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Simply Romantic was created because I couldn't stop thinking about how so many couples had plans dera Flexible hours by appointment.

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http://www.simplyromanticvenue.com/

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Our Story

It all started with a backyard wedding.

My second husband (Jimmy) and I had a "backyard wedding" 10 years ago with our 3 combined children (Tommy, Ria & Nicholas) and our 1 "adopted son - Omar - Tommy's best friend who happens to be my best friend's son) and a Paster we found on Rent-a-Rev.com. Tommy (age 18) walked me down the hallway to the fireplace, Ria (age 15) was my maid of honor, Nicholas (age 10) was Jimmy's best man. Omar (age 18) was our official photographer and of course Rent-a-Rev was our officiant. Clearly, we are a blended family and we were planning a family trip to Montana to take Tommy out to the University of Montana to start his freshman year at the school of journalism. We decided that we wanted to make this 15 day blended family trip as an official blended family thus planning a "back yard" wedding in 24 hours. The July 8, 2010, blazing Chicago heat of 99 degrees with the heat index of 103 degrees changed our "back yard" by the roses wedding into an inside in front of the fireplace wedding. We celebrated after with a champagne toast for us and the Rev and sparkling lemonade for the kids. We didn't think of this as any kind of social distancing type of situation 10 years ago.

Fast forward to the summer of 2020 and our oldest son Tommy and his fiance' Marley who got engaged just before the New Year of 2020 found themselves in a very different wedding planning mode. They had been together 3 years. Tommy is now a photojournalist and in the fall moved from a staff photographer with the Missoula Newspaper to a staff photographer with the University of Montana, talk about full circle! Marley, also a graduate of the, University of Montana, is now a Respiratory Therapist with the Community Medical Center in Missoula, Montana. They had originally planned a Summer destination wedding in Mexico for 25, still small, but requiring having friends & family fly in from all over the country. COVID-19 changed everything. They decided against this for the safety and well being of those invited and those they would come in contact with after returning from the wedding. They decided to have a simple elopement type of wedding but still wanted something romantic. They ended up going to Whitefish, MT, and riding up the "Rode to the Sun" with best friend/brother Omar as the officiant/best man, Marley's best friend Abbie as the maid of honor and fellow photojournalist, friend/fellow graduate/classmate of Tommy's, Hunter as the photographer! It was beautiful, unique and simply romantic!

Simply Romantic was created because I couldn't stop thinking about how so many couples had wedding plans that have been derailed by COVID-19

Also how much money couples spend, deposits put down and possibly lost leading them to question/decide what to do. Do they postpone and wait to have the big wedding, wait to spend even more money in these uncertain economic times. Why? Why postpone love, marriage? Even the American dream of home ownership (by the way with the money that Tommy and Marley would have spent on the destination wedding they put a down-payment on their first home and took advantage of the lowest interest rates in decades. So, I'm thinking what are the options for a small, affordable elopement/small wedding venue in the Middle TN area. Side note, Jimmy and I moved to rural Chapel Hill, TN, seven years ago. My research showed very few options available. Many big barn venue wedding options some elopement options in Nashville & Gatlinburg, but still pricey.

We live on 8 beautiful acres with a 200+ year old barn, a bubbling creek, a huge flower & tree garden...

...split into 4 quadrants in our front yard and a very shady grove of trees in another area. Why not offer a very simple outdoor venue for couples to have a "Simply Romantic" elopement/small ceremony? Easy peasy! A one-hour outside venue rental, the couple arrives with the wedding license, rings (if they want), the officiant and a photographer if they want professional wedding pictures. The package includes 1 hour of access to the property, hand-tied bouquet, small wedding cake, champagne toast, choice of locations under a decorated iron arbor. With a preferred photographer and preferred efficient we have everything we need to provide our sweet couples with everything they need for a "Simply Romantic" wedding!