A Casual Wedding Filled with Food Trucks and Fun at Wollam Gardens in Jeffersonton, Virginia
On paper, Alex Lemmel (30 and an accountant) and Paul DeBell (33 and a professor) were legally married in 2016, after they bought a house in Colorado. But a proper celebration was in order. Nearly two years later, they said vows at a lush flower farm in Virginia, where Paul’s family lives, and ho...
A Classic Estate Wedding at Flying V Ranch Event Venue in Decatur, Texas
Page Warner and Justin Gruetzner wed at Flying V Ranch Event Venue in Decatur, Texas. The ceremony took place outdoors against a background of trees and grassy land. Potted trees lined the aisle, and low flower arrangements decorated a two-step platform that served as an altar. After the ceremon...
A Glamorous Asian-Fusion Wedding at Hatley Castle in Colwood, British Columbia
Ashlyn Sundar and Darren Chiu combined their different cultures for a glamorous, elegant wedding at Hatley Castle in Colwood, British Columbia. "Being first-generation born Canadians by immigrant parents from Hong Kong and Fiji, our upbringing was the heritage and traditions from Hindu and Chines...
Religion and Music Inspired This Intimate Greenhouse Wedding at Greenhouse Two Rivers in Highlandville, Missouri
Two things have long defined Rachel and Andrew's relationship: music and caffeine. They me when Rachel was in the church choir, got to know each other over mugs of coffee and became engaged as Rachel sat at the piano. So at their wedding,the bar served lattes instead of booze (which went nicely w...
Colorful High School Sweetheart Backyard Wedding
Since meeting in high school, Morgan Davidson (27 and an artist) and Kyle Henderson (28 and an exterior cleaner) have lived in Colorado and California, so their wedding was a time to come back home. “We grew up in South Florida and wanted to pay homage to the area’s beautiful colors and bright fl...
Romantic Modern Industrial Miracle Wedding
Anna Carter (22 and a teacher) and Samuel Akers (24 and a staff member at a campus ministry) were planning a June wedding when they found out that Samuel had cancer. Luckily, their venue, The Delaware, had a date available in April. So they moved the celebration up two months, kept things simple,...
Colorful Cemetery Wedding in Atlanta
Jennifer (Jen) VanDeventer (36 and self-employed) and David Young (34 and a logistics manager) share a love of all things colorful and whimsical, so it only made sense to fill their wedding with orange ranunculus, a collar of bright blooms for Addie, their pup, and a pink suit for David–all juxta...
Downtown Houston Ballroom Wedding with Timeless Flair
Ana-Sofia Mariotto (29 and a project manager) and Zac Query (28 and works in finance) are a low-key pair, so they wanted their downtown Houston wedding to feel simple but elegant. They chose a neutral palette and elevated the look with eye-catching arrangements of willow branches, white dendrobiu...
Eclectic Plant Lovers Cocktail Room Wedding
Rachel O'Connor (27 and an administrative legal assistant) embraced her green thumb when planning her wedding to Kevin O'Connor (29 and an IT technician). "If I had to name our theme, it'd be botanical brunch," Rachel says. "For us, brunch means quality tine with family and friends." To keep thin...
Intimate City Hall Ceremony and Chelsea Dinner Party
April Bell (38 and an art director) and Damon Ahola (39 and a product designer) share an eye for creativity–in fact, it's one of the things that first bonded them. "I noticed Damon's dating profile mentioned a love of Scrabble and design," April says. "He was lured in by my passion for typography...
Modern Bohemian Vineyard Wedding In Kansas
Carma Wolf (21 and a floor manager and social media manager) and Tre Giles (26 and a student engagement coordinator) have a way of mixing new and old. Case and point: their wedding. "I call it modern bohemian–my husband likes to say boho-bougie," Carma says. The couple spent their seven-month eng...
