My husband and I have been together for almost a dozen years (circa 2005) and married for 5 years. We eloped August 26, 2011 and celebrated our love with friends and family June 3, 2012. We decided to elope before the wedding ceremony because we are both very intimate people. We enjoy each others company and for us, eloping was an intimate way to share our love.
Our celebration with family and friends was also important to us. We have a close knit group of friends and a small family. We knew we wanted to celebrate our love with all of them.
Our celebration took place at Green Mountain Nature Trail in Huntsville, Alabama. We're huge nature nerds and share a passion for hiking and the outdoors, so we were so ecstatic to find an outdoor space to fit our lifestyle. We wanted our guests to share and enjoy our love of the outdoors with us and knew this venue would be perfect. We LOVED hiking at Green Mountain when we lived in Huntsville, so having our ceremony there was something we'll cherish and remember forever.
Our goal was to keep our wedding as Eco-friendly and low-cost as possible. We rented linens and dishes, I purchased my dress from a second-hand vintage thrift store, my mother-in-law provided all of my fabulous jewelry, I created LOTS (maybe too many!) of DIY projects, the bouquet and boutonnieres (DIY style) were composed of dried flowers and our homegrown rosemary, we composted leftover floral arrangements and made sure to use flowers that were in season, our artist friends helped with artwork, my father was our officiant, we planted a Japanese maple during the ceremony, we hula-hooped, and we threw bird seed at the end of the ceremony for the local wildlife.
We spent and budgeted a total of $2,000 for our wedding. Yes. Cheap as hell. We're frugal people, y'all. We were also super fortunate to rent the venue for FREE!
We're so proud of how well our wedding celebration went. The day was perfect (even though it rained IMMEDIATELY after the reception)!
Many thanks to those who made the trek up to Huntsville to celebrate! BIG THANKS to those who helped us bring our wedding celebration to LIFE! We are so grateful for our tribe.
Venue: Green Mountain Nature Trail - Huntsville, Al
Food: Happy Tummy- Huntsville, Al
Photographer: Amber T.
Dress: Vintage Moon- Asheville, NC
Dishes and Linens: Mullins Special Occasions- Huntsville, Al
Artwork (Thumbprint Guestbook and Tree Planter): Natalie B.
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