January 9, 2021

Audrey & Chad

Chad and Audrey met through a mutual friend from Baylor. Tim was one of Audrey’s first friends from freshman year, and rushed BYX with Chad during their spring semester of that same year. Somehow their paths never crossed during those first 4 years of college, or at least not to their knowledge.

Fast forward to the end of the spring semester of their (first) senior year: Audrey was leaving the business school and heading back to her car when she spotted Tim near the corner she was walking to. It had been several months since she saw him last, so she ran to give him a big hug without even noticing the tall handsome guy standing next to Tim! Tim then introduced that tall handsome guy to Audrey, who immediately forgot his name, and they shook hands. They all started chatting and Audrey and Chad found out they were both graduating late and would be returning to Baylor that fall. After a few minutes Tim and the tall handsome guy (whose name Audrey still couldn’t remember) said their goodbyes to Audrey and they went on their separate ways.

About two weeks later Audrey was driving through campus late one night and pulled up to the stoplight at the same corner by the business school. When she came to a stop she noticed two guys across the street holding golf clubs and tennis balls. She immediately recognized the two guys as Tim and the tall handsome guy and rolled down her window to call them over. Surprised to see her, they ran over to her car to say hi again. Tim introduced them again and, again, Audrey immediately forgot Chad’s name (whoops).

A few days later Audrey received a notification that she had a new follower request on Instagram named Chad Kelley. Not recognizing that name she decided to put her Facebook stalking skills to use and searched for him only to discover that that was the name of the tall handsome guy she had met twice. She quickly accepted his Instagram request and followed him back and sent him a request on Facebook (gotta love social media). Once they were “officially” friends, Audrey decided to send him a message on Facebook wishing him a good Memorial Day Weekend. It took her nearly four hours to send the message because she was so nervous, but thank goodness she did.

The two instantly hit it off and began sending mini novels to each other sharing stories about their childhood, their families, their favorite movies, food, and everything under the sun! They found out they were both from Houston, but unfortunately just a couple weeks after starting to get to know each other Audrey moved to Dallas for the summer for an internship, which would make seeing each other difficult. It worked out though that Audrey was going to Waco one weekend, so Chad planned a trip to meet her there so they could spend some time together. That Friday night they made two separate trips to HEB, played jacks in the middle of a Target aisle, and had their first official date at the local Cici’s. The next night Chad had the evening planned which included cooking both of their favorite meals (steak for himself & spaghetti for Audrey), playing baseball with a miniature ball and bat in his living room, and watching movies and eating ice cream in a pillow fort. It was that night, June 18, 2016, that they officially began dating!

THE DRESS

Audrey knew she wanted a colored dress and got lucky that the Raincloud was the very first dress she tried on. Her mom was actually the one who spotted it in the salon and as soon as she put it on she had the “this is the one” moment.
*Designer: Leanne Marshall*
*Purchased from: Lovely Bride in Houston, TX- lovelybride.com*

THE BRIDESMAIDS

Keeping her girls cozy while they getting ready for the Big Day!

Romantic meets Boho was a perfect match for this evening wedding set in the midst of winter. The flowers were full of beautiful, deep jewel tones that coordinated perfectly with the white gowns and navy suits the bridal party wore, and the blue from Audrey’s gown and forest green of Chad’s suit.
Florist: *Rachel Ciastko, owner of Alba Dahlia Floral*
Bridesmaids gowns: Azazie

CEREMONY & RECEPTION

*Audrey and Chad only looked at one venue in person, The Filter Building on White Rock Lake. They fell in love with it the moment they walked in and booked it later that same day!*

Audrey was very set on having different place settings at each table, so she and her mom searched for (new/unopened) sets of vintage silverware and ended up finding over 20 different sets that they mixed and matched at each table. One of Audrey’s favorite sets they found were rose gold with roses engraved on the handles!

The Bride and Groom Cakes were designed by Bronwen Weber, Food Networks’ Cake Challenge Champion, she was also named in Pastry Professional’s inaugural list as one of the top ten cake artists in North America.
She hit it out of the ballpark with Chad’s Houston Astros cake and captured Audrey’s creativity and love of fashion.
*Bronwen Weber, owner of Bronwen Cakes*

A sparkler-studded send-off was the perfect magical ending to their wedding day!

HONEYMOONING IN IRELAND & SCOTLAND

*Mr. and Mrs. Kelley honeymooned in Ireland and Scotland! In Ireland they stayed in Ennis, which is a small town in County Clare near the Cliffs of Moher and the Wild Atlantic Way.*
*Accommodations: Temple Gate Hotel*
*In Scotland, they were in the heart of Edinburgh just around the corner from The Royal Mile.*
Accommodations: *The Royal Scots Hotel*

Audrey and Chad, Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful wedding with Magnolia Brides!

PHOTOGRAPHY: Ashton Steele, owner of Ashton Steele Photography
FLORIST: Rachel Ciastko, owner of Alba Dahli
CATERER/BAKERY: Bronwen Weber, owner of Bronwen Cakes
WEDDING STATIONERY: Minted
HAIR & MAKEUP: Brides hair and makeup, Demi Mundo, cousin of the bride. Bridesmaids hair and makeup by Grand Slam Glam from Dallas, TX