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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A California Elopement for Louis and Brieanne

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

With two little ones at home, it was a bit of a challenge for Brieanne and Roy to get away for their California elopement. But with an intense desire to have an intimate wedding that focused only on the two of them (Bravo!), they did the necessary juggling that allowed them to get away to […]

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Melissa and Josh–Married at a Private Big Sur Redwood Venue

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

Having always been enamored with the redwood tress of Big Sur and wanting an intimate wedding that was more about the two of them than the pomp of a huge affair, Josh and Melissa were drawn toward being married in a private Big Sur wedding venue. Luckily for them–we have access to just such a site!Their […]

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Nina and Matt – Eloping in the California Redwoods

By Maureen Thomson | California Redwood Wedding , California wedding

When Nina contacted me in April, she explained that she’d always been in love with the redwoods–feeling that there is something “so romantic about them.” (I agree!) And with Matt being an arborist, Nina knew it would only take one look at the magnificent California redwoods for for him to love them too! And so they […]

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Julie and Cabell Married in the Santa Cruz Redwoods

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

When Julie contacted me on August 1st saying she and Cabell wanted to be married in the Santa Cruz redwoods as soon as possible with a full set of our elopement wedding services, I admit my stomach did a little flip flop. We were already full for August, but Julie was so eager and so excited […]

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