Jocelyn and Garrett’s San Francisco Bay Area Destination Wedding

By Maureen Thomson | California Bay Area Destination Wedding , California Destination Wedding , California wedding

When Jocelyn contacted me in September of last year to talk about her vision of a San Francisco Bay Area destination wedding, she indicated she and Garrett were seeking a dramatic cliff overlook. “No toes in the sand,” she directed me. We connected them with the location that fulfilled their every desire just north of San […]

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Cassie and Seth’s Destination Wedding at San Francisco City Hall

By Maureen Thomson | California Destination Wedding , California wedding , San Francisco elopement

Cassie and Seth wanted more than something run of the mill for their  destination wedding at San Francisco City Hall. As if eloping to the city by the bay isn’t offbeat enough! So, after their laughter-and-tears-filled ceremony at city hall, they arranged for a local ice cream shop (Thanks, Ice Cream Bar!) to open up just […]

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A California Redwood Elopement for Shane and Jamie

By Maureen Thomson | California Destination Wedding , California Redwood Wedding , California wedding

I hear a variety of interesting “how we met” stories from my couples, but Shane and Jamie’s is one of my favorites.  And it’s so simple! I don’t know why more single parents don’t use their kids as matchmakers. It’s genius, really. Not that the two actively set out to use their teen aged sons to facilitate […]

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Kerry and Eric’s Breckenridge Destination Wedding

By Maureen Thomson | Breckenridge Elopement , Colorado elopement

When Kerry contacted me to discuss having us coordinate her Breckenridge destination wedding, she made it very clear that she and Eric were going small in order to avoid the stress of a big wedding. Oh yeah…she had me at hello. Traveling to Colorado all the way from the east coast, they wanted the details handled so […]

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An Intimate San Francisco destination Wedding for Kari and Corey

By Maureen Thomson | California Bay Area Destination Wedding , California Destination Wedding , California wedding

It was a Friday afternoon intimate San Francisco destination wedding for Kari and Corey at the Palace of Fine Arts in the heart of the city. These two are at the age where they’re attending lots of weddings and although they acknowledge larger weddings are “fun for the guests,” they wanted something with less fuss, more […]

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A Breckenridge Mountain Elopement for Kristy and Jeff

By Maureen Thomson | Breckenridge Elopement

Coming from the neighboring state of Kansas, Kristy and Jeff were familiar with Breckenridge and wanted their elopement wedding held there amid the glorious backdrop of the Rocky Mountains in fall. We bantered about several options and the two ultimately decided to have their Breckenridge mountain elopement nestled at the foot of Mount Quandary. This site […]

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Melody & Mark’s Colorado Destination Mountain Wedding

By Maureen Thomson | Colorado elopement , Telluride Elopement

Riding their motorcycles from Arizona for their Colorado mountain destination wedding is just one of many adventures shared by Melody and Mark over the past 19 years. Wanting something nature-based and intimate (our specialities!), and with a love for the Ouray/Telluride part of the state, they chose a state park in nearby Ridgway for their wedding […]

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Taylor and Rodney – Married in a Little White Chapel in Colorado

By Maureen Thomson | Colorado elopement , Colorado Springs Elopement

Having become engaged in Colorado Springs, Taylor and Rodney wanted to return here to–in her words–“seal the deal.” So, in September, they made the trip from Missouri with 15 of their loved ones to be married in a little white chapel in the heart of Colorado Springs.After the wedding in the chapel, we spilled outside for […]

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Eyler and Jennifer Married on the Cliffs of Big Sur

By Maureen Thomson | Big Sur wedding , California Beach Wedding

Eyler and Jennifer met at a Frank Sinatra/Michael Buble Tribute concert in July 2011–the night of the full moon. As Jennifer tells me, “the romantic music was the perfect backdrop for our first meeting.” Okay–you can already see that this is going to be a fabulous story.Having been to Big Sur ten years earlier, Jennifer was […]

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Holly and Adam Elope in the Rocky Mountains

By Maureen Thomson | Breckenridge Elopement , Colorado elopement

College sweethearts Holly and Adam are outdoor enthusiasts living in Connecticut. They’re not big on being the center of attention (except…you know…for each other…) so they chose to elope in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The clouds were threatening but the rain held off so that we were able to get some great shots of their […]

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