A fashionable and musical elopement under a giant oak tree
Oh, to be a sandwich with these people. They are totally gorgeous and had an equally gorgeous elopement under a huge-mongous oak tree in New Orleans. Krysten chose the destination and planned the trip since she loves NOLA, and Chris wrote the ceremony himself. They wanted, in their own words, “simplicity and fiscal solvency,” so eloping just made perfect sense. To get the ceremony under that majestic tree, a little smooth talking was in order with a gruff groundskeeper!
Marika & Steven’s fun-centric Chinese elopement
Three questions, a tea ceremony, and a sea of gorgeous red details? Yes, please! This couple opted to elope where they’d met and fallen in love, and currently live… China. The short, sweet ceremony left them all day to celebrate together in their coordinated red wedding outfits, complete with matching ear-to-ear grins — and it only cost $1.20.
Why you should elope and/or party down with Seattle wedding photographer Jenny GG
We love wedding photographer Jenny GG! And not just because she hails from Ariel’s hometown of Seattle, or because she’s been a sponsor since 2009(!), but mostly because she’s super-amazeballs talented and always produces fabulous wedding porn. Let’s all take a minute to look over some of her latest fabulous wedding porn (including a photo I can NOT STOP staring at), remember again why we love her so, AND talk about her new Offbeat Bride discount…
Our elopement that people were invited to attend: re-thinking what “eloping” means
Our elopement was attended by 60 people… 60 people who were all invited. That’s not an elopement you say? I say, well then maybe it’s time to change your definition of elopement! It might actually make your wedding planning way less stressful.