Beautiful 18K Brewery Wedding in Vista, CA

Congratulations Tracie and Eugene! The couple tied the knot at their gorgeous local wedding at The Woodshed Brewery in Vista, CA. The wedding was a joyous and heartfelt affair filled with laughs and love. See the couple’s first kiss, as well as a surprisingly heartfelt speech from the sister of the bride in their Vista, CA wedding video below!

This gorgeous wedding video was shot by the bride and groom’s guests. They had a fabulous time capturing everything from the ceremony to scuba adventures with their own camera along with the WeddingMix app.

WeddingMix captured the declaration of our love for one another in front of all the people we love. That day is one big happy blur, but being able to go back and look at the expressions on our faces, the love that was captured is by far the most important thing to us.”- Tracie

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Advice from the bride!

1. What part of your wedding planning are you most proud of?

Besides being able to stay on budget, I think we are most proud of the tiny details we were able to sneak in. Both of us love finding the Easter eggs in movies and books and being able to plant a few Easter eggs in our own wedding made it feel that much more special to us.

For example, I convinced our officiant that my sister wanted to do a reading from the book of Hebrews during the ceremony. In reality, my sister stood in front of everyone and read Rick Astley’s “Never gonna give you up” in its near entirety. It was hilarious watching our guests listening to this and slowly beginning to realize that the bride and groom had rick-rolled them.

2. Where did you get married?

We were married at The WoodShed, a small craft brewery in Vista, CA. Here is there website.

3. Why was using WeddingMix appealing for your big day?

Both Eugene and I are quite nerdy and this often results in us being very awkward in front of large groups of people or anyone we don’t know. We seriously discussed forgoing a wedding altogether and simply eloping in order to avoid all the attention that comes with your wedding day.

After we decided we were going to be traditional we made the extra effort to try and minimize how many strangers would be at our wedding. Instead of hiring a DJ, we used Spotify to play music all night. Instead of hiring a photographer, I asked a dear friend from high school if she would do it for us. Instead of finding a pastor, we asked one of our close friends to get ordained and be our officiant.

That is why WeddingMix was so appealing. WeddingMix meant there were no additional strangers to make us feel uncomfortable. There wasn’t a stranger sticking a camera in my face asking me how I felt on the happiest day of my life. We gave the cameras to our friends and family and they captured all the moments they deemed important.

That made the footage that much more special as well. It wasn’t some professional videographer checking off items on his to-do list. It was the people we love most filming the moments they felt were the most special.

4. What were the most important moments that weddingmix was able to capture on your special day?

Not to sound too over the top, but WeddingMix captured the declaration of our love for one another in front of all the people we love. That day is one big happy blur, but being able to go back and look at the expressions on our faces, the love that was captured is by far the most important thing to us.

5. What is your top wedding budget tip(s)?

Be honest about your budget. The last thing you want to do is lie to yourself about how much you actually think you are going to spend. Also, determine early on the items you want to splurge on versus the items you are willing to cut corners on. For us, we absolutely love good food so cutting corners on that simply wasn’t an option.

We allocated a large portion of our budget to food and we did not regret it at all. All of our guests were happy and stuffed and kept going back for seconds. We don’t regret the areas where we cut corners either. We didn’t have a professional DJ, photographer, limo service to or from the venue.

We got ready at friends’ houses instead of paying for a hotel room to use for the day. Cutting those corners did not take away from the “specialness” of that day. So take the time to really assess what is important to you versus what you feel pressured into having. There is no need to keep up with the Jones when it comes to your wedding.