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Ada and Ronin had a 60-guest wedding in Downtown L.A. Ada is a wedding/event planner for Fresh Events Company; being on the other side of an event gave her a unique perspective as Ronin pointed out during his speech in the video, shot by Film Foto Fusion.
Ronin truly has a way with words. His speech will have you tears.
Ada + Ronin // A Way With Words from Film Foto Fusion on Vimeo.
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Frames are one of the easiest ways to update your wedding decor. You can find them just about everywhere and with some nifty additions or spray paint you can transform them into DIY wedding gold! We’ve picked out 10 of our favorite ways to use frames in your reception or ceremony space.
1. Hanging Photo Session
For a DIY photo booth, hang an arrangement of frames in your reception space and let your guests play around with them to create some fun photos. To really get in the mood, use a Polaroid for instant gratification and these can also be used as favors.
Indiana natives, Alex and Delaney decided to leave family tensions behind and run off to Ireland, where the bride has family roots, to say their ‘I do’s.’ With only the groom’s parents and two photographers from Pure Purple Studios in attendance, the couple chose to forgo the formalities of a traditional wedding in favor of a lighthearted countryside ceremony full of laughter and tears, followed by pints of Guinness at the Smuggler’s Creek Inn.
Delaney, 19 & Alex, 21
County Donegal, Ireland
Wedding Date: April 4, 2014
Number of Guests: 4
Wedding Cost: Approximately $1,500, not including airfare and accommodations.
Wedding Ceremony Location: Salthill Gardens, Mountcharles, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Wedding Reception Location: The Smuggler’s Creek Inn, Rossnowlagh, Co. Donegal, Ireland. The food was great, and the views were beautiful. Although this is where we ate after the wedding, we do plan on having a wedding reception this summer. We’ll be renting a lake house in our hometown of South Bend, Indiana and inviting friends and family.
Shortly after his Christmas Eve proposal, Marine and student naval aviator Mait learned that several moves were in their future, so he and fiancée Courtney decided that a big traditional wedding didn’t make sense. Instead, they chose to run away to Austin, TX for the weekend and elope in an early morning ceremony at the Dulcinea Chapel, where the couple exchanged Han Solo and Princess Leia vows. According to Courtney, “it was an absolutely perfect wedding” and everything they “never thought they’d dream of having”!
A huge thanks to their photographer Amy Gawlick for sharing the stunning photos from this elopement.
Courtney, 24 & Mait, 24
Austin, TX
Wedding Date: February 22, 2014
Number of Guests: Zero, it was an elopement! It was just Mait and I, plus our officiant, Sarah Reed, and our photographer, Amy Gawlik.
Wedding Cost: $1,400 (Since our venue was free, $600 covered the photographer and all our wedding accoutrements. Including transportation, hotel, and a weekend of fun times in Austin.)
Wedding Ceremony Location: We had our ceremony at the Chapel Dulcinea just southwest of downtown Austin. The chapel is owned by a school called the Wizard Academy (feeding my intense desire to have a Harry Potter wedding), and is an all outdoor, gas-lit chapel that sits on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Texas hill country.
Wedding Reception Location: We didn’t actually have a reception, but Mait and I had a fabulous dinner at an authentic French restaurant called Chez Nous that evening and both the staff and owners as well as the other patrons at the restaurant sure made it felt like a reception! It was hands down the best meal we’ve ever had together and I could not speak more highly of the restaurant.
