Our delightful friend Jen of Green Wedding Shoes shared an early sneak peek at our Family Heirlooms shoot!

Michelle wrote the most beautiful post about how the message of V5 has affected her business. The wedding of her couple Eddie + Jordan was featured in the mag!

Jen and her team at Makeup for Your Day wrote about their experience working on our Family Heirlooms shoot!

Jen shared the exciting news that one of her images was featured in our bouquet section!

Val highlighted eight reasons why she loves SW. We’re blushing!!

Lucy O Photo shared her featured image AND her adorable baby girl. I think I see a contender in our photo contest!

Emily highlighted her featured image and a few snaps from our launch party!

Floridian Weddings mentioned us in their weekly round-up post… thanks, gals!

So did Lisa. We adore that cake, too!

Snippet & Ink kindly shared a peek at our Honey & Pecan shoot.

Faith, whose images appear in several spots throughout the magazine, wrote the sweetest post about her experience!

Our dear friend Kristy shared some behind the scene shots from the making of our launch party photobooth backdrop. She made a similar one for the Lilly feature in V5!

Leigh Pearce contributed to our ceremony tips feature, and we were so glad to have her!

100 Layer Cake shared an early peek at our Kentucky Rose shoot!

Style Unveiled loved it so much they asked to feature it, too!

Liz & Ryan shared the sweetest post about our launch party and their excitement over V5!

Our lovely friends the Wedding Chicks shared a sneak peek of our cover shoot fun!! They also posted some yellow bridesmaid dress ideas to accompany it!

Leila and co., who helped us pull together our Lilly Pulitzer shoot, shared a few snaps!

KT Merry, the photographer, shared a few, too! We love you, KT!!

The Lilly shoot was quite a popular lady! Summer from Grey Likes shared a sneak peek on her blog early on!

Our friend Rebecca Rose wrote the NICEST post about V5 and our launch party. We were so happy to see you there, R!

And last but certainly not least, Lindsay from TOAST Events, the planner behind the Honey & Pecan shoot, shared a few spreads on her blog!

I am entirely positive that we missed some of y’all’s kind posts, so please leave the link in the comments if you’re not mentioned here! We’ll be sure to either add them to this post or save them for a second round-up!

Michelle Cross’s blog post was adorable. Michelle, your excitement is contagious!

Katherine says we succeeded with our cover mission… what do you think?

Love the glamour shoot that photographer Laura Ivanova arranged for her copy of V3 :)

A photo from our girl Brooke Schwab was featured in the blogger directory and she’s giving away a copy!

Lauren weighed in as one of our Southern honeymoon experts!

Camille Deann, one of our V3 sponsors, thinks no bride should be without a copy of SW. We agree!

The ladies at Simply Bloom contributed one of our lovely real weddings, Rachel and Phillip.

We LOVE Tanja Lippert’s work and were thrilled to feature a pair of her photographs in V3!

Christine Tremoulet is another one of our fabulous V3 sponsors. We love you and your images, Christine!

We were thrilled to feature work from Sarah Yates! Now, Sarah, you just have to come shoot a wedding in the South :)

Marie Labbancz was one of our cover finalists, and we loved her shoot so much we gave it an extended spread.

Y’all know I love me some Weddingbee! Thanks, Miss Brooch you’re making us blush!

Adrienne Gunde practically wrote the book on how to submit the perfect bouquet shot for Southern Weddings. We love you, Adrienne!

Rae and Wes are our huge fans, and we, likewise, are huge fans of theirs! It’s a mutual lovefest :)

Last but certainly not least, we were thrilled to feature a few photographs from Larissa Cleveland.

Thanks, y’all, so, so much!! We couldn’t have put out this issue without your support. If we missed your post on V3, leave a comment here and I’ll add it in!

Nah, we won’t apologize we’re too excited! Without further ado, a few of the lovelies who’ve given us a shout-out over the last week:

Our good buddy Jonathan Canlas made us blush.

