A Switzerland elopement with waterfalls & castles, PLUS a surprise for a colorblind groom
When your elopement dreams collide with Swiss thunderstorms, you don’t cancel… you create magic! This two-day Grindelwald + Geneva elopement includes waterfalls, two red wedding gowns, and castle views that look straight out of a fairytale. Come see how Nami and Hari turned stormy skies into an epic full color love story.
Joy is an Act of Resistance: a Tigrayan-American wedding
A message that has really resonated with me over the last few months is “joy is an act of resistance” from a poem by Toi Derricotte. I’ve always heard planning a wedding can be stressful, but planing a wedding in a different state, during a global pandemic, in the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, followed by a presidential election that polarized this country while a genocidal war began in my home country, was daunting to say the least…
How one international adoptee bride reclaimed her identity through her wedding
I am an international adoptee from India. Many times in transracial and/or international adoption, the adoptee loses a sense of identity when they are raised outside of their race and culture. I know for myself, I was raised in a predominantly white town by a white family, so I lost my identity as an Indian. As a bride, I decided to reclaim my identity. I am a “hybrid”, both Indian and Anglo-American…
A bright & lovely Islamic wedding in Mombasa, Kenya
Fatma and Ibrahim were on party number four in their wedding schedule. There had been two smaller celebrations, and then a much larger one in Washington, DC, where the couple currently resides. Ibrahim is originally from Sierra Leone, but most of his family has relocated to the DC area. This final reception was held in Mombasa, Kenya. This was a huge celebration with a blend of tradition and offbeat choices…