So excited to share this Valley Of Fire Elopement today. Dominique & Clint traveled to Vegas all the way from Canada for their elopement.
Here is their story as told by the bride: ” The story of how we met sort of plays into why we decided to elope. We first met at school 10 years ago where we were both studying to become teachers. We were both in one class together. I only knew 2 things about him: that he was extremely tall and that he played basketball. He was recently married at the time and I was close to being engaged.
Fast Forward 10 years. I was divorced and so was he (how convenient). He added me to Facebook as I was a ‘suggested friend’ and he apparently, liked my smile. 🙂 We often think about how our paths crossed so nonchalantly 10 years ago and how crazy it is that we are now getting married. The proposal was cute and simple. We went away for a weekend of winery tours in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. After a few failed attempts to propose in specific locations ( I told him a long time ago he needed my father’s permission…he procrastinated until the day of… he secretly called my dad with no answer and waited for him to return the call), he finally proposed after we woke up from a mid-afternoon wine-hangover nap, in our Airbnb, once my dad called him back!
We decided very quickly that a big, fancy wedding was not for us, this time– We had both done the big hoopla of a wedding already and wanted it to be something intimate just for us (and planning for over a year did not appeal to either of us). We both love to travel and wanted our money to be spent on something more spontaneous and different. With it being a very last-minute decision, Vegas was the first, obvious location. But we weren’t looking for the Elvis, Little White Chapel wedding (although the pictures would have been so much fun!! We wanted something more intimate and private.
We love natural landscapes, and the Valley of Fire seemed like a beautiful location. The warm colors of the landscape quickly inspired every, single (last-minute) item that was bought for the wedding. “
Dominique and Clint booked one of the Red Rocks elopement packages that I offer here.
With an amazing group of vendors, the elopement was easy to plan and went seamlessly the day of. The ceremony was held at the 7 sisters location at Valley of Fire. Afterwards, we did some portraits, saw a bighorn sheep, and traveled up the road a bit for some more portraits with the lighter colored mountains.
To see even more from this Valley of Fire Elopement, check out the slideshow below.
Vendors:
Location: Valley of Fire
Permit & Planner: Desert Elopements
Hair & Makeup: Brianna Michelle Beauty
Flowers: Alexander Wong Events
Officiant: Peachy Keen Unions
Dress: Grace Loves Lace
❤️❤️❤️ These are incredible Jamie! You’ve exceeded our expectations and were so easy and fun to work with! I wish we had booked you for more time, just simply to hang out more! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You are so talented. 🙂
Beautiful Jamie!
No words can describe the couple, the pictures and location. Love, love, love!