Nick and Franklin’s Magical Forest Wedding at Trinity Tree Farm
Nick and Franklin wanted the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest to be on full display at their wedding. They also wished for an indoor-outdoor venue. And they planned to splurge on florals, so we wanted a backdrop to show those off, too!
So we needed a wedding venue that would fit their magical forest vibes, without sacrificing their modern style. Enter Enter Trinity Tree Farm, a working Christmas tree farm nestled in the foothills of the Cascades.
Maeve & Santiago’s Handfasting Elopement at Rattlesnake Lake
When I met Santiago and Maeve via Zoom, they were scrambling to get all their belongings packed and get on the road for their cross-country move from Texas to Seattle. They reached out because they were planning a truly classic elopement: running away together, to a new city, with only a couple weeks to throw […]
Ty & Tere’s Seafood Boil Wedding with a Female Mariachi Band and Double Outfit Changes
When Ty & Tere told me what they had planned for their Chicago wedding at The Lytle House, I knew it was going to be right up our alley. Outfit changes for both to showcase their masculine and feminine sides? An all-female mariachi band? Their loved ones officiating the ceremony and performing as part of […]
Four Seasons Seattle Wedding | Maddy and Kevin’s Winter Wonderland
Fun fact: Maddy & Kevin were the very first couple to hire me after I relocated to the Pacific Northwest! I’d run a special offer with our friends at Offbeat Bride, which they saw. Immediately, they were like: “A queer wedding planner who is also a theatre stage manager? We need to hire her!” And […]
2021 Year in Review
This year was another wild ride in the world of COVID weddings! I’m so grateful for all of our fabulous clients, who took the many changed plans of the pandemic in stride, and for the amazing wedding pros who exemplified teamwork and flexibility through all the ups and downs.
Christina and Amanda’s Glacier National Park Elopement
Amanda and Christina were planning a fall wedding in the midwest. Then COVID hit and everything changed.
Caroline & Jenny’s Colorful Riverfront Park and Brewery Wedding in Aurora, Illinois
One of my favorite parts of this wedding was how colorful everything was. From the deeply saturated hues in their DIY flowers to their multicolor ribbon backdrop and bunting to the rainbow ribbon wands we set out for guests and the sprinkles on their cake, you couldn’t look in any direction without being smacked by colors!! The wedding party was decked out in shades of gray – the only muted color in sight – and their bold bouquets and boutonnieres really popped.
The Gift of Queerness
A number of years ago, I happened upon this TED Talk and I was absolutely struck by the line Kim Katrin Milan delivers after describing some of the unconventional choices they made for their city hall wedding:
“The gift of queerness is options.”
This line has been on repeat in my brain ever since. I’ve long thought that we LGBTQ+ folks are privileged in a way by not having wedding traditions and gender roles defined for us by generations past. And I’ve believed for just as long that straight folks are, unfortunately, deprived of this experience; but I’d never heard it summed up so succinctly or perfectly before.
Mary & Pam’s Chicago Elopement After 17 Years Together
One afternoon last summer, I was scrolling emails on my phone when a new inquiry popped up. “I think you might understand our unique situation,” it said, “Can you help us come up with a cool wedding that we will love to remember? And save my sanity???”
You see, after 17 years together, with marriage equality becoming law nationwide, Mary and Pam could finally be legally married. And like many LGBTQ+ couples, they’d believed they would never be able to get married, so they hadn’t spent any time dreaming up the perfect wedding in their heads.
