Wedding Wednesday - A Clemson Proposal

What Clemson girl wouldn't want to be proposed to in Clemson? It's a special place for all of us in many ways with lots of special memories, so a Clemson proposal is an amazing memory to add to the list.

Two years ago we featured an amazing, aerial Clemson proposal in one of our Wedding Wednesday posts. If you haven't seen it, it's a must read!


Whether it's on campus.... or during a Clemson game...




... at a Clemson tailgate...

Click the photo to watch the video on YouTube.
We actually know this sweet couple - they just had twins! :)

...or yes...even in a Clemson bar... ;)


...Clemson proposals are a big win!

Do you have a Clemson proposal story? We would love to share your story (or video!) on the blog. Email us at clemsongirlblog@gmail.com and let us know!

Wedding Wednesday: Elisabeth and Hunter's Clemson Love Story

Happy Wedding Wednesday ladies! This will probably be the last Wedding Wednesday until the Spring....but you never know, we may do an occasional one before then - so keep sending in your love stories and amazing photos!

Today's post features Clemson alums and college sweethearts, Elisabeth and Hunter. Hunter is currently working on getting his PhD in Electrical Engineering at Clemson and Elisabeth is working as an event manager at a local restaurant and hoping to eventually get her MBA from Clemson.

Their engagement photos were taken by the super talented Rebecca Moseley, the bride's best friend and Maid of Honor.

Hunter and Elisabeth met through a series of events. The first of which was a get together at a Berkeley apartment after a TigerPaw Productions director traiing during Elisabeth's junior year. Elisabeth met a few people that night that got her interested in Clemson Wesley. Elisabeth started attending some Wesley events, including dinner at China Wok where she first met Hunter.

After hanging out a good bit, lots of late night chats, and thousands of texts, Hunter finally asked Elisabeth out on dates (which she didn't know were dates), such as lunch at Chickfila, studying at Starbucks, and walks around campus. Elisabeth started praying about Hunter and asking God if this is where He was leading her. A few weeks later, Hunter asked Elisabeth if she would like to go to his spot and pray with him. Elisabeth agreed. They went to the place underneath the trees by the reflection pond and got Starbucks afterwards - which became their first official date. They have been inseparable ever since.

The Proposal (as told by Elisabeth herself)
"On our one year anniversary, I was woken up by a loud banging on my window at 8:30am. I sleepily got up and walked out of my room. I saw my friend Rebecca on the couch and asked, "Now what?" She pointed to the front door. I walked to the front door, opened it, and saw a gorgeous vase of a dozen red roses with Letter #1 inside. I walked in and read the letter which told me I was going on an adventure today and that there were other letters and I needed to find them.

Rebecca had the next letter. Then her other friends Thomas, and then Lane. Letter #4 had $50 inside it and told me to use it to go get a mani/pedi since he would always spoil me. After I went and had that done, I got Letters 5-8 from more friends Bebeau, Marlon, Molly, and Austin. Letter #8 told me to go home, get all dolled up, and go to Starbucks at 5:45pm where the Baristas would have my next letter.

I went home and got ready and then went to Starbucks. I got letter #9 from the Barista behind the counter. I read it and it told me to grab our drinks and head to our spot to recreate our first date, which was a year ago from that day.

As I walked down to our spot I saw that it was lit with candles and white lights hung on the tree. The record player was playing Jack Johnson's Better Together. I set the drinks down and Hunter put his arm around me and started to read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. It took him a couple tries since we were both crying so hard.

Once he finished he told me he loved me and had a lot more to say but couldn't get it out, but said that the last letter said it all. He bent down on one knee and asked, "Will you marry me?" with the last letter in his hand. I choked out a "Yes!" and got wrapped up in a teary hug. I opened the last letter which contained the ring, and had the sweetest message I have ever read. I gave Hunter the ring and he got back down on one knee and put it on my finger. I have never, ever been happier.

All the letters contained Bible verses and highlighted a reason why he loved me. After we got our spot cleaned up, we went to Pixie and Bill's for dinner. It was the best day I've ever had and I couldn't be any happier!"