We will forever be indebted to Brooke and the Curious + Company team for their work on the “Choose Your Own Southern Wedding” feature.

Kiley + Tim’s wedding by Paul Johnson was the last wedding we accepted for V3 and we’re so happy we did!

Jose, Jose, Jose… we can’t sing his praises highly enough.

Gina Zeidler wowed us with her Texas brunch cover concept.

And the Vue chicks cover entry was sweet as a peach. Make sure you check out Diva Productions’ video from their shoot day!

Sweet Southern gal Emily Ley was invaluable in helping us with some of the trickier graphic design elements.

Our girl Jen from Green Wedding Shoes came up with the most stunning concept for her “Southern by Design” shoot. We love you, Jen!

Her co-conspirators Carissa of JL Designs…

and photographer Stephanie Williams also had lovely things to say.

The ladies of 100 Layer Cake wowed us with their Great Gatsby concept.

We tapped one of our favorite bloggers, Kathryn of Snippet & Ink, to contribute to our Southern honeymoon story.

Kelly Hornberger was one of our fabulous sponsors, and she’s giving away a few copies on her blog!

Jill Thomas was responsible for one of the most beautiful real weddings we featured, Ali + Matt.

Bow ties and gorgeous pocket squares, oh my! The Cordial Churchman made us swoon with thier dapper creations featured in V3.

Lauren, from Every Last Detail, gave us her Southern insight on page 10!

Kirstie lent us a few photographs for the groom’s gallery and blogger directory.

We were THRILLED to have the chance to feature an A Bryan Photo wedding…

…and the work of SW fave Calder Clark.

Kate Headley was the talent behind another one of our real weddings (and perhaps my personal favorite!).

Yet another real wedding was shot by Anne Marie Photography. We loved the bold yellows!

We were thrilled to feature menus from Minted in one of our editorial spreads. They do amazing work and are so easy to collaborate with!

Lauren Larsen came through in the clutch with the perfect imagery to pair with an article that was in dire need of some beautiful photos. Thank you, Lauren!!

We couldn’t have dreamed up a better end story than Ruth & Jerry. Thanks to Donnan Photo for sending the two lovebirds our way!

Amelia Lyon was behind the camera for a stunning editorial spread!

And So Happi Together was the genius behind the details of the same spread!

To round out the all-star team from Amelia’s shoot, we were thrilled to find this post from The Loveliest Day who did event design and styling!

Last but DEFINITELY not least, Joey + Jessica were the photo geniuses behind our beautiful cover. We love you guys!!!

Thank you, again, to all of these lovely friends! If you wrote a post about the new SW on your blog, share it with us in the comments and we’ll make sure to include you in this post or a future one!

Want your own copy of V3? WIN ONE here, or take a pic with V3 and win one here, or order here OR find it on newstands all over the US (heavy in the South of course, but we’re in every state somewhere!) at select Barnes and Noble, Borders, Piggly Wiggly (YEEHAW!!), Walmart, Target, and major retailers. We’re waiting on our complete store list to come in, so if you find your copy, tweet us where you found it or leave a comment here so we can let other folks know. Thank y’all again so much for the love! 

