Ma mua o Malaki 2020—e hoʻomanaʻo i ka Before COVID Times?—i kou lohe ʻana i ka huaʻōlelo elope, ua kiʻi koke paha ʻoe i kahi mea hoʻohālike Elvis i loko o kahi hale pule Vegas. Akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i nā elopements ke lilo i mea nani loa a maoli ʻO ka hoʻoholo akamai—ʻoi loa i ka pili ʻana i ke olakino a me ka palekana i waena o kēia maʻi maʻi. Ma kahi o ka lilo ʻana i kahi pivot COVID noʻonoʻo, ʻaʻole manaʻo ka eloping e pono ʻoe e pale i kāu papa inoa makemake male. E noʻonoʻo i nā male nani o Raleigh, North Carolina, nā male hou ʻo Jenny lāua ʻo Rob. ʻOiai ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia lāua a male ma mua o COVID, e hoʻomau ʻia kā lākou hoʻoholo e hoʻoholo i kahi honua coronavirus. ʻO kekahi, ʻaʻohe o lākou makemake e komo i ka ʻaiʻē male e like me ka nui o nā hoaaloha i hana ai ma mua o lākou. No laila, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kā lākou pūnaewele lokomaikaʻi o ka poʻe aloha, ua hoʻolālā lāua i kahi pāʻina liʻiliʻi maikaʻi loa ma Pinterest ma ko lāua pā hale ponoʻī, piha i nā mea hoʻonaninani DIY kupaianaha a me kahi ʻahaʻaina a me ka hoʻokipa maoli.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo a ka wahine mare? E noʻonoʻo iā ʻoe iho, 'He aha kaʻu makemake?' ʻAʻole, ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā, 'He aha kaʻu makemake?' Inā makemake ʻoe i kahi kuʻuna, e mālama. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe, e lele! Nui ke kūʻokoʻa ke hoʻoholo ʻoe e hana i nā mea ma ke ala oe makemake maoli, ma mua o ke ʻano āu e manaʻo ai. Kanikau. Eia pehea ʻo Jenny i hoʻopaʻa ai i kāna mau moeʻuhane male hope loa i loko o kahi elopement kūpono e hoʻopili ʻia me nā kāne e makemake mau nei e hoʻolauleʻa i kā lākou aloha i ka manawa o COVID.
PILI: ʻO kēia ke ʻano o kahi male male $900
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle Riley
PA'I PA'I
ʻO ka hopu ʻana i ka mea kilokilo o ka lā ʻo ia ka helu mua a Jenny a me kahi kālā hiki ʻole ke kūkākūkā. A no laila, ʻaneʻane hele ka pūlāwai holoʻokoʻa i kāna mea paʻi kiʻi kupaianaha Danielle Riley ($1,000 no ka pūʻolo elopement). Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ke kiʻi ma luna, ua ʻaelike mākou a pau, ʻeā? ʻOi loa. Splurge. Mau loa. A-e like me nā mea kūʻai aku - e hele i nā alakaʻi olakino a me ka palekana (ʻo ia hoʻi ke kau ʻana i nā masks i ka manawa holoʻokoʻa a me ka mālama ʻana i nā lula mamao) o kāu hanana (ma ke kākau ʻana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi) a e hōʻoia ua mākaukau lākou a makemake e mālama iā lākou. .
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyNA AAHU
I ka wā e pili ana i ka lole, hele mua ʻo Jenny i kekahi mau hale ʻaina mare - akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hōʻoia i ka uku. Ma hope o ke kauoha ʻana i kekahi mau lole haʻahaʻa e hoʻāʻo ai ma ka home, ua koho ʻo ia i kahi kapa keʻokeʻo boho mai E hoike mai ia'u i kou Mumu . Ma keʻano he mea leʻaleʻa no nā kiʻi, ua kāhiko ka makuahine o Jenny i ka lole denim punahele a kāna kaikamahine me nā leka vinyl keʻokeʻo e wehewehe ana i ka male male. A no ka lauoho a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, ua mālama ka hoaaloha nani o Jenny i ke kakahiaka-o he makana mare maikaʻi. (Psst: He mea koʻikoʻi loa ka hoʻomau ʻana o kāu mea pena kiʻi a me ka lauoho lauoho e pili ana i nā kaʻina palekana no ka mea ʻo ke ʻano o kā lākou hana e pono ai lākou e pili kokoke iā ʻoe.)
