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Our San Francisco City Hall Wedding

November 6, 2015

Our wedding day of October 23, 2015 was a day that was special beyond words for my husband and I, as well as for our parents. I personally felt even deeper levels of emotion than I anticipated along with a certainty that I was absolutely marrying the person I was intended to. I had searched for that conviction for my entire adult life and to be presented with it on our wedding day was the greatest gift I could possibly receive.

We had some non-traditional elements to the day such as the fact that my husband came over before we left for our ceremony to spend time with me and my parents. I am so thankful I was able to convince him to come over pre-wedding because it really helped put me at ease to have my best friend by my side as we got ready for our day together. It also gave him the opportunity to get some photos of all of our wedding preparations.

My mom and dad were also busy snapping away on their iPhones en route to and during the ceremony so we ended up with a lot of candid photos that captured some truly beautiful moments. There is a bit of a lack of consistency in these photos but I adore each and every one of them because they were taken with love. I will share our professional photos down the road when we receive them but in the meantime wanted to give a sneak peek into our San Francisco City Hall wedding.

San Francisco City Hall Wedding Starbucks

I had to have a bridal drink from Starbucks. I am a Seattle girl at heart after all : ).

Wedding Inspiration

October 30, 2015

Our wedding day has come and gone and I can say without a doubt that it was the most perfect, magical and wonderful day of my life. It still feels a bit like such a beautiful and emotional day must have existed solely in the realm of my dreams…it was that lovely. It is true what people say…it was the happiest day of my life up until that point and every day since then I have woken up happier and happier, more and more excited about the beautiful life we are creating together.

I will talk a bit more about our wedding over the next few weeks but wanted to start by sharing some of my original wedding inspiration. From the start I knew I wanted to juxtapose the formality and grandeur of San Francisco City Hall with a non-traditional dress and bouquet. In keeping with that, I had selected casual, easy hairstyles and makeup looks to guide the direction I went in when it came to beauty.

The below images are ones I collected over the past year that I found myself returning to again and again as our wedding date of October 23 approached. You’ll see that my wedding inspiration very much became a reality when I share a few of our personal photos next week!

One Week to Go!

October 16, 2015

We have just one week to go until we are married and are counting down the hours, folks! No, but really. As of the moment this post goes live we have 176.5 more hours to make it through until we are Mr. and Mrs. In case you can’t tell, we are REALLY EXCITED!!!

I was never one of those girls who dressed up as a bride and dreamt of their wedding. I actually never gave it much thought, likely because I did not necessarily believe I’d ever feel like I had found THE ONE. That all changed when my fiance and I got together. I knew I had found the one, in fact I wrote just that in my journal the day after we started dating. It was as if everything that had ever happened in my life suddenly made sense. It was as if he and I had been the plan all along.

Now, as the real countdown begins, I can not stop thinking about how immensely fortunate I am to be spending my life with such an amazing man. He is literally my every hope and dream personified and I am so incredibly grateful and humbled that he has chosen me. Here’s to many adventures to come.