We've all had the thought at some stage during wedding planning about running off to Vegas and eloping, right? Well, how about having the best of both worlds? That's exactly what we did! After our magical Irish wedding with family and friends we headed off and said I do times two in fabulous Las Vegas as part of our honeymoon a few weeks later. Featuring a sweet Little White Chapel ceremony, donuts, champagne and showers of gold confetti, our fun Retro Las Vegas Vow Renewal celebration was captured by Kristen Kay Photography and will make you think twice about stereotypical Las Vegas...

Here's a little insight into all the fun that unfolded..."Originally during our wedding planning we joked (almost daily!) about running off to Las Vegas to get married so much that I had been looking up everything from flights to vintage venues and stylists over there.  Realising it wasn't a realistic option, we settled for Ireland and had our dream wedding surrounded by family and friends here. However, we ended up planning a trip to Vegas later in the year as a second Honeymoon so we decided to go for it and have a 2nd mini wedding/vow renewal there!"

"While many think of Las Vegas weddings as being tacky, the mini ceremony wasn't tacky or cheesy at all. We had the most charming celebrant who was oh-so-sweet and said such lovely things about marriage that will forever stick with us. There are lots of options for your ceremony but we chose to sit in a pink cadillac to exchange our vows again. When in Vegas right?!"

"After our mini renewal we devoured doughnuts we had ordered from Pinkbox Doughnuts (honestly the best doughnuts i've ever tasted!), picked up a bottle of pink champagne in Walgreens and bought confetti cannons which never got used from our Irish wedding and celebrated on the vibrant streets of old Vegas with these and our photographer Kristen.  It was just.so.fun!"

For our attire we choose a retro look to tie in with our surroundings. I wore a green Lindy Bop dress (which I picked up for around €20 in a sale!) paired with vintage gloves, pearls and a vintage hair accessory and I re-wore my wedding day shoes. My makeup was flawless and hair was coiffed to perfection by the wonderful Andie Piazza from Heads Will Roll  who came to our hotel room on the morning of the renewal. Michael re-wore his wedding shirt, trousers and shoes paired with a velvet bowtie and braces which he already had. Frugal fashion at it's finest!

"I'd highly recommend doing this if going to Vegas on Honeymoon or as an Anniversary trip. It was so fun and we will forever have such lovely memories of just the two of us! Our suppliers were all incredible too and made us feel just as special as if it was our wedding day all over again."

A big thank you goes to Kristen Kay Photography for shooting and sharing her work with us. To see more of Kristen's amazing work visit www.kristenkayphotography.com.