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyNA PALAPALA
Pono ka pua o Jenny e hoʻopili i kahi pua ʻōmaʻomaʻo nona iho, kahi kukini papaʻaina palahalaha a me nā swags e kāhiko i ke kuahu. Ma ʻaneʻi, hana naʻauao ʻo Jenny i kāna pūnaewele: Ua ʻae ka hoaaloha puaʻa o kona makuahine iā ia e kūʻai i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ke kumu kūʻai, a laila hana ʻo Jenny i kāna hoʻonohonoho ʻana, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā papa Pinterest i mea hoʻoikaika.
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle Riley
NOHO AHAAINA
Aloha mākou i ka hale pule waho mehana a me ka nani i hana ʻia e Jenny me kahi noho hui like ʻole. ʻO nā hoʻolimalima pāʻina Boho-chic, nīnau ʻoe? ʻAʻole, lawe maoli lākou i kā lākou papa ʻaina ma waho ... a ua lawe ko lākou mau mākua i kā lākou no ka lā pū kekahi. A no ka mare ʻana o COVID, e hoʻokaʻawale i ka manawa e noʻonoʻo ai i ke kau ʻana o nā noho e hōʻoia i ka palekana a me ka ʻoluʻolu o kāu mau malihini. He manaʻo maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻokaʻawale i nā wahi ma ke ʻano he home no kāu mau malihini e mālama ai i kahi mamao.
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyKUMU
ʻOiaʻiʻo, loaʻa iā Jenny lāua ʻo Rob kahi waiwai nani loa e hoʻokipa ai i kā lāua pā hale. Ua paʻa mua kēia loko iʻa, ka lattice arbor, a no laila ʻo nā mea a Jenny e hana ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻoulu ʻana me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo, nā lole olonā a me nā kikoʻī rustic e like me nā ʻōmole a me nā leka kahiko (he nui nā helu Goodwill!).
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyNA PALAKALAKA
He mea koʻikoʻi nā waiwai pepa i hoʻopilikino ʻia no Jenny, ʻoiai nā kaohi kālā, no laila ua loaʻa iā ia nā papahana akamai a hoʻolālā a me nā hoʻolaha elopement iā ia iho, a laila paʻi ʻo ia ma ke kāleka ma ka hana. E nānā i nā ʻeke liʻiliʻi keʻokeʻo i kau ʻia ma kēlā me kēia noho…
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle Riley
NA HANA AILE
E nānā ʻoe i kēia nānā i nā kikoʻī? No ka ʻaʻahu a hoʻohui i nā noho like ʻole, nakinaki ʻo Jenny i nā pūpū lavender maloʻo i nā pou noho me ka twine. (Ua kauoha nui ʻia nā mea ʻelua ma Amazon.)
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyKAUKAU
No laila pehea inā he liʻiliʻi wale kāu mau malihini a me kahi wahi pololei? Aloha mākou i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o Jenny i kēlā me kēia māhele o kāna male ʻana me nā kuhikuhi pena pena. No ka ʻahaʻaina…
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyLAVENDER TOSS
E hoʻolauleʻa i ka haʻi ʻana o ke kāne a me ka wahine! ʻO nā ʻeke pulupulu keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi a me ka lavender maloʻo maloʻo i DIY'd me ka manaʻo hoʻokahi e hopu i kēia manawa kupanaha.
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyAINA AINA
He pāʻina hoʻokipa maikaʻi anei? ʻOiaʻiʻo aia. ʻO kā lākou hoʻokipa aloha ʻana no 22 i mālama ʻia e ka hale ʻaina Mekiko punahele a nā kāne ... no nā $ 10 a pau i ke poʻo. Hāʻawi i ka loiloi meaʻai i ka nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī no ka mea he hana koʻikoʻi ia i ka mālama pono ʻana i nā mea. No ka liʻiliʻi o kāu papa inoa malihini, pono ʻoe e ʻike pono pehea e hana ʻia ai ka meaʻai a hāʻawi ʻia i kāu mau malihini i hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻoia i ka palekana o kēlā me kēia.