{Project Wedding}, {Cori Cook Floral Design}, {Kuperblog}, {2000 Dollard Wedding}, {Ritzy Bee}, {Todd Pellowe Weddings}, {W. Scott Chester}, {Positively Preppy in Pink}, {Wolf Mountain Vineyards}, {Pretty Damn Fabulous}, {Blue-Eyed Bride}, {Leigh Miller}, {Hostess with the Mostess}, {Bliss Event Group}, {Alltop Weddings}, {IMDb}, {The Perfect Pair}, {Budget Savvy Bride}, {Tastefully Entertaining}, {This is How Life Happens}, {Brenda’s Wedding Blog}, {Modern Vintage}, {Nicole Galletta}, {The Inspired Roodm}, {Weddingbee}, {We Met In A Bar}, {Brooklyn Bride}, {The Bride & Her Bestie}, {Weddingbee Pro}, {Kim Squared}, {Pure Bliss}, {Peach & Pearl}, {Make Mine a Mojito}, {Southern Sunshine}, {The Little White Book}, {Pierre’s Restaurant}, {Two Fishes Artistry}, {Oh, You Know}, {Sabine Scherer}, {Morada Bay Beach Cafe}, {iDiy}, {Powerhouse Studios}, {Everyone Knows}, {My Dream Ring}, {Ashley Brokop}, {Pirate and A Pear}, {Mammoth Men}, {Cathy + David}, {The Smart Planner}, {Life’s Like This}, {O Nosso Casamento}, {Starfish and Coffee}, {Oeil Photography}, {J|Andra Photography}, {Amber Hughes Photography}, {Your Dream Day Blog}, {I’m A Wedding Newbie}, {Mark Elkins Photography}, {Winstons Eatery}, {Fuss Jewelry}, {V3 Weddings and Events}, {Beau Coup}, {My Southern Bride}, {Muscari}, {Jena D Events}, {best.date.ever}, {uberBrides}, {The Pirate is Marrying a Pear}, {I Do {Blog!}}, {Kelly MacPhee Photojournalist}, {Be Inspired PR}.

{decor8}, {Ritzy Bee}, {DrewB Photography}, {Apertura Photography}, {Style Me Pretty, 1}, {Lucky Me, 1}, {FotoRecord}, {Flights of Fancy, 1}, {Pearls Events}, {Swanky Tables}, {Modern Vintage}, {Jumping The Broom}, {In This Instance}, {The Finer Things}, {Flights of Fancy, 2}, {Lucky Me, 2} {WedSmack}, {The Bluegrass Bride}, {Creative Odds n’ Ends, 1}, {Rice Ink, 1}, {Wedding}, {Joyful Weddings & Events, 1}, {Megan Hobson}, {The Best Warcraft Today}, {First Coast Weddings and Events}, {Snippet & Ink}, {The Wedding Workroom}, {Fuss Jewelry}, {Wishpot Wedding Blog}, {My Wedding Report}, {Dawn Easter Events}, {Just Dandy}, {Rice Ink, 2}, {By Your Side Events}, {Planning Forever Events Blog}, {Weddex}, {Conneticut Weddings}, {West Aussie Wedding, 1}, {Under A Paper Moon, 1}, {Peach & Pearl}, {A Homespun Wedding}, {Joyful Weddings & Events, 2}, {Stacy Reeves Photography}, {Pen Carlson Photography}, {Mary Beth Tyson Photography}, {Lisa Lefkowitz, 1}, {Lisa Lefkowitz, 2}, {Southern Sunshine}, {Love and Splendor}, {Eat, Drink, Marry}, {Blue-Eyed Bride}, {Katie Elfers}, {A Wedding Planner’s Diary}, {Under A Paper Moon, 2} {The Savvy Bride}, {West Aussie Wedding, 2}, {The Innerworkings of a Fish Girl}, {Delphine Ephemera}, {A Glimpse of the G
irl Next Door}, {We Met In A Bar}, {Bustle Event Design}, {Wedding Soriee}, {Our Labor of Love}, {A Windy City Wedding}, {Photosmashing}, {Sweet as a Peach}, {The White Aisle}, {Life’s Like This}, {M and M Wedding}, {Elefantitas Alegres}, {Laura Negri Photography}, {Arden Photography}, {Letting Go}, {Prima Donna Bride}, {Connected Bride}, {JenaD Events}, {Follow Your Bliss}, {Red Wing Black}, {Style Me Pretty, 2}, {Creative Odds n’ Ends, 2}, {Chocolate Rose}, {Brian Khang}

There were so many kind posts this week.  Here’s just a sampling…  THANK YOU!!!!

