Thinking of planning a tiny wedding on the Oregon coast? This guide offers everything you need to create an intimate, magical celebration. From the best scenic locations like Cape Kiwanda to planning tips and meaningful details, discover how to make your day truly special with the stunning backdrop of the Oregon coast. Perfect for couples seeking an intimate wedding experience.
TIP: If you want a dreamy, memorable wedding day that’s intimate, find an Airbnb on the coast (or wherever else makes you happy) and invite your closest people to come celebrate. Spend the weekend exploring, drinking wine with the views, and making meals together. There is something SO special about these kinds of days.
Ellie and Scotty created an experience for their small wedding day, full of precious moments — they walked down to the coastline for their vows, where there were both tears and laughter (from the sweet words AND the waves sweeping up around their feet). The celebration moved up to the wrap around deck where they all made a homemade feast together and mixed cocktails. After dinner, we sprinted (literally) beside the waves to catch the golden sunset!
These are just a FEW of the images that make of the story of their special day! I hope these two can be an inspiration for your intimate day!
FLORIST // Corvus Landing Farm
DRESS // BHLDN
SUIT // John Varvatos Suit
VENUE // Airbnb
Talk about the dreamiest backyard, intimate wedding — especially when the REDWOODS are your backyard! Alyssa and Santiago chose to have a sweet, meaningful wedding with their close friends and family. A while ago, Alyssa sent me an email describing what the evening would look like, and I just had to share her beautiful words —
“People will be munching on grilled cheese and tomato bisque in a mug. Dinner will be homemade quiche and a salad. There will be a couple of kegs and wine from local sources. A friend will be making a cider whiskey cocktail from the cider from the apple trees around the yard. There will be a cider press. Even the food ingredients will all be from the local dairy, herbs from the garden, things like that. Musical ambience will be sweet jazz and Motown during dinner. After first dances there will be more funky motown and salsa transitioning into Missy Elliot and Lizzo by the end of the night (the dances that Grandma will be long gone for haha). At the end of the night we will drive my mom's white mini cooper as our get away car and drive off to a airbnb tree house in the redwoods.”
Um, wow. I love that they made their day unique and fully structured to THEM and what they wanted. The true beauty of a tiny wedding. We explored the Redwood National Forest, ran across the empty fog-covered coastline, and danced the evening away surrounded by an apple orchard! My kind of night!
ps. my husband, Josiah, created a beautiful film of their day as well…
thinking you might want video too? Let me know!
These two must have a thing for cabins (and I LOVE it) — we spent a morning at a cabin in the Oregon woods near Mt. Hood for their engagement photos, then they found this adorable a-frame cabin on a river near Mt. Rainier National Park. Dreams do come true!
Paige & Brenden chose to have an intimate day, a small micro wedding with their closest friends and family. With wild fires burning across the West Coast, there was a layer of smoke that hung in the sky, but it only added to the moody, soft vibe that these two had wanted!
They had the most beautiful ceremony on the deck of the cabin, ending with a collection group shot of champagne (my new favorite way to end a ceremony)! Then, they spent the evening laughing, sharing stories, snapping polaroids, and dancing under the trees. With a long table set for dinner along the river to share a meal together, it truly felt like “family” being a part of this day — every single detail was intentional.
Grateful to be a part of sacred moments like these, enjoy these snapshots of their day!
DRESS // a&bé bridal shop
FLORIST // Wild Fern Florals
VENUE // Airbnb near Mt. Rainier National Park
These two travelled across many states to have their intimate wedding elopement day on the Oregon coast! Surrounded by just family (with the Pacific Ocean as their witness), they said their vows and spent the rest of the day frolicking along the beach, exploring lush coastal forests, eating fish tacos, and having cake and donuts as the sun set! My. Kind. Of. Day.
The Oregon Coast — especially Cannon Beach — can get pretty crowded in the summer months! But, these two scouted out the perfect little cove for their wedding ceremony, and had the whole corner just to themselves! I love when ceremonies have a unique aspect to them — in the middle of the ceremony, these two had everyone (including themselves) go and find a rock or pebble to bring to the “alter” and surround them with. A family roundedness for their promises. Then, they kept the rock they had chosen — a pretty special souvenir if you ask me!!
I adore these two — and being a part of their day was so incredibly special. They have such warm hearts, and I immediately felt like I was a part of the family! They truly embraced their day and went with the flow of whatever happened next. Every single second of it was soaked up to the fullest! If you’ve read my blog post on “Why Eloping or Having a Small Wedding is so Special” then you know my thoughts behind these special kinds of days — and Kaci & Dallin REALLY REALLY lived into all of it. It was beautiful.
I’m grateful I got to savor this piece of their story.
xx
GETTING READY SPACE // AIRBNB
CEREMONY LOCATION // CANNON BEACH, OR
FLORALS // SOLABEE, FLOWERS & BOTANICALS
DINNER // TOM’S FISH & CHIPS
I adore these two!! We’ve been chatting about their wedding since early 2019, and it’s been an honor to both watch and walk alongside them in this journey! They have been absolute CHAMPS as they’ve rolled with the punches of 2020 and plan changes! I’m so grateful to have couples who are so gracious and still choose to experience all the joy a day holds — no matter what it looks like!
This intimate wedding was a small gathering of their close friends and a few family members — joined by a zoom party of other guests (of course)! They truly chose presence, and the whole wedding day was so fun to be a part of! I loved everything about these sweet moments.
So so so thankful that I get to witness some pretty amazing stories!
DRESS // BHLDN
SUIT // INDOCHINO
FLORALS // POPPIES & PAISELY
VENUE // TENDUE
PLANNER + STYLING // ROSEDAE EVENTS CO.
CATERER // WHITE PEPPER
This day was a little extra special — it was my sister in law’s wedding! A day full of family.
Now, back story. We were supposed to all be flying to the tropical beaches of Thailand for this wedding. But, COVID brought in a season of plan-changing and going-with-the-flow. However, this day ended up being more beautiful and perfect than anyone could have imagined.
Thani & Hilary found a gorgeous property on Hipcamp (check out my Elopement Planning guide for more tips on unique location ideas). This space included a lovely house, so much space for camping, a yurt, and a backyard that was basically our own private forest! This led into the creative idea to make their wedding a journey — the ceremony would be a movement from one space to the next, each with different purposes and family and friends speaking. It was a truly unique and sacred experience.
They chose intimacy and presence — embracing every little piece of their day to the fullest. We all enjoyed a picnic beside the forest, each picnic setting with its own homemade shepherd’s pie, fresh bread, salad, and mini cheesecakes. We drank blackberry + whiskey punch, gave toasts, shared stories, and danced the evening away.
It was simple, it was beautiful, it was so so so special.
These two took their wedding “plans” that COVID derailed, and created something that was even more intimate and sacred. Reach out if you need ANY help or ideas for your own small micro wedding, experiencing this day give me so many ways I can inspire you with your own wedding!
