We Do: Extol Weddings | Hitched at Harvest

December 5, 2017

Couple wins all-expenses-paid dream wedding, thanks to local vendors

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ASHLEY WALTS

Jamie and Sydney (Gohlston) Oliver wed Oct. 14, 2017, at The Loft on Spring after winning the first-ever Get Hitched at Harvest giveaway.

Laurie Haag, owner of Eventful 203, Laurel Wreath Bridal and Loft on Spring, came up with the contest as a way to celebrate Harvest Homecoming’s 50th anniversary. She easily garnered the support of local vendors, all of whom donated their services, and asked the public for email submissions. Then, a committee made up of community members picked the winner: Jamie’s entry about his soon-to-be wife

“You have to fight through some bad days, to get to the best days of your life,” read the submission from Jamie. “A lot of times you hear about the love of your life, but what about the life you’ve grown into by love? I wasn’t always the man I am today. I didn’t always want the things I have today, but because of Sydney and the way she’s always put love first, her love of life, her love of our children and her love of me, I’ve grown – by love. … Sydney is the love of my life and the hardest rock I know. She’s a diamond! When life’s pressures were applied, in the midst of darkness, she turned our life into something more beautiful than I could have ever imagined.”

On Sept. 29, Laurie announced on WHAS11’s “Great Day Live!” that Jamie and Sydney were the lucky couple who had won the dream package, which included a wedding dress provided by Laurel Wreath bridal, a rehearsal dinner dress for the bride (and 20 percent off bridal party dresses) from Sapphire on Main, a rehearsal dinner at River City Winery and an Oct. 14 wedding at The Loft on Spring.

“There’s a cadence in which society tries to follow rules,” wrote Jamie in his submission. “Love tends not to follow those rules. It has no rhyme or reason, no fault nor blame and as a pastor once told us, ‘Love holds no records of past transgressions.’ It is unconditional. It may not be the greatest love story of all time, but it’s all love for us.”

HITCHED AT HARVEST VENDORS

VENUE: The Loft on Spring

FOOD: Stumler’s Catering

BAR SERVICE: Wick’s

FLORALS: Merci Bouquet

DJ: Spin-A-Round Sound

CAKE: Sweet Stuff

PHOTOGRAPHY: Ashley Walts Photography

BRIDE’S DRESS: Laurel Wreath Bridal

BRIDE’S WEDDING DAY PREP: Laurel and Lavender Beauty Lounge

BRIDE’S MAKE-UP: Beauty by Olivia Louise
BRIDAL DRESS ALTERATIONS: Alterations by Carol

GROOM’S TUX RENTAL: Sew Fitting