Planning a wedding from another state is always tricky, but that is just what Mariah + Jordan did since they live in Austin, but choose to get married in San Diego – the city where they met. Mariah is in the event industry, so it came pretty natural for her to plan her own wedding. They did have a hard time finding a great space in San Diego – that was until they stumbled across the Luce Loft which was perfect for their reception. They decided to hold their ceremony in Golden Hill Park, one of their favorite San Diego neighborhoods, and right down the street from the Turf Club, where they had their first date. Thanks to Paige Newton for the photos and congrats to Mariah + Jordan!
Both my dress and Jordan’s suit were made by a good friend of ours, Priscilla, who just launched her line Crowned Bird. I tried to resource my friends as much as I could which really made it more of a special day to us.
Our ceremony was the highlight of the day. A perfect setting underneath a quintessential San Diego fig tree at sunset in a neighborhood we called home six years ago when we met. Surrounded by everyone we had hoped would be there, I had never experienced that kind of love and energy before.
We crafted the ceremony site with dyed coffee filter flowers and gold ribbons along two poles.
We had our musician friends come together and play the ceremony + reception. Mid ceremony we had the band break out to “All You Need Is Love” by the Beatles and had everyone sing along to the chorus. When I first brought up the idea of doing a song mid ceremony opposed to a prayer/words, everyone thought it was weird. But it really ended up making everyone smile and get involved in the ceremony – and was probably one of my favorite parts of the wedding.
Processional: Sweet Jane – Velvet Underground
Recessional: El Paso – Marty Robbins
First Dance: Jesus Etc. – Wilco
Our artist friend, Jim, sketched out our dogs Penelope + Mr Bojangles and we used those for our specialty cocktails. This meant a lot since we were not able to fly them out for the wedding.
My mother-in-law crafted all the large crepe paper flowers along the stairwell. The red hearts that were on our chairs were from our burning man ceremony, which is an important event in our lives.
And their wedding film from Austin Hendrix
Eccentricity. Own it. We didn't like cake so we got a churro cart. Whatever feels right to you, it's your wedding day. If you are having friends involved don't overload them with tasks – let them express their talents. Don't get boggled down with timelines, the best things happen at the right moments.
photography: Paige Newton // venue name: Luce Loft, San Diego, California // event design: Eat Cake // wedding dress: Crowned Bird // groom attire: Crowned Bird // videography: Austin Hendrix // officiant: Craig Knudsen // ceremony: Golden Hill Park in San Diego // vintage rentals: Pow Wow Vintage Rentals // invitations: Allison Riegal // cocktails: Jim Gilbert // florist: Jeri Disney // caterer: Lucha Libre // churros: Churros El Tigre
Such a unique, creative, artsy wedding!
Beautiful, creative wedding for beautiful, creative people. Congratulations, M+J!
Thanks for the feature! This was such a fun wedding to shoot.. my favorite for sure. :)
Love the watercolor artwork. Gorg!
neat venue. love the watercolor invitations.
So much to love about this wedding! Beautiful!
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You guys are ADORABLE! Congrats on making a beautiful (AWESOME) wedding…and great photos, too, Paige!
You two are amazing! So glad Luce Loft got to host this beautiful event :)
What an incredible loft space, beautiful watercolor invites, and as a huge pet lover, I absolutely adore the dog sketches for the signature cocktails! Lovely wedding and congrats to the couple!!
Meant so much to me to be apart of this beautiful day! Mariah is so talented, she really created the most memorable and special weddings i have ever been to! Love you two!
Mariah and Jordan, thank you for choosing me to be part of your WONDERFUL wedding! I loved everything about this intimate, fun, unique vision of yours…Luce Loft is perfection, and Austin Hendrix, you made such a charming, evocative film!
Hi, do you know how many people were at the wedding? I am getting married at the end of March at Luce and I loved the video and the set up that this wedding had. I was just wondering how many guests were there, was it comfortable and any tips for us on how to make the best out of the space.
Thanks!
Hi Camilo! We had about 160 & we did seating for 100 with a few cocktail tables. We also broke down a few of the tables to make room for a bigger dance floor. It worked out perfect & I felt like we could have squeezed in a few more people.
Happy Wedding!
The stunning pictures absolutely tell us that how gorgeous the wedding is. Beautiful wedding with a lot of special touches.
Such a creative wedding! Having portraits of your dogs made was such a cute idea!
Awesome pictures, especially the last ones. Photographer and videographer both did a great job. Keep it up!