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Early November Wedding at Graystone Quarry in Williamson Co Tennessee

Posted on November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 by Ralph Griggs

It was a beautiful day for this wedding at Graystone Quarry outside of Nashville. I typically don’t walk down to the reception site when I am there to officiate a wedding but this day I did. I took a few photos you might enjoy.

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Downtown Nashville Wedding: The Bridge Building Events Center

Posted on November 5, 2025November 2, 2025 by Ralph Griggs

This couple wanted a very short and quick ceremony, so that’s what we did. Everything was simple, including no wedding party. Small and simple can be nice. I have a history with the Bridge Building. My dad was a welder and worked at the Nashville Bridge Company long ago. I remember him taking me to…

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Fall Theme Wedding at the Pick Inn Gallatin TN

Posted on November 3, 2025November 3, 2025 by Ralph Griggs

Yesterday I officiated this wedding at the Pick Inn. It was definitely decked out for a fall wedding. It was a tad cool but no rain. The ring bearer and flower girl were both Domerman’s! I’m just glad they didn’t spot the deer I saw earlier out there. I am seeing more and more QR…

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A Fall Wedding at the Cool Springs House – Brentwood, TN

Posted on November 2, 2025November 2, 2025 by Ralph Griggs

Yesterday I offiiciated this wedding at the Cool Springs House. It was a very nice wedding but the thing I wanted to mention is a warning. I arrived and was told that this couple’s DJ had ripped them off. They had paid a big up front payment and got ghosted. The wedding planner was able…

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Nashville Elopement Airbnb: The Nashville Bunkhouse

Posted on October 27, 2025October 26, 2025 by Ralph Griggs

Last Saturday I officiated an elopement ceremony at the Nashville Bunkhouse, an Airbnb up towards White’s Creek on Dry Creek Road just outside of Nashville. It was up a hill a bit, surrounded by trees and secluded. This couple, from Michigan, had stayed at this Airbnb a few times and decided they would wed there….

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Fall Wedding at Front Porch Farms

Posted on October 26, 2025October 26, 2025 by Ralph Griggs

It’d be hard to find a more beautiful place in middle Tennessee for a fall wedding than Front Porch Farms. It sits high on a hill overlooking the fall foliage in every direction. And it’s far enough out from everything that it’s quiet and peaceful. Take a look at some photos I took yesterday at…

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Micro-Wedding at Scarritt-Bennett’s Skinner Chapel

Posted on October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 by Ralph Griggs

Today I officiated a simple micro wedding at Skinner Chapel on the beautiful campus of Scarritt-Bennett in the Vanderbilt area. It was a very special day for the bride. It was her parent’s anniversary date and the dress she wore was her mother’s. Making it even more poignant is that her mother had passed away….

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Perfect Fall Wedding at Diamond Creek Farm

Posted on October 20, 2025October 20, 2025 by Ralph Griggs

I officiated this wedding last night. The weather was perfect. Temps in the 70’s and a bit of cloud cover to keep the sun off us during the ceremony. The leaves are beginning to turn so it was a beautiful evening at Diamond Creek Farm for a wedding. Hope you enjoy the pictures I took…

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Historic Nashville Venue Riverwood Mansion

Posted on October 17, 2025October 17, 2025 by Ralph Griggs

I grew up not far from Riverwood Mansion but never knew it was there until I was invited to officiate my first wedding there about 20 years ago. It is tucked away in an East Nashville neighborhood. It is a beautiful historic mansion. Joyce is the usual day of director and does a steller job….

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Elopement Wedding at Drakewood Farm

Posted on October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 by Ralph Griggs

This morning I officiated an elopement ceremony at Drakewood Farm which is just outside of Nashville. It was a gorgeous morning with blue skies and not a cloud in sight. The temp was in the 70’s. It’s the kind of weather couples dream of when they are planning a fall wedding in middle Tennessee. The…

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