RAJAH STUDIO » THE WEDDING JOURNAL

Sometimes we forget that weddings should be part of our lives. Not Hannah though. She was still putting the finishing touches on her homemade wedding dress as she built the cake she had made the night before. And if that wasn’t enough, she married David at the Church next door to the school where she grew up on South Hill in Spokane. The ceremony was beautiful, followed by the reception with some of her grade school friends in the school gym. I have yet to find better light during a first dance.

Eric and Alexandra had their first date where many couples do – Starbucks. But most of them don’t end up like this. Nobody can be certain if it was the double shot americano that sparked their relationship, but it was strong enough to bring them back only minutes after becoming husband and wife. Personally, I was expecting the barista crew to be a bit more excited to be serving the newlyweds, but apparently for the matchmakers of the 21st century, its not that big a deal.

It wasn’t until their wedding day that I met Talia and Brett. They had come a long way from New York City to be married in Brett’s hometown of Lewiston, Idaho. I was impressed to find they were able to put together the entire wedding from two thousand miles away, with a little help from Brett’s family of course.

Talia and Brett are two people who are always giving back to others. So it was a perfect end to the night when their closest friends and family revealed a handmade quilt they had made for them in secret with personal jokes and messages sewn into the squares. One had been designed by Talia’s grandmother who had passed away recently.
It was embroidered with this message: “May the love you have for each other keep you as warm as this quilt will keep you”.