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Cassidy + Tucker

Cassidy’s Wedding Day hair and makeup started bright and early at 7:30 AM. Team DeeDee arrived at Magnolia Bay to help get her 13 person Wedding party (including Moms!) ready for what would be a memorable and joy-filled wedding ceremony and reception.

We felt like a part of the family! Cassidy’s wedding day was stress and drama free and honestly a celebration from the first moment we got started. There was music, dancing, and laughing all day. It was a pleasure making memories with them and seeing everyone so happy to celebrate their union.

Brittany Jayde Photography did an amazing job capturing the beautiful bride, wedding party, and details. She was lovely to work with and had so many great photos that it was hard to choose just a few for this blog. To contact her for your wedding or see more of her work, visit facebook.com/BrittanyJaydePhotography

THE VENDORS

  • Ceremony and Reception Venue: Magnolia Bay
  • Day of Coordinators: Dorina Woodham
  • Hair & Makeup: DeeDee Morris and Team
  • Photographer: Brittany Jayde Photography
  • Videographer: T&T Films
  • Catering: Faye Jacobs
  • DJ/Music: Lucky Town Band
  • Flowers: Rachel Barrentine (Flowers by Rachel)
  • Bride’s Cake: The Cakery
  • Groom’s Cake: Sweet Crumbs
  • Gown: Admiring Glances in Enterprise, AL
  • Alterations: Alycia Mathis
  • Gown Designer: Allure Bridal (Style: F102 Marigold)
  • Bridesmaids Dress Designer: Morilee from Andrews Bridal
  • Groomsmen Suits: The Black Tux
  • Groomsmen Ties: The Tie Bar
  • Invitations: Press Craft Printing Company of Ozark, AL
  • Rings: White Diamond – Atlanta, GA

And they lived happily ever after….

Sydney + Reilly

April 20, 2019

Photo: Brittany Jayde Photography
Florist: Christy Grimsley & Sam’s Club
Wedding dress: @Simply Elegant
Bridesmaid Dresses: Azazie
Venue: Magnolia Bay, Dothan, AL
DJ: Premier, Dothan, AL (Skylar)
Hair: Taylor Walding
Makeup: DeeDee Morris
Cake Designer: Tara’s Temptations

We are moving!!!

As of Tuesday, January 29, 2019, DeeDee Morris and #teamdeedeehm are excited to announce that we will be in a new and updated studio space. We will be located inside Beaver Flats Cabin, 2636 Fortner Street, Dothan, AL. One of the great benefits of moving is that we will have a larger updated facility with more parking and a larger waiting room.

Beaver Flats Cabin will be operated by DeeDee and her husband, Doni. It is located just 6 minutes and 2.5 miles down the street from our current Downtown location of 20 years on South Alice.

Beaver Flats cabin hosts a Parlor room upstairs, perfect for brides. This room will allow you to spend time with your bridesmaids and friends in private as well as being on site for hair and makeup. Also, If you’d like to have your bridal luncheon in the Main Hall while still having time to get ready, our space will allow for an easy and care free pre-wedding morning. Our small space is great for all kinds of parties including birthdays and showers! For pricing and more information about Beaver Flats, Dothan’s Newest Small Event Venue Space, visit www.beaverflatscabin.com.

We would love for you to also stop by for our open house on Thursday, February 7 from 5 pm – 8 pm. Please RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/pg/beaverflatscabin/events.

We look forward to continuing to do business with you from our new location. If you have any questions, please contact us at deedeepageanthm@gmail.com

Best,

Team DeeDee

Hayden + Adrian

Hayden found her match in Adrian and Skye found her match in Hayden.

(Video Credit: Joshua Bane)

While attending Auburn University in 2015, Hayden passed a donation table for “Be The match,” a national registry of volunteer bone marrow donors. Hayden had donated blood and platelets in the past so she decided to register with them. She knew it would be a minute chance of being a match for someone.

A year or two later, a love story began to blossom with a simple phone call to catch up with Adrian. He was stationed in Texas at that time.

To her surprise, almost a year after Hayden walked up to the table on the Auburn campus, she received a phone call from a coordinator with Be the Match. Hayden was a match for a baby girl with leukemia – Skye.

On May 5, 2017, Adrian proposed to Hayden and the wedding planning began.

Per Be the Match Policies, the two families (Hatfield-Ryals & Savren-McCormick) had to remain anonymous for a year. Hayden sent a letter through the organization to the family telling them how much helping their baby girl really helped her.  Hayden really wanted to meet the baby girl and when she was able to learn her identity, she communicated through email, phone calls, and Facebook.  For Skye’s birthday, Hayden sent a present along with an invitation for Skye to be her flower girl.

Skye faced many battles after the transplant including losing her spleen and developing lymphoma in her eyelid, neck, and back.  Her mother described her as a hero and calls her “Warrior Skye” when being interviewed by Dothan Eagle’s, Peggy Ussery.

A few weeks before the wedding, the doctors cleared Skye to come to Alabama. Hayden and Adrian married on June 9, 2018, with Skye as their flower girl and friends and family attending.

