Today’s destination Real Wedding of Chiara and Wayne is sure to make you swoon! Photographed by Corbin Gurkin Photography, it took place on the shores of Lake Maggiore at the Villa Rusconi Clerici, in Verbania, Italy. Dreamy! The most important thing to Chiara and Wayne was to create a wedding that combined their backgrounds and personalities. Chiara is Italian, so they chose to wed in Italy and spend quality time there with their families and […]

Travel Update- Friday, October 3rd- home, jetlagged, and absolutely ecstatic from the trip! I’ll be back in action on Monday with stories to tell and wedding ideas to share. Until then, please enjoy today’s guest blog post from one of my all time favorite bloggers, Matt Armendariz of MattBites.com. Matt and his partner Adam were recently married, and when I read about it on his blog I was moved to tears, laughter and more tears, […]

Travel Update- Friday, September 26th- This morning my guy and I are headed off to South Luangwa National Park for a weekend on our own, and we’re staying at a place where elephants are known to walk right through the open air hotel lobby as they migrate!  Today’s Real Wedding is a real stunner. Romantic, emotional and full of fabulous fashion and decor details, you won’t soon forget! Here’s Blair’s take on what makes it one of the […]

Travel Update- Friday, September 12th- I’m flying! Goodness it takes a long time to get to Africa! Today’s Real Wedding of Amy and Jon comes to us straight from the beaches of Hawaii. Feeling overwhelmed with planning a huge local wedding, Amy and Jon decided to shift gears and make theirs a simple, intimate, and beautiful affair by heading to the islands. With just four months left to go, they planned and hosted a destination celebration for 28 of their closest friends and […]

Todays Real Wedding is a sparkling white winter affair that was as classic, elegant and romantic as can be. Amy and Matt got married December 30th, 2007 in the Spanish Ballroom at the Downtown Seattle Fairmont Olympic Hotel, the same place where his grandparents had celebrated their marriage many years before. They wanted to continue the tradition by returning to this timeless place with their friends, family and future generations to remember where it all began. Capturing […]

  Today’s Real Wedding is the epitome of a bright, happy summertime celebration. Kristin and Son tied the knot last August in the gorgeous sunlit back yard of her parent’s house, headed to the beach with photographers Red Fish Blue Fish Photography for fun-filled wedding party photos, and hosted a reception for their friends and family at the scenic Ballard waterfront location, The Canal. Their tropical wedding color palette of pear green, fuchsia, orange and […]

Today’s Real Wedding of Megan and Zeb took place at the spectacularly picturesque Salish Lodge and Spa perched at the top of Snoqualmie Falls, and features some super creative touches. Megan and Zeb wanted their ceremony to feel formal and elegant, but wanted the reception and the rest of the weekend to feel casual, laid back, and spontaneous for all of their guests. With the help of wedding coordinator An Elegant Affair and the rest […]