{"id":584471,"date":"2016-04-02T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=584471"},"modified":"2016-03-29T16:33:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T21:33:46","slug":"spontaneous-seaside-elopement-kapalua-maui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/spontaneous-seaside-elopement-kapalua-maui\/","title":{"rendered":"Spontaneous Seaside Elopement in Kapalua, Maui"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584495\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/1f\/f8\/1ff8fb361fa4e767.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-24\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p>Deciding to get married is a&nbsp;monumental decision, but if you don&rsquo;t want to stress over planning a big wedding you have the option to elope, which is exactly what Ivana and Jan decided to do. They said &ldquo;I do&rdquo; in traditional Hawaiian style on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mauiguidebook.com\/beaches\/ironwoods-beach-oneloa-bay-west-maui-kapalua\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oneloa Beach<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;Kapalua, Maui. Their ceremony included the&nbsp;Hawaiian rituals of chanting, blowing of the Pu, Hawaiian prayers, and a personalized speech about building a lasting commitment to each other.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.angiediazphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Angie Diaz Photography<\/a>&nbsp;took some fantastic portraits of the couple during their ceremony and after, posing on the black rocks of Makaluapuna Point and drinking cans of beer from the&nbsp;Maui Brewing Co.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Couple:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ivana and Jan<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mauiguidebook.com\/beaches\/ironwoods-beach-oneloa-bay-west-maui-kapalua\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oneloa Beach<\/a>, Maui, Hawaii<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584502\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/68\/1e\/681e7e190ef2f0c6.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-31\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584499\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/e8\/48\/e848ffea65cf651d.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-28\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584500\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/46\/f4\/46f466991bcc38c1.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-29\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584505\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/3e\/08\/3e084d53e03e97f2.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-34\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Susan was an angel helping me to relax and get ready before my wedding. As it was an elopement wedding, I missed having my girlfriends around a bit but she made it disappear and more importantly helped me to look great. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584503\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/87\/ab\/87ab8e77e7b2c3d2.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-32\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584504\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/29\/36\/2936d07bdebc879b.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-33\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584472\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/82\/64\/8264de8ddf71d65b.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584473\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/07\/02\/070283c7ac38bb61.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584474\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b0\/e4\/b0e440f42a3edc77.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-3\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584475\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/43\/53\/435325a526acdd43.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-4\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584476\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ab\/9a\/ab9a134dff643c12.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-5\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584477\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/15\/db\/15dbae6dbf59160a.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-6\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584478\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fa\/b1\/fab1df819518edc8.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-7\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584479\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/eb\/4f\/eb4f7b0ccbb5da53.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-8\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Our officiant&nbsp;Ernest made it very personal, and we really enjoyed his speech about commitment to each other and that it&rsquo;s important not only to be lovers but also best friends. Which is very important aspect of our relationship. It was just perfect.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584480\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/f5\/98\/f5983a6dadd5ab70.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-9\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584481\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/f4\/d3\/f4d36be52f5cc129.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-10\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584482\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/24\/c4\/24c42e20d69f9746.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584483\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/3c\/6a\/3c6afe1e41bccca4.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-12\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584484\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/c2\/4b\/c24b619db12ddc74.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-13\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><em>I wanted to look like&nbsp;myself and wear something I could like looking at <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1990280311\"><span class=\"aQJ\">in ten years<\/span><\/span> time and still be enjoying it. On the other hand I wanted something with a spark as well, something stylish so I decided to go with crop top and long skirt leaving just a bit of bare skin out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584485\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/cb\/41\/cb414eb102d47342.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-14\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584486\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/cc\/a5\/cca558983e7cfe37.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-15\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584487\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/13\/36\/1336f329f1e6df11.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-16\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584488\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/c0\/5c\/c05cc911c101c4a2.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-17\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584489\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ac\/d1\/acd11a5a4e300966.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-18\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><em>The most important thing to us when planning our wedding was to actually make the decision to elope. Once we&rsquo;d agreed to go through with it, it was very quick. First we thought to pay some wedding agency to arrange everything but when <span class=\"il\">Jan<\/span> found great reviews of the officiant Ernest, da barefoot warrior, we decided to do everything separately. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584490\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/3a\/ca\/3acabbdf1e8fdcaf.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-19\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584491\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/fe\/57\/fe57ac299ed66093.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-20\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584492\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/bb\/07\/bb0734567fcb50dc.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-21\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584493\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/b8\/68\/b86812f7619bd93b.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-22\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584494\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/44\/cf\/44cfc868f84283dd.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-23\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584496\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/15\/4b\/154bfa3580b182c4.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-25\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584497\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/ff\/4f\/ff4f37f3db3e18e3.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-26\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584498\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/3c\/c0\/3cc0cb30ee0066ca.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-27\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-584501\" src=\"https:\/\/images.junebugweddings.com\/c2\/d2\/c2d2f8188314788e.jpg\" alt=\"Spontaneous-Seaside-Elopement-Kapalua-Maui-30\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"goldbox\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Wedding Team:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photography &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angiediazphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Angie Diaz Photography<\/a><br>\nVenue &ndash;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mauiguidebook.com\/beaches\/ironwoods-beach-oneloa-bay-west-maui-kapalua\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oneloa Beach<\/a><br>\nFloral Design &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.napiliflorist.com\/store\/\" target=\"_blank\">Napili Florist<\/a><br>\nOfficiant &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dabarefootwarrior.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ernest Puaa<\/a><br>\nHair Styling &ndash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanbortzdesigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Susan Bortz Designs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angiediazphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Angie Diaz Photography<\/a> for sharing this wedding with Junebug, and congratulations to Ivana and Jan on their elopement in&nbsp;Kapalua. If you love their beachfront wedding, take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/love-surfing-maine-beach-wedding-inspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\">this Maine beach wedding inspiration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/xoxoSamantha13.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xoxo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.junebugweddings.com\/blog\/xoxo\/xo-samantha.png\" alt=\"xoxoSamantha\" width=\"128\" height=\"47\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deciding to get married is a&nbsp;monumental decision, but if you don&rsquo;t want to stress over planning a big wedding you have the option to elope, which is exactly what Ivana and Jan decided to do. They said &ldquo;I do&rdquo; in traditional Hawaiian style on&nbsp;Oneloa Beach&nbsp;in&nbsp;Kapalua, Maui. Their ceremony included the&nbsp;Hawaiian rituals of chanting, blowing of the Pu, Hawaiian prayers, and a personalized speech about building a lasting commitment to each other.&nbsp;Angie Diaz Photography&nbsp;took some fantastic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1069,1077,1170,1005,1096],"tags":[1102,1109,1113],"class_list":["post-584471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beach-wedding","category-elopement","category-hawaii-wedding","category-real-weddings","category-waterfront-wedding","tag-aqua","tag-light-pink","tag-white"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junebugweddings.com\/wedding-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}