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Kennedy Occasions is a wedding planning & floral design studio based in Nashville, TN. I plan & design weddings so that your life-changing occasion can be nothing short of spectacular - well planned, timelessly designed, & flawlessly executed.

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Several years ago, I worked with Cody Emberton and Jennifer Oatsvall (Feather and Oak) to create a Christmas wedding inspiration photo shoot. We played with winter botanicals, fruits and textures to create some of my favorite seasonal images. My floral ingredients were inspired by the traditional red and greens of the Christmas season. Deep red […]

Christmas wedding inspiration: A styled shoot

December 29, 2020

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I think everyone is looking forward to Summer.  Since winter seemed to last FOREVER, these sunshine-filled days can’t come soon enough.  To help get you guys in the spirit, I’m going to share Carla and Mitchell’s Tennessee summer picnic-inspired wedding! Tennessee Summer Picnic-Inspired Wedding Several years ago when Carla brought her inspiration to me, I […]

Tennessee Summer Picnic Wedding at Sam Davis Home | Carla + Mitchell

January 16, 2020

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I absolutely love winter. I think that puts me in a minority group but there is something about the snow and the crisp air and the wildness of winter that I adore. I’ve posted these images SO many times. I’m excited to share the story with you of this our snowy winter shoot in Mammoth, […]

Waiting for Spring: A snowy winter shoot in Mammoth, California

May 2, 2018

Mountain snow wedding inspiration
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As we all anxiously await spring, what better time to share a beautiful March collaboration shoot filled with beautiful Spring elements?! I’m excited for you to see these images of our editorial featuring Rose Quartz and Serenity, the Pantone colors of 2016. Alex Thornton reached out to me in January 2016 about collaborating on a styled […]

Pantone-inspired editorial: Rose Quartz & Serenity

April 8, 2018

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My sweet friend, Amber Vongsamphanh of Lotus Blossom Photography, and I teamed up to produce a cotton field romance inspiration shoot at Sam Davis Home with a team of outstanding vendors. Amber, who took the lead on this shoot, had a very clear vision: cotton field, red-headed “bride”, dark fall blooms, and a love-story and […]

“Cotton field romance” inspiration shoot at Sam Davis Home

April 4, 2018

Cotton field romance inspiration shoot
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Where did 2015 go?  How is it already January of 2016?  What happened to all the time I would have during the off-season?  Am I drowning? Diving into 2016 has been scary. With a rebrand on the horizon, a new website in the works and a total overhaul of my pricing structure, I feel like […]

Buckle up, Em. You’re in for a wild ride! – reminisce, revamp, recharge

January 4, 2016

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I love to share my weddings and floral projects on my blog.  I’m not one to talk about personal stuff on here really, but lately, being an adult is hard.  Being a girl is hard.  Being a small business owner is hard and balancing a(n unexpectedly demanding new) day job is hard.  And just think […]

Joy & Sadness: my tips to find balance

July 24, 2015

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I love how connections are made in the creative world.  Meeting one person can lead to an incredible opportunity which leads to meeting more incredible people which leads to….. You just never know what kind of doors each person will open in your world.  You may have read my post about Flower Camp (i.e. Team […]

One-on-one with Ashley Beyer – Tinge Floral

June 24, 2015

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We called it Flower Camp:  A hands-on floral workshop hosted by Philosophy Flowers in North Carolina. I discussed and pondered it and had scary dreams at night. “You’re gonna go to North Carolina, alone, to a flower workshop?!”, my friends would ask.  I don’t like doing things alone.  I have an irrational fear of “alone”. […]

Team Flower workshop with Kelly Perry of Philosophy Flowers

March 9, 2015

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When the ladies of The Collection email and ask if you want to play at Belle Meade Plantation for a styled shoot, you try not to geek out where people can see you. 🙂 A great chance to update our portfolios and stage something beautiful, we jumped in and the final creation was definitely my […]

Styled Shoot with The Collection: Belle Meade Plantation

February 10, 2015