Intimate weddings have a way of making every detail feel even more meaningful. This garden wedding at the Simpson House was equal parts cozy & refined… but most importantly, filled with their closest loved ones. If you’ve been dreaming of an intimate wedding, let this be your sign.
Management | @ay_plans
Venue | @simpsonhousekc
Photographer | @_waldron_
Florals | @bergamotandivykc
Cake | @chefshopstark
“Unconventional everything!”
Our first meeting produced this quote, I was spellbound, and off we went.
When everything was said and done—Sonia and Devon would tell you they ended up shifting slightly toward tradition—it was truly a uniquely unconventional, true-to-them party for their people. There was a ball pit, their dads slang late-night burgers, they rode their usual street car route after the small ceremony on top of their apartment, and they eventually rode off in a pedicab.
It was all *great.* A wonderful celebration brought to fullest life by @commonground.events .
Sonia and Devon — October, 2025
Credit:
Design and coordination: @commonground.events
Photo: @_waldron_
HMUA: @paradisebeautykc
Floral: @lilyfloralcollective
Stationery: the couple with @commonground.events and @mintedweddings
Reception and bar service: @theaustinvenuekc
Ball Pit: @thepartytrend
Dinner: @bucktuibbq
Dessert: @thecwordkc@yousaytomatokc
Rentals: @citrus.table@supplyevent
Entertainment: @drvioletdream
Service Staff: @gregdemkc
Photo Booth: @_waldron_
Late-night Burgers: @cosmoburger_kc
Getaway Pedicab: @ezpedicabs
I think I made eight posts to Instagram last year.
And depending on how you choose to look at things on the whole, that’s either exceptionally bad or exceptionally good. I think it’s more the latter than the former, for better or worse, but in any event I made a lot of work of which I’m really proud.
So — now that the work has settled a bit, I want to make more of a concerted effort to share it. Weddings, some family portraits, all of it.
And I think this is a good starting point — from the top, working backwards.
Maddie and Luuk — January, 2026 — with @hitchedinkc
Credit:
Design and coordination: @hitchedinkc@mrs._breanne_lopez_
HMUA: @bronzedandblushed
Floral: @goodearthfloral
Stationery: @brandedxbee
Ceremony: Redemptorist Kansas City
Reception and Dinner: @hotel_kansascity
Dessert: @bluethistlecakes
Entertainment: @djalexreedkc
Transportation: @showtime_limokc
Photo Booth: @heartboothkc
In thirty or forty years Morgan and Aaron will have fond memories of making vows and signing a paper on a Monday evening in their first home. They’ll remember how they’d just moved in… how they’d started making the place their own… but also how so much great character had been left by the original owners of several decades. The wallpaper… the furniture… the art over the fireplace… the chair lift… all part of the story. How Kit and Kiwi were both there—in real life and also by way of the embroidery on Morgan’s dress. How they’d just raised up the dining room chandelier together so no one would bump their head into it. How they’d switched the couch around so folks could sit on it and watch them, and then enjoy barbecue and conversation on it later. How Morgan’s sister sprayed hose water on the outside of the window to add some character during their vows.
All part of the story — just like it was.
Some big and small frames from my time with Morgan and Aaron, a few of their family and friends, Kit, and Kiwi.
Photographed in entirety on a handful of 35mm cameras and a Holga.
