The Tapestry Blog
Here you will find resources for planning, features on Tapestry couples, information about the Tapestry way of planning weddings, elopements, and ceremonies, and reflections on the wedding industry from our team. We also love to feature vendors and share the creative efforts from our styled shoots .
Our blog library is a consistent, relevant, real-talk resource to help you prepare for your launch into marriage. Whether it’s about how to have the hard conversations about who pays for what in your wedding or practical questions like how to hike in your wedding outfit, we want to be here to support you through this process and beyond.
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All You Need to Know About Marriage Documentation
Whether you are eloping or having a formal wedding, marriage licenses can be quite a process in making sure you’ve got all the correct information. We frequently get questions from couples about how this process works.
A Postponed Celebration: Kelleen + Max
The last few years have been a whirlwind of uncertainty for many couples. If you were planning a wedding celebration during the peak of Coronavirus, you have learned the importance of adaptation and patience.
Real Couple Wedding: Victoria + Dan at Sodo Park Seattle
Victoria and Dan’s wedding celebration in Seattle combined compassion and inclusiveness like no other.
COVID Communication Templates for Your Wedding
COVID has made communicating about weddings and gatherings difficult. We recommend forming a COVID policy for your gathering that respects your boundaries as a couple and aligns with the CDC guidelines.
For Your Invitations: COVID-19 Requirements Wording
Figuring out how to safely return to live events due to COVID-19 is going to be a thing for longer than we want. There is no magical wave of a wand that will make everyone comfortable…
How to Spend the Time Before Your Wedding, Postponement Edition
“The one thing I wish I would have done differently was…” When you hear that sentence, you know to perk up your ears because a big dose of wisdom is about to be dropped into your lap.
Wedding Postponed: How to (Re)Create Excitement for Your Big Day
Couples getting married in 2020 and 2021 have a challenge in front of them: how to create excitement around their wedding launch when gatherings are still unsafe.
Real Couple Weekend Celebration: Heather + Peter in Mazama
Heather and Peter’s celebration was all about Mazama: the place they fell in love, spend most of their time, and have a second home.
Elopement Pivot: Reflections on Having an Elopement When You Planned for a Wedding
Like many COVID-19 couples, Max and I decided to postpone our planned wedding celebration and get eloped with our closest two friends. This was the best decision we could have made…
Real Couple Elopement: Jo + Aki at Cape Kiwanda
Jo and Aki’s elopement story speaks to us because of the variety of ways the couple adapted during COVID-19. Though the couple originally wanted to have a wedding…
The Next Generation of Vow Renewals
Seeing how the pandemic has reshaped weddings, we are wanting to ask the question: What about vow renewals? Do they have a role to play?
Wellington Snow Shed Elopement: Talissa + Trevor
Red and black may not be the first colors you think of when you think “marriage”, but this palette was perfect for the glamorous and gritty styled shoot out in the Cascades.