9th Annual Wedding Guide: Weddings That Inspire


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BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS

In our 9th Annual Wedding Guide we celebrate four very distinctive weddings, each reflecting the personalities and circumstances of the couples who planned them. We believe the ingenuity they share can inspire other engaged couples as they embark on planning weddings that are distinctively their own.

Stephanie Benjamin and Brian Hatton, Hoosiers who met and live in London, infused their intimate winter wedding with Old English ambiance. Madison Turner and Griffen Dahlstrom created an elegant wedding for the ages with the help of Madison’s mother, Kim. Susie Kateregga, a bride with Ugandan roots, and her groom, Indianapolis native TJ Napier, had two ceremonies to honor the merger of their families’ heritages. Audrey Crane and Jeremiah Stevens fell in love as adolescents and celebrated the sweetness of their love with a candy-themed wedding. Through the skill of the photographers who captured their big days, come see what love hath wrought.

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