing those details with her hair up! guests. fell in love with the rhinestone headband pants and bright shirts. The result was a When choosing her flowers, Julie marked worn by our 2016 cover bride. After search- great look for a semi-formal beach wed- up copies of bridebook with the styles she ing online for that particular one, Julie got ding. loved and would work with her beach lucky and found her own headband at a Julie remembers when they first started theme. Her florist had creative freedom local store. Her long-time hairstylist trav- planning how there is sometimes a pres- and traveled all the way from Roanoke eled to Georgia to do her hair and makeup. sure to do certain things simply because to make sure every flower was just right. Julie's up-do was made even more glamor- it's "how they are always done." With her When Noah and Julie walked into the re- ous with a white ostrich feather that tied in own ideas and bridebook in her hands, she ception and saw her creations for the first with the headband. realized she could make her day exactly time, they were blown away by the beauty of it all. Julie found the perfect look for the groomsmen thanks to an outdoor wedding what they wanted it to be, just for the two of them. While Julie opted not to wear a veil given also featured in the 2016 issue, where the "Working for a wedding magazine that the windy beach ceremony, she actually men wore light gray vests with matching showcases real wedding stories and the