I didn’t want the traditional wedding, so we decided to go with a courthouse wedding and it was everything! I absolutely loved my dress , hair , and veil! ( customized by me ❤️) I can’t believe I married the love of my life ❤️

On the 11th anniversary of Obergefell my now wife and I tied the knot!!! 💍💍🏳️‍🌈

Budget ~ a little over 50K
Venue: The Oviatt
Downtown Los Angeles
116 guests

Our wedding day was truly the best day ever. We were overwhelmed with love and gratitude. Everything went smooth and if there were small hiccups we didn’t hear about them. We really chose well with vendors and felt like they all went above and beyond. Especially our day of coordinator. 🥹

Before the wedding I was a little obsessed with watching wedding regret videos on TikTok and reading similar posts on Reddit. I made sure to listen to the top regrets mentioned so we hired a content creator and had a photographer and videographer whose work we loved. The content creator was such an amazing investment because we got to see so many moments from our wedding as soon as the next day. The professional photos from our photographer (shared here) completely blew us away.

We had a wedding weekend and that was the best decision. The night of our welcome drinks event felt extremely surreal and I kept trying to ground myself. It was just strange and unreal being at an event we’d been planning for a year and a half and seeing people from every part of our life in the same room. We hosted welcome drinks at Golden Gopher in DTLA and they were the absolute best hosts. We had a tab for our guests and they allowed outside food.

The day after our wedding we hosted a pool party at a house rented from Peerspace. It was the perfect way to wind down and process with everyone and end the weekend.

We’re still on a high but I wanted to post here because I visited this sub and other wedding planning subs so often throughout the wedding planning process!!!

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Hello, I have never worn blush concealer foundation lipstick or fake lashes. I went with my mother in law and she loved it but want more feedback or constructive cristiscim. This is probably how I will do my hair, was my first time curling it like this, too. Next time the curls will be better.

Lol all of this is new, I have no bridal party so friends how do I look?

First post: https://www.reddit.com/r/weddingplanning/comments/1i7jhm7/my_dress_is_not_what_i_wanted_and_i_am_heartbroken/

Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/weddingplanning/comments/1i99zxm/update_my_dress_is_not_what_i_wanted_and_i_am/

I picked up my dress today and I am VERY VERY happy with how it turned out. The train on it is incredible. The veil is perfect (it looks lighter in the photo than the rest of the dress but that’s 100% just the backlighting). It has a ton of movement to it and it is just really FUN.

If I were to do it all over again, I would have just gotten the dress from the original designer in one of the colors they make it in. But having said that, I’m still THRILLED with my dress and can’t wait to wear it on Saturday. :)

Also I can’t find the comment but someone said that it “looked to be thirty yards short” of what was needed and that person gets an award because that’s EXACTLY how much was added. 🏆 For you, kind and astute Redditor!