Today we are featuring a fabulous fall-inspired Real Wedding. When Beau-coup’s own vivacious superstar customer service agent Carrey got engaged, she knew she wanted a fall wedding with all the bold hues of the season. Carrey and Jesse’s gorgeous wedding took place at the lovely Peachwoods in Santa Cruz, CA and was photographed by Ming Ho Photography. Here’s a question and answer session I did with the lovely bride!

Q: How did the two of you meet?
A: We were invited by a mutual friend to a bar for a going away party and were introduced there.

Q: How did he propose?
A: It was the day before my birthday and I came home from work and my present was on the couch. He let me open it a day early and it was a pair of Ugg boots. He told me to try them on and in one of the shoes was a jewelry box. I had no idea it was a ring. I thought it was earrings. When I opened it he asked if I would marry him and I said, “Uh, duh!”

Q: Did you have a theme for your wedding and how did you carry it out?
A: The wedding was in October so we wanted a fall theme but we didn’t want it to be Halloweeny or Thanksgivingy. We used oranges and browns for everything. The flowers were orange dahlias and the centerpieces were orange pumpkins with the flowers in them. We gave our guests personalized fall cookies as wedding favors. The dresses and tuxedo accents were brown. We sprinkled the guest book table with faux leaves and amber tealights were at all the tables.

Q: Did you have any special traditions you carried out?
A: No. hahaha!

Q: What was the most memorable moment of your wedding day?
A: When my dad gave his speech at dinner it was so precious and sweet and it made me cry.

Q: Which is your favorite picture (and why)?
A: There is a picture of us right after we fed each other the cake and he is looking at his fingers gleefully and I’m looking at my hands in horror and it is just so funny and really shows our personality and easy going spirit we both have. There is also another one of him taking off my garter and “Make it Rain” was playing and I think I’m throwing gang signs. Really funny.

Q: What was the funniest moment?
A: See above

Q: Did everything go as you’d planned?
A: Everything went perfectly! I did all of the planning way in advance so I knew I had everything before hand. The flowers, cake, favors, food, guests, us were all there on time and everything flowed. We never felt stressed and never felt worried. It was an awesome party.

Q: What did you pick out for your wedding favors?
A: Fall leaf and pumpkin cookies with our monogram on them and a personalized hang tag with our names and wedding date.

Q: Tell us about your dress.
A: My dress was the first dress I tried on in the store. The second I tried it on, I knew it was mine but I tried on a couple more just to make sure. It was satin with organza and lace over the top with pearl details. I loved that the train was sheer and lacy and reminded me of a fairy tale.

Q: Where did you take your honeymoon?
A: We went to Maui. We rode horses around the volcanic rocks and went zip lining through the rainforest. We snorkeled and swam with a sea turtle. We also took the road to Hana and hiked to all the waterfalls. It was amazing!

Q: What was the favorite part about the whole wedding experience (from proposal to the honeymoon)?
A: I loved the planning part and picking everything out and knowing how it was all going to come together and match and the actual wedding was awesome cause I got to see all the hard work paid off and see everything together and everyone having a great time.

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