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Jenni and Ben met in high school. But their lives after school were destined to take different paths…at least for a bit. Fast forward 20 years and Jenni, a divorced mom of two girls and Ben–a divorced dad with a son–reconnected. (Gotta love Facebook!) And the rest, as they say… Having both done the big wed-a-palooza with […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | Breckenridge Elopement , Colorado Elopement , Winter Elopement
It was a case of Cupid presenting himself via modern technology that brought Ashley and Lee together (via Facebook, of course) in early 2017. Fast forward 20 months and their Colorado winter elopement became a reality. Winter weddings can be tricky (I speak from personal experience–my own anniversary date is December 18th). It takes a certain […]
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When you’re on vacation in New Orleans and you bump into someone with whom you went to high school in Texas 18 years earlier, you know it’s gotta be fate. And so it was fate that led Kylie and Jack to their snowy Colorado wedding on a glorious sunny day in January.Having always dreamed of a […]
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“An intimate wedding not only gave us an opportunity to celebrate coming together as husband and wife with the closeness and realness we wanted without all the big wedding distractions, but it also was so budget friendly it was hard to think about doing anything else. We can take the money we saved and spend […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | California Bay Area Elopement , California Elopement
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 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 […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | California Elopement , California Redwood Elopement
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 […]
Continue readingBy 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 […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | California Bay Area Elopement , California Elopement
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 […]
Continue readingBy 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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