Betty and Shawn Balboa Park October 23rd

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 by the...

Calligraphed Wedding Vows

  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...

Cultural wedding traditions

 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. ...

Wreck the dress! Coronado CA

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 emails for...

Wedding Passport

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...

ring warming ceremony

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...