Velma Southerland
Velma Southerland has been employed in the lifestyles section of an award-winning East Tennessee community newspaper for more than 20 years. She writes about weddings, births and major life events of people and organizations in the community. She has freelanced both her words and her photos to a number of print magazines and other publications, published an award-winning newsletter and is the publicity chairman for a theater in the area.
Her love of theatre, photography and working with words goes back to her girlhood. She is fascinated by unsolved crimes, which probably also originated in her early years when she discovered Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. The library was her hideout, her favorite escape and eventually one of her early workplaces.
She was an English major at Carson-Newman College and has taken finance classes at East Tennessee State University and painting and genealogy courses at Tusculum College as well.
To communicate with Ms. Southerland, e-mail to vjsoutherland@gmail.com
Latest Articles
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Inexpensive DIY Window Decorations for a Wedding
Window decorations for her wedding are something a bride may wish to do on her own. Decorating church windows is simple and can be inexpensive.
Feb 26, 2012
- Velma Southerland
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DIY Wedding Pew Decorations That Are Inexpensive and Easy
Pew decorations for your wedding can be left to your florist, OR you can make your own that will save you money and be simple and inexpensive.
Jan 29, 2012
- Velma Southerland
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DIY Ideas for Spring Wedding Centerpieces to Use as Guest Favors
A spring wedding offers a bride wonderfully fragrant, colorful flowers to make her nuptials memorable. DIY centerpieces can be used as guest favors.
Dec 17, 2011
- Velma Southerland
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Brides Can Copy Elements of William and Kate's Royal Wedding
Elements of the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton are being used by brides to create their own fairytale weddings.
Nov 27, 2011
- Velma Southerland
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Ghosts of Beaufort, SC, Featured in Exchange Club Carriage Tour
Dripping Spanish moss, spooky ancient homes and ghost tales of Beaufort, SC, are highlighted in Exchange Club's CAPA fundraiser that runs for 3 weekends.
Oct 15, 2011
- Velma Southerland
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Ghostly Sites for a Halloween Wedding
You're getting married on Halloween and you want a ghostly location to create haunting wedding memories. So, how do you choose the perfect ghoulish venue?
Oct 8, 2011
- Velma Southerland
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Three Easy Centerpieces for an Autumn Wedding
Centerpieces for an autumn wedding reception should sport fall colors, and can be easy to create and inexpensive as well!
Oct 2, 2011
- Velma Southerland
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5 DIY Wedding Centerpieces That Are Easy and Inexpensive
Here are five easy, do-it-yourself wedding centerpieces that will keep your wedding budget tamed down to an acceptable level without sacrificing beauty.
Oct 2, 2011
- Velma Southerland
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Wedding Color Schemes for a Winter Holiday Ceremony
Some brides limit their color choices when planning a wedding around the winter holidays. Silver, blue and gold are alternatives to red/green or all white.
Sep 24, 2011
- Velma Southerland
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Ways to Make Your Blueberry-Picking Trip More Productive
Blueberries are tasty, nutritious morsels that people can pick themselves. Just a little knowledge will make the trip more productive.
Aug 7, 2011
- Velma Southerland
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