That happy smile on Thomas’s face as he waits for Emily to come down the hill for their “first look” is just so endearing, and the garden at Strong Mansion in Dickerson, MD – a popular location for Frederick weddings – is the perfect place for those first romantic minutes! Then, Thomas is half Japanese, so their wedding ceremony featured a Japanese sake sipping ceremony, in which Thomas’s mom poured sake for the bride & groom, which they each sipped three times. I love these interesting cultural traditions! Emily is a DIY fanatic, so she slaved all year long over the handcrafted decor… while those details may be little by themselves, they come together to say a whole lot about how Emily felt about marrying Thomas! Congratulations to this happy couple! Scroll down to the bottom for a list of the wedding professionals that made Emily & Thomas’s wedding such a perfect affair, and enjoy the favorites below of their wedding photography!

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