Sabrina & Ian’s Parksville Beach Wedding at the Bayside Resort Sabrina and Ian moved to the Parksville community a few years ago and decided to have their wedding here too. They chose the Bayside Resort for its beautiful ocean views and easy beach access, as well as it being located less than five minutes from their home. Sabrina got ready at their Parksville home with her mom and dad, while […]
An Adventurous Vancouver Island Helicopter Elopement ~ Mountaintop Wedding, Broken Group Islands Charcuterie Melissa and Brandon enjoyed an adventurous helicopter elopement on Vancouver Island through West Coast Helicopters. They married on the mountaintop of Mount Cokely, livestreaming their wedding ceremony over Zoom with all of their friends and family. After a few romantic and playful photographs on the mountain, we flew in the chopper over to the West Coast of […]
Eloped on Christmas Eve, a Tigh Na Mara Wedding Natalie and Steve enjoyed a magical Tigh Na Mara elopement on Christmas Eve. They had originally planned on marrying at Tigh Na Mara in the summer, with a large guest list that involved their family and friends from across Canada and even Scotland, where Natalie is from. But as they began to plan and juggle the constant Covid-19 regulation changes, they […]
On a smoky summer day, Cayley and Riley eloped at the beautiful Rathtrevor beach in Parksville. They eloped barefoot on the beach among their closest family members, a couple of friends and their two-year old son. They had been engaged for one year and suddenly decided that they didn’t want to wait any longer to become married. So in just two weeks’ time, they planned a destination elopement in Parksville, BC, at the beautiful Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park.
Celeste & Kit’s Intimate Valentines Day Wedding at the Bowen Park Duck Pond Celeste and Kit celebrated Valentines Day with an intimate wedding at the Bowen Park duck pond. These two were legally marrying in Canada among a small group of family and friends and then celebrating with a larger and more symbolic destination wedding in Puerto Vallarta later that month on the February 29th leap day. It’s complicated to […]
An Intimate Autumn Wedding in Nanoose Bay Laurie and Stan married at the beach in front of their Nanoose Bay home among an intimate gathering of family. On October 19th, their Autumn wedding was blessed by a break in the rainy weather. During their ceremony and afterwords for family portraits, the sun shone through the clouds creating an incredibly dynamic and beautiful sky. They married at Blueback Drive Community Park, […]
Married on the Beach, a Qualicum Beach Elopement Wedding Trisha and Ken married on the beach in Qualicum Beach, a small and intimate wedding elopement among a few family members. The spot they chose was very specific; Trisha’s grandparents built a small house on the waterfront and lived there for many years. Trisha remembers her grandpa throwing fish heads onto the beach and watching the eagles swoop in to eat […]
Petra & Jim~ Eloped & Married at Rathtrevor Beach Park Petra and Jim visit Parksville nearly every year, they live in Alberta and love spending time near the ocean in the summers. This past August, they decided to become married by eloping at one of their favorite beaches, Rathtrevor Beach Park. With just a very small handful of friends and Petra’s daughter, they married on the beach with the smell […]
Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park Wedding Leah and Carla wanted a forest wedding as the setting for their marriage. Travelling from Victoria, these two had actually never been to the popular Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park, a wonderful local hiking area for residents of Port Alberni, Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Coombs. When they visited in February, they fell in love with the park. We had just had a very intense […]
Their love story began… Janice moved west to Vancouver Island from the prairies, lured by the ocean and hiking trails. She was a letter carrier, and he was letter carrier. They met at work, and when I asked who had a crush on who first, they both giggled and Shane admitted he was the one to make the first move but Janice was sure happy about it. They instantly hit […]