Kelsey & Quinn: A Spring Wedding at Stonehill Farm

Courtney Bryson

Sep 10

6 min read

Updated: 7 days ago

Set against the rolling landscape of Stonehill Farm in the Hudson Valley, New York, Kelsey and Quinn wanted their wedding weekend to feel relaxed, personal, and welcoming. A place where their favorite people could settle in, stay awhile, and celebrate alongside them.

And after six months of planning together, we couldn’t wait to finally see it all come to life.

Six Months in the Making

By the time wedding weekend arrived, we had been working alongside Kelsey and Quinn for about six months, and this was definitely not a wedding we planned entirely from behind a computer screen.

Our planning process included monthly calls, plenty of casual check-ins in between, and a couple trips out to Stonehill Farm to walk through the details together.

We visited in the middle of winter (yes, these girls are troopers!) and returned again in the spring as the property started to come back to life.

Those walkthroughs gave us the chance to experience the venue in completely different seasons and really think through how guests would move around the property, where each part of the weekend would take place, transportation logistics, vendor access, and, perhaps most importantly given what wedding day eventually brought us, our backup plans.

Over those six months, there was plenty of planning, adjusting, talking things through, and getting to know Kelsey and Quinn and what mattered most to them. They wanted a weekend that felt like them. Nothing overly formal or forced. Just thoughtful details, great food, great music, and plenty of time with the people they loved.

So when the weekend finally arrived, it felt especially exciting to watch all of those conversations, site visits, decisions, and little details become real.

And thankfully, Friday greeted us with plenty of sunshine.

The Night Before

For the rehearsal dinner, we kept things intentionally casual.

Guests arrived at Stonehill Farm, checked into their cabins on property or nearby hotel, where they had time to settle in and explore everything the property had to offer. With the sun shining, everyone could wander the grounds, take in the scenery, and even get acquainted with some of the farm’s residents, including the goats and ducks.

It immediately set the tone for the weekend. Slow down. Get comfortable. You’re here for a wedding.

For dinner, we brought in a local taco truck for the evening. There was no formal sit-down dinner or rigid schedule, just really good food, drinks, and time together.

Kelsey and Quinn took a moment to welcome everyone and share a few sweet words of appreciation for the family and friends who had come to celebrate alongside them. It was simple, heartfelt, and a perfect reminder of what the entire weekend was really about.

As the sun went down, everyone gathered around the fire. Drinks in hand, family and friends settled in as daylight faded into evening, laughing, reconnecting, and soaking in that anticipation that only exists the night before a wedding.

It was relaxed, unfussy, and exactly the kind of welcome Kelsey and Quinn envisioned for their wedding weekend.

And then came the rain.

When the Rain Plan Becomes the Plan

Wedding morning brought a bit of a different forecast, but there was absolutely no dampening the spirits of these brides or their guests.

Everyone had come to Stonehill Farm for one reason: Kelsey and Quinn were finally getting married. And they were ready to celebrate.

Behind the scenes, our team was moving.

With family, friends, and members of the wedding party spread across three different hotels as well as cabins throughout the property, there were already a lot of logistical layers to manage. Add in the rain and a last-minute shift to our rain plan, and this became one of those wedding days where having a team onsite really mattered.

We managed transportation to and from all three hotels, coordinated movements between the cabins and event spaces, communicated changes with vendors, adjusted plans as the weather evolved, and made sure guests were where they needed to be without making the logistics feel like their problem.

And at one point, one of our vendors quite literally got stuck in the mud.

So what did we do? We quite literally got in their car and helped get them out.

It was that kind of day.

Plans changed. Shoes got muddy. We pivoted. And through all of it, our priority was making sure Kelsey and Quinn didn’t have to worry about any of it.

They had much more important things to do.

A Ceremony We Won’t Soon Forget

I have witnessed a lot of wedding ceremonies over the years, and Kelsey and Quinn’s was genuinely one of the most personal and heartfelt I have ever experienced.

A close friend officiated their wedding, which immediately made the ceremony feel incredibly intimate and personal.

And then Quinn’s sister began to sing.

She had written an original song for Kelsey and Quinn and performed it during the ceremony. It was one of those moments where you could feel the entire atmosphere shift.

There were very few dry eyes.

It wasn’t something that could be designed, scheduled, or manufactured. It was simply a beautiful moment between people who love each other deeply.

Between their friend standing beside them as they exchanged their vows, Quinn’s sister singing for them, and the emotion throughout the room, the love surrounding them was palpable.

At that point, who cared about the rain?

Cocktail Hour, Their Way

After such an emotional ceremony, cocktail hour brought the energy right back up.

Guests grabbed drinks, mingled, and enjoyed an Aura photo booth, giving everyone something a little unexpected to experience. It made for a cocktail hour that felt lively, interactive, and very much their own.

It was the perfect transition from such an intimate ceremony into the celebration ahead.

Vintage Farm Details + BBQ

When it came to design, we never wanted to compete with Stonehill Farm. Instead, we leaned into its character.

The florals were intentionally minimal and designed to complement the vintage feeling of the property. Mixed vintage china, multicolored napkins as a nod to the LGBTQ community and thoughtful floral touches helped create tables that felt collected and welcoming rather than overly formal.

The result felt right at home on the farm and, more importantly, right for Kelsey and Quinn.

Dinner followed the same philosophy.

A local BBQ restaurant served up BBQ chicken, cornbread, and all the fixings family-style. Guests gathered around the tables, passed food back and forth, and settled in for the kind of dinner that felt less like a formal wedding meal and more like one big celebration with family and friends.

And then it was time to dance.

The DJ Understood the Assignment

Kelsey and Quinn had one special request when it came to entertainment: they wanted a female DJ.

And frankly, we need to see more women behind the DJ booth at weddings.

DJ A-Ball absolutely brought the house down.

Once the dance floor opened, it was ON.

After an emotional ceremony, family-style BBQ, and an entire day of rain, everyone was ready to let loose, and DJ A-Ball gave them exactly what they needed.

The dance floor stayed full, the energy stayed high, and late-night pizza kept everyone fueled as the celebration continued.

One Last Surprise

And even after six months of planning together, there was still one detail that not everyone knew was coming.

Toward the end of the night, Kelsey surprised Quinn with a handwritten sign featuring a verse from one of Quinn’s favorite poems.

After a weekend filled with so many personal touches, it felt like the perfect final one. Quiet, thoughtful, and completely about the two of them.

The Kind of Wedding We Love

A Day That Was Completely Their Own

After six months of planning, there were so many pieces of this weekend we had imagined together. And while the rain meant that wedding day looked a little different from the one we had originally pictured during those winter and spring walkthroughs, it was still filled with so many of the moments that made this celebration unmistakably Kelsey and Quinn.

It was Quinn’s sister standing in front of a room full of people and singing an original song she had written for them.

It was one of their dearest friends having the honor of marrying them.

It was family and friends who showed up ready to celebrate, Aura readings during cocktail hour, BBQ and cornbread passed around the table, and a dance floor that stayed full.

It was Kelsey surprising Quinn at the end of the night with a handwritten verse from one of her favorite poems.

And it was the two of them, finally married, surrounded by an incredible amount of love.

There are parts of a wedding day we can plan down to the minute, and there are parts we simply can’t control. Our job is to be there for all of it: to plan thoughtfully, adjust when we need to, take care of the pieces happening behind the scenes, and protect as much space as possible for our couples to actually experience their day.

Kelsey and Quinn’s weekend was personal, emotional, lively, a little muddy, and filled with people who very clearly adored them.

And after six months of getting to know these two and planning alongside them, watching them get married, was pretty special for our team, too.