Backyard & Bar-hopping | An Intimate Edmonds Wedding

When Lauren called me about her Edmonds wedding, I couldn’t contain my excitement.

Not only was she getting married on our anniversary, but they were having a bar-hopping reception. She talked about a few of the bars they’d be visiting and the intimate backyard wedding they were planning at her parent’s home. We set up a time to meet and tour her parent’s beautiful backyard – and I think you’ll agree it’s gorgeous!

This day was filled with personal moments. Lauren had her senior portraits taken in her parent’s yard, so it has a lot of special meaning for her. The couple has also been together for 11 years, so they’ve made a lot of memories together with their friends, family and loved ones. Lauren’s sister served as maid-of-honor and Eric’s brother-in-law stood up as his best man. There were tears everywhere – during Dad’s first look, ceremony, reception … it was touching and sweet.

Dad surprised Lauren with an impromptu first dance in the middle of his speech, but the girls (Lauren & her sister, Emily) had an even more awesome surprise planned – they had choreographed a musical performance to bring back memories of their family trips together from year’s past.

It was truly a one-of-a-kind wedding experience, and we were honored to be a part of it. We hope you’ll leave them some comment love on their Edmonds wedding below!

Intimate Edmonds Wedding Vendor Team

Wedding Venue
Private Residence

Photographer
GSquared Weddings

Invitations
Canva

Hair & Makeup
Morgin Matlin’s Salon

Wedding Dress
I Do Bridal

Bride’s Shoes
Lulu’s

Groom’s Apparel
Men’s Warehouse

Officiant
Forever, Together

Edmonds Wedding Reception Venue
Salt & Iron

Catering
Salt & Iron

Bartending
Salt & Iron

Bakery
Lil’ Cakery

Edmonds Wedding Reception Bars
The Church Key Pub
A Very Taki Tiki Bar

Intimate Edmonds Wedding Vendor Team

Wedding Venue
Private Residence

Photographer
GSquared Weddings

Invitations
Canva

Hair & Makeup
Morgin Matlin’s Salon

Wedding Dress
I Do Bridal

Bride’s Shoes
Lulu’s

Groom’s Apparel
Men’s Warehouse

Officiant
Forever, Together

Reception Venue
Salt & Iron

Catering
Salt & Iron

Bartending
Salt & Iron

Bakery
Lil’ Cakery

Reception Bars
The Church Key Pub
A Very Taki Tiki Bar

Meet your photographers.

We’re Kate (she/her) and Josh (he/him). Married humans, emotional chaos wranglers, coffee worshippers, timeline nerds, Marvel fanatics, and occasional ugly criers at weddings. (Okay, maybe more than occasional. Look, vows get us. Every damn time.) Kate has been photographing since 1997 and Josh picked up the camera in 2011. We’ve done over 600 weddings together, including wedding coordination (sometimes we even get to do both at the same time!) 600+ weddings → “That’s 600 families who trusted us to be invisible magic and backup problem-solvers.” 14 years → “We’ve seen it all — and we know how to handle anything without making it your problem.” Coordination → Kate is also a certified coordinator which gives that extra boost for you during planning and on the day itself “We don’t just photograph your day — we keep it flowing, calm, and meaningful.”

The Comments

Marquette LaRee Mower

August 25, 2018

Your details shots for this one are so fun! I love the shoes hanging in the tree! I’d never heard of bar hopping for weddings, what an interesting idea! Were they spots they’d had memorable moments at as a couple?

GSquared Weddings
> Marquette LaRee Mower
January 27, 2020

The bride grew up in the town we bar-hopped in, and it was something their family did a lot of. Definitely one of the funnest receptions ever!

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