2014 | Jessica Hill Photography

Elopements

Mai and Jason
A Blue Hour Portland Wedding Reception

A darling frenchie named Mean Joe Green, a gorgeous couple, a rooftop and Bluehour Restaurant? What could be better? Mai and Jason celebrated their Santorini, Greece wedding with immediate family and friends in Portland, Mai’s hometown. Surrounded with kindness, and love, the couple relived their gorgeous wedding day through images, and stories and many of those who couldn’t celebrate with them, did have an amazing night to remember. Bluehour was decorated for the holiday season, which made the ambiance that much more perfect. Thanks for inviting me to document your intimate and wonderful Portland celebration. xo

Reception dinner location: Blue Hour

Bride’s Dress: Lazaro

Groom’s Suit: Moods of Norway

Groom’s Shoes: Magnanni

Floral: Form and Line

Makeup and Hair: Kirstie Wight Makeup Artist

Pianist: Jean-Pierre Garau

Engagement

Molly and Levy
A Portland Waterfront and Pearl Engagement

These two!!! Molly and Levy make an incredible couple and they couldn’t be more kind or beautiful! We met up one rainy-ish autumn afternoon which turned into a gorgeous evening on a rooftop complete with a rainbow encompassing the couple! I loved the versatility of the outfits they brought, along with the different backdrops. Molly and Levy were so up for adventure, including but not limited to climbing up and down slippery rocks (in heels, no less- go Molly!), moving huge recycling bins in an alleyway to get the painted tree backdrop and risking the winds and cold on the Vestas rooftop overlooking the city! Thanks for being so open to crazy ideas guys! I am beyond excited for their summer wedding at the Sentinel. xo

Wedding

Lucy and Tim
The Sentinal Hotel Wedding Portland

Ohh, you make me happy when my skies are grey and you’ll never never never know dear how much I love you.” You are my Sunshine by Ray Charles

Getting Ready and Reception: The Sentinel Hotel

Wedding Ceremony: St. Ignatious Church

Wedding dress: by Pronovias and from Anna’s Bridal

Bride’s shoes: Kate Spade

Groom’s Tux: Hugo Boss

Coordinator: Meghan O’Brien from Bridal Bliss

Flowers: Flowers by Stacey

DJ: NW Mobile DJ Service

Videography: Ryan with Focalpoint Video

Engagement Ring: Antoinette’s Antique and Estate Jewelry

Cake: Helen Bernhard

Baby

Leonidas Baby Shower!

Yeah for baby Leonidas! John and Julieth are a beautiful and kind couple who are expecting soon and with that comes a shower celebration for both the ladies and the gents! With incredible styling and coordination for both showers from Nora with Bridal Bliss, both nights were nothing short of perfection! The ladies gourmet dinner party was breathtaking in a gorgeous white tabletop with exquisite blooms from Zest Floral and a delicious menu from Art of Catering. The ladies had a baby shower to remember! Congrats Julieth and thank you Mary!

The fun guys night celebrated John’s new to-be fatherhood by taking a the Double Decker PDX bus around Portland for a night. With a bar stop at Circa 33, the gentlemen enjoyed cocktails, beer, parlor games and of course, a bottle chugging contest. they followed the night up with an excellent dinner at chef Jason French’s restaurant, Ned Ludd. (One of my personal faves!) SO much fun. Thanks Mark for documenting and congrats John!

Wedding

Perla and Josh
A Fields Park Portland Wedding

“Still I call it magic Such a precious jewel.” Magic by Coldplay

Getting Ready Locations: Private Residence

Wedding Ceremony and Reception: The Fields Park, Pearl Portland

Wedding Dress Designer and boutique: Monique Lhuillier from Divine Designs

Bridesmaid dresses: Eliza J- Nordstrom

Men’s Suit: Hugo Boss – Nordstrom

Groomsmen’s suits: Men’s Wearhouse

Brides Shoes: Tory Burch

Videography: Formers Productions

Flowers and Styling: Christopher David

First Look Location: Steven Smith Tea House

Hair/Makeup: Kirstie Wight Makeup Artist

Groom and Groomsmen Hair: Marty Caballero, Modern Man

Vintage Rentals: Something Borrowed

Coordinator: Vanessa Benedetti

Catering: Sterling Catering PDX

Rings: Antoinette Antique & Estate Jewelry

Bands: Gem Set Love

Cake: Saint Cupcake Galore

Rentals: The party place

Favors: Treehouse Chocolate Co.

Mariachi: Mariachi Viva Mexico

Invitations and Programs: Borrego Creative

Planning

From a bride’s lens
Now a Mrs!

So it’s officially our one month anniversary as a married couple! We made it through the pre-planning, the rehearsal, the picnic, the wedding and the honeymoon and it feels good. It feels good to be a wife, to have a husband, to now officially be married and to be done with all the beautiful chaos that is wedding planning!

Our wedding was truly a dream, with picture perfect weather, incredible vendors, a stunning view of Mt. Hood, delicious food and drinks, awesome music and all of our closest family and friends in one place. Amazing. I think back and smile and want to do it all over again. (Can I be a guest too?!) Do you know how they say your wedding goes by so fast, it’s so true!

Did things go wrong… Oh yes! Like a table number mix-up that resulted in table nine having over 16 guests, a bus schedule misprint on the website, and upon waking up, noticing that my right eye had a bothered blood vessel due to stress and crying happy tears all weekend (thank god for Paula, my hairdresser who covered my eye with a classic vintage-inspired updo!) I was more nervous than I expected on the wedding day, but not in a bad way, more like a ton of energy, anticipation, anxiety and complete joy was bubbling all over and I definitely was happy to do some morning yoga. Having my ladies there, especially my sister, Lauren (who flew in from Thailand for the wedding) was reassuring and calming. However, seeing Evan was the best moment of the day for me, he grounded me, brought me back to the moment and reminded me that this entire day was for us and perfect in all of it’s imperfections.

Now it’s time to sit back, wait for the photos and video and drink our coffee out of our Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Adler mugs. (One of many very cool wedding gifts- thanks all!) Alas, the thank you’s still need to be done (yikes!) and our kitchen needs to be about three times its size to fit all of our new gadgets, pots and pans; we’re slowly starting the next big life step- buying a home. (but that’s a whole new blog!)

Thanks Jeff Newsom for the stunning art you created and Lindsay Hile for the fun party and detail pics to share.

Engagement

Nicole and Matt
A Keep Portland Weird Engagement

Nicole and Matt are a fun and exhuberant couple who live in NYC but decided that Portland was the perfect destination for their 2015 wedding. We had a lot of fun during our Portland themed engagement shoot. The bridges, the buildings and the vibe. We shared a lot of laughs and I’m really looking forward to their September wedding!