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An intimate city hall wedding (with a fascinating romance backstory!)

An intimate city hall wedding (with a fascinating romance backstory!)

Dominic, an Englishman, was in Paris studying French. Marjorie, a Frenchwoman, had just finished her art studies and was babysitting two Anglo-French children in the Loire Valley. One November, while Dominic was visiting his aunt, the babysitter came home with his cousins. That babysitter was Marjorie. They met again the following summer while Dominic was spending his holidays there and bonded over a mutual love of rock ‘n’ roll. Fast forward to their intimate courthouse wedding in San Francisco…

A winery California wedding at Clos LaChance Winery

Let’s pretend we’re sipping vino at this wine country wedding in California

High school sweethearts BriAna and Eric chose a Clos LaChance Winery for their wine country wedding in California. It was a dream with ivy-covered walls, tucked between rolling hills, and overlooking seriously scenic vineyards. Some of the highlights included a Mariachi band, flowers girls hugging and dancing the day away, a flower-covered cake (and SO many stunning flowers in general), parasols, and Serrano pepper salsa favors made from scratch!

A horror wedding with the most EPIC horror movie wedding trailer ever

A Friday the 13th wedding with the most EPIC horror movie wedding trailer ever

The horror movie-style trailer alone is worth the look, but just wait until you see what this spectacularly scary Friday the 13th wedding has in store. Think a black and white gown, Jason masks, children being adorably creepy, blood red decor, a “till death” horror movie cake, and SO many more amazing and horrific details. Get ready to shiver at this Friday the 13th wedding!

An inked, glam, and industrial woodland wedding at the Carrie Furnaces in Pittsburgh

An inked, glam, and woodland-meets-industrial wedding at the Carrie Furnaces in Pittsburgh

Heather and Sean’s inked style is easy to love, just like their industrial-inspired wedding at an awesome Pittsburgh venue, an abandoned steel mill. Towering 92 feet over the Monongahela River, the Carrie Furnaces are a historical landmark and rare example of pre-World War II iron-making technology.

The flowers are lush, the hair and makeup is immaculate, and the dichotomy of the woodland details in the steel space is the BEST. Look out for the animals masks, flowery shoes, and amazing love…