The pair recently got married this past August at Clemson United Methodist Church. Their wedding photos were taken by the talented Photos by Cameron, whom Elisabeth has been friends with since 7th grade.

Congrats to such a beautiful couple who are no doubt madly in love with one another! Thank so much for sharing your photos and your love story with us today!

Wedding Wednesday - Katie and Mark's Clemson Proposal

Today's Wedding Wednesday will have you saying "Awww!". Today's post is about Clemson alums Katie and Mark and their amazing Clemson proposal story, sent to us by Katie's mom.

Katie and Mark met at Clemson. He played soccer for Clemson and was also the football team's kicker. They met downtown, and started taking almost daily walks on the dike to get to know each other before they actually started dating. They soon started dating the Spring semester before Katie graduated. Mark had graduated a year earlier, but had stayed to get his graduate degree and kick one more year for the football team.

In the fall of 2010, Katie's family and Mark's family went up for the Clemson/Ga. Tech game. Mark had already asked Katie's dad for her hand in marriage a month before and was planning the special proposal for that weekend. His whole family knew, and so did Katie's.

Mark and Katie went to the soccer game that Friday night and then rode around campus discussing all the special places they had been and the dike where it all started. The next morning they went to Pot Deli for breakfast (their favorite breakfast place) and Mark told Katie he had a surprise for her. They drove to the Clemson airport. Mark had stayed in contact with a couple of the pilots that used to fly him from his soccer games on Friday nights to his football games on Saturday. Mark had set it up for one of them to take him and Katie up in a plane and fly them over Clemson and the mountains in North Carolina. He had mentioned this to Katie in the past that he would do that for her one day, so she wouldn't get suspicious.

In the meantime, Mark had painted a 75 foot banner with the words, "Katie, will you marry me?" on it - that her dad and his dad were to roll out on the dike where there relationship began. The couple flew around for about an hour before flying over Clemson's stadium and on the third time they flew over the dike, the banner was to be rolled out. The pilot lowered the plane so Katie could see, and when she commented by saying, "Look there's our dike", she saw the banner that read, "Katie, will you marry me?" - to which she yelled, "What?!?", turned around and there was Mark in the floor of the airplane holding out a box with an engagement ring.

We don't think the pilot ever regained his hearing, because they were all wearing headphones! Katie answered yes and they flew back to the airport. Mark and Katie's family were waiting for them at a tailgate in front of Bowman field, where they had a big engagement party with family and friends.

The couple is now living in Cumming, Georgia, and are very, very happy! They go to a lot of the football games, and of course they never miss the Ga. Tech/Clemson game!

What a lovely couple and such a wonderful proposal story! Thank you so much to Katie's mother who emailed us and shared these photos and story.

Wedding Wednesday: Sara & Josh Clemson Engagement Photos

Happy Wedding Wednesday Clemson Girls! We hope you've been enjoying our special Fall edition of Wedding Wednesdays so far... Today we have another great Clemson engagement session and love story to share with you!

Today's photos were taken by Clemson alum, and friend of the couple, Rebecca Mosely. You can check out more of her amazing photos on her website.

Sara and Josh are both Clemson alums - Josh graduated in 2011 with a degree in Biosystems Engineering. Sara also graduated in 2011, and graduated with a degree in Animal & Veterinary Science.

How they met, as told by Sara:
Well it all started in this little town called Clemson....

We met through his roommate who was also majoring in Animal and Veterinary Science with me at Clemson. And we were very much not into each other... and dating other people. We were mutual friends, and I would occasionally stop by and visit with his roommate and therefore I would see Josh, and sometimes we all had group gatherings to watch The Office. But all in all we were definitely just friends.

