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DIY Day

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Daisy Bowman & Benjamin Swift, November 3, 2007, I’On Creek Club

Photographs by:

Jill Higgins

Wrought iron tiki torches adorned with ribbon lent simple elegance to the natural affair.

left) BEACH MUSIC: Daisy donned a two-piece Romona Kaveza design with a short hemline because, she says, “I’ve never been the girl who has always dreamt of a long, fancy dress.” Plus, she adds, in Charleston long gowns can be “hot and itchy.”

Daisy had bridesmaids choose their own espresso-colored dresses.

Daisy carried a bouquet of green hellebores, brown fiddlehead fern, brown cosmos,

Daisy encouraged guests to kick off their shoes with these beribboned sacks that held chocolate-colored flip-flops.

D.C. band King Soul (friends of Ben’s) grooved with the bride and got guests to join in on a conga line.

JBC Catering set up themed food tables: garden, Lowcountry, Italian, and traditional. The favorite bite of the evening? Local specialty shrimp and

CAKE: Proving chic and budget-consciousness can work together, Daisy’s mom designed the cake, and Publix made it.

At the candy bar, take-out containers waited for guests to fill with treats.

DIY Day