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Read through our collection of posts to help as you plan your special day. Whether you are having a traditional wedding or an elopement, we hope you find something helpful!

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Best Places to Elope in California

Discover the Best Places to Elope in California Engaged and looking to elope? California offers some of the most beautiful, breathtaking locations to get married! From gorgeous mountain backdrops, to coastal, cliff-side views, to towering redwoods – there are plenty of options to choose from. Continue reading to find the best places to elope in the golden state.

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A couple embracing and staring into each others eyes as they prepare to get into their Volkswagen Beetle during their adventurous desert elopement in Joshua Tree California.

Best Places to Elope in California

Discover the Best Places to Elope in California Engaged and looking to elope? California offers some of the most beautiful, breathtaking locations to get married! From gorgeous mountain backdrops, to coastal, cliff-side views, to towering

What’s a first look?

First looks are one of our favorite moments to capture. But that being said, we know a first look isn’t for everyone. To help those on the fence, we’ve written up a few points on

Tips for a Seamless Wedding

It’s an exciting time, and you probably feel over the moon dreaming up all the fun details and color schemes — but we also know, this can get overwhelming pretty quick (we get it, been

Your Big Sur Elopement Guide

Your Comprehensive Guide to a Big Sur Elopement It’s an idyllic picture: sweeping hills with scenic cliff-sides; the sound of the Pacific Ocean crashing against a rugged expanse of coast nestled beside the Santa Lucia

How to Elope in Joshua Tree National Park

So you want to Elope in Joshua Tree National Park? Joshua Tree is a gorgeous spot in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California — and we are completely enamored with it. There’s plenty

A couple who eloped in Southern California in Yosemite National Park face each other and share a moment after their elopement in Yosemite National Park.

How to Elope in Yosemite

So you want to elope in Yosemite National Park? Yosemite National Park is located in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. It’s actually the first national park we visited (and fell in love with). From

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We’ll never get tired of this beautiful place an

We’ll never get tired of this beautiful place and all the special memories it holds. 🌾🌼🌲

It’s where we celebrated our first wedding anniversary. It’s where we lugged around our first camera, before we worked weddings. It’s where we frequently went back, making sweet memories with friends & with our Riley boy. It’s also where we’ve celebrated numerous couples into the start of a new chapter in their story.

We love this place, and would go back in a heartbeat. Anyone eloping here? Let’s go together! 🎒💫

A sweet San Francisco session ✨ (can’t believe

A sweet San Francisco session ✨ (can’t believe this was around a year ago, right before everything shut down 🤯)

Take us back to this gorgeous elopement! Film drop

Take us back to this gorgeous elopement! Film dropping soon. Stay tuned! 🤍💫

California sunsets always catching our hearts 🤍

California sunsets always catching our hearts 🤍💫

〰 What a year. We’re not focusing too hard o

〰 What a year.

We’re not focusing too hard on resolutions this time around — we’ll be learners for our whole lifetime. And if there’s anything this year has shown us, it’s that things don’t always go as planned (and that’s okay). Rather, we’re learning to take it a day at a time, while trying our best & trusting the Lord moment by moment.

So tonight, we’re choosing to rest & reflect on all the ways we’re grateful.

✨ Grateful for a quiet night to ring in the new year (and say good riddance to 2020 👋🏻 )

✨ Grateful for all the couples we’ve still been able to celebrate this year and will be celebrating in the coming year.

✨ And yes — grateful for even the difficult lessons that have grown & refined us.

Hoping you all have a safe and happy New Year’s Eve! 🤍 2020, you’ve been a wild one.

We feel the loss of our son a little harder over t

We feel the loss of our son a little harder over the holidays and it’s a weird feeling. Sorrow mixed with joy. We’ll miss him every day til heaven. But Christmas reminds us how God has written a beautiful story that offers hope, peace & joy in a broken and weary world. Thankful for that today, and every day.

Celebrating the sweet birth of Jesus & all the hope and joy He brings! It’s a truth that sings in our hearts.

Merry Christmas Eve, dear friends🎄🤍

Photo by @niravpatelweddings

Those softer moments. The anticipation before the

Those softer moments. The anticipation before the ceremony. Embracing after a first look. 🤍

Some favorites from this intimate, Oregon elopemen

Some favorites from this intimate, Oregon elopement. ☁️💫

A quiet morning with a handful of loved ones, a trip to the redwoods, and a hike to a tiny, hidden beach with incredible cliffside views. Absolutely breathtaking.

In love with their radiant, playful, jump in the water kinda love. 🤍

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If you’re looking for more than just a vendor, then you’ve come to the right place. Our hearts are to celebrate every single one of our couples into such a special life season, and if you’ll have us, we’d be so honored to be a part of your story.

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