Lexi & Adam | Astoria Park Microwedding | Queens, NY

On a brisk October afternoon, Lexi and Adam were married in their NYC neighborhood surrounded by their closest friends, family members, and the prettiest yellow autumn leaves. They planned their afternoon microwedding in Astoria Park in only a few weeks! The intimate celebration was dotted with unique touches, like a first look along the East River, toasting their union with shots of whiskey, and gifting personalized baskets with blankets for each guest to spread out picnic style.

Their ceremony was beautifully written by my wife, Olivia, who started officiating small weddings and elopements during the pandemic. She shared details of how Lexi and Adam met on OKCupid and of the symbolism of their whiskey unity ceremony. We laughed, we cried, we cheers-ed to a perfect and safe day.

Wishing this super fun and loving couple a lifetime of joy together!

Officiant: The Chill Officiant

Flowers: Rosehip Floral

Emily & Adam | Dumbo Loft Winter Wedding | Brooklyn, NY

January 18th, 2020, Emily and Adam’s wedding day, started out chilly, but not too cold, hinting at a soft snowfall. Just prior to their afternoon ceremony, beautiful snow lightly dusted the cobblestone streets outside The Dumbo Loft. It was everything you could hope for for a winter wedding.

My favorite thing about Emily and Adam is how they balance each other. They have a playful, energetic relationship, always laughing and leading with their values. Blending their faith and families on their wedding day was important to both, incorporating Jewish traditions like breaking a glass, and the Quaker ritual where all those present sign the marriage certificate as witnesses. Inclusivity and equality were on display right at the start of their marriage, Emily wearing her “Feminist as Fuck” earrings and a “love and resistance” sweater from Lingua Franca. She was proud to use her wedding day to assemble and support a vendor team primarily of womxn-owned businesses.

Other personal touches from friends and family were sprinkled throughout the day and decor. Everything from custom artwork used on the invitations, cake topper, and coloring pages for children to centerpieces named after locations of their special memories with selfies from those dates. There was even a unique “I Do Brew”, a coffee milk stout made locally in Brooklyn just for them.

It was a perfect snowy wedding day. View images and the complete vendor team below.

Quarantine FaceTime Photos

If anyone had told me at the beginning of the year that we would all be quarantined at home for months, I would have not believed them. And I definitely would never have thought I’d be doing couples sessions over FaceTime! In need of a creative outlet, I jumped on this spring & summer trend and got to work with couples I wouldn’t have been able to otherwise.

Posing couples for virtual sessions was a new type of challenge. Shouting directions from my living room in Brooklyn into my iPad while they were across a pool in Florida was an interesting first. Sometimes the connection would cut out, pausing the video and blurring the image. Editing photo files so small didn’t allow for many corrections, but in the end, everyone was happy with the results.

My suggestions for anyone looking to do a virtual photo shoot would be to be patient, have fun, and keep your expectations for quality low. While I don’t plan on permanently adding this type of session to my service options, they served their purpose and created small, happy moments, a new and unique quarantine activity, and the chance to make new connections in a time that when we all needed it.

Stacy & Isabel, Florida

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Sophie & Cristina, New Jersey

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Lauren & John, California

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Kris & Taylor, New Jersey

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Butter and Scotch | Queer Carnival Microwedding Inspiration | Brooklyn, NY

For Pride 2019, I worked with a team of queer vendors (and a few allies) who represent the Brooklyn LGBTQ+ community to create this fun inspiration for a vow renewal. We wanted to celebrate our individuality, our creativity, and our authentic selves as queer business owners in the wedding industry. Each vendor was encouraged to create their designs however they felt inspired by our modern carnival mood board, the bride’s bright pink hair, and the couple’s actual wedding day attire, custom coordinating the tablescape, florals, stationary, and cake.

The bulk of the decor elements were sourced second-hand to reduce environmental impact by Emily Monus Events, and the stationery suite by Ephemora used colors from the original Pride flag, turquoise for art and pink for sexuality, chosen by the couple (who met at San Francisco Pride in 2014). The venue and three-tiered cake were provided by Butter & Scotch, a feminist, woman-owned bar in Brooklyn always fighting for social justice.

See how it all came together in our feature on Offbeat Bride. Images and the full vendor team are below.