A Classic Virginia Wedding With Outdoor Touches & Sparkler Send Off

This sweet mid-fall wedding features nature’s favorite color palette strong with oranges, reds & touches of deep purples.  The couple, Melissa Thomason & Phillip Chambless, actually found the charming Clifton Inn the very weekend that they got engaged!  For the feel of the wedding, the couple hoped for a classic wedding with outdoor touches, featuring a tree side coffee station, lawn games & even a Bourbon Bar!  As a final touch, the couple invited guests to help them celebrate in their big moment by joining in on a late night sparkler send off!

“Phillip and I both went to UVA, both majored in Systems Engineering, but only met once briefly when I was a 4th year and he had just graduated and was back visiting Charlottesville.  After I graduated in 2006, I moved to Atlanta to work for a consulting firm where he happened to already work.  In September 2006 I got staffed on the same project as him at The Home Depot, and we immediately hit it off.  We became great friends, then dated on and off for the next 8 months before I FINALLY convinced him it was okay to date your co-worker.  We officially became a couple in April 2007  but never told anyone that we worked with until I left the company a year and a half later.”

“We hoped to have a bourbon bar!  We both love bourbon and my family is from Kentucky!”

Vendor List 

Ceremony & Reception Venue: Clifton Inn
Catering: Clifton Inn
Florist & Decor: Beehive Events
Music: Diana Gibbs, Marissa La Bant, Morwenna Lasko & Jay Pun, John Winntet
Tent Rental: Skyline Tent Company
Hair & Make-Up: Daphne Latham
Photography: Lauren D. Rogers Photography

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