From Anne Marie: Gorgeous day (I suppose every bride says that) – outdoor morning ceremony at the gardens at Tudor Place in Georgetown, Washington, DC (the estate of Martha Washington’s granddaughter), followed by a champagne brunch at the rooftop at the Beacon Hotel, Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. Smallish event, about 70 people, which was perfectly sized for us as we were surrounded by our nearest and dearest.
Happy, smiling, gorgeous photographs by Colorado-based photographer Kat Murray.
Angela and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary last week and the majority of our evening consisted of us repeating how quickly time had gone by but also how different our life (singular – our life together) is now than it was two years ago. And then I crashed into bed at about 8:45.
And this past weekend I went to Austin for the second bachelorette party in Austin that I have had the pleasure to attend in less than a month (Austin is the IT place to bachelorette it up apparently).
So things have been busy but I am so excited to get Ria and Robyn’s amazingly gorgeous and inspirational wedding posted.
And the photos. My god the photos.
From Ria: Here’s another New York City Housing Works Bookstore Cafe lesbian wedding to add to your collection! I must have looked at Amalia & Melissa and Julie & Rebecca’s photos a thousand times! When we were planning our wedding, I loved looking at blogs but felt frustrated that I rarely saw people like us featured. This website was a welcome exception! I am so excited to share our images in this space.
Photos by Olya Vysotskaya.
From Leanne Rose: I met Cindy and Allison during College and from the first time I saw them together roaming the hallways, I knew they had an everlasting bond. Their wedding was on a beautiful late Sunday afternoon in a big white tent with a garden in the background. The best way to describe their wedding was written on the ceremony program. ” It means a great deal to us to have each of you here today. Thank you for witnessing our expression of love for each other through the vows that begin our new life together. We feel that our love stems from our capacity to love deeply, enjoy simply, and to think freely. Our special wish is that you will continue to be part of our lives. Without friends, family, and community we have very little.”
From Allison: We met at work, from that first day we became great friends and had an instant connection. That was eight years ago, we have lived inseparable for 5 years now. During our first year of living with each other Cindy asked my mother for my hand, but not for marriage, but for her blessing. We truly are blessed to have each other and family who are just as happy. She is my best friend, my soul mate, and partner that I get to spend my life with.
Photographs by Leanne Rose Photography.
From Anne: Our wedding was on the most gorgeous day the San Juan Islands had seen all summer! Both our ceremony and reception took place at Odd Fellows Hall, an historic hall perfectly situated on the water in Eastsound, Washington. We chose Orcas Island because Allyson’s family has been vacationing here since she was young and they brought me here several years ago when we first started dating. Since then, we have created our own memories in this magical place, and we saw our wedding as an opportunity to share it with our family and friends.
Our wedding was such an incredible day, full of joy and love and lots of emotions. We are so lucky to have so many supportive people in our lives, and we both have inherited even more in our partner’s families and friends. With 100 people coming from 16 different states, our wedding weekend was a great opportunity for new friendships to form and for people to catch up that had not seen each other for a while.
My favorite part of the day was Allyson and me singing “I’ve Just Seen A Face” by the Beatles out on the balcony with all of our friends and family standing around. We love to sing together at home or around a campfire with friends, and this gave us a chance to share that with everyone we love. Honestly, it all went by way too quickly! But I’m happy to have some great pictures and it’s nice to hear family and friends still bring it up their favorite moments. I know we will think back on it fondly for years and years.
Photographs by Jonathan Steinberg.
From Amy: Jen and Ty came from New York to celebrate their union in front of family in friends on the west coast. During their planning, same sex marriage became legal in NY, but they carried on with their plans. A little rain, ok a lot of rain, didn’t dampen this fabulous day! Everyone was in such great spirits just to celebrate two wonderful and beautiful ladies! Both of them were escorted to the altar by their mothers.
And after returning home to New York they made it officially official in their own state!
Photography by Iliana Morton.
From Jennifer: On December 31st, amidst a discussion over whether we should stay home or go out for New Years, I gave in and told Dawn if we were going out I had something she might want to wear. I got down on one knee and asked her to be my wife. She said yes! With her engagement ring shining brightly and permanent smiles affixed to our faces we headed out to welcome in a new year and a new chapter of our lives.
The planning began almost immediately and we decided to theme our wedding around the ring finger anchor tattoos we had done in Provincetown the previous year. Luckily summer 2012 was quite nautical and anchor anything was easy to come by. Our wedding ceremony and reception took place on September 8th, 2012 at a private residence in Provincetown, Massachusetts. We traveled to Provincetown from our home in Denver to legally commit our lives to one another, and it was wonderful. Planning an over 2,000 miles from our venue was a challenge, but with the help of family, friends and amazing vendors we did planned the perfect wedding weekend.
We flew in one day before our wedding and while we saw a judge and obtained permission to marry the next day our families were at our wedding venue meeting for the first time. They hung lights, folded napkins and polished glasses like a well seasoned team. That night our parents threw a welcome party so our families and out-of-town guests could get to know one another while eating, drinking margaritas and dancing.
The next day at 5 in the evening and we lined up our wedding party to walk down the aisle. We were escorted by both our mothers and fathers and preceded by our beautiful flower girl, and niece, Naia, siblings and closest friends. Our officiant had prepared a traditional yet personalized ceremony which included a reading of our favorite poem i carry your heart with me by E.E. Cummings. We were announced legally wed and the party began. Guests sipped cape codders and wine on the deck of our venue while the wedding party took pictures. We all decided it was too windy to take pictures on the beach, so we ran across the street where we spotted a vintage teal GMC truck and a garage painted with an Andy Warhol-esqe portrait of Marilyn Monroe on the doors.
Once inside our brother, Andrew announced us with amazing speech and we danced to our band’s cover of Ingrid Michaelson’s “The Way that I Am.” We then enjoyed a New England style clam bake dinner with clam chowder, lobsters, steamers, linguicia, and all the fixings- delicious. After that everyone got wild dancing well into the morning. The next day we held a brunch at an oceanfront bar and we all nursed hangovers, laughed over last night’s antics and shared our love. It was the perfect closing to the most amazing weekend of our lives. Our wonderful family made our dream day a reality we had each other.
Photographs by Studio Gregg.
From Organic Photography: Bianca & Kate have been scouring the images, and reading the stories on A Bicycle Built For Two since it’s inception. They loved the way it demonstrated all kinds of love in a visually beautiful and unique way. SO, this was there biggest dream, and request of us as their wedding photographers: besides getting married to each other – they wanted to see their wedding featured here.
Bianca & Kate were married in the town they have come to call home, Provincetown, Cape Cod… On the packed Beach at Race Point with close family and friends gathered around…. It was a cool, sunny October day, and for locals who work straight through June, July & August without a break, well the Fall is a locals summer – it is peaceful and lovely… There is no other place like it in the world… I am a Native Cape Codder and I am proud to have an open, caring, artistic community like no other. We have known people in town forever as friends, but now to be embraced as wedding photographers in this fabulous community is our greatest accomplishment. We always want to capture the personalities and the vibe of the people who are showing the ultimate sign of love – so thank you.
I love the 60′s modern vibe of Bianca and Kate’s wedding and am so flattered that they are such fans of ABBFT – thank you for that tribute.
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