When faced with the most stressful news a bride and groom can receive the day before their wedding, Natalie and Luke rolled with the punches and pulled off an indescribably charming celebration at Nova 535! Despite the venue change, which lead to canceling vendors and having to rethink the entire design of their day, the couple had a beautiful outdoor ceremony on a patio lined with bamboo trees and a cozy, modern reception in the downtown event space. They also took full advantage of the city’s impressive murals for a fun, colorful, and quirky portrait session with Savannah Lauren Photography. This wedding is proof that, even if everything doesn’t go according to plan, your wedding day will be perfect because of the person you marry and the loved ones you have by your side! The Couple:
Natalie and Luke
The Wedding:
Nova 535, St. Petersburg, Florida

Our original venue called the day before our wedding and said they were double-booked, even though we had booked them more than a year out, and they had our deposit. (The wedding they chose to host was double the size of ours, so they made double the money.) We had to cancel some of our vendors and abandon the booze we had purchased. Nova 535 offers their own bar, tables, chairs and staff — I wish we had booked them from the beginning.

With less than 24 hours to throw a wedding together over a holiday weekend, we thought we’d have to get married in a Target parking lot, but my cousin r...