The Perry House Wedding || Monterey California

November 15, 2023

Christina and Jourdan’s wedding with intimate tea ceremony.

The Perry House in Monterey California is a favorite romantic venue to shoot at. It’s gorgeous inside and out! There’s places within walking distance for extra portraits and you really never have to leave the venue! Settle in with a nice warm cup of coffee or other beverage of choice! Christina and Jourdan’s wedding with their intimate Chinese Tea Ceremony is worth the read.

The Story of Christina + Jourdan:

Christina and Jourdan met a long, long time ago connecting over the fact that they are both Cal Bears. Jourdan took Christina on a date in Berkeley to show her all his favorite food spots. These soon became both of their favorites, and a few new were added. Their dinners became the highlight and longer as time went on! These two were to stay!

The year before Jourdan proposed, Christina and him went to Oahu to celebrate a new job that he was going to start. He was also scouting places to propose, but Christina didn’t know that (she kinda did)! They discovered a beach in Haleiwa where they could set up a hammock and watch the sunset.

The next year they returned to Hawaii, but first visited Maui. Jourdan had always planned to propose at the spot where they would hammock in Oahu. A rare moment at Twin Falls where we were totally alone, the rocks outside of their Hana condo that would clack with a rhythm determined by the receding waves, but Jourdan didn’t have the ring on him. Jourdan finally proposed at Haleiwa beach in Oahu as Christina sat on the hammock watching the sun set. She said yes! And then the turtle finally came on shore (barnacle and everything) and totally stole the moment.

The Fairytale Wedding Day: at The Perry House in Monterey California:

Christina says, “I was in awe with how all the wedding decor came together! It was such a lovely sight to see after planning and picking items separately over the year. There were some agonizing color choices and in the end, it all looked so beautiful. Everything was picked specifically because it had sentimental meaning to Jourdan and I, even though from a guest’s view, it may look ordinary. It was very “us” and we loved that so much.”

Christina did two getting ready times, along with two first looks. One was for her tea ceremony look, and the second was for her bridal look.

This day was so special let’s take a look!

After the intimate tea ceremony at The Perry House, Christina dove right into her getting ready for her bridal look. Jourdan saved a few details of his tux to surprise Christina during their 2nd first look!

Christina and Jourdan state: The wedding day itself… it was all a blur!!! We thought since we had a smaller wedding, it would not be like that! It went so fast and we wish it could have been longer. We also joke that we wish we were guests to our own wedding since it was so beautiful haha. One thing Christina loved hearing from Jourdan that everything was coming together flawlessly. He was able to see the decor come in, meet some of the vendors, hear the strings start to play… and it was just magical.

One thing that I specifically love about The Perry House is the ability to “hide” AND do portraits upstairs. Christina didn’t want to risk being seen before the wedding started so we did the bridal first look and all the couples first portraits upstairs. Natural light coming in from all sides of the venue it makes it such an easy thing to do!

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Shugs was a vital part for Christina and Jourdan at the wedding at the Perry House in Monterey!! Christina & Jourdan visited Seattle in 2016 almost around the time when Shugs first opened. They were excited to have them 7 years later!

Christina thought it was crazy to have an ice cream truck all the way from Seattle, but then decided it was their wedding! We loved how all the guests enjoyed fun ice cream during the evening. Great way to end the night 🙂

Congrats to the new Mr. & Mrs.