A Q&A with Derek Halkett Photography at The Magnolia Venue When it comes to capturing your wedding day in the Smoky Mountains, few photographers are as highly regarded as Derek Halkett. As a top Smoky Mountain wedding photographer with over 13 years of experience, Derek has had the privilege of photographing over 650 weddings, many […]

One of our preferred florists, Matt of Echelon Florist, knows no limit when it comes to creating stunning floral arrangements for our wedding couples.

Vendors help make weddings amazing, creating a memorable day for everyone involved or in attendance. At the Magnolia Venue, we’ve worked with some talented vendors over the years, and we’ve served prominent guests, and wonderful couples. Vendors help us give these individuals an experience that will remain with them long after their wedding is over, […]

The star of every wedding ceremony is the bride and, in all honesty, the spotlight should be on her more than on anyone else-even the groom! Every bride we’ve ever seen is beautiful but makeup is what truly helps make her dashing, and that’s just one reason why we love working with professional makeup artists. […]

One of the first vendors that couples seek when planning a wedding is the cake maker, and with good reason! Both the bride and groom are always keen on who will make their wedding cake because it’s a truly significant part of the wedding ceremony. Catie Cakes are easily one of the best bakers we’ve […]

Over the years, the Magnolia Venue has had the privilege of working with some great, professional vendors who bring nothing short of excellence to their work. A wedding without a team of vendors is all but an impossible task now, and today, we feature one of the best of them in our vendor spotlight series. […]

A wedding without a caterer is little more than a gathering of friends and family. In other words, your wedding caterer is integral to the success of your wedding. Your guests want to dance, take pictures, and be merry with you, but your guests should never be in need of food or, in the worst-case […]

Photographers tell your wedding stories from an ‘angle’ no one else can see. Once the couple sees their wedding photographs, it’s always a moment of awe, there’s always a feeling of warmth, and pride is always thick in their eyes. From when the bride walks into the church with her father to the toast by […]

Whether you’re a whizz at completing to-do lists or you’re feeling disorganized already, there’s few services that we can recommend quite as strongly as those of a wedding planner.  Whatever your level of familiarity with organizing yourself and planning your life, the field of planning your wedding day will, most likely, be rather unfamiliar terrain […]

Been spending the evenings in lockdown with your partner trying to tick a few things off your wedding planning to-do list?  Although it might be a little bit stressful at times, the planning stage of your wedding preparations is a wonderful time for you to share as a couple. At the moment, with lockdown in […]