Mark and I are both actors, we met when Mark’s best friend introduced the two of us on Facebook. I was performing a show in Las Vegas so we got to know one another over FaceTime for weeks before Mark flew to Vegas to meet me. The rest is history.

We met on OKCupid in October 2018. Our first date was at a coffee shop in Center City, Philadelphia, followed by a walk along the Schuylkill River, and our first kiss was on our second date at an Afro-futurist party at the Tiberino Museum in West Philadelphia. Over the next few months, we bonded over our shared love of books, spirituality, art, and travel.

A couple years prior to our wedding, Karen and I had gone up to the Okanagan for the first time ever. Traveling on the road up there and finally getting there felt like we had escaped the city and gotten to a little piece of peacefulness in this vast province.

“We are a #tindermarriage! One of our first dates was at a drive-in movie on a warm spring night!

We swept right and the rest is history. We matched on Tinder during Jordan's first visit to NYC, a year post college. Without ever meeting in person that weekend, we texted, chatted on the phone, and Skyped for four months.

When it came time for our engagement, we ended up proposing to each other at the same time while we were in Disney World with my family. Before dinner one night in Epcot, my sister was taking a picture of us and I got down on one knee and proposed. Little did I know, Sara was also planning on proposing that night.

We splurged on paying for our cat O’Malley to spend the two nights with us in the hotel. The Boro is pet friendly and we knew we wanted him in on the wedding photographs. He played a key role in the proposal itself so he needed to be there!

Othello and I met more than twenty years ago. It was a chance meeting. We exchanged phone numbers with little expectation that we would ever talk again. Our first call initiated conversations that would establish a foundation of familiarity, comfort, trust, and love.

Bella proposed on HER birthday because she can’t take a break from being awesome, not even to celebrate the day she was born! We’d gone out to a local Jazz club to celebrate her birthday and when we got back the entire living room was decorated with yellow rose petals, photos, and yellow balloons.

“We stayed up until 4 a.m. talking about everything and anything. It was as easy as breathing. On the other hand, working up the courage to kiss her was not — it took me all night! I have never felt this comfortable and excited, and as we have talked literally every day since we met, both our feelings have only grown.”

It was incredibly important to both of us to wear exactly what we wanted at our wedding, not whatever may be expected by wedding standards or by anyone else we know. Personal style is so empowering, and we wanted to feel our most powerful, radiant, and joyful.

Ryan and I wanted to have an epic wedding that was unique to us. We love nature and traveling so we immediately knew we’d love to exchange vows in a national park. We picked Bovee’s Meadow at Olympic National Park based on its tranquil water views and the deep woods surrounding us. It was a huge bonus that it was very accessible for our guests as well. 

We knew of each other through the Deaf community but we never really talked until a friend’s birthday party. I remember thinking “Wow, I really like her!” The sparks were there, and I really wanted to kiss her. One thing led to another, we just ended up kissing non-stop all night.

Alex and I grew up in two different east coast cities. After college, we both were hired to work for the same aircraft manufacturing company in Washington.

We met as all star-crossed lovers do: with a super-like on Tinder.

I know it's love because Nate used to not care for sugary foods. Now, he blames me for his dessert cravings! Who would have thought?! We wanted to document our proposal, and Sugar Bakeshop was the place to do it — for obvious reasons!

Our first kiss was under a disco ball, so Sarah and I wanted to include that element in a couple of ways and the guests fired off gold glitter canons at the end of the ceremony as we walked down the aisle.

This shoot promotes love in all it's stages! You don't often see older couples displayed on wedding blogs, and when you see love that has held on strong for 60 years, it's refreshing and inspiring.

For years our platonic friendship grew, our friends waiting patiently for our love to coalesce, when finally Jess decided enough was enough and said, "We're getting drinks." That night we made out on a dark dance floor in a basement bar, and we've been inseparable ever since.

Some of our loved ones are straight, some gay, some queer, some partnered, some single, and we wanted everyone to feel loved, safe and honored exactly as they are. We encouraged the people in our wedding party to wear whatever they wanted and decide for themselves if they preferred a bouquet, a boutonniere or neither.