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Real Weddings · Napa, CA
A Ten-Guest Culinary Micro Wedding at the CIA at Copia
Sarah & MikeNovember 2022The CIA at Copia · Napa
Sarah and Mike's culinary micro wedding at the CIA at Copia in Napa was ten guests in the Culinary Garden in November 2022, a food-forward Napa wedding set at the Culinary Institute of America, where the ceremony and the wine country's most famous teaching kitchen shared one address.
Hair and makeup at the hotel in the morning, a sand ceremony among the garden beds in the afternoon, and a long farmhouse-style table pulled together for a 10-guest culinary celebration at dinner, an eighteen-foot floral runner down the middle of it, under a canopy of twinkle lights.
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Morning
Getting Ready at the Archer
Sarah got ready at the hotel with her mom, her sister, and her aunt, the hair and makeup stylist working through curls and lashes while the florist's arrangements were brought over: a cascading bridal bouquet, a boutonniere, and the roses that would go to the moms later.
There was no first look. Sarah and Mike had decided to see each other for the first time at the top of the aisle, so the two of them got ready apart and saved it for the garden.
Afternoon
A Sand Ceremony in the Culinary Garden at Copia
The ceremony was outdoors in the Culinary Garden at the CIA at Copia, the working produce beds of a teaching campus standing in for a florist's arrangement. Rev. Richard Meyer officiated. Mike walked in first with his mom to "Arioso," then Sarah came down the rose-petal aisle on her dad's arm to "Married Life" and "Up" on violin and piano.
They poured a sand ceremony, two colors into one vessel, and partway through Sarah and Mike each handed a single white rose to their moms and to Sarah's aunt. When it was done they walked back up the aisle together to "This Will Be an Everlasting Love."
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