Haley, an emergency-room nurse, and Ryan, a professional baseball player formerly with the Baltimore Orioles, started out as friends and aren’t exactly sure when things turned romantic. After they’d been a couple for five years, Ryan proposed while the pair were visiting Ryan’s grandparents on Cape Cod.
For their November wedding, Haley says she envisioned a romantic, candlelit room full of greenery and flowers, with everyone she loves dancing all night. As the celebration took shape, the bride came across the poem that says to “take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic,” words the couple repeated in their seating-chart design. Haley’s late uncle’s favorite toast, “Cin cin,” was printed on the cocktail napkins, and party bags for guests included the couple’s favorite things—Sour Patch Kids and Diet Coke for Haley, Cheez-It crackers and Corona for Ryan—plus a hangover kit for the morning after.
The Details
Planning and design: Lane Stewart Events
Florist: Steelcut Flower Co.
Invitations: Sara Lane Design
Cake: Cakes by Rachel
Hair and makeup: Cam Carson & Co.
Bride’s attire: Allison Webb from Ava Laurenne Bride
Groom’s attire: Leviner Wood
Bridesmaids’ attire: Jenny Woo from Bella Bridesmaids
Groomsmen’s attire: The Black Tux
Music: Dance Candy from Sam Hill Entertainment
Rentals: Paisley & Jade; Rent-E-Quip; Argent Events; Happy Neon
This wedding originally appeared in the August 2024 issue of Washingtonian.
Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Style Setters for Washingtonian. Prior to joining Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File magazine in DC and before that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis.