As the world would have it, a strange turn of events lead to both of us becoming single during the Christmas holidays. We returned to Clemson in January for the start of classes... and saw each other when we came back. I guess I was looking for a rebound, and this kid with really long blonde hair seemed like the perfect option. So we hung out after class in the afternoons a few days, and maybe spotted each other at Harcombe dining hall once or twice. It was after that, that he asked me to come over to watch the Superbowl with him. So naturally I agreed, and that evening I walked myself over to Geer 111 to "watch" the Superbowl. I am pretty sure we said that we were going to do homework...

Of course watching the Superbowl with someone you think is cute never goes according to plan. We may or may not have ended up kissing, and the rest was history.

My rebound with long shaggy blonde hair, became this kid that I texted and talked to almost every day. By Valentine’s Day he asked me out on our first real legitimate date.. FINALLY. We went to Rockhoppers for dinner... in typical last minute fashion, he asked me out, and everywhere was clearly booked on February 14th. He has never have been much of a planner... We ate there, and then headed to Littlejohn for a men’s Clemson basketball game. This pretty much set the tone for the rest of our relationship, and Clemson sporting events have been a major part of our relationship ever since.

The Proposal...as told by Sara:
I was in town visiting Josh on a long weekend, because I currently live in Kansas and attend Kansas State University for my Master's degree, and he told me he took the day off on Friday. Josh lives in Greenville, SC now and works as an engineer for GE Energy. I was super excited because 1) I got to spend a whole day with him, instead of doing school work, while anxiously waiting around for him to get off work, and 2) that meant that we got to do something AWESOME together. Little did I know, it was going to be this AWESOME.

We headed from Greenville to Clemson in a hurry, he was going on about schedules, time crunches, and meeting people, which is NOT like Josh at all. So that was an interesting start...

We arrived in Clemson, supposedly meeting people for lunch, but of course that was all a set up. But at the time I was told that our friends were running late, and we would have some time to kill before having lunch with them. So Josh said that we should sneak into Littlejohn Coliseum. I was fully prepared to do so, and embracing our wild side, we went in.

As we walked into Littlejohn, I felt like a champ for getting in (through an unlocked door.. but we will overook that detail) and walking out onto center court. Josh was very non-chalant at this point. But I was a little nervous and ready to get our photo taken (and of course post it to Facebook for the world to know we were rebels), and then get the heck out. Heaven forbid we be banned from Clemson sporting events for the rest of our lives.

But as we walked to center court, I remarked that there was a Christmas tree out there and how unusual it was. Josh just laughed. At center court, there were also hiking shoes, along with our cute, white, little Christmas tree. I was confused, and made several more silly remarks about how nice those hiking shoes were (commented on stealing them..). Then the realization hit me that all of those things were in fact Josh's... Now he was less calm at this point and realization was setting in.

Josh proceeded to shakily put his hands in his pockets, and fumble around, and he pulls out... wait for it... a wad of receipts! He asked me what they were, and I of course in a nervous voice, replied "receipts." He then went on so sweetly, but bumbling about how he saved our receipts from the first summer we spent apart after our Freshmen year in Clemson. They he talked about how we now spend money on plane tickets to see each other, and that we are supposed to invest our time and money into things we love. After this very sweet but almost incoherent proposal, he finally got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I of course said, YES! Poor thing was so nervous, he didn't even know what finger to put it on, but no worries I gladly did it for him. :)

Also- for those curious readers, the Christmas tree and the hiking shoes, were all ways I had told Josh I didn't want to be proposed to... aka not at Christmas time/holidays, and no hiking adventures, or no jumbotrons...So he incorporated 2 of the 3, but luckily he couldn't get them to turn on the massive jumbotron for the day :)

Overall, it was the most hilarious, best fitting, and goofy proposal ever. And I wouldn't change a thing.

Clemson holds a very special place in the couple's hearts. It is where they met, started dating, graduated from, and where they got engaged. Sara feels like Clemson is the MOST crucial piece of who they are, since without it, they would have never even met! Aside from the summers when the couple were apart (Sara is from Richmond, Virginia and Josh is from Murrell's Inlet), almost all of the couple's time together, every date they have had, and all of their adventures have centered around Clemson and the upstate area. This is why Clemson was a no brainer for their engagement photos location, and Death Valley photos were a must since Josh is a die hard Clemson football fan and season ticket holder. They also took photos at Clemson's Dairy Farm since Sara was an Animal Science major.

