Real Wedding / Melissa & Mark

from 2021 Anna Maria Island Weddings

by Anna Maria Island Wedding Association

It’s all in the Details

the Couple / Melissa & Mark

Lamar County, GA

the Vendors

AMI Beach Weddings / event coordination

Flowers by Edie / floral design

Love & Style Photography / photographs

Hometown Desserts / cake

Tortuga Inn Beach Resort / venue

From Lamar County, Georgia, Mark and Melissa planned an intimate ceremony with their children that highlighted the family’s adventurous and joyful spirits. Melissa found herself drawn to Anna Maria Island after many happy years of vacationing on the island with her grandparents and wanted the tradition to continue for the children. The ceremony featured a unity blessing, in which they each poured a different color of sand into a glass vessel, representing their individuality and blending into one inseparable union.

The portraits were full of activity; first, photobombed by a sandhill crane, yet the family welcomed his tenacious participation. Next, the images took a watery turn in the Gulf with everyone wearing full wedding attire and Mark donning his favorite team cap. The results were stunning, creating dreamy moments such as the couples’ romantic 60 annamariaislandweddings.com kiss in the waves and playful moments with all laughing in the surf.