Megan and Jason walked around with a microphone at the Forest Hall at Chatham Mills Open House on Sunday, talking to wedding vendors and some engaged couples, and it was such a fun experience! Thank you Aneesa for having us, and thank you to everyone who let us interview them. They were:

Aneesa Glines, Forest Hall and Harmony Weddings (Forest Hall Instagram, Harmony Instagram)

Elyssa Kevis, owner of Kevis and Camera (Instagram)

Michelle Bonham, Magnolia and Grace Wedding Planning (Instagram)

Kristen Cleve, Slice Pie Company (Instagram)

Nina McCaskey, Wedded Kiss Hair & Makeup (Instagram)

Ashleigh Davis, Tenco Coffee (Instagram)

Michelle Clark, Makeup Artist (Instagram)

Brent Dietrich, Live View Studios (Instagram)

Forest Hall at Chatham Mills Vendor Group Picture! (from Live View Studios)

Nash Roberts is the lead singer and guitarist of The Shakedown Band in North Carolina, which plays a lot of weddings. So Nash has seen some craziness. But nothing could have prepared him or his bride Beth Quinton for what was going to happen on their wedding day, which happened to be the weekend of Hurricane Matthew in October 2016.  Nash and Beth talk all about the wedding, then Nash shares some tips for wedding planners in working with a band, what songs he loves to play, and what happens when a guest wants to get up on stage.   Beth and Nash First Look (wedding images by Graham Terhune)     Nash and Beth had 11 bridesmaids and 11 groomsmen!         The Shakedown Band – Don’t give them a “Bandwich”   The Shakedown Band 

Weekend Wine Down 8! Megan and Jason follow up on this week’s episode on Next-Level Instagram with Tyler J McCall, and Megan shares more of her Instagram no-no list, which is:

Do NOT follow/unfollow!

Do NOT crop a professional photograph!

Do NOT use bots!

Do NOT forget to tag the vendors!

Do NOT post photos you had nothing to do with!

We hope you enjoy, and have a great weekend!

Weddings for Real will be at Forest Hall at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro NC for their open house on Sunday November 4th from 4-7PM. Tickets are available at https://foresthall.eventbrite.com. We hope to see you there, and maybe we’ll ask you some questions!

The host of Weddings for Real is Megan Gillikin, owner and lead consultant at A Southern Soiree Wedding and Event Planning. She’s also available for wedding and hospitality business consulting and can be reached at megan@weddingsforreal.com.

Weddings for Real is edited and produced by Jason Gillikin for Happy Hippo Digital.

Tyler J McCall is a social media strategist and coach…actually that’s selling him way short…Tyler is THE Instagram Guru, and he comes on to share some of his Instagram tips and tricks for wedding vendors!   Hear his advice on Instagram Stories versus your feed, sharing too much on Instagram, how to attract the right clients through client onboarding AND client offboarding, and the concept of relational capital. It’s fabulous, he’s fabulous, and you won’t want to miss it!   You can find Tyler at TylerJMcCall.com, the Follower to Fan Society, and The IG Advantage Facebook Group.       Tyler McCall on Social Media: Instagram: @tylerjmccall   Weddings for Real on Social Media: Instagram: @weddingsforreal Facebook: @weddingsforreal twitter: @weddingsforreal   Weddings for Real will be at Forest Hall at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro NC for their open house on Sunday November 4th from 4-7PM. Tickets are available at https://foresthall.eventbrite.com. We hope to see you there, and maybe we’ll ask you some questions!

Megan and Jason just came back from the Rocky Horror Show at Booth Theatre in Cary NC, and it was amazing!

Plus Megan shares her “dead cat as a groomsman story”!

Last week we had Katie and David from Overlook Barn, and next week we have Instagram guru Tyler McCall.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Weddings for Real is edited and produced by Jason Gillikin for Happy Hippo Digital.

The Overlook Barn on Beech Mountain (North Carolina) is an absolutely stunning wedding venue both inside and out, with views for miles and so many options inside. But just four years ago, it was a run down storage shed. That is until Katie Elder and David Schumann got engaged and decided to buy the property, turn it into a venue for their own wedding, then make it one of the most sought after venues in North Carolina!

Kim and Penn Holderness are known for their viral videos on YouTube where they sing and dance, sometimes in their Christmas Jammies. But Kim and Penn are much more than what you see in the videos. They are a dynamic, hilarious, and down-to-earth couple who came on the show today to talk about how they met, their engagement, their wedding, tips for a healthy marriage, and how to be a great guest at a wedding. 

We find out, what advice would Kim and Penn give themselves, about marriage, on their wedding day 13 years ago?

Megan and Jason give advice to their 20-year-old selves, Megan on kissing frogs and Jason on traveling more.

Coming up on Wednesday’s episode, Megan talks to the hilarious and wide-open Kim and Penn Holderness on what marriage advice they would give themselves on their wedding day, plus how to be a great guest at a wedding.