When you’re planning and have a mega hurdle to overcome, it can be pretty darn tough to imagine your big day turning out as beautiful as you hoped. With the help of Cause We Can Events, Valerie + Ryan were set to celebrate with 80 guests at a reception in Big Sur. But epic storms and mudslides changed the plan. Turns out, this setback led them to check out the Carmel Valley Ranch, and as Jordan Galindo‘s photos definitively prove, these two achieved the ethereal, romantic California wedding they dreamed of all along.

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Valerie’s bridal bouquet by Katie of Eothen Floral consisted of dahlias, strawflower, garden roses, abelia leaf, pistachio leaf, and mums.
Valerie says, The place card holders were made from our own wine corks we saved for the past few years. We tried to give guests a cork where it may be an inside joke or something they could relate to. We also went with a non-traditional guest book and instead had guests sign a custom framed ?Love? sign that Ryan had given me for Valentine?s Day one year. We also loved putting together our custom welcome bags for guests when they arrived to their hotels for the weekend. We had custom totes designed that mimicked our save the dates along with a weekend itinerary, our favorite snacks, custom Koozie and a survival kit inside.

They wanted the vibe...