We’ve been enjoying a nice slow month at home. We finally found the time and gumption to paint our living and dining rooms white. We’ve been enjoying our free weekends wandering antique stores from Olympia to Bremerton. Coincidentally one of our favorite treasure troves called Rampizi is located right here in Tacoma on Antique Row. The trouble is that this place is rarely open and when it is open we are almost always working. What a treat it was to find ourselves up in Rampizi on a Saturday evening admiring the goods while David the owner serenaded us on his hodgepodge drum set. We loaded our station wagon with a mid century buffet, Italian side table and a fun piece of beatnik art to finish off our room re-do. I found this great article in the Tacoma Weekly that describes the magic of Rampizi. While perusing the shop I thought fondly of Sarah and Rob’s wedding, our antique loving couple who were married right up the street in a Tacoma warehouse last summer.
Sarah and Rob created, planned and constructed almost everything in the warehouse space. Their friends and family also contributed in baking pies, making salsa, growing and arranging the flowers, plus setting up and breaking down the space. One of our favorite details were the handmade pallet dinner tables that Rob and Sarah’s dad constructed just for the wedding. We were lucky enough to be one of the recipients of a table after the wedding! We used our table for our display at the Seattle Wedding Show and now it’s found a home in our backyard. I can’t wait to host a summer dinner party centered around our Sarah and Rob “love table”. From Sarah, “I was a little surprised by how much work and time it takes to plan a wedding when you do it yourself. But it was a great gauge of how we will work together to create one cohesive experience”.
Right after their ceremony we wandered up into Rampizi for a few portraits with Sarah and Rob. It was one of my favorite portrait sessions ever, I could have stayed there forever. While we were snapping I noticed all of our eyes shifting and searching for a treasure. A true scavenger never rests! Sarah and Rob are our kind of people. They are creative folks, who love antiques and random collections, cats, succulents, vintage cars, tacos, handmade projects, re-purposed goods, globe lights and pie. And that’s what their wedding was all about! 
Wedding Details:
Venue: The Space, Opera Alley // Food: Masa // Flowers: Friends and Family // Pies: Friends and Family // Bride’s Dress: BGCB // Groom’s Apparel: Ben Sherman, Penguin Tie and Too Boot New York Shoes // Photography: Us of course // Wedding Featured on Green Wedding Shoes.
We both love wintertime and all that comes with it; fireplaces, warm drinks, beautiful mountains, snow covered tress, cozy snuggles. Our friendship started on several ski trips during high school. Skiing and hiking are some of our favorite things to do together. 
For inspiration we found a few ideas on pinterest, but the wedding coordinator and florist at Swiftwater Cellars were our main source of inspiration. They were full of lovely ideas! My advice, don’t get too caught up in the details. Simply plan a day of celebration and love, and the rest will fall into place. In the end, the most important thing was also the most simple. We were standing together before God and all of our friends and family promising to love each other forever.
One of our favorite parts about the wedding was the food and drinks. We choose mainly Northwest cuisine and winter themed drinks. We were going for a winter wonderland vibe, and it all fell together beautifully! We absolutely loved the arch we stood under during the ceremony, it was made of tree branches, lights and little crystals to make it glimmer. Our florist Carol and the coordinator Leena did an amazing job giving us the look we wanted; a cozy, outdoorsy feel with lots and lots of light! Everything turned out beautifully!
The first week of February we took a whirlwind weekend trip to Puerto Rico and fit more into two days than I think we have milked since our college road trip days. We drove across the island in the middle of the night and woke up to a dream beach at the