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Outdoor Nashville Wedding | Claire & Joey

August 12, 2014

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Happy Tuesday, friends! Today seems like a beautiful day to share some images from Joey and Claire’s outdoor Nashville wedding this past weekend! They had an incredibly beautiful and emotional morning wedding, in the Celtic Cross garden at Woodmont Hills Family of God. A delicious bbq lunch followed, catered by Edley’s BBQ! And Claire arranged all the flowers for the wedding!

We have so enjoyed getting to know these two sweet people, and loved being there to celebrate with them, their family, and their friends! They both love people, and love to serve people so much–even on their own wedding day (more on that below!). Claire has been on several trips to India, and wore an anklet from India to honor her time there. Claire and Joey were first introduced by Joey’s cousin, who is married to Claire’s good friend. They met at church, and before they were introduced, Joey had already spotted Claire, and hoped that was the girl he was going to meet. When I asked Claire about their favorite things to do together, I absolutely loved her answer, which was “As corny as it sounds, we really enjoy doing everything together. Everything is more fun, more exciting, and more of an adventure when we do it together.” Not corny at all, Claire, and having someone to go on adventures with is an amazing thing, and I love that you two have that!  🙂

Here’s to the beginning of a beautiful story together!

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The quilt hanging behind Claire and Joey is the quilt Joey had made when he proposed, that has Claire’s nickname, some of their favorite Bible verses, and other meaningful words and phrases! So sweet.

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Congratulations, Joey and Claire! I hope you’re having an amazing time in New York!

Thank you all for stopping by the blog! We hope you have a great week, and if you’d like to keep up with the latest adventures, we would love to have you join us on Facebook and Instagram (@jencreed and @chriscreed)!

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BEHIND THE LENS

A note from Jen

Purpose and passion and the lessons of over 17 years of weddings...

I'm writing this today staring out at the bright blue Colorado sky, near Boulder, CO where I live with my husband of nearly 17 years and our 8 year old son. We moved here to chase the mountains and adventure and a life fully lived, after over a decade in Nashville, TN. 

It might seem silly to say that I believe part of my purpose here on this earth is creating photos at people’s weddings. But here’s the thing. Life is absolutely going to life. There are going to be days and seasons that are freaking hard and awful and the world feels like it’s burning down (literally, metaphorically, in all the ways). And there are going to be days full of so much love and joy and bliss and peace that you wish you could just bottle it up for all time.

And I feel so strongly that that’s WHY a wedding matters. And why your photos matter. And why making it so intentional and purposeful to you matters. To create the space to intentionally create beautiful new memories together. Because it’s a weekend to say that this love (yes, all love) and these people (yes, all people) MATTER. It exists. It is real. And it’s worth celebrating the f*** out of. In a radical defiance of everything telling us to be scared and wall up our hearts.



And it’s worth documenting. My purpose in this is to be present with what’s there on your wedding day—all the joy, love, and whatever else is showing up—and creating the record of it. A record of what is true to you. So that when the days hit hard, you can point back at this anchor of joy and love, and know that it exists. It is real. It is worth celebrating.

Sending all the love, wherever this journey of life is meeting you today. xoxo, Jen

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