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How to Plan a No-Stress Destination Wedding

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Believe it or not, you can choose not to stress about destination wedding planning. At least, that’s what Erin Aschow’s opting to do. Here, the bride behind the viral blog, Ice Cream & Neon Dreams, dishes on staying calm and collected ahead …

couple pose for engagement photo in front of light blue wall

Real Bride, Real Talk: A DIY Approach to Planning the Best Day Ever

Monday, October 22, 2018

Exquisite Weddings’ own marketing art director, Hannah Rhodes, is preparing to tie the knot with her fiancé, Sam, in a distinctly vivid affair this fall. Here, she dishes on her DIY approach to planning the best day ever—see it in our Spring/Summer 2019 …

Lindsay and Jeff Rancho Santa Fe Wedding

Rancho Santa Fe Real Wedding: Lindsay and Jeff

Monday, October 3, 2016

San Diego’s Cucina Urbana restaurant is now Jeff Swain and Lindsay Cross’s favorite spot; it’s where the 29-year-olds met on their first date, having been introduced by mutual friends. Jeff and Lindsay designed her engagement ring together before Jeff proposed on their …

Downtown San Diego Real Wedding: Roselyn and Neil

Monday, October 3, 2016

Neil Alhambra, 33, proposed to his high school sweetheart, Roselyn Aquino, 31, after a beachside candlelit dinner during a trip to Cabo San Lucas. The San Diego natives got married on their 15-year anniversary, saying “I do” at Founders Chapel at USD …

Exquisite Weddings' Krissy Walsh and now-husband Nick

Advice: Real Bride, Real Talk

Monday, October 3, 2016

Exquisite Weddings’ own Krissy Walsh (and her now-husband Nick) tied the knot this May with a garden-party-chic event in her parents’ backyard. Here, our account manager dishes about her wedding deets and finding the perfect dress. How did you pick your dress? …

Ramona Real Wedding: Molly and Robert

Monday, October 3, 2016

They only got married in April 2016, but 26-year-old Molly DeCerbo and 27-year-old Robert Boyles have known each other since middle school. Their romance began during their freshman year of college, and on their sixth anniversary, Robert popped the question while the …

Ashley and Patrick Wedding Rancho Santa Fe

Rancho Santa Fe Wedding: Ashley and Patrick

Monday, October 3, 2016

Connecticut residents Ashley Geier, 29, and Patrick Kennedy, 31, have been together since their first date three years ago, at a little West Village wine bar in NYC, where they were both living at the time. After a romantic candlelit engagement during …

San Diego Real Wedding: Brittany and Jake

Monday, October 3, 2016

San Diego natives Brittany Fischer and Jake Brenner, both 29, had graduated in the same Torrey Pines High School class without ever knowing each other. But when a mutual friend introduced them during a summer home from college, the two became friends, …

La Jolla Real Wedding: Alex & Brittany

Monday, October 3, 2016

Former Phoenix resident Alex Skinner and San Diego–raised Brittany Chin-Lee, both 28, met as students at Pepperdine University, where Brittany is now the director of student activities. She got a surprise proposal from Alex, an actor, on the couple’s six-year anniversary while …

La Mesa Real Wedding: Hayley and Jeff

Monday, October 3, 2016

Twenty-six-year-old Hayley Beason and 27-year-old Jeff Taylor are both from La Mesa and work in real estate, so it’s not surprising that they made a love connection. The couple said “I do” in the backyard of Hayley’s parents’ La Mesa home, under …