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We finally got all of our wedding photos back and I’m so so excited to share them with you all. We got over 1,000 images so it was SUPER hard to narrow them down for this post but I did! I am so happy with how everything came together for our big day and can’t thank all of our friends, family and vendors enough. Aaron and I could not stress enough the importance of a small intimate wedding with all of our closest family and friends and this is exactly what we got. The day was so special and I’m so happy we have pictures of it all. We were lucky enough to have a family friend who let us borrow his house for our wedding. Right in the woods and big enough to fit all of our guests. It was perfect. See below!
A week before the wedding I cut, stained and painted on tons of pieces of birch wood for the signage around the venue.
My stepdad built custom A + V marquee letters for us! So in love with how they came out. And these will make great decor for our walls in our future house, haha.
One of my favorite parts about this day was that our close friend Michael was able to marry us!
We didn’t decide to do a candle ceremony until a few days before the wedding(!!) but I’m so glad we did. We got 2 candle sticks and a pillar candle and had both of our moms light the candle sticks, then Aaron and I both lit the pillar candle with the candlesticks to show our two families merging into one. It was so sweet to be able to include our Moms like that!
Obviously we had to high five 😉
Our wedding was a little out of the norm. We each had two maid of honors + best men. Aaron also had a groomsLADY and I had a BridesMAN. 😉
We decided to have a taco bar for the reception and it was amazing! Our caterers did a fantastic job setting this up and everything tasted incredible.
True story, one of my closest friends who I went to culinary school drove all the way up from Vegas to make our wedding cake. She was a champ and we’re so grateful.
Our wonderful photographers also posted photos from our big day on their blog here if you want to see more!
Vendors →
Photography / Catering / Venue – Family friends house / Event planner – My Aunt! She’s amazing, if you need one email me / Florals / Rentals / DJ / Stationery / Wedding dress / Bridesmaid dresses / Hair / Makeup
These are insanely beautiful – you look stunning!! So happy for you guys! 🙂 xoxo
I DIE. What a stunning, breathtaking wedding. I’m so glad you shared photos with us, Vanessa – you look so gorgeous and happy. 🙂 xo!
I wouldn’t change a thing on our wedding day, but if we had an outdoor ceremony, I would have gone for the same theme as yours! What a lovely wedding you had. Welcome to the married life!
Oh my gosh! Of course it was absolutely gorgeous! I love those marquee letters! 🙂
Such a beautiful wedding!
I’m obsessed with all of this! BEAUITFUL! Thanks for sharing a peek into your special day — you look like you had the best time 🙂
What an absolutely beautiful wedding day this must have been! You two looked so lovely and the fact that there were a bridesMAN and a groomsLADY, well, I love that. Guess I would do the same 😉 Oh, and your stepdad did such an awesome job with the marquee letters, great idea!
Absolutely stunning! #weddinggoals
Holy STUNNING! You looked beautiful and the setting was gorgeous! Congrats! x
J’adore !!
Hello from France 😉