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This Couple Exchanged Vows in an Intimate Forest Wedding at Pacific Spirit Regional Park

February 19, 2018 | Junebug Weddings

Jaimie and Scott’s wedding at Pacific Spirit Regional Park was perfect for their intimate elopement! The two had a handful of family fly in from all over the world to watch as Jaimie and Scott exchanged vows in the forest. After exchanging their Minichiello Jewelers and Michael Hill rings, they headed over to their cake table for celebratory shots and the signing of their marriage license. After some killer couple portraits by Bake Photography, Jaimie and Scott had a private dinner at Coast with their families to celebrate the joyous occasion!

The Couple:

Jaimie and Scott

The Wedding:

Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, BC

I was running late to the ceremony site and didn’t think we’d have time for a first look. Our photographer was there to calm me down, help me breathe, and enjoy a quiet moment with Scott. She made taking every photo fun and enjoyable.

We wanted have a ceremony that was intimate and captured the beauty of Vancouver for our elopement. I used to walk the trails of a park near our first apartment here because it was so quiet, peaceful, and a great escape from the city. Pacific Spirit Regional Park is covered with giant firs and maples, moss, and gorgeous ferns. With that beautiful backdrop, we didn’t really need to decorate. A small clearing off of a trail seemed like the perfect location.

I always wanted a laid-back and intimate outdoor wedding with as little traditional pieces as possible. Neither of us are comfortable being the center of attention, so this gorilla-style pop-up wedding was the perfect way to share our love with our closest family. Because photos were going to be especially important to us, we spent a lot of time staging the site.

There were only two retailers in BC that reflected my taste in non-traditional dresses. Mine was made by Anais Anette, a Canadian company that focuses on clean and feminine lines. It felt very garden-like and was very me. I wore a gold, diamond-encrusted necklace, which belonged to my mother, and a few dainty pieces from Swarovski. I wanted my hair and make-up to be loose, feminine, and natural.

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I gave Scott a Charles-Hubert pocket watch with our wedding date and his initials engraved on it so he would have something special from that day.

There was a moment walking down one of the trails in the woods where we stopped, turned towards each other, and Scott kissed my forehead. It was a moment where we were focused on one another, everything else just disappeared, and Melissa captured it perfectly.

We all love seafood, so we had our wedding night dinner at a local restaurant called Coast. Everyone filled up on oysters, sushi, lobster tails, chowder, fish, and steak, The staff treated us with some champagne and delicious chocolate covered honeycomb for dessert.

The Wedding Team:

Photography – Bake Photography
Ceremony Venue – Pacific Spirit Regional Park
Reception Venue – Coast
Floral Design – Celsia Floral
Cake – The Cake & The Giraffe
Officiant – Shawn Miller of Young, Hip, and Married
Live Music – V & G Music
Invitations – Wedding Paper Divas
Makeup Artist – Emily Pedlow of Denise Elliot & Co.
Hair Styling – Christina Robson of Denise Elliot & Co.
Wedding Dress – Anais Anette from Union Bridal
Groom’s Apparel – Indochino
Rings – Minichiello Jewelers, Michael Hill

 

Thank you to Junebug member Bake Photography for sharing this sweet, intimate wedding with us! For more elopement vibes, take a look at this intimate family elopement at the Othello Tunnels.

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This Black, Burgundy, and Gold Desert Botanical Garden Wedding is a Total Showstopper

February 19, 2018 | Junebug Weddings

Kacia and Tony’s Desert Botanical Garden wedding has the most perfectly modern, rich color palette. After planning the wedding herself, Kacia and Tony turned to Hitch Without a Glitch to take the reins for day-of coordination. With everything going seamlessly behind-the-scenes, Kacia and Tony were able to relax and be fully present in their day. After their first kiss as husband and wife, they headed to the reception where they enjoyed delicious bites from Atlasta Catering and Salted Caramel Catering. As the celebration continued, Ray the DJ kept people on the dance floor! Photographers Jonnie and Garrett and videographer Kyle Hustis beautifully documented the lush details and sweetness between Kacia and Tony.

The Couple:

Kacia and Tony

The Wedding:

Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

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Jonnie and Garrett, The Petal Theory, and Tremaine Ranch were all musts for me. I have enjoyed the work of these professionals for years! So much so that I provided them with the general vibe I was looking for, and let them do the rest. I knew their vision was in line with my own, trusted them, and could not have been happier with the way everything turned out. They rule.

Choosing wedding colors was the biggest challenge for me. I tried to make so many different colors work for the decor and the bridal party and none of them felt right! Once I finally decided to stick to my guns and put the bridal party in all black, it felt like us and everything else came naturally from there. The groom, of course, wore an incredibly sharp burgundy suit because there’s nothing he can’t pull off. Our wedding date was embroidered inside!

We knew we needed an outdoor location for both the ceremony & reception – we love outdoor weddings. We had considered a few other venues, but as soon as we walked thru the Desert Botanical Garden together we were in love with it. The garden captures all of the beauty of a desert landscape, especially with the red mountain & sunset backdrop setting at their Ullman Terrace.

A wedding day happens in moments that all truly fly by. I buzzed the entire day! Take the time to pause and enjoy each moment. I’d heard from friends and family members that they didn’t remember their ceremony because of all the excitement & nerves. I was definitely SO excited and so nervous but our officiant, the groom’s sister, had everybody deliberately pause to take it all in. I will forever remember that and I am so grateful.

