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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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 […]
Continue readingBy 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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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 […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | Colorado elopement , Denver elopement
Wanting an intimate Denver wedding in the presence of a handful of friends and family, high school sweethearts Jackie and Brad came from Michigan to say “I do” on a beautiful and sunny August day. The groom was handsome; the bride gorgeous. But the flower girl stole the show.Why did you choose an intimate wedding? “We […]
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Best friends since they worked at an ice rink together in their hometown in western Texas, Leah and Sam didn’t get together romantically until this past January. And by the middle of August, they’d eloped in the California redwoods and were officially hitched! I just love a couple that knows what they want and goes for it. Wanting […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | Breckenridge Elopement , Colorado elopement
Chris and Monica came from Minnesota for their Colorado Rocky Mountain destination wedding. Having visited Utah the previous year, they got a taste for the mountain life (who doesn’t?) and since Monica had never been to our gorgeous state–Colorado it was! Wanting a fabulous mountain backdrop, we researched together and came up with what has now […]
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“Aspen is the pace we’re the happiest,” Jessica proclaimed to me in her first email. Brandon proposed on top of the mountain there before a snowmobiling trek across Maroon Bells. So it only followed that their wedding would be an Aspen mountaintop elopement for two–on the seventh anniversary of their first date. July 29th atop the mountain […]
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When Amy called me back in April, all she knew was that she wanted to marry Lance against a fabulous Colorado mountain backdrop, in the presence of a handful of friends and family and their two adorable kids. She also wanted a morning wedding, which I absolutely love. Most of our couples aim for sunset (which […]
Continue readingBy Maureen Thomson | Big Sur wedding , California Destination Wedding , California Redwood Wedding , Redwoods Weddings
Potato chips brought them together seven years ago (no kidding–they were at a party and a chance encounter over a bowl of chips in the kitchen set the stage for them to meet!) but it was Blue Sky Elopements that helped Joe and Jessica seal the deal with an intimate Big Sur redwood wedding. In her […]
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