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Leigh & Todd: A Formal Wedding in St. Petersburg, FL

Leigh and Todd were insistent on planning a wedding that expressed their personalities, relying on handcrafted details and the bride's favorite colors

Leigh and Todd were insistent on planning a wedding that expressed their personalities, relying on handcrafted details and the bride's favorite colors (green and French blue) to pull it together. THE BRIDE Leigh Wallace, 31, a freelance publicist THE GROOM Todd Andrus, 29, a national sales manager for an adventure park THE DATE August 28 It's only natural that Todd loves adventure, but he's also a romantic. Todd planned an elaborate scavenger hunt for his then girlfriend, Leigh. The clues took me from our home in St. Petersburg to a park in Clearwater (where we had one of our first dates, to play Frisbee golf) to our office at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay (where we met) to our favorite pizza place back in St. Petersburg (our first meal alone together) to Pass-A-Grille Beach (our favorite place to be), where he was waiting on the sand, says Leigh. When Leigh arrived, Todd sank to one knee and proposed.

The Location
Leigh and Todd exchanged vows in the Grand Hall of the Mirror Lake Lyceum, a historic Mediterranean-style structure.
Leigh and Todd set the tone for the evening, making their grand entrance to Sabotage, by the Beastie Boys.
I had a dreamy picture in my head of what my perfect dress would look like and my mother made the dream come true, Leigh says of her handmade a-line silk duchess satin gown with low-V back.
Frosted smooth and white (to give the rolled fondant appearance), Leigh and Todd's buttercream cake was topped with green cymbidium and dendrobium orchids.
The Couple
The Bride
The Couple
The Music
The Bridal Bouquet