Carlsbad Real Wedding: Chelsea & Matt

Chelsea Carone, 33, and Matthew Cooke, 32, first met at a surf shop party in Bird Rock, but they didn’t start dating until they crossed paths again at the San Luis Obispo Craft Beer Festival. After a proposal in Bird Rock, the couple celebrated their marriage at an estate in Carlsbad for an entire six-day stretch, where they had a beach day and barbecue with friends the night before the reception.

Getaway Car The groom’s parents drove his dad’s 1978 yellow VW bus down from Los Gatos. It was an adventure with a minor breakdown, but it pulled through for the big day.Bold Blooms “My flowers were one of my very favorite things at our wedding, design-wise,” Chelsea says of the array of fuchsia, blush, and pastel flowers throughout the wedding.