{"id":13038,"date":"2020-02-21T09:50:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vsiena2021.ave25.com\/wedding-talk\/?p=13038"},"modified":"2020-02-21T09:50:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T16:50:23","slug":"marissa-brad-january-26-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/marissa-brad-january-26-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Marissa &#038; Brad ~ January 26, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Stunning Winter Ceremony Full Of Memories And Love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Extended-Family-Formals-0025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Extended-Family-Formals-0025-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Extended-Family-Formals-0025-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Extended-Family-Formals-0025.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Wedding-Party-Formals-0058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Wedding-Party-Formals-0058-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Wedding-Party-Formals-0058-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Wedding-Party-Formals-0058-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Wedding-Party-Formals-0058.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We love seeing couples who are celebrating a lifetime of romance \u2014 so hearing that Marissa and Brad had known each other since middle school was a real treat! This day was magical from start to finish. Their ceremony included a special candle ceremony that was truly unique, with the song <em>1,000 Years<\/em> as a backing track \u2014 as the officiant it said, it certainly felt true for this particular couple! The bride was absolutely stunning in a ivory and white gown with amazing custom beadwork and the groom wore a dapper grey suit that gave the whole feel a modern twist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Wedding-Party-Formals-0095.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Wedding-Party-Formals-0095-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Wedding-Party-Formals-0095-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Wedding-Party-Formals-0095-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Wedding-Party-Formals-0095.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a>The design of the wedding and reception was stunning \u2014 we loved the use of mulberry, plums, and pinks that accented the silver beautifully. It created a really romantic backdrop to the couple\u2019s first dance, which was to <em>Perfect <\/em>by Ed Sheeran. The speeches showed just how happy everyone was for this couple, from the best man thanking Marissa for making Brad the man he is today to the maid of honor pointing out that this is a couple who genuinely values each other and puts each other first. And just so everyone could remember what a really magical night it was, the couple\u2019s hashtag \u2014 #theblakes26 \u2014 made sure that everyone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Bride-Groom-0004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Bride-Groom-0004-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Bride-Groom-0004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Bride-Groom-0004-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marissa-Brad-Wedding-1-26-18-Bride-Groom-0004.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a>could get involved and stay connected, sharing those wedding memories.<\/p>\n<p>Marissa and Brad were such a happy, lively couple with a connection that\u2019s been growing stronger and stronger for years \u2014 we have no doubt they\u2019ve got a very special lifetime ahead of them!<\/p>\n<p>Photography by: Tiffany Ryland Photography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Stunning Winter Ceremony Full Of Memories And Love We love seeing couples who are celebrating a lifetime of romance \u2014 so hearing that Marissa and Brad had known each other since middle school was a real treat! This day was magical from start to finish. Their ceremony included a special candle ceremony that was&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/marissa-brad-january-26-2018\/\" title=\"Read Marissa &#038; Brad ~ January 26, 2018\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding-ceremony-and-reception"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13038"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14813,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13038\/revisions\/14813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasiena.cc\/wedding-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}