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle Riley'KAHUA'
Pehea ka nani loa o kēia hoʻonohonoho ʻaina ahiahi? No ka hana ʻana i ka papaʻaina, kūʻai ʻo Jenny lāua ʻo Rob i kahi ʻāpana lāʻau paʻa ma ka Home Depot a waiho ʻia ma luna o nā poloka cinder. Ua ʻaiʻē maoli ʻia nā pākeke mai nā hoaaloha, a ua kūʻai ʻia nā uluna hou mai IKEA no $5 paʻa. ʻO kēia ka uhi nani o nā kukui uila? Ua noi mua lākou iā lākou, ma kā lākou kākau inoa.
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyALOHA
ʻEkolu hauʻoli no nā kikoʻī pilikino. He kanaka kope kope ʻo Jenny a ʻohi i nā kīʻaha i kāna huakaʻi a pau. I hui pū ʻia me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he hale kūʻai kofe kona kaikunāne, ʻo ia hoʻi he mea pono ka hale kofe no nā malihini i ka hōʻea ʻana. (ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo ia i kēia manawa—akā, ʻeā, meaʻai no ka noʻonoʻo!) Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Jenny i kahi hōʻailona a ua pālua ʻia nā kīʻaha kope ma ke ʻano he makana mare no nā malihini.
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyPAPA PALAPALA
ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻoi aku ka manaʻo o kēia papa ʻaina Insta-worthy. Ua kūʻai nui ʻia nā ipu hao ma Walmart, a ʻo nā papa a me nā mea ʻokiʻoki he mea hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia (!), ʻO kekahi akamai Amazon i loaʻa e Jenny.
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyHOOLAHA
Pehea ka photogenic o kēia pā hiʻona? ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo leʻaleʻa: He lole kulu o ka mea pena kiʻi he $10 a ke kaikoʻeke akamai o Jenny i kaha lima. Manaʻo kekahi hooleiia ma keia mau hana puuwai a pau?
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyMAKEMAKE
ʻO kahi hoʻokuʻu pūnaewele ʻē aʻe: ʻO kēia mau pies blueberry liʻiliʻi, i lilo i keke male male. ʻO ka mea hana ʻai ma ka hale kūʻai kofe o ke kaikunāne o Jenny i hahau iā lākou a hiki i ka $100. ʻO ka mea ʻai hoʻokahi lawelawe ʻo ia ke ala akamai loa e paʻi i ka niho momona o kēlā me kēia kanaka me ka makaʻu ʻole i ka hoʻohaumia ʻana.
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyHULA
No kāna papahele hula, ua hoʻopakele ʻo Jenny i kahi ʻeke Pelekia nui poina mai ka hale lalo o kahi hoaaloha ʻohana. Loaʻa i ka male ka hula mua ma mua o ka kono ʻana i nā malihini e boogie me lākou. Ua loaʻa i ke kaikaina o Jenny ka hanohano o DJ'ing ma luna o ka ʻōnaehana kani Bluetooth. (No laila, adorbs.) No ka COVID elopement, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻokaʻawale i ka papahele hula a i ʻole e hoʻokaʻawale nani i nā ʻāpana me ka lipine keʻokeʻo a ʻeleʻele paha e hoʻokaʻawale a palekana i nā malihini.
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyKUMU kukui
Ua loaʻa iā Jenny kēia mau kumu lāʻau kupaianaha (ʻo ia ka mea i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano he paepae no kāna mau ihoiho) no ka manuahi ma ka mākeke Facebook. No IKEA nā ihoiho iho, a ua ʻaiʻē ʻia nā ipu no ia lā mai nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana like ʻole.
Paʻi kiʻi ʻo Danielle RileyNA MEA KUAI O JENNY
Mea paʻi kiʻi: Danielle Riley
ʻAi: Nana Taco
ʻaʻahu: E hoike mai ia'u i kou Mumu
HOOLAHA
E hoʻopau mākou i nā mea ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia: ʻAʻole kahi elopement ke kumu e kaumaha ai i nā kikoʻī liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi maikaʻi a pau āu i hoʻopaʻa ai a Pinned no nā makahiki. Hoʻouna ʻia ʻo Sparkler ma kou pā hale ponoʻī? Hell i ka ae.
PILI: Ke hana nei kēia male ʻana i ka ʻāina ʻo Rustic Country Cookout iā mākou e loiloi hou i nā mea āpau