When Madeline Moore and Nick Forland decided to get married after eight years and two children together, the couple already knew that a traditional wedding wasn’t on the cards. “We went into the planning process very comfortable with ourselves, giving ourselves permission to have fun,” Madeline says. “We weren’t trying to check all the boxes or accommodate our family’s desires. We were putting this on for ourselves, and we got to be really playful with it.”

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The pair’s unorthodox approach was informed by Madeline’s past experiences as a bride-to-be. “I actually planned a wedding when I was 20 and then canceled it three weeks prior,” she says. “I look back on it and it was so basic. I didn’t know who I was. I was just trying to check all the boxes.” Now, in her mid-30s,

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