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A Blissful, Stylish Garden Party Wedding – Janelle & Nick

Posted on August 26, 2015 | Comments Off

Tattooed bride Janelle contacted me via the Marry Me Ink Instagram with the above picture of her and new husband Nick. Aren’t they glorious? They were married at the stunning Green Gables Wedding Estate with wonderful images from Kristel Collins Photography.

We met at a high school football game, I believe it was homecoming game. We remained friends for about two years until Nick got some liquid courage and asked me out at Hooters! (Romantic right!) I drove him home that night and he called me the next morning to make sure he remembered correctly. That was 7 years ago and we have been inseparable ever since.

We wanted to make sure our taste and style was represented in our music choices. During the ceremony Nick walked out to ‘Feeling Alright by Rebelution’ and our first dance was ‘Is This Love’ by Bob Marley. I also asked our DJ if he could do a reggae style cocktail hour, which he pulled off perfectly. Our cocktail hour consisted of music by the Dirty Heads, Bob Marley, Iration, SOJA etc. It was the first time I had ever heard the Dirty Heads played at a wedding, but it was definitely us! We also wanted to include our sweet Lola in our wedding. It was definitely a pain to have her be a part of our ceremony but we wouldn’t have wanted it any other way!

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Tagged Alternative Bride, Alternative wedding, Green Gables Wedding Estate, Inked Bride, Kristel Collins Photography, San Diego Wedding Photography, Tattooed Bride, Tattooed Bride Photography, tattooed wedding, Tattooed Wedding Photography, Temecula Wedding Photography

An Intimate New Zealand Beach Wedding – Tabi & Roy

Posted on August 20, 2015 | Comments Off

What’s better than a day at the beach? How about when your parents live on the coast and are willing to host your wedding day? Well that’s exactly what tattooed bride Tabi’s parents did for her and Roy’s wedding earlier this year. With photography from Sarah McEvoy Photography, the day looks totally chilled out.

Early on, we both agreed that we really liked the idea of having a small, intimate wedding with just our immediate families – to create a really relaxed and special atmosphere where we, and our guests, could just enjoy ourselves. No pressure, no fuss, but an amazing day.

As you may have noticed, we had a lot of DIY aspects in our wedding. In fact, almost everything that we could DIY, we did! It did begin to seem a bit mad, all of the projects that we wanted to accomplish but that’s just us – we love doing things ourselves, making things to our liking or needs, and being able to customise them to perfectly suit us as a couple. Towards the end it definitely seemed crazy, but it was so worth it!

Roy and I spend a lot of time together on projects and hunting for bits and pieces that we can renovate or up-cycle and add to our home. We also agreed that we wanted our wedding theme to be somewhat simple.

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Tagged beach wedding, coastal wedding, Grey Wedding Dress, New Zealand Wedding, Sarah McEvoy Photography, Tattooed Bride Photography, Tattooed Wedding Photography, Wellington Wedding Photography

The Mermaid Bride

Posted on August 12, 2015 | Comments Off

Oh how I’ve been planning to share this shoot from Heline Bekker Photography with you for a while! The shoot features tattooed bride bombshell regular Gwenda Jeffs and she’s totally killing it at the coastal mermaid bride!

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We love to explore and visit locations with a different look and feel. We’d been planning a beach shoot for a while but typically, we had to wait for the weather to be kind! Our main goal was just to go and explore the location without any plan set in stone, to be free to shoot it how we wanted and just to have fun.

For me it was a day I’ll never forget. I hadn’t visited Kingsgate Bay before, so when I saw it I freaked out a bit like a kid in a candy store! To me the place has a certain feel to it, a mystery – and I love that!

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Posted in Bridal Shoots, Fashion, Inspirational, Wedding

Tagged bridal shoot, Cherish The Dress, Coastal Wedding Photography, Heline Bekker Photography, Mermaid Bride, Seaside Bride, Tattooed Bride, Trash the dress

An Outdoor Whispering Tree Ranch Wedding – Leah & James

Posted on August 5, 2015 | 1 comment

Tattooed bride Leah looked absolutely gorgeous in her lace dress and pearls when she married James at vintage wedding venue the Whispering Tree Ranch. Kylee Elyse Photography captured their day beautifully and it makes me wish I was there at their wedding to see all the wonder.

James and my story didn’t really start the day we met. We met through mutual friends and shared a family experience that we both went through during different years. With how life works out, we went different ways for 3 years. Thanks to social media, I realized he was not with his last girlfriend and thought it would be okay to message him a cute heart to get his attention. I was living in my home state NJ at the time and was planning on moving back to AZ. I was attempting to build some relationships up prior to my move. I got his number because I thought he was cute and wanted to catch up once I got back into AZ. We spoke for a few months and once I got into AZ, I asked him to help me move. He showed up later that afternoon and we both knew, we were all we wanted.

James made me forget I was a mom and an adult. He made me feel extremely nervous but in a good way and the butterflies in my stomach went wild. He picked me up with a hug, spun me around and we had our first kiss! The world just stopped. I remember him taking me in his Tundra down the 101 to In and Out with my daughter asleep and so exhausted from the move. In NJ we don’t have In and Out so it was a treat! I was very content. I thought to myself, “I wouldn’t want it any other way.” We have gone through a lot since that day. Ups and downs. Being together and separate, but now we share a step daughter, expecting another girl in August, and much more. We are married and very in love with who we are becoming. Marriage is not easy but I believe it is something we both are willing to put effort into and make work. Truly, he is my other half and I love him more than yesterday!

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