Their kids had no idea they were about to watch their parents get married. After 12 years together, Angie and Mike eloped at Cuyuna Cabin Collective in Crosby, Minnesota, and kept the whole thing a secret (including from their kids) until the day of their wedding. And just like that, an ordinary fall day turned […]
One of the things I love most about Iceland elopements is that they’re almost never just a ceremony and portraits. Iceland invites you to stay, explore, and experience — and the most memorable elopement trips I’ve been part of have been the ones where couples treated the whole visit as a celebration, not just the […]
Here’s something I genuinely love about the Twin Cities: it doesn’t look like a typical elopement destination, and then you actually explore it — and it’s extraordinary. A Victorian glass conservatory filled with seasonal blooms. A 53-foot waterfall inside city limits. A historic stone bridge over the Mississippi River. Old-growth wildflower gardens. Bluffs above the […]
Minnesota has four full, distinct seasons — and that’s not a neutral fact, it’s a feature. Unlike destinations where the weather barely changes, eloping in Minnesota in May looks completely different from October, which looks nothing like January. Each season offers something genuinely beautiful and genuinely different. The question isn’t which season is objectively best. […]
A backyard wedding is, in my experience, one of the most personal and meaningful wedding formats that exists. Not because it’s simple — a well-executed backyard wedding actually requires real planning and effort — but because it happens in a place that already means something. Your parents’ backyard where you grew up. Your grandparents’ property […]