A Bohemain Wedding at Buffalo Bayou Partnership in Houston, Texas
Authenticity is key for Lauren and Will and the pair planned their wedding with that in mind. “I just wanted things to feel meaningful,” Lauren says. “It was a real team effort.” While one friend ran point on watercolor-painting the invites, Will’s mom and his sister’s boyfriend took on the flora...
An Industrial-Chic Wedding in Atlanta, Georgia
Patrick and Richard took cues from their industrial venue, the King Plow Arts Center, when planning their wedding, utilizing a crisp blue, white and black palette, tall greenery arrangements and projections of trees to create a modern, masculine look. Patrick, a self-described sneakerhead, gifted...
A Romantic and Intimate South Florida Beach Wedding in Islamorada
Above all, this couple wanted the vibe of their wedding to remain relaxed and breezy. After a spontaneous engagement, “I wanted everything to be calm and stress free, like a vacation,” the bride says. The couple went to the bride’s home state of Florida in search of a cozy, comfortable venue. The...
A Colorful Glam Wedding on a Private Ohio Estate in Chagrin Falls
If Claire Snavely (29 and a designer) and Christoph Gisel (33 and a lighting designer) were to name their wedding’s theme, they’d put it like this: “psychedelic minimalism.” A rainbow pattern that Christoph’s sister, a graphic designer and design writer in Switzerland, created brought that phrase...
A Lovely Fall Wedding at Sunapee Yacht Club in New Hampshire
Lake Sunapee is such a meaningful place to William (Bill) Shaw (33 and works in finance) and his family, that both he and his twin brother got married in the area. But Bill wanted his wedding to Dagmara Nowak (31 and a lighting designer) to contrast his brother’s airy summer party. At Lake Sunape...
Sweet, Classic Countryside Georgia Wedding
Anna Willis (26 and a nursing student) and Tommy Ross Vance (26 and a farmer) treated planning their wedding much like they treated designing Anna’s engagement ring. “I wanted to look back in 50 years and love it as much as I do today,” Anna says. “I wanted everything to feel classic and effortle...
Nostalgic Lakeside Estate Wedding in Central Florida
Kelly Sullivan (28 and a pediatric nurse practitioner) and Benjamin Darden (28 and a sales representative), who met in high school but reconnected through mutual friends years later, both took inspiration from their loved ones and their family’s history for their wedding day’s design. “The weddin...
Rustic Sugarboo Farms Wedding in Blairsville, Georgia
Sarah is a self-professed nature lover. Fittingly, after a scenic Guadalupe River engagement in Texas, she and Casey planned a wedding in the forests of Sarah’s native North Georgia. “We knew we wanted a place where friends could stay on the property and go from hiking to watching us get married,...
A Boho Beach Wedding in Estero Island, Florida
For Cassidy Galbraith (22 and the vice president of a landscaping company) and Alex Howard (26 and the chief purchasing officer fora landscaping company) the beach is home. The pair, whose date nights involve walking their dogs on the sandy shores, immediately knew there’d be no other place to ge...
Chic, Minimal Distillery Wedding in Detriot
Tyler Flanagan-Arguelles (30 and a talent acquisition executive) and Mark Szandzik (30 and a manager of data science and analytics) designed their wedding as a love letter to their home, Detroit. The couple started by finding their venue, The Whiskey Factory, former home of the Stroh’s factory, a...
Washington University in St. Louis Chapel Wedding
Lauren Lamb (24 and a law student) and Joseph (Joe) Kiefner (24 and a petroleum engineer) got married in December, but they steered clear of red and gold décor. “We didn’t want it to be overtly Christmasy,” Lauren says. “We chose a classic, elegant design.” They filled the Marriott St. Louis Gran...
Minimal, Neutral Wedding in North Carolina
Being a wedding venue director, Ashlyn Ohlendorf (22) knew exactly what she wanted—and did not want—for her wedding to Mason Gibbons (23 and a middle school physical education teacher). “I wanted something different and a bit more minimal,” Ashlyn says. “I don’t like being looked at or getting to...