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
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Photo: Brittany Windham
HMU: DeeDee Morris
Gown: Formally Yours
Flowers: The Flower Shoppe Ozark
Location: First United Methodist, Ozark
Veil: Belynda Runyan Brandt
First Baptist Church in Headland, Alabama on October 27, 2018
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
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…
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 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
Emily and her husband, Holden, were married on September 12th, 2015. Team DeeDee had the pleasure of traveling to Eufaula, Alabama to help her and her bridal party get ready for their special day.
Photo Credit: Ashton Clark Photography
See the full album here.
Caroline has helped several brides down the aisle through wedding coordinating for the Grand on Foster venue in Dothan Alabama. But on February 21st, it was finally her turn to experience the wonder of her own Grand wedding. On the morning of her wedding day, she made her way over to our studio (251 S Alice Street) to have her hair and makeup done before returning to the venue to help her bridesmaids get ready. Of all the brides she had seen through her work as a coordinator, she entrusted the job to Deedee and her staff. We had such a wonderful time preparing Caroline and getting her picture-perfect. Her choice of a half-up/half-down soft curl hairstyle complimented her sweetheart neckline dress wonderfully. She started off our 2015 bridal season beautifully!
Congratulations to the newly married couple, Caroline and Jerron Tidmore.
Their Vendors:
For those of you who do not know, Kelley Gibson was a vital member of my beauty team for several years. She was a beautiful makeup artist and helped me on many of our rockin’ Saturdays. Kelley had experience from the pageant community and won swimsuit in her last pageant competition at Miss Alabama USA 2014. Kelley is my organizer, voice of reason at times, and a dear friend. She found love and moved to Washington D.C. this past year. I was so excited to perform some magic for Kelley’s wedding day in November. She had the most beautiful day and we had a wonderful trip. Kelley and her wedding party were flawless. Thank you for allowing us to do your hair and makeup and be a part of your special day! Congratulations to the new Mr. & Mrs. Johnson.
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