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Christine & Rhett: A Traditional Wedding in Austin, TX

Rhett Dillingham thought he’d hit the single-girl jackpot when a nurse friend of his introduced him to some of her coworkers at a party. That’s where

Rhett Dillingham thought he’d hit the single-girl jackpot when a nurse friend of his introduced him to some of her coworkers at a party. That’s where he was introduced to Christine Heaven, one of those nurses. She was the first and last one he met because the two hit it off and began dating. Two years later, before moving to Chicago together where Rhett would attend school, Rhett proposed on an Austin dock. The Bride Christine Heaven, 28, nurse The Groom Rhett Dillingham, 28, MBA student The Date August 20 With family -- and themselves -- spread out across the country, the two talked for a long time about where to host the festivities. Eventually, they decided that Austin was their one true home and hired a planner to help them arrange things from Chicago.

The traditional ceremony took place in a gorgeous church that needed only a single floral arrangement for decoration. Friends read passages from the bible, and a friend of the groom’s father performed the ceremony.
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After some memorable toasts by the best man and maid of honor, the cake was cut. The bride’s cake was a colorful piece de resistance: a four-tiered confection created by The Driskill topped with flowers and petals and filled with lemon-blueberry chiffon.
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The groom’s box-shaped cake was topped with chocolate-covered strawberries.
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Christine and Rhett kicked off the night under a shower of red and orange lighting that was professionally designed to look like flickering candlelight.
The reception was held at the historic, formal Driskill Hotel, where a grand staircase led the 150 guests into a great atrium, where an ivy overhang dipped toward the light blue-covered tables that were topped with red and orange flowers.
Christine carried lots of deeply hued orange calla lilies. Her four bridesmaids’ flowers were also burnt orange.
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