One of our most favorite things about elopements (aside from the fact that they’re just so sweet!) is the flexibility to exchange your vows in a unique place. It’s not so easy to transport a bunch of your guests to a remote mountain top, alongside a secluded waterfall – or in this case – under a bridge in Cathedral Park in Portland, but when it’s just the two of you, all the rules can fly out the window and you can really focus on what you want as a couple. For Jillian + Colin, the phrase, “we want a marriage not a wedding” kept popping up in conversation, so after months of deliberating they decided to plan an intimate marriage ceremony and throw a party a few months afterward so they could devote all their energy to each event separately. So smart, right? Jillian shares a bit more with us about why she + Colin decided to do things their way below:
