Our Wedding - First look & Ceremony

I’ve always loved weddings. I have also loved scrolling through other people’s wedding photos. And who doesn't love pinning photos from the wedding section of pinterest into their secret wedding pinterest board?

With that said, the pressures of planning a “pinterest worthy wedding” can really skew a gal’s wedding vision. There are so many gorgeous photos of stunning weddings online that it becomes hard to know which inspiration supports your vision and which distracts. I told myself long before I got engaged that I would take the pressure off myself and plan our wedding as though no photos were going online. 

Now that it’s all said and done I decided I do want to share photos of our day. I can’t say our wedding was pinterest worthy but I loved every second of it. It was exactly what Kevin and I had hoped for and the love and joy I felt on that day can’t be expressed in words. Hopefully it can be expressed in these photos. 

I'll post the reception photos in a second post soon! xo

Venue: The Galvan Estate

Photographer: Ashley LaPrade Photography

Rentals (chairs, tables and linens): Signature Party Rentals

Bouquets: Madison Workshop West

Dress: Nicole Miller

Bridesmaid Dresses: David's Bridal

If you have any questions leave them in the comments below

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 Hello, friends! Long time no blog!

For those of you who don't know, I recently got married! I started to feel really conflicted about how many photos to share on my social media. I was obviously really excited to share photos from our day (and the days before and after) but I was trying to be sensitive to the fact that not everyone wants to be bombarded with photos of our wedding.

At the same time, I have been asked by a good number of people to see more photos! I decided to resurrect the blog to post some photos so those of you who love looking at wedding photos as much as I do can take a look and those who don't... well, they don't have to.

These are the photos from cell phones (thanks to Jessica, Jen, Alicia, Adam, Alison Alex and Carly for some of these). It's just a little peek into the day and some of the details. Please stalk our hashtag on instagram as well to see the amazing photos our friends posted. #happilyevercartier

Our wedding took place at the Galvan Estate (A house we rented) in Palm Springs. There was a lot of DIY (flowers etc) and set up for the day which is what most of the detailed shots are and we are so appreciative of our friends and family for their help. If you're interested I can post more details in another post when I get the professional photos back? Let me know!

Us ladies did our own hair and makeup which gave us a lot of time to relax and enjoy the rest of the morning.

The morning after... 

The little sneak peek we received from our photographer (Ashley of Ashley LaPrade Photography)