DeeDee met Hayden through a family connection. DeeDee’s Husband, Doni, has worked alongside Hayden’s Mom, Lisa for several years at Ft Rucker US Army Post. DeeDee learned of Hayden’s beautiful act of kindness during their Bridal Shoot with Mark Broadway at Point Clear, AL.

We are so grateful to have been such a small part of this beautiful love story. Thank you to the Hatfields and Rylas Families for allowing us to be a part of your wedding day celebration.

Photography: Mark Broadway
Videography: Joshua Bane
Hair and Make-up: Team DeeDee
Flowers & Decor: Hartford Florist & Gifts
DJ: Joey Tripp DJ Services
Invitations: Enterprise Printing & Signs
Cakes: She’sCakes, Sweet Crumbs Confections
Catering: Melissa Clements Catering

(Photo Credit: Mark Broadway Photography)

Since the wedding, several news outlets across the US and Abroad have learned about this wonderful story. You can read the articles by clicking on each outlet…

Elizabeth + Josh

Thursday, April 19, 2018

VIDEOGRAPHY |  Megan Pettus Videography
CEREMONY | First Baptist Church of Headland
RECEPTION VENUE | The Grand on Foster
PHOTOGRAPHER | T2 Photography
FLORIST | RKB Flowers
PLANNER | Candace Maddox & Caroline Tidmore
CAKE | The Cakery
ENTERTAINMENT |  Lucky Town Band booked through The Music Garden
HAIR & MAKEUP ARTIST | Deedee Morris
BRIDAL GOWN | bridals by lori
BRIDESMAIDS’ GOWNS |  Formally Yours
GROOM’S ATTIRE | Andrew’s Bridal
TRANSPORTATION | Bay Limousine
OFFICIANT | Dr. Cecil Sanders & Rev. Don Adams
INVITATIONS | Shine Wedding Invitations
SONG LICENSING | Soundstripe

Laira + Justin

Laira became Mrs. Chambers on May 14, 2016. She and her bridal party were such a pleasure to work with and we loved being able to do hair and makeup. Nicole Everson Photography, based in Chipley, Florida, took these gorgeous photos we would like to share with you. We take pride in making our brides feel like queens on their wedding day! Watch her wedding video here.

Some of her vendors included:
Hair & Makeup: Deedee’s Hair/Makeup Studio
Photography: Nicole Everson Photography
Dress Designer: Vocelles
Dress Shop: The Bridal Shoppe
Location: Landmark Park
Flowers: The Petal Pusher
Decor: Southern Traditions Wedding & Events Rentals
Decor: Platinum Event Rentals LLC
Cake: Debra West

12 Beauty Mistakes Brides Are Bound To Regret

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Your wedding is one of the most photographed days of your life. We put together a list of common mistakes to avoid so you can look your best in all those pictures.

1. Not wearing foundation

You will most likely be photographed with a high-resolution camera on your wedding day, which can show more redness and imperfections than the human eye can see. Not wearing foundation can translate to very poor pictures. Even if it sounds like a tall order, you should at least wear foundation, blush, mascara and lipstick or gloss to be as camera-ready as possible.

2. Experimenting

Your wedding day isn’t the time to experiment with red lipstick or smoky eyes for the first time. If this is a look you want and have never worn before, I suggest scheduling a trial run. Trial runs should be scheduled at least one month before the wedding.

3. Adding shimmer in the wrong places

Apply a sheer gold shimmer along the tops of the cheekbones, on the cupid’s bow of the lips and just under the brows.

4. Applying blush incorrectly

Concentrate on the apples of your cheeks, where you blush naturally.

5. Too much dramatic eye makeup

Smoldering eyes tend to look much better in person than they do in photos.

6. Forgetting your brows

Your brows frame your eyes and can truly change the entire look of your face. You’re going to want to define them with a brow powder.

7. Wearing a foundation with SPF

Many formulas now include sun protection, which is wonderful for your everyday look. However, on your wedding day, stick to a traditional foundation. SPF formulas can cause the face to look white in flash photography.

8. Getting a spray tan too close to the wedding

Don’t book your tanning session the day before the wedding. Instead, build color gradually over several sessions in the weeks leading up to the big day.

9. Waxing the day before

Wax brows or any other area at least five days before the big day to avoid marks, redness or scabs.

10. Forgetting about the bridal party’s hair & makeup

Your bridesmaids are going to be in dozens of pictures with you. Give them some guidelines regarding their hair & makeup so that everyone looks cohesive.

11. Cutting/Coloring your hair the week of the wedding

Don’t do anything extreme or drastic to your hair before your wedding. This means NO crazy haircut or color that you have never tried. If you would like to test out a cut or color, make sure to leave yourself with a good enough amount of time, just in case you need to fix a disaster! Cutting you hair before the wedding will allow it to be healthily settled before you get it styled on the day of. If you need a trim, go two weeks before your wedding day. If you need to get an actual haircut, go 3-4 weeks before so your hair has time to adjust to the new length.

12. Not packing an emergency kit

Some key products: your lip color, cotton swabs and tissues to fix any smudges, translucent powder for oily skin, and lash glue if you’re wearing falsies.