{Weddingbee}, {Lauren Clark Photo}, {Cameron Ingalls}, {Lucky Me}, {Tumblr}, {Elizabeth Anne Designs}, {Audrey Hannah}, {Photosmashing}, {The Little White Book}, {The Smart Planner}, {Letting Go}, {Jasi Haack Weddings}, {M and M Wedding}, {A Southern Soiree}, {Brenda’s Wedding Blog}, {Medjester}, {Madison Road Girl}, {Our Labor of Love}, {The Innerworkings of a Fish Girl}, {Feelin’ Lucky}, {Crabb Cakes}, {Untitled Bride Blog}, {Blue Orchid Designs}, {The Indecisive Bride}, {Elefantitas Alegres}, {Wedding}, {Benton Park Photography}, {A Glimpse of the Girl Next Door}, {Dede Edwards Photography}, {The Savvy Bride}, {Adventures of Garrett and Lauren}, {The Stoy’s Story}, {Creative Celebrations}, {A Perfect Engagement}, {The Plan}, {Nicole Galletta}, {Jumping the Broom}, {Wedding Soiree}, {Always Planned}, (Taxidermy Church Wedding}, {Momental Designs}, {Ben Harrison Photography}, {Ritzy Bee}

{Agnes Lopez}, {Lovely Morning}, {Platinum Weddings by Kerrie}, {Real Brides}, {Leigh Miller Photography}, {Brenda’s Wedding Blog}, {Audrey Hannah}, {Lauren Clark}, {Jasmine*}, {The Knot}, {Untitled Bride Blog}, {P.S. I Love This}, {Bliss Event Group}, {The Girl’s Girl}, {The City Sage}, {Gniffke Is Up To Something}, {Tastefully Entertaining}, {Modern Vintage Designs}, {Joey Seawell}, {Elefantitas Alegras}, {Marianne Graham Designs}, {J&K’s Wedding Blog}, {R. Peters Photography}, {A Historic Savannah Wedding}, {LEMonade}, {Inspired Events}, {Krishnaswami08}, {We Met In A Bar}, {The Plan}, {Swanky Tables}, {The Savvy Bride}, {Joanna Leigh}, {The Finer Things}, {The Indecisive Bride}, {Saltines + Ice Cream}

Fuss Jewelry Contest: Don’t worry we haven’t forgotten about the Fuss Jewelry Contest winner!  The votes have been counted and added to our staff’s votes.   We’ve just been so busy preparing for Engage!08 that we haven’t had a moment to announce the winner.  Thanks for your patience!  Once we land in Orlando today, we will post the winner.  Stay tuned!

Special thanks to all of the people who linked to us this week! If
you have linked to us in the last week and don’t see your link here,
please leave a comment and we will add it.  We now have an archived Link Love section where you can view all of the past links.

{Todd Pellowe Weddings}, {Nicole D’Ambra Wedding Consulting & Design}, {Twigs & Honey}, {Brenda’s Wedding Blog}, {The Preppy Wedding}, {Lauren Clark Photo}, {Bliss Event Group}, {Spice and Sass}, {I Carry Your Heart (I Carry It In My Heart)}, {A Bryan Blog}, {The City Sage}, {Mind|Castle Studio Blog}, {Untitled Bride}, {Modern Vintage}, {McLellan Studio Blog}, {Blue Orchid Blog}, {Echard Wheeler Photography}, {The Finer Things}, {Make Mine A Mojito}, {Life’s Like This}, {Laura Negri Photography}, {Katie Elfers Inspired Floral Design}, {Madison Road Girl}. {Sugar & Spice}, {Our Fabulous Wedding}, {Eat, Drink, Marry}, {Delicious}, {The Savvy Bride}, {The Queen Takes a King}, {CJ Isaac}, {Budget Savvy Bride}, {Valdosta Weddings}, {Weddings In Rockford}, {Paige}, {Affairs With Elegance}, {Photos By Suki}, {Drew B Photography}, {Jasmine*}, {The Roots Of A Blossom}