The wedding will be in June of next year. Clemson will be incorporated in the wedding in many subtle ways. Sara's wedding shoes will be Clemson orange, and Josh's socks will be Clemson purple and orange striped. The groom's cake will also have a Clemson theme to it. The couple's tiger rag that has been with them for several major road trips and excursions will definitely be at the wedding. And Tiger Rag will, of course, be played at their reception.

Best wishes to a fun and super cute couple! Thank you Sara and Josh for sharing your Clemson love story and engagement photos with us today. Love them!

Wedding Wednesday - Lizanne and Andrew's Clemson engagement photos

Happy Wednesday Clemson Girls! Let's take a break from all of the rivalry talk and enjoy some beautiful photos - it's time for another Wedding Wednesday!

Today's photos were taken by Matthew and Vernice Hammett with Hammett Photography. You can check out more of their beautiful photos on their Facebook page too.

Meet Lizanne and Andrew - both started at Clemson in Fall of 2006. Lizanne graduated in 2010 with a degree in Special Education. Andrew graduated in 2011 with a degree in Construction Science Management.

The couple met through mutual friends through their involvement in Clemson FCA. The first time they hung out officially as a couple was at Lizanne's senior sorority Spring formal. The rest is history...

The Proposal
As told by Lizanne...
"Last April, I was in Georgia at law school and Andrew was in Mississippi in pilot training with the Air Force. It was my spring break, and he asked me to meet him in Clemson on a Friday morning. He said that he just wanted to hang out together and give me my birthday present a little early since we wouldn't be able to see one another the following weekend. We met up at the botanical gardens and he gave me my "birthday present" - an empty mason jar. He explained that he knew I wasn't big on fancy presents, and that he had remembered me telling him about this mason jar idea I saw online. The idea was to fill a mason jar with memories on slips of paper throughout the year and then read them all together. I was so excited! I was so surprised he remembered another one of my silly ideas! He then lead me on a "tour" all around our spots in Clemson, where we filled the jar with things like "Going to football games and tailgating with our friends," "Spending time together downtown", and "Listening to the Zac Brown Band concert from our blanket on top of the dike". Finally, we arrived at the docks below the rowing center, our favorite place in town. We continued chatting and reminiscing on our fun times, talking about how much we missed living in Tiger Town. I was loving being there, celebrating "my birthday" and just getting to spend much-treasured time with my favorite person. Finally, Andrew said, "Last slip of paper, I have one more memory to add to the jar" He jotted down something, folded it, and went to place inside the lid when I interrupted him, "Um, excuse me, we have to read what it says, remember?" He laughingly played "keep away" until I was finally able to grab the slip and read, "April 6 2012, we got engaged at our favorite place Clemson- the place where we had our first relationship talk." Shocked, I looked up at him, on one knee, holding a GORGEOUS diamond, "Will you marry me?" I squealed yes, and we celebrated back at my house with family and friends! :) "

SWOON! One of the best proposal stories I've heard!

Clemson will always hold a special place in the couple's hearts for many reasons, but one reason is that it's fostered so many awesome steps in their relationship. It's where they met and went on their first dates, and where they always met up while dating long distance. Then, of course, it's where they got engaged!

The couple's wedding will be in March of next year. Almost all of Lizanne and Andrew's attendants are Clemson grads who played such wonderful roles in their relationship and are some of their biggest supporters. For the couple, this is the best "Clemson touch" included in their wedding, since they both feel that one of the greatest aspects of Clemson really is the people and the family it creates. Also, Lizanne is sure they will have plenty of orange and some Tiger Rag, but she doesn't want to give away all of the surprises. :)

Thanks so much to Lizanne and Andrew for sharing their beautiful Clemson engagement photos and their sweet love story. You can continue to follow Lizanne's story (and probably see her wedding photos in the future!) on her own blog --> www.theblawgyall.com.