gorgeous weddings + city settings
We love flipping through our couple's wedding photos as they roll in, and appreciating how unique each experience is here.
We love our neighborhood - its proximity to Downtown, the beautiful historic warehouses, the muted color palettes... and one repeating theme we always adore is when the couples take to the streets to shoot.
Here are a few of our favorite captures.
Michelle + Justin
Photos by Kimberly Seabury
Stunning floral instal courtesy of Starflower
The Venue Report
Go-to wedding resource site The Venue Report showed us some sweet social media love with a recent post! We love the way our profile looks on their site, and their user-friendly interface brings us some really great leads.
U/P on BuzzFeed!
HYPEBEAST!!!
Snaps of Union/Pine and all the other rad spots freshly painted by Forest For the Trees just hit one of our favorite sites - Hypebeast ! So cool.
Green Wedding Shoes
This wedding was a total jaw-dropper. Congratulations to all the vendors and to this rad new Mr & Mrs for pulling off such a perfect celebration, and thank you to Green Wedding Shoes for the feature!
Click the photo to see the full post on GWS.
Clare + Zach
New paint job, courtesy of Forest For the Trees!
Our West-facing wall got a major upgrade last week when 2 incredible artists made it their canvas as part of the Forest For the Trees art project. Ola Volo and Zach Yarrington created a stunning homage to a phrase that is near and dear to the heart of our building: 'Nothing Good Comes Easy'. Huge thank you to Ola, Zach, and Gage Hamilton, the man behind the Forest.
About FFTT: Established in 2013, Forest For The Trees is a non-profit project dedicated to the creation of contemporary public art in Portland. The festival brings together local and international artists in a collaborative setting and provides them with the freedom and resources to create artworks in environments that are freely accessible to the local community.
Oregon Bride Magazine 'Insta Faves'
Gotta love the 'Selfie Station' our Megan Adams created for last weekend's U/P couple. Excited that it's getting some love from Oregon Bride Magazine!
Seismic upgrade
We recently completed a major seismic upgrade on our building, which means we are now fully retrofitted, should that 'big one' ever hit. We also had a new sidewalk poured, built a new deck and bench, and replaced the front wood wall and 'sunken living room floor' while we were at it.
It was a long road to get here, and a challenge to pull off the massive job in the midst of wedding season, but we are proud to share that we have made it through the process!
Click the post title to see photos of the work from our Facebook feed.
Tyler + Stephanie
Photos by Crimson & Clover
Kathryn + Jaime
Photos by Bryan Rupp
Junebug weddings feature
This wedding was a big undertaking for our friend S.Major, one of Portland's premier wedding planners and florists. It was clearly well worth all the effort of Stephanie and the rest of the killer crew as you can see from this feature on Junebug!
Stunning pics by The Gemmers.
Oregon Bride Magazine feature
So honored to have hosted the nuptials of these gorgeous women. Congratulations and best wishes on your big move east, Alyssa + Christy!
Eddie + Natalie
Union/Pine wedding
Love Wins
'No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.
The judgement of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed.
It is so ordered.'
- Justice Anthony Kennedy
Rock N Roll Bride feature
It is our favorite thing to see how couples take our space and really make it THEIRS, and Lacey and Paco embraced that freedom in such perfect ways. So happy to see this wedding featured a second time - this one on the very cool Rock n Roll Bride.
30 Days of Vendors
Thank you to our friends at Champagne Wedding Coordination for highlighting us on 30 Days of Vendors!
Our favorite quote from the interview :
Champagne: Best tip you have for couples planning their wedding?
Summer: Patrick and I are planning our own wedding right now, so I can speak from that perspective for the first time: take it all in stride. Start early, but don’t stress out about tackling it all right away. Chip a little bit off of the list every few weeks, and have fun with it together. The planning process is a huge bonding experience, so use it as an excuse to practice not stressing out together when you absolutely could be.
Website update!
Please enjoy a wander through the new and improved www.unionpine.com
Huge thanks to the incredibly talented Leigh Ring for her perfect vision and hard work!
