An Intimate Maui Wedding Full of Sunshine and Coconuts

Lauren Megerdichian
December 5, 2022
Categories: Destination, Real Weddings, The Blog

Need an instant dose of Vitamin D on this sleepy Monday afternoon? We’ve got just the medicine for you. Consider today’s Maui wedding planned by VOWS Wedding & Event Planning your one-way ticket to paradise. The bride and groom tied the knot under an arbor lush with tropical blooms by Bella Bloom Floral Boutique. Later, guests were welcomed to the seaside reception by a monogrammed coconut escort display that’s guaranteed to go viral. Get on island time at the full gallery, captured by Dmitri and Sandra Photography!

From Owner Katy Roberts of Vows Wedding Wedding & Event Planning… Beautiful couple inside and out, Los Angeles based Lyssa and Michael gave us 6 months to plan and design their multilayered and playful dream day in paradise. Inclusiveness of their intimate group of 40 for the entire wedding weekend was #1 priority. They landed on the spectacular oceanfront lawn at the Wailea Beach Resort by Marriott in South Maui for their wedding venue and home base for celebrating love, family and friendship all weekend at the end of June 2022. Bride Lyssa wanted a classic yet playful look which I think perfectly matches her fun and silly personality.

From our bride Lyssa… Getting married on Maui surrounded by our closest family and friends was a dream come true . Two main priorities for our wedding day were for us and our guests to embrace the tropical island feel of our location and to spend as much intimate and quality time together as we could.

The lawn at the Wailea Beach Resort was the perfect location for our event as the setting next to the ocean waves and lava rock provided a naturally beautiful backdrop. The green and white tropical flower arrangements were absolutely stunning and made the space feel elegant and special but also highlighted the natural landscape and let the natural beauty speak for itself! The white leis placed on the back of everyone’s ceremony chairs were one of our favorite touches that made for a beautiful ceremony space and special treat for our guests. And it was fun to see everyone wearing their leis throughout the rest of the evening!

We kept our ceremony and reception all in one location on the oceanfront lawn; this set-up, including some other specifics of our lay-out that our wedding planner Katy Roberts inspired, helped to facilitate more of that intimate feeling for us and our guests throughout the evening. Her recommendation for us to take some time together after the ceremony, just the two of us, was one we were glad we listened to! The cocktail area was set-up with lounge furniture and lawn games to facilitate easy mingling and hang-out time for our guests. And for our reception area, the dinner tables circling the dance floor with the bistro lights strung overhead created the feeling of an intimate gathering for the entire night! Our day was the perfect balance of time for just us as husband and wife and time celebrating and dancing the night away with our loved ones.

In addition to the lawn games during cocktail hour, we wanted some other fun touches that helped us, and our guests, get in the Aloha spirit! Seeing this was a destination wedding, some of our guests had never been to Hawaii before, so we wanted our wedding day to help them experience that Maui Island feeling. We loved the monogrammed coconuts from Catered Coconuts with the addition of some fun tropical straws and all our guests received a pair of colorful sunglasses as their seating assignment. The group photo of everyone in front of a palm tree with these party favors (and their leis!) made for one of my favorite photos from the wedding!