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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
September 11, 2021 Rye, NH A love for the New Hampshire Seacoast led Ariana and Dylan to choose Odiorne Point and the Seacoast Science Center as their wedding venue. The couple met in 2010 as freshmen at Bentley University. “Our roommates were an item, and we got dragged along on their dates,” says Ariana. “They eventually broke up, and we’re still together after a decade.” Ariana was going for a “Seacoast organic look, like we had walked along the beach…
October 2, 2021 Naples, ME A summer camp in Maine turned out to be exactly what Ally and Clinton were looking for as a place where family and friends could gather to celebrate their wedding day. “I’ve been to a million weddings, and I knew we wanted something different, a place where we could be with our family and friends for more than fours hours the day of,” says Ally. They chose Camp Mataponi for its idyllic setting on a…