Matthew and Rebecca's Wedding in Redondo Beach, California

The story of our wedding

We got engaged in June 2019 in Kauai Hawaii. The wedding planning was a fun but intense process, 1.5 years of every day work! We decided on The Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach California for our wedding/reception. We had 133 guests, ceremony/cocktail hour/reception all on site at the hotel. The day was absolutely perfect, the weather 75 and sunny, we were lucky enough to not have one empty seat at the reception.

I wore a champagne satin dress with beaded bodice and sweetheart neckline along with a cathedral length veil. My bridesmaids all had their hair up, I gifted them all the same earrings and their dresses were a deep navy blue satin/fitted and sweetheart cut, to match mine. They had bows on the back which I loved! The groomsmen all wore black tuxedoes. Our décor was shades of champagne, with hints of navy blue. The overall theme I was going for was simple elegance.

My groom and I gave each other gifts and letters before the ceremony and we did not do a first look. I cried heavily during the ceremony, it was the most beautiful moment of my life, seeing my husband looking at me so lovingly. My father was not present, so my mother walked my down the aisle and was my mother/daughter dance. My groom’s dad was our officiant. We choreographed our first dance, which I am so happy about!