{"id":20701,"date":"2026-01-27T10:04:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/?p=20701"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:34:15","slug":"real-essense-of-australia-bride-erica-trey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/real-essense-of-australia-bride-erica-trey\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Essense of Australia Bride Erica &amp; Trey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Erica and Trey\u2019s love story&nbsp;began as high school friends and blossomed into a love story filled with adventure. Their windswept engagement on the beaches of La Jolla was nothing short of unforgettable, especially as a&nbsp;hurricane and earthquake rolled in. When it came time for the pair to&nbsp;say&nbsp;\u201cI do,\u201d they chose a setting as extraordinary as their love. Surrounded by loved ones and a surprise venue location, their wedding was a breathtaking blend of romance,&nbsp;whimsy&nbsp;and elegance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.30-AM-676x1024.jpg\" alt=\"True bride Erica posing with her husband\" class=\"wp-image-20705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.30-AM-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.30-AM-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.30-AM-768x1164.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.30-AM.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-erica-nbsp-tell-us-about-your-partner-how-did-you-meet-nbsp\"><strong>ERICA,&nbsp;TELL US ABOUT YOUR PARTNER. HOW DID YOU MEET?<\/strong>\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Trey and I have known each other since high school. We grew up in the same&nbsp;hometown,&nbsp;and&nbsp;always considered each other good friends. It&nbsp;wasn&#8217;t&nbsp;until I moved away for college and came home for the summer that we realized we had the potential to be more than friends. We have been&nbsp;together&nbsp;for nine&nbsp;years!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trey proposed&nbsp;to me&nbsp;on the beaches of La Jolla in San Diego, California.&nbsp;We took a road trip with our dog Charlie,&nbsp;to celebrate his&nbsp;second&nbsp;birthday. I would love to say it was perfect,&nbsp;but like all things in life,&nbsp;there were elements we had no control&nbsp;over.&nbsp;There was a hurricane rolling in when Trey proposed, and&nbsp;we also experienced our first&nbsp;earthquake&nbsp;that weekend. To say it was a memorable&nbsp;weekend is&nbsp;putting it&nbsp;lightly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.29-AM-677x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.29-AM-677x1024.jpg 677w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.29-AM-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.29-AM-768x1162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.29-AM.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-describe-your-bridal-style-and-tell-us-about-your-dress-shopping-experience\"><strong>DESCRIBE YOUR BRIDAL STYLE AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR DRESS SHOPPING EXPERIENCE<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My bridal style is timeless and&nbsp;modern. I wanted to look ethereal and angelic on my wedding day!&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essensedesigns.com\/essense-of-australia\/wedding-dresses\/d3634\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Essense of Australia&nbsp;Style D3634<\/a>&nbsp;was my dream dress because I knew I could add accessories to&nbsp;dress it&nbsp;up for the ceremony and then show the dress&nbsp;off during the reception. It made me feel like a goddess.&nbsp;I wanted something I would be comfortable in and be able to dance in all night long.&nbsp;I knew that I did not want a reception dress to change into so it was&nbsp;very important&nbsp;to find the right dress I could wear for 12 hours straight!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.40-AM-676x1024.jpg\" alt=\"True bride Erica posing with a bouquet\" class=\"wp-image-20709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.40-AM-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.40-AM-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.40-AM-768x1163.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.40-AM.jpg 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tell-us-more-about-your-wedding-nbsp\"><br><strong>TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR WEDDING.\u202f<\/strong>\u202f\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Trey and I&nbsp;have always loved adventure, so when we discovered Valley of Fire on a road trip in 2019, we knew it was special. Six years later, it became&nbsp;the&nbsp;backdrop for our wedding. We loaded 75 of our favorite people onto two party buses with no clue where they were headed.&nbsp;As the&nbsp;fiery&nbsp;red rocks came into view, their excitement was unforgettable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM-1-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"True bride Erica during her wedding ceremony\" class=\"wp-image-20711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM-1-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.32-AM-1.jpg 1966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We asked&nbsp;our&nbsp;guests&nbsp;to&nbsp;wear all black&nbsp;for a chic contrast to the desert backdrop. In&nbsp;our&nbsp;typical&nbsp;fashion,&nbsp;we incorporated some untraditional things into our ceremony.&nbsp;My father&nbsp;was the officiant,&nbsp;and Trey and I walked down the aisle&nbsp;together. We are best&nbsp;friends, so&nbsp;it only felt right to enter this next phase of our lives hand and hand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After our ceremony we got back on the party buses and made our way to our reception space.&nbsp;I was absolutely stunned to see the gorgeous transformation of our spot.&nbsp;We draped everything in white and&nbsp;added&nbsp;gorgeous black and white elements paired with green and cream florals. The hanging greenery and disco ball dance floor piece really tied in our dinner space.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We enjoyed dinner under sparkling bistro lights. I truly&nbsp;can&#8217;t&nbsp;put into words how beautiful and perfect my visions were brought to life!&nbsp;After dinner we enjoyed live music and danced and talked all night long!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.33-AM-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"True bride Erica posing with her bridal party\" class=\"wp-image-20708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.33-AM-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.33-AM-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.33-AM-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.33-AM.jpg 884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.31-AM-687x1024.jpg\" alt=\"True bride Erica celebrating at her wedding reception\" class=\"wp-image-20703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.31-AM-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.31-AM-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.31-AM-768x1145.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Image-4-9-25-at-11.31-AM.jpg 892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vendor-acknowledgements\"><strong>Vendor Acknowledgements: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photography<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kassiegunnphoto?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kassie Gunn<\/a>&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Makeup<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/primroseglam?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prim Rose Glam<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Hair<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mhairstyles4you?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maria Munoz&nbsp;@mhairstyles4you<\/a>&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Florals<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nightgardenfloral?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Night Garden Floral<\/a>&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Ceremony Venue<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valley-of-fire.com\/seven-sisters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seven Sisters at the Valley of Fire State Park<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Reception Venue<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellisislandcasino.com\/the-front-yard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Front Yard at Ellis Island<\/a>&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Cake<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sonsofcakery_lv?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sons of&nbsp;Cakery&nbsp;Las Vegas<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Did you wear an&nbsp;Essense&nbsp;of Australia gown on your wedding day?&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essensedesigns.com\/blog\/share-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Share your photos with us for a chance to be featured.<\/em><\/a><em>\u202f<\/em>\u202f\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Are you still searching for the perfect wedding dress? Check out our latest designer gown collections from&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essensedesigns.com\/stella-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Stella York<\/em><\/a><em>,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essensedesigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Essense of Australia<\/em><\/a><em>,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essensedesigns.com\/martina-liana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Martina Liana<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essensedesigns.com\/all-who-wander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>All Who Wander<\/em><\/a><em>.\u202f\u202f<\/em>\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erica and Trey\u2019s love story&nbsp;began as high school friends and blossomed into a love story filled with adventure. 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