08/03/2026
when we ( let’s be real, i, lmao ) started wedding planning, i knew it would look a lot different than the typically cookie cutter day. shooting weddings myself, ive seen everythingggggg. it was lowkey kinda hard to figure out what i DID want, but it was super easy knowing what i DIDNT want.
sooooo! im finally sharing a photo dump from the wedding and all the untraditional things we did that made it feel like us.
for starters, we eloped! we went to the florida keys with our closest family members and just one friend. it was so intimate and i loved it.
we did whatever we felt like the morning of. i wanted to spend the morning looking for shells on the beach, and tj wanted to fish. we spent the morning at the same beach, but doing our own things. some people hung out with me, some with tj, and some bounced back and fourth. i had so much fun in the water with our son, while tj caught a fricken shark!
we brought a photographer friend from home, but it was also her vacation. i wasnt stressed about making a timeline and shot list for her because i trusted she knew what to do. she popped in and out throughout the day and it was so fun when she was with us!
i did my own hair and makeup. as someone who doesn’t love getting her hair styled by others ( im a texture girlie ) and never wears makeup, i did a lesson with one of my favorite artists before hand to at least know the order of application for light coverage. it was important for me to look like my everyday self. but just a little cuter haha
no fancy formal getting ready. bearret and i had lunch in our room just us, and then my sister and sister in law eventually came over and we got semi ready together wearing cutie matchy custom beach tees i designed.
our first look location changed literally in the moment. we showed up to where i wanted to do it, and there was a handyman fixing it up. oh well, we changed courses quickly and that was just fine.
i wore my everyday jewelry, pura vida bracelets lol, in addition to my new wedding band and my belated grandmas wedding ring
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