In the fading light of a late summer afternoon, Olivia Fleming and Brooks Schaffer stood together in the back garden of Barndiva, surrounded by 160 friends and family. As they exchanged vows, there was one detail almost no one knew: the couple had already married two days prior, in a quiet ceremony with just immediate family at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Healdsburg.
For Olivia, the church was a place of personal significance; she had been confirmed there and her parents remain active members.
“We were really intentional having this small, intimate wedding first. It was this special moment where you get to be really present,” says Olivia.
In a scene straight out of a small-town romance, Olivia made her way to St. Paul’s in a flowing white gown, escorted by her father from Ivy House, the vine-covered home the couple had rented for the weekend’s celebrations…