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October 27, 2022 Stratham, NH What began as a flirtatious encounter several years ago—after Bobby had served in the Army and done a tour in Afghanistan—has evolved into an endearing love story for this couple. “We worked across the street from each other in Boston,” says Kelsey, “and after a few weeks of smiling and making eye contact, he finally got the nerve to ask me on a date. Somehow our paths led us to the same city and the same street, and we are forever grateful for it.” In October of 2020, the couple went to a park and…

July 16, 2022 Old Orchard Beach, ME Talk about “big is back!” It was a huge wedding celebration when Brooke and Trevor partied with 195 guests at Dunegrass Golf Club, which they chose in part because it could handle that large a wedding without them having to rent a tent. “I have a really big family,” says Brooke, “and my family shows up for everything, which I love. Then we had a lot of college friends from UNE in Biddeford who came, plus some high school friends we’ve stayed in touch with.” Brooke says she and Trevor really love color,…

August 13, 2022 Rye, NH Lauren and Jared grew up in the same hometown and have known each other most of their lives. After getting engaged last summer, they decided they didn’t want a long engagement and knew right away that they wanted their wedding in Rye. “Rye always felt right, especially having lived there during most of the pandemic,” says Jared. The couple decided to plan their wedding around their favorite places. Jared notes, “Fuller Gardens was on our running route, and the restaurant [Carriage House] that catered was one we always went to. We wanted our wedding to…

August 19, 2022 Sandwich, NH Unique and intimate describes the elopement sunrise wedding ceremony of Lauren and Anthony atop West Rattlesnake Mountain. As a wedding planner herself, Lauren says she wanted something completely different for her special day. That meant waking up at midnight to start getting ready and, along with her officiant/best friend Chelsea, driving to Concord to have hair and makeup done at 1 a.m. They then gathered with the groom, who brought their 5-year-old bulldog mix, Leo, and the photographer and her husband, who are friends, to arrive at the mountain at 4:30 a.m. “We all carried…

July 2, 2022 Gloucester, MA If being married in a castle on the ocean was part of Carly’s wedding dream, then she fulfilled that the day she married Michael at Hammond Castle. “We were looking for something unique, and it definitely fit the bill,” she says. “I grew up only five minutes away, but I’d never been there. It was the first place we looked, and as soon as I saw it, I knew that was it—one and done!” Carly says she saw amazing photo ops at every turn. “I was looking for a Midsummer’s Night, enchanted garden sort of…

October 8, 2022 Poland, ME Grace and Erin met in 2013 at a 911 dispatch center where they both worked the overnight shift, and both secretly had a crush on one another. It wasn’t until the following year that they went on a date, and since then they haven’t looked back. Now, nearly a decade later and raising 3 boys, they tied the knot at Rock Mountain Farm in Poland, Maine. “Rock Mountain Farm is part of the same land we live on and have lived on for our entire relationship. It’s home and it’s beautiful,” Erin says. Grace and…

October 8, 2022 Portland, ME Allie and Dylan eloped on the top of Hawk Mountain in Maine in 2021. On their one-year anniversary, they knew they wanted to throw “the funky brewery wedding of our dreams” to celebrate their marriage with family and friends. Everything about their post-elopement celebration was untraditional and true to the couple. Instead of hiring hair and makeup services, Allie enlisted her stepmom and best friends. All the stationery was created by Allie, as the designer and owner of Girl That Designs. Every detail, from the venue and food to the flowers and music, had direct…

September 24, 2022 Waldoboro, ME An intimate, vintage-style wedding turned out to be just the thing for Tori and Jonathan, who opted for an outdoor ceremony under a 100-year-old apple tree at Tops’l Farm. “It was so fun having apples on the tree and hearing them fall to the ground during the ceremony. And having a ‘micro-wedding’ with just nine immediate family members meant we had none of the stress and expense of coordinating a big wedding,” notes Tori. “We were blown away by how emotional we got reading our vows—I think because we were with just our immediate families.”…