{Twigs & Honey}, {Joyful Events}, {Waterfalls & Converse Shoes}, {McLellan Studio Blog}, {The Preppy Wedding}, {ME Blog}, {Laura Negri Photography}, {Todd Pellowe Weddings}, {Brenda’s Wedding Blog}, {Playing House, Part I}, {Playing House, Part II}, {Playing House, Part III}, {Modern Vintage}, {Our Fabulous Wedding}, {LHEverything}, {Lovely Morning}, {Lucky Me!}, {P.S. I Love This}, {Bliss Event Group}, {The Soho}, {Borrowed or Blue}, {Kuga}, {The Dodson Family}, {Our Little Haus}, {Pearls Events}, {My Savannah Wedding}, {Amy Squires}, {The Answer Is You}, {Oh So RB}, {Coretta’s Elegant Events}, {Fickle Bride}, {Lucky Paperie}, {Madison Road Girl}, {ABCD Design}, {Pretty Bride}, {Courtenay Lambert}, {Bride Chic}, {April Hendrick Photography}, {Taxidermy Church Wedding}, {Brideface}, {Photogen Inc Blog}

{oh so-RB-}, {Industry Insider Blog}, {Chris+Lynn Photographers}, {Eat, Drink, Marry}, {The Smart Planner}, {Jumping the Broom}, {Todd Pellowe Weddings}, {The Preppy Wedding}, {Blue Eyed Bride}, {Weddingbee}, {Style Me Pretty}, {The Little White Book}, {Weddings by Michelle}, {The Soho}, {Lovely Morning}, {Hochzeit Forum}, {You and Your Wedding}, {Heather Forsythe’s Blog}, {The Inspired Room}, {LHEverything}, {Kiss the Bride}, {Lucky Paperie}, {Erin’s Reflections}, {Truly Engaging}, {Head of the Table}, {Votre Vie En Rose}, {A Match Made In Heaven}, {Erin Volante Floral}, {Cute Shiny Things}, {Wedding So Pretty}, {Elizabeth Anne Designs}, {Blogging ‘Ish Yo}, {Sacred Moment Wedding}, {Orange Tree Wedding Blog}, {Your Dream Day}, {Finding Serendipity}, {Benton Park Photography}, {East Hill Photography}, {ABCD Designs Papercupp}, {Bluegrass Bride}, {The Art Book}, {Modern Vintage Designs}, {Bliss Event Group}, {Wishpot Weddings}, {Byrd and Bleecker}

{Sarah K Chen}, {Something Blue Blog}, {Lucky Paperie}, {Chewing the Cud Weddings}, {Modern Vintage}, {Under A Paper Moon}, {Blush Paperie}, {Pretty Things}, {Lori Cox Photography}, {Life in the Kinky & Nikki-dom}, {Style Me Pretty}, {Weddings by Michelle}, {Platinum Weddings by Kerrie}, {Alltop}, {Gandy Photographers}, {The Little White Book}, {Johnathan Canlas Photography}, {Wishpot Wedding Blog}, {TM Photography}, {Kiss the Bride}, {Truly Engaging}, {Swanky Tables}, {Poser}, {ABCD Design}, {Carrie’s Cakes}, {Kelly Moore Photography}, {Brenda’s Wedding Blog}, {WifeyLifey}, {By Your Side Events}, {A Match Made In Heaven}, {Inkbox Design Boutique}, {Team Giles}, {Untitled Bride Blog}, {Delight Your Senses}, {LHEverything}, {Cyndi and Lee}, {Memorable Events}, {Ashlyn Donatelli}, {Ashleys Bride Guide}, {East Hill Photo}, {Chasing Spayde Designs}, {A Bryan Photo}, {Wedding Paper Divas}, {Southern Daze}, {Rockford Weddings}, {Pure Bliss}

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  We were so saddened to hear about blogger {Stephanie Nielson} and her husband Christian Nielson’s devastating plane crash.   Both Stephanie and Christian, the loving parents of four young children, were critically burned in the crash and are now recovering at a burn center in Phoenix.  To help this family cover medical costs and care for their children, you can make a donation {here}.  Gabrielle at {Design Mom} has compiled a master list featuring all of the amazing auctions and fundraisers being held for the Nielsons.  There are some wonderful items being auctioned off, such as a custom wedding board from {Snippet & Ink}.  Many vendors, like {Jonathan Canlas Photography}, are generously donating profits from their work.  It is so encouraging to see how the blogging community has come together for this family. Please join us in keeping the them in your thoughts and prayers and making a donation.  Even small amounts will help a great deal.

