Ashley and Greg chose a really special date for their wedding: their sixth anniversary!
They were married at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City, on a very windy Saturday, overlooking the river and New York City. Ashley and Greg laugh a lot, so we, of course, had to include that in their ceremony, with a sweet and funny retelling of their first meeting – where the both promptly fell in love at first sight!
They wrote their own vows, and kept them a secret from one another – but managed to cite the same private joke, and each mentioned the special meaning behind their wedding date. It really showed how in sync Ashley and Greg are, and how well they complement each other.
We concluded their ceremony with a Shakespearan sonnet, which felt very approriate as we braved the winds during the ceremony:
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
All in all, it was a wonderful ceremony for two wonderful people, who, even after six years, are still head over heels in love with each other. Ashley and Greg, I loved being a part of your wedding! Congratulations again!
All photos are courtesy of Black Dog Photography.
I always bring copies of their vows for the bride and groom, and I couldn’t believe how well the vows coordinated with Ashley’s bouquet!
You can see Ashley’s beautiful engagement ring, with sapphires!
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
jessie!!!!!! thank you SO much again for everything. we are beyond happy with how the ceremony turned out. you put so many personalized touches on all aspects of our wedding. all of our family and friends couldn’t stop talking about how beautiful it was. we couldn’t be happier!!
ashley akselband commented on
May 04 10 at
3:09 pm
