Bianca & Joel’s San Francisco Wedding: From the Mission to the Maritime Museum

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When Bianca & Joel couldn’t decide between an Art Deco or Space Invaders theme for their wedding they came up with the unexpected but brilliant idea of blending the two and having an Art Deco Space Invaders themed wedding. This informed their decision to host their wedding reception at San Francisco’s very unique Maritime Museum. The museum is actually kind of shaped like a boat and like many of San Francisco’s lovely older buildings has lovely details inside that lent itself perfectly to their inventive theme.

We started photographing their first look in Clarion Alley and then before their ceremony we moved on the Mission Dolores Church graveyard, and it was actually beautiful and fun. Their ceremony took place inside the beautiful and historic church. It was a nice way for the couple to close out the San Francisco chapter of their lives since they moved to New York very shortly thereafter.

Bianca & Joel worked with the following talented vendors to help make their day a huge success:

Wedding Planning: Cierra for Dreams on a Dime  |  Lighting & DJ: Love in the Mix  |  Catering: La Mediterranee  |  Filipino catering: Kadok’s  |  Cupcakes: Golly’s Goodies  |  Beer: Federation Brewing  |  Bar service: Tonic Beverage Catering

 

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