“Walking down the aisle to the man of my dreams was not an easy walk. Growing up, this is a moment I had dreamt of many times. My parents were divorced and I was gifted from a young age with two incredible fathers (biological and step, although I never thought of them that way). I would think, how lucky am I to have two amazing men walk me down the aisle one day. Well, that wasn’t God’s plan. When my funny, lovable surfer Dad, Mark Breglio passed away in September 2009 and my goofy, kind and God-fearing Dad, Chris Campbell passed in July 2010, so did the dream of that special father daughter moment.
After Jeff proposed, I was so freaking happy and excited to walk down the aisle into the arms of my best friend, but there was a fear for what that moment would bring. Would I cry uncontrollably? Would I be shaking so much my bouquet would fall apart? Would the memories flood my brain and bring pain?”, said Taylour Ann.

“It has been almost three weeks since our wedding and as most Brides will tell you, a lot of the memories are a happy blur. But this one, the one where my incredible brother is walking me down the aisle and I was staring with loving eyes at the most amazing guy I somehow got lucky enough to marry, sticks in my brain like glue. The tears, shaking and memories I was once so nervous to experience were laced with pure and overwhelming joy (I think you can see it in my face). I don’t normally write long posts, but loss is a subject almost everyone can relate too. Grief never goes away and it doesn’t get better with time, but it does change. Grief is ugly and it hurts. I know that those who have felt that pain know that most of the grief that sticks with you is not from the memories of the past, but the future memories missed. I had been so consumed with the memory I would never be able to have with my Dads on my Wedding day, that I almost forgot about the memory I was able to create…and jeeze was it a good one.”

The Stefana Crown Ceremony is one of the most treasured Greek Wedding Traditions. The act of placing a delicate, white crown on top of the bride and groom’s head is a visual expression of receiving the grace of the holy spirit, whereby they are united with a ribbon as one. It is a special tradition is inspired by Psalm 8:5, which reads, “You have made them a little lower than the angels, and crowned them with glory and honor.” The crowns we used at our wedding were my grandmothers she wore over 70 years ago. I actually have the picture of my grandma using the crowns!!! I have attached it to this email J

Well aside from above (the Stefana Crown Ceremony), we personalized Greek olive oil bottles for each guests as their escort card. We also had white Jordan Almonds called Koufetta at each place setting.

We were so lucky to get ready with Prince, our cat, and Stanley, our dog, at our side.

Creative Team:

Planner: Beacon & Berkeley

Venue: Chesapeake Bay Beach Club

Videography: Alex Ham Videography

Band & Ceremony music: Lucy Black Band

Florals: William Thomas Floral

Hair + Makeup: Bridal Hair by Remona & Nikki Lemon Beauty n the bride

Invitations + Paper: Minted

Rentals: Select

Cake: Alexis Nicol Cakes

Transportation: Blanchard Limo