Salt Harbor Designs

Who’s heard of the burying the bourbon tradition? 🥃🌧️

A Southern wedding superstition says that if you bury a bottle of bourbon upside down at your venue one month before the big day, you’ll keep the rain away. Then, after you say “I do,” you dig it up and celebrate with a toast. ✨

Do we know if it really works? We’ll never tell. 😉 But we do know it’s one of our favorite wedding traditions, right alongside happy tears, packed dance floors, and unforgettable celebrations.

Tell us: Did you bury the bourbon before your wedding?
Design, Florals, & Planning: Salt Harbor Designs
Event Director: Epic Southern Events
Ceremony Musician: Trent River Trio Trent River Chamber Orchestra
Venue and catering: Dunes Golf & Beach Club | Myrtle Beach, SC
Photographer: NC Wedding, Portrait, and Branding Photographer
Videographer: Jodi Lee Tighe // Wedding Videographer
Reception Music: PUNCH | Lux Party + Event Band ECE | EastCoast Entertainment
Transportation: The Great Raleigh Trolley | Diamond Bus Company
Rentals: Chair & Equipment Rentals | Martha My Dear Specialty Rentals | White Birch Rentals | Party Suppliers & Rentals
Lighting: High Performance Lighting
Hair & Make-up: Alice Lawson Salon + Spa ✨ Hair • Skin • Bridal
Getaway Car: Beaufort Rovers

Sparkles in the air, petals tossed, or ribbons dancing in the night… Your send-off should feel like the final scene of a perfect love story. 🤍

This view as the sun slips below the horizon. 🤩

The candles don’t just light the room; they transform it. Creating an atmosphere that feels intimate, elegant, and effortlessly enchanting.
Planning, Florals, & Design: Salt Harbor Designs
Venue & Caterer: Figure 8 Island Yacht Club
Cake: One Belle Bakery
Photographer: Julia Wade
Videographer: Philip James Films
Minister: The Reverend Charles Marvin Cook
Ceremony Sound: Audio Visual Services Coastal
Fireworks: ECE | EastCoast Entertainment
Wedding Painter: Brittany (Rawls) Jones
Reception Music: Big Swing ECE | EastCoast Entertainment
Transportation: Azalea Limousine Service

Hair & Make-up: Margo Williams & Elisha Wendt
Boat: Cape Fear Charter Club
Tent & Rentals: Chair & Equipment Rentals
Chairs, Lounge, & Bars: White Birch Rentals
Tableware & Benches: EventWorks
Linens: BBJ La Tavola
Draping & Napkins: Party Tables
Ceremony Musician: Christina Brier & Linda Ranae Estep
Lighting: High Performance Lighting
Chargers: Great Day Soiree
Calligraphy: Brooke | Southern Bee Designs
Invitations & Custom Prints: A La Mere
Ceremony Tent & Chairs: Party Suppliers & Rentals
Monogram & Custom Details: marthaluck_studios

The bride, her bridesmaids, and all those once-in-a-lifetime moments before “I do.” ✨

While the morning feels effortless, there’s a carefully crafted timeline, thoughtful logistics, and plenty of behind-the-scenes coordination making it all happen. From ensuring everyone is where they need to be, to keeping the day flowing smoothly, we love creating space for our couples to be fully present with the people who mean the most.

Planning, design, and a little bit of wedding-day magic.
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The secret to a wedding that feels effortless?

Months of planning, dozens of timelines, countless emails, and a team making sure every moving piece lands exactly where it should.

When guests say, “Everything flowed perfectly,” that’s our favorite compliment.

Because great design is beautiful.
Great planning makes it feel seamless.
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Every love story deserves a beautiful next chapter, and we’re honored to help bring it to life. 🤍

Behind every stunning celebration is months of planning, countless details, thoughtful logistics, and a team dedicated to making sure our couples can be fully present on one of the most meaningful days of their lives.

Our job is more than designing beautiful spaces. It’s helping our clients close one chapter and begin the next surrounded by the people they love most.

The flowers will fade, the tables will be cleared, and the music will eventually end, but the memories of this day become part of their story forever. And getting to play a small role in that is something we never take for granted. 🤍

Planning. Designing. Coordinating. Celebrating the start of forever.
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