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Corey and Faven’s Floral and Cultural San Diego Marina Wedding

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

First impressions are often wrong. That’s the takeaway from Corey and Faven’s initial encounter. She was swept off her feet by a guy she assumed was a security guard—Corey is, after all, 6-foot-4 and a solid 300 pounds. But he waited until …

Alex and Chris’s Stunning Shelter Island Wedding

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

A San Diego couple through and through, Alex and Chris met at Craft & Commerce in Little Italy and cemented their romance during a sail in Fiddler’s Cover. That was Labor Day 2016, when Chris convinced Alex to go out on the …

bride in asymmetrical layered dress and groom in black tux

Andrew & Laura’s Intimate Rancho Santa Fe Real Wedding

Friday, January 26, 2018

There was an immediate spark between attorneys Andrew Macfarlane, 36, and Laura Kieffer, 32, when they met in a San Diego law office several years ago. Especially when they realized they’d grown up 30 minutes from each other in Northern Virginia and …

Adriana & Carlos’s Black-Tie Ensenada Wedding

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Adriana Novelo, 28, and Carlos Morachis, 31, have known each other since they were little kids, but they didn’t start dating until after college in 2012, when they were both back in their Baja California hometown of Ensenada. Adriana says Carlos proposed …

bride with bridesmaids in dusty blue dresses

Natalie & Tyler’s Rustic Temecula Nuptials

Friday, December 8, 2017

California girl Natalie O’Toole and Massachusetts native Tyler VandenAkker met through a mutual friend in college at California Baptist University, after having their eyes on each other the whole first semester. Tyler surprised Natalie with a proposal on a Thanksgiving trip to …

Holly and Robert’s Seaside Santa Monica Wedding

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Holly and Robert are literally a match made in matrimony. Paired to walk down the aisle together as bridesmaid and groomsman for their best friends’ wedding, the duo was from there destined to take the stroll together once more … as husband …

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Jeff & Olivia’s Candlelit New Year’s Eve Real Wedding

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Jeff Sudol, who works in commercial real estate, proposed to event coordinator Olivia Cameron on New Year’s Eve 2015, five years after a very successful blind date organized by a mutual friend. So it made perfect sense that the 30-year-olds said “I …

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Cailey and Kevin’s Timeless Rancho Valencia Real Wedding

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

It was a match made in heaven—or more specifically, a hospital—when Cailey Lushanko, an intensive care unit RN, met Kevin Biegler, a clinical pharmacist at work in Redlands, California. The two hit it off and when Kevin won four tickets to the …

Elizabeth and Joel’s Decadent Del Mar Wedding

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Elizabeth and Joel can attest that love invokes palpitations of the heart. The two medical professionals met in the operating room of a cardiac intensive care unit. From hospital halls to the altar, the couple cemented their vows on the plush grounds …

bride in sweetheart dress with groom in dark blue tux standing in front of door

Courtney and Kyle’s Colorful La Jolla Real Wedding

Monday, October 23, 2017

Cinematographer Kyle Klütz, 33, whisked costume designer Courtney Arthur, 32, to a surprise weekend in San Diego just after popping the question at their home in Los Angeles, so it seemed only fitting that they choose to have their destination wedding at …

Amanda and Cody’s Vintage Downtown San Diego Real Wedding

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Amanda and Cody knew they wanted a vintage, elegant downtown San Diego wedding. The Westgate Hotel was the perfect choice for their wedding day vision and the couple scoured the internet for the perfect vintage pieces to use as props for the …

Amanda and Warren’s Iconic Balboa Park Real Wedding

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Warren and Amanda had spent many early mornings, days, and evenings running through Balboa Park, and Amanda dreamed of an iconic Balboa Park real wedding. Her dreams came true as the couple wed at the park’s Spreckles Organ Pavilion. The beautiful, historic …