Photo booths are one of my favorite details at a wedding. They’re such a  simple concept, yet can show your personality and easily add to whatever element or themes you’re trying to project from your wedding. A  somewhat newer backdrop that I’ve seen and am rather...

  There are endless ways to display affection. Have your guests demonstrate  their favorite smooching styles in a photo-slash-kissing booth. Provide a  Polaroid camera so that they can immediately slip their photos into an album --  and you get an instant guest...

Imagine taking your vows barefoot on the beach on Martha's Vineyard. Or  dancing your first dance by moonlight beneath olive trees at a Tuscan villa. Or  exchanging your first official kiss as husband and wife in the town where you  grew up. For many engaged couples,...

Shawn and Betty were married Sunday, October 23rd at the Prado in Balboa park. The mothers opened the ceremony with a beautiful and meaningful candle lighting symbolizing the uniting of the two families. Betty and Shawn exchanged personalized vows followed...

  Calligraphed Wedding Vows They might just be the most important words you ever say to each other. To  turn those heartfelt sentiments into heirlooms, have a calligrapher write them  on monogrammed paper. Read them during the ceremony, then display them at...

 Handfasting- a Celtic ritual. Every culture has its own wedding customs, many of which date back centuries.  Including your heritage in the ceremony not only makes it more meaningful to  you, but also lets you express an important part of who you are to your guests. ...

What a lovely fun couple. Mick and Nina flew to San Diegofrom the UK to get married on the beach in Coronado. Their plan was to make a splash and that they did! Nina wore a beautiful  beaded bodice designer gown and Mick a nice suite.   We exchanged...

Wine Box and love letter Ceremony I have my couples write love letters to each other and keep them private. A bottle of wine is especially chosen for this occasion - perhaps one that has meaning as in a time and place the couple met, became engaged, or fell in love....

What were the highlights of the ceremony? As our legal marriage was conducted separate from the ceremony, the ceremony was well, entirely ceremonial. This meant that we had free rein to make the wedding uniquely ours. Both agnostics, we were certain this would be a...

Tape a tiny flag with the guest's name (and table number) to the back of each canvas. Voila!  A thoughtful, creative, lovely little piece of art.