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An Elegant Wedding at the Texas Tech Club in Lubbock, Texas

Heather Hodges, 30, a nurse practitioner, married Todd Bradshaw, 32, an orthopedic surgeon, at the same church where they first met in Lubbock, Texas.

Heather Hodges, 30, a nurse practitioner, married Todd Bradshaw, 32, an orthopedic surgeon, at the same church where they first met in Lubbock, Texas. Following the church ceremony, the couple celebrated with friends and family at a reception at the Texas Tech Club. An ivory and shimmering champagne color palette with black accents perfectly achieved Heather's desire for a romantic feel with classic elegance.

Guests wrote the couple special messages that were later turned into a quilt.
The double chocolate groom's cake honored Texas Tech University, Todd's alma mater and the location of the reception.
The couple enjoyed a three-tier white wedding cake with strawberry cream cheese filling and buttercream frosting.
The bride and groom, who honeymooned in Whitehouse, Jamaica, were treated to a fun farewell when guests threw streamers as they left.
The ceremony aisle was decorated with ivory silk sashes and white hydrangeas.
Heather's bridesmaids donned full-length champagne chiffon gowns by designer Jenny Woo and accessorized with diamond earrings and a diamond wrist cuff.
Todd and Heather had their first kiss as a married couple under an archway of draping willow, ruscus and flowering branches.
Heather wore a stunning three-karat ring with a round-cut diamond surrounded by multiple smaller diamonds while Todd stuck with a simple band.
The bridesmaids carried white peonies and white roses with crystal bouquet wraps.
Instead of having a traditional wedding guest book, the bride and groom allowed friends and family to sign messages to be later incorporated into a quilt.
Ivory and shimmering champagne linens covered the tables and chairs at the elegant reception.
White roses, tulips, baby's breath and dusty miller filled glass vases to serve as centerpieces at the reception.
Neutral colors and an elegant black design proved to be the perfect combination for the couple's simple yet sophisticated wedding invitations.
Guests were given simple ivory programs adorned with black bows.
White flower centerpieces combined with ivory and champagne linens exuded classic elegance at the Texas Tech Club reception.
Heather wore an ivory silk taffeta Ines Di Santo one-shoulder mermaid gown.
Heather carried white peonies complemented with a crystal encrusted bouquet wrap.
The bride kept her look classic with a loose-wave hairstyle and simple, natural-looking makeup.
The ceremony featured two large Victorian urns filled with white hydrangeas, white delphinium and bells of Ireland.
The bride and groom married at First Baptist Church Lubbock, where they originally met in a singles Sunday school class.
"Todd and I could not have been happier to spend our special day with family and friends in celebration of our love for each other," Heather says.
The bridesmaids wore full-length chiffon gowns by Jenny Woo while the groom and groomsmen wore black Vera Wang tuxedos with white boutonnieres.