Photo:Leah Margulies Photography
Leah Margulies Photography
Ford Garrard has tied the knot with Taylor Davis!
The couple tells PEOPLE that their wedding festivities kicked off with an epic welcome party at rooftop bar L.A. Jackson, where they welcomed family and friends from both in and out town before the day of the wedding.
Taylor Davis and her bridal party.Leah Margulies Photography
Once everyone was acquainted, the wedding party spent the next day preparing for the ceremony at St. George’s Episcopal Church, which was filled with white and green hydrangea and several varieties of roses and spray roses.
Ford Garrard and Taylor Davis on their wedding day.Leah Margulies Photography
Ford Garrard and Taylor Davis pose with their wedding party.Leah Margulies Photography
While the ceremony was kept “with a classic black tie event” style, the afterparty at theCountry Music Hall of Fame and Museumwas a different story. The couple — who worked with wedding planner Sara Fried of Fête Nashville Luxury Weddings for their special day — tells PEOPLE that they wanted to make sure their guests had lots of fun. “We are both entertainers; we are just excited to make sure everyone has a good time,” Garrard shares.
The afterparty was a cozy, lounge jazz-inspired cocktail hour held at the special venue. The space was wrapped in merlot velvet with hundreds of candles flickering around and the 40 crystal glittering chandeliers hanging over the gold marble dance floor.
The key theme for the night was music as a jazz trio performed throughout the night.
Ford Garrard and Taylor Davis take to the dance floor during their stunning wedding reception.Leah Margulies Photography
“I wanted it to feel like it represented both of us equally and not just the ‘brides wedding’ which is why we tied in the jazz lounge and went with classic palettes,” Davis tells PEOPLE.
Ford Garrard and Taylor Davis share a kiss during their wedding reception.Leah Margulies Photography
“It’s a song that the band put out a couple years ago that lyrically has ties to Texas. Taylor and I were in a long-distance relationship for a while when she was back in Texas, and I was in Nashville so it definitely has always felt like our song,” Garrard says.
Garrard and Davis tell PEOPLE that they were smitten from the start. The pair initially met in the same music business class at Belmont University in Nashville, before running into each other again at The 5 Spot bar in East Nashville, where they chatted and sparks flew.
The pair said after being together for so many years through all the ups and the downs, they felt that it was the right time to settle down.“I feel like our lives have become so intertwined and we are just one life at this point,” Garrard tells PEOPLE.
He adds, “Getting married is just a kind of way to seal the deal. I already knew for a long time we would be together forever. It’s the least scary thing I have ever done.”
The pair will next gear up to spend their honeymoon in Italy where they were hoping for “unlimited access to pasta and wine.” Davis says the trip is exciting because “we rarely get to go on trips with our schedules.”
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source: people.com
