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Evan and Meagan had a beautiful Playa Del Carmen Destination Wedding.  They traveled down to Mexico with their family from Tucson and spent two phenomenal weeks at an all inclusive resort in Playa Del Carmen called Barcelo Riviera Maya .  A lot of  Meagan’s  family was traveling in for the wedding from the east coast so part of their reasoning for a destination wedding was that it would give all of their guests a memorable vacation somewhere spectacular.  By having their wedding at an all inclusive resort allowed Meagan and Evan to spend a lot more quality time with their family and guests.  Meagan did a great job preplanning everything from afar so that on the day of their wedding she and Evan could relax and enjoy the day.

Their ceremony was laid out beautifully on one of the resorts private beaches.  With a fun indoor reception to follow.

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Tresa and Nate did an incredible job putting together their elegant Condor’s Nest Ranch Wedding.   It can be hard to find a rustic barn wedding venue in San Diego, but the Condor’s Nest Ranch has it all.  They have a beautiful little red barn, a menagerie of friendly animals, a vintage trailer, old work trucks and a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.  The property is like a photographers play ground.

One of the great things about the Condor’s Nest Ranch is that each bride and groom gets use of the grounds for the entire weekend of their wedding.  The house has several bedrooms and can accommodate an entire wedding party. The morning of Tresa and Nate’s wedding Poppytree Floral arrived with arm loads of beautiful yellow and white flowers to decorate the round and long wedding tables.  Tresa and her bridesmaids took over the house to get ready and have their make up done while Nate and the groomsmen hung out in the ranch house.  When it came time Tresa and Nate chose the little red barn for their first look. Nate stood at one end facing away while Tresa walked down the white barn stalls.

It was the perfect warm afternoon for an outdoor ceremony.  The Condor’s Nest Ranch has a beautiful old tree off the side of the house that Tresa and Nate stood under for their ceremony.  It provided them with shade and a gentle rustling of it’s leaves.  The guests grabbed white parasols as they sat down and blue bubbles at the bride and groom when the ceremony was over.

Their reception was a blast everyone ate delicious barbecue and there was even a corn roaster.  The children played round after round of bocce and everyone danced the night away.

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Wedding Vendor Credits

Wedding Venue | Condor’s Nest Ranch

Florals | PoppyTree Floral Design

Catering | Dalena’s Cateting 2U

Corn Roaster | JJ Roasted Outdoor Catering 

Katie & Ryan’s Scripps Forum Wedding was a truly fun occasion. When looking to have a beach wedding in San Diego the Scripps Seaside Forum stands out as a modern and unique venu with lots of versatility.  We love that the sand and the Scripps pier are just steps away from the ceremony cite allowing everyone to get their toes a little sandy after the i do’s.  A few of our favorite things that Katie and Ryan did to make this place uniquely theirs for the day was hang white globe lanterns around the outdoors, they set up their monogrammed bean bag toss area next to the bar, and place a flower petal design down their aisle.  Ryan even slaved for months crafting an IPA and a Whit beer for their guests to enjoy.  They were complete with custom wedding labels.

As far as summer beach weddings in San Diego go the weather is frequently a mystery to us.  You just have to pray to the sun gods and cross your fingers.  Katie and Ryan’s family must have been crossing a lot of fingers on their way over here from the east coast because the sun happily came out for their wedding day before disappearing into a gray overcast funk for the rest of the weekend.

There was definitely a lot of fun to be had at this wedding and we can’t be happier for Katie and Ryan.

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Katie and Ryan pampered themselves before their wedding, as they should, by staying at Estancia La Jolla.  Katie, her sister and her mom relaxed and got ready in their lovely suite over looking the pool while Ryan cracked a home brewed beer with his best man across the courtyard.

We are always super excited when our couples decide to incorporate  a wedding first look  into their day.  It gives the couple the chance to have a unique and special moment together where the groom gets to see his beautiful bride in her incredible wedding dress for the firs time without having to stand on his tiptoes to see over all their guests heads.  He can whisper to her how beautiful she looks and take a long moment to hug and hold her.  There is always laughing, smiling and sometimes crying during a first look.  Katie and Ryan had their first look infront of one of Estancia’s most iconic wedding ceremony locations.  She walked down the spanish steps, tiptoed up to him and tapped Ryan on the shoulder.  His look of happy surprise was priceless.

We all leisurely  wondered around the grounds of Estancia photographing while Katie and Ryan laughed and chatted enjoying their extra time together.

When it was finally time to leave the paradise of Estancia and head over to the wedding a beautiful vintage white Bentley came to pick up Katie and her Father.  We always recommend traveling vintage and traveling in style!

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