{"id":885198,"date":"2026-10-17T05:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T05:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/885198\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T05:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T05:58:11","slug":"a-classic-newport-rhode-island-wedding-with-tennis-inspired-details-and-a-performance-by-norah-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/885198\/","title":{"rendered":"A Classic Newport, Rhode Island Wedding With Tennis-Inspired Details and a Performance by Norah Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hannah Mullin and Sean McConnell are true childhood sweethearts. Their relationship started when they were two kids growing up together in Delaware. \u201cWe became best friends, and it flourished into a meaningful love story that has been continuing for nine years,\u201d says Hannah. On June 3, 2024, Sean planned to bring their journey into the next stage with a proposal at Rock House<\/a> in Turks and Caicos. \u201cHe had flowers imported and lights set up on the dock that went out onto the water\u2026it truly looked so magical,\u201d remembers Hannah. \u201cRight after he proposed, a storm rolled in, and the staff set us up with a private dinner in this sheltered cove.\u201d She adds, \u201cIt was one of the most memorable nights of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple decided to say \u201cI do\u201d almost two years later at the Castle Hill Inn<\/a> in Newport, Rhode Island. \u201cFrom the very beginning, we dreamed beyond a traditional wedding,\u201d the bride says of her wedding vision. \u201cOur relationship is full of love, laughter, and color. We wanted it to be a true reflection of us.\u201d Partnering with wedding planner Sarah Heaney of Leila James Events<\/a> proved to be the best decision of the entire process. \u201cWe both waver on the type B end, so our first task was finding a planner,\u201d says Hannah. \u201cWhenever people asked how it was going, they almost always expected the same answer. That we were overwhelmed, counting down the days, or simply ready for it to be over. But for us, it was exactly the opposite. Every meeting, every design decision, every moment spent dreaming about what this celebration could become was something we genuinely looked forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n

The celebration would span two days of events, beginning with a rehearsal dinner and welcome party at the Tennis Hall of Fame<\/a> complete with an entire custom merch suite and tennis-inspired details. \u201cMe and Sarah always laugh with one another when we look back and realize this all came into place from only three to four inspiration pictures from me,\u201d the bride says. Design was an important factor in planning the weekend, with blooming florals from Stoneblossom<\/a>, custom illustrations by Champagne and Ink<\/a>, and transformative d\u00e9cor crafted by Ryan Designs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hannah Mullin and Sean McConnell are true childhood sweethearts. Their relationship started when they were two kids growing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428,334290,136226],"class_list":["post-885198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-vogue-weddings","tag-wedding-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}