Brittney Ortiz + Jake Williams

Brittney Ortiz met Jake Williams while she was vacationing for a few months on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Brittney wasn’t looking for a relationship, but Jake was respectfully persistent. “It was a very Covid proposal, intimate and casual. In our living room on Hilton Head Island, he got down on one knee,” Brittney says. “We eloped the next day.”

A wedding with family and friends came five years later, on May 25, 2025. The couple had moved to Moore County, and their ceremony was held on the grounds of the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities. “It was the perfect setting for our garden chic theme,” says Brittney.

The husband and wife had eloped in the library of her South Carolina synagogue. They paid homage to that decision by signing their Jewish marriage contract, the ketubah, in the library of the Boyd House. “I thought the literary significance of Weymouth fit perfectly for our love story,” Brittney says. Particularly special details from the Williams’ wedding included the intricate, limited-edition design of their contract from ketubah.com, as well as the challah baked by DeLucia’s Bake Shop, in West End.

photographer: Anasasiia Meskh, Love Exists Photography
wedding coordinator: Styled Events by Rianna
ceremony & reception: Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities
dress: Custom, Love Story Bridal
shoes: Manolo Blahnik Hangisi
eyelashes: Revive Spa & Lash Lounge
bridesmaids: JJ’s House
groom & groomsmen: Belk
cake & challah bread: DeLucia’s Bake Shop
catering: On Demand Chefs
rentals: Richmond Rentals
custom wood chuppah: Volpert Floral Co.
floral preservation: Pine Pressed Flowers