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Joy Proposal Story: Emily & Taylor

by Cali Pitchel

Emily and Taylor met during their junior year at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. It was a special night. Everyone was out celebrating Robert Griffin III’s Heisman Memorial Trophy win. Emily and Taylor happened to end up at the same local dive bar, Scruffy Murphys, where they were introduced through mutual friends. Five years later they’re planning a wedding!


 

Give us the details! When? Where? How?

We recently moved to Atlanta and Taylor surprised me with a weekend trip to Savannah. We had a blast walking around downtown Savannah and going to the beach at Tybee Island during the day. We had a dinner reservation for that night, and as we were walking to the restaurant we passed the beautiful fountain in Forsyth Park, and he completely caught me off guard by getting down on one knee!

He had arranged a local photographer to capture our moment. We kept walking past the fountain and on the other side my parents and sister and his parents were there to surprise me with beautiful flowers, my favorite champagne, and ring shaped cookies that my sister made with our engagement date written in icing!

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Natalie Schwartz

 

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Natalie Schwartz

 

As if this wasn’t enough, we crossed to the other side of the park and there was a horse drawn carriage which took us through the streets of downtown Savannah while we popped champagne and talked about how excited we were to be engaged! Our families met us at the restaurant The Grey, which is a former Greyhound station turned modern restaurant.

Taylor had reserved the special event space (the former Boiler Room) and my mom and sister had decorated it with pictures of the two of us, flowers, and a “she said yes” sign. We all had dinner and cocktails and had a great time!​

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Chelsea Renay Photography

What has been your favorite experience planning the wedding? ​

Securing the venue. We are getting ​married at the Gasparilla Inn Beach Club overlooking the water and couldn’t be more excited!

How do you stay sane under th​e pressures of wedding planning? ​

Massages and yoga.​

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Chelsea Renay Photography

 

What piece of advice would you give couples to ensure that they use Joy to its fullest potential? ​

Remember to “add” sections so that you can give guests all of the information they need.

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At Joy we believe that even though a wedding lasts a day, joy lasts forever. What does that mean to you? ​

We can’t wait to have our friends and family celebrate us on our wedding day, and support us throughout our marriage.​

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Natalie Schwartz

 

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