• Our contribution:  proceeds from all blog ads purchased from now until September 15th will be donated to the Nielson’s. You know you want some blog love and we want to pay it forward.  Email us to purchase.

• With so many fabulous blogs out there for the excited bride, it is great to see some helpful info geared toward the groom!  This month, {Polka Dot Bride} has been transformed into {Polka Dot Groom}!  There are some really fun groom-inspired ideas from Mr. Polka Dot himself.

• We were thrilled to learn about the grand opening of {bklynpillow} from Vane Broussard of {Brooklyn Bride}.   Each handmade piece is stylishly designed for the modern bride.  Visit {bklynpillow} to view her ultra-cool collection!   

Special thanks to all of the people who linked to us this week! If you have linked to us in the last week and don’t see your link here, please leave a comment and we will add it.  We now have an archived Link Love section where you can view all of the past links.

{Style Me Pretty}, {A Bryan Photo}, {Jonathan Canlas Photography}, {Jory Cordy Photography}, {The Smart Planner}, {The Smart Planner SURPRISE!}, {Almasy Photo}, {Megan W Blog}, {Ritzy Bee Blog 1}, {Ritzy Bee Blog 2}, {Ritzy Bee Blog 3}, {Abigail Seymour Photography}, {Travis Hoehne Photography}, {Weddings With Tara}, {Gandy Photographers}, {Creative Odds n’ Ends}, {MindCastle Studios}, {Rae Leytham}, {ABCD Design}, {Get Married Blogger Brides}, {Walker College of Business}, {Team Giles}, {Let’s Eat Cake!}, {Kelly Moore Photography}, {A Bryan Photo Summer Retreat}, {Woodward + Rick Meeting with Lara + Rachel}, {Weddingbee}, {Modern Vintage Designs}, {The Best of SW onWishpot}, {Top 100 Wedding Planning Blogs}, {In This Instance}, {Leaving and Loving on a Jetplane}, {Diana Blogs}, {Life Photographics}, {Holiday House Weddings}, {Valdosta Weddings}, {Wed With Ease}, {Krishnawami08}, {A Match Made in Heaven}, {Kiss the Bride Consulting}, {Danielle Nicole Downing}, {Amorology Weddings}, {Jeune Marie}, {Chasing Spayde}, {ABCD I Heart SW}, {Serendipity Design}, {Erin Volante Floral}, {Lucky Paperie}, {Poser Blog}, {Le’Penn Designs}, {Wedding Paper Divas}..love them!, {JTG Studio}

Big Giveaway on the {Bliss Blog} today: 5 lucky winners will get a custom Bliss inspiration board, DIY secret sources and design scheme created just for their Big Day.  To enter and for more details, visit the {Bliss Blog}. Contest ends Friday September 12th.

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a disease that effects muscle- controlling nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The ALS division of the MDA provides support to those with ALS and sponsors research efforts to find effective treatments for the disease. Visit their {website} to discover the many ways you can get involved with this fantastic organization. Thank you {Starry-Eyed Barefoot Bride} for introducing us to this wonderful charity.

People always ask us “When do you sleep!?”  We work hard, but many of you are up with me at 2am working away too! (ahem… Cristen, Leigh, Rebecca, Joy Marie, etc etc)  What makes it worth it?  Getting packages in the mail like this, for one!  A million thanks to Holly Hatam of {Teardrop Weddings} for this very thoughtful gift.  (click to view larger)  Wouldn’t you love to get one of these in the mail from a friend?  Give Holly a ring… she is such a joy to know and an incredible talent.  Thank you so much, Holly!