Jonnie and Garrett are amazing people and such incredibly talented photographers. They truly know – and will do – what they need to do in order to capture the day and ALL of the feels! Plus, we had so much fun with them that we asked them to stay and dance with us after their time was up. Of course they agreed!

Time, quality time, was the most important thing to us when planning our wedding. We wanted it to be a fun night spent enjoying food, drinks, and music with the people that we love most! We incorporated the traditions that were meaningful to us and did away with the rest, allowing us to be present and have fun with our family and friends.

The groom is a first-generation American whose family left Bulgaria just a few years before he had been thought-of. The bride’s family had been in Arizona for generations & generations. It was a really cool moment when an upbeat Bulgarian dance song came on and everybody joined hands on the dance floor. Some knew what they were doing, others had no clue! It was unexpected, hilarious and so much fun.

The Wedding Team:

Photography – Jonnie and Garrett
Day of Coordinator – Hitch Without a Glitch
Venue – Desert Botanical Garden
Floral Design – The Petal Theory
Catering – Atlasta Catering
Cake – Salted Caramel Catering
Officiant – Rene Kitchukova
DJ – Ray the DJ
Videography – Kyle Hustis
Invitations – Minted
Makeup Artist – Cristal Daniela
Hair Styling – Taylor Blades of Blades Hair
Wedding Dress – Wedding Belles
Groom’s Apparel – Magro Clothing
Rentals – Tremaine Ranch
Lighting – Native Events

 

Thank you so much to Jonnie and Garrett  for sharing this desert botanical garden wedding with Junebug! If you loved the vibe in this wedding, then you have to see how this couple used a rich color palette in this desert elopement inspiration at Sycamore Canyon Trails.

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Curated Chic Kansas Wedding at Life’s Finer Moments

February 18, 2018 | Junebug Weddings

By combining their love of nature, a minimalist-meets-boho style, and elements of their Hispanic heritage, Jenny and Eddie created a truly memorable wedding at Life’s Finer Moments lodge. They wanted their wedding to highlight the natural beauty of Kansas for their out-of-town guests, and we think they nailed it by only using three antique doors for their ceremony backdrop and letting the open pasture speak for itself. For the reception, they focused on simple boho details borrowed from and created by the bride’s sister. It’s hard to pick one favorite moment of this lovely celebration, but we must admit we love that Jenny and Eddie snuck out of their reception for a sunset session with Lindsey Noel Photography!

The Couple:

Jenny and Eddie

The Wedding:

Life’s Finer Moments, Clay Center, Kansas

The most important thing was that we included each other in all of the wedding decisions. We wanted it to be ours, not just mine or his. He did the planning and executing, and I did the big picture and aesthetics. We made a great team!

At first, we wanted a minimalist look with greenery. We just started buying things we liked at thrift stores, and I actually borrowed a lot of my sisters home decorations. She has a very boho vibe so it all fell together and accidentally became a very simple boho vibe wedding, which we absolutely loved!

Our vision for the ceremony was to share with our friends and family the love of Jesus and to celebrate together what He had done and would do in our lives as husband and wife. We also chose to write our own vows, which made it much more personal and intimate for us. And finally, since we are both hispanic but most of our friends are not, we chose to honor both our Hispanic and American family and friends by having a bilingual ceremony.

My parents surprised us with a mariachi band! We looked for one everywhere but they were either booked or extremely out of our budget. My parents told us during the rehearsal dinner and I literally cried! It was the perfect touch to bringing some Mexican spice to our special day.

Our advice: The details do not matter, so do not stress over them! What matters the most is your bride/groom and your family and friends. Our wedding was so windy, my veil flew off as I was walking down the aisle and none of out door decorations worked out like we planned. A lot of things didn’t go as planned but we were so giddy with excitement that we did not care about any of that stuff.

Technically, I didn’t DIY anything but I have extremely talented sisters! Pamela is an amazing artist. We took some old windows that our landlord let us keep after she replaced some at our house. I gave her what I wanted on them and the font and she made them. They look professional! She also made the backdrop in our reception with the giant M for McDonald. Seriously, she is so talented!

The most memorable part of the day was when we “snuck out” of our reception for a sunset photo shoot. It was our first time away from everyone as husband and wife and, as you may be able to tell in the photos, we were lost in each other’s eyes and couldn’t let each other go. It was such an intimate moment and we love that Lindsey captured that in such an amazing and beautiful way.

Processional (Bridal Party) – “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole
Processional (Bride) – “Beautiful Thing” by Grace VanderWaal (performed by the bride’s sister)
Recessional – “Hermoso Cariño” by Vicente Fernández (performed by Mariachi los Reyes)

The Wedding Team:

Photography – Lindsey Noel Photography
Venue – Life’s Finer Moments
Floral Design – Steve’s Floral
Catering – Vathauer Catering
Stationery – Wedding Paper Divas
Hair Styling – Platinum & Company
Wedding Dress – Dress Gallery

 

Congratulations to Jenny and Eddie, and a huge thanks to Lindsey Noel Photography for sharing this beautiful wedding with Junebug! Love the minimalist boho vibe? You’re going to love Megan and Garrett’s boho Arizona desert wedding at The Paseo!

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