The New York City Elopement Team
our Proposal Story
...told from Sascha's point of view
Malibu | 2005
Baltic Sea | 2018
Once, when we were dating, Jackie asked me how much I loved her. From my heart I answered, “to the moon and back.” Little by little, as our relationship deepened, the answer would change. “I love you three times to the moon and back”, I would say. “I love you four times to the moon and back!” The numbers just kept on going up.
In a few months, Jackie wanted to know how much I would need to love her to marry her. A pretty cool question. Without thinking I answered: “85 times to the moon & back.”
From that moment on when she asked me how much I loved her, the number would increase by leaps and bounds: “I love you 12 times to the moon and back!”, “I love you 23 times to the moon and back!”, “38!”, “44!”, “70 times to the moon and back!” 85 was coming at us fast!
Fast forward to August 2004, I flew out to visit Jackie in Los Angeles, where she was working for a couple of weeks. After a lovely day together, we ate dinner at a quirky restaurant on the beach in Malibu. We decided to take a stroll along the water and ended up on a blanket watching the sun set over the ocean. As Jackie kept her eyes on the sky, I snuck out a small glass bottle with a message I’d written inside and hid it in the wet sand. With a little help from me, she stumbled across the bottle moments later. “Look, honey!” I said innocently, “It’s a message in a bottle!” Curious, Jackie picked the bottle up, uncorked it, and pulled out the scroll. As she read the message tears sprung to her eyes. It said:
By the time she looked up, I was on my knee holding the ring. I asked her to marry me. Jackie fell in to my arms and said yes. We were married on November 3rd, 2006.
To this day, I still tell my wife I love her 85 times to the moon and back. And now I get to tell our little daughter Lucy that I love her 85 times to the moon & back as well.
So there you have it, that’s our story. We’d love to hear yours.
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Josie & Roman didn’t just elope - they made it a full-on adventure! 🎉✨ From saying “I do” at the iconic Ladies Pavilion to exploring Central Park and hitting the Brooklyn waterfront for more epic photos, these two did their wedding THEIR way.
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photo | @saschareinkingphoto
officiant | @jackiereinkingofficiant
team | @jackieandsascha
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Cheers to Agena & Taiwo! 🥂 These two lovebirds braved a chilly winter day in NYC and made it unforgettable. 💍❄️ Strolling through the bright lights of Times Square, their love outshone even the billboards. 💕✨ #NYCWinterWedding #TimesSquareLove #justmarried
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photo | @saschareinkingphoto
A magazine wrote an article about ‘Team Reinking’ and picked some photos they wanted to publish. Fun to see these photos. Some are quite a bust from the past. :) Do you have a favorite?
Keely & Kade, fresh from saying ‘I do,’ taking in the magic of Central Park’s fall foliage 🍂✨ Straight from Oklahoma to NYC for the ultimate elopement adventure—Central Park never looked so dreamy! 🌳💍 #CentralParkElopement #FallinLoveInNYC #elopinginstyle
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photo | @saschareinkingphoto
officiant | @jackiereinkingofficiant
team | @jackieandsascha
flowers | @starbrightnyc
makeup & hair | @missharlequinmakeupandhair
Heidy & John said “I do” early in the morning in Dumbo, Brooklyn, beating the heat and stealing hearts. Here’s to forever starting with a sunrise. 💍❤️ #DumboLove #SunriseWedding #Newlyweds #brooklynbrideandgroom
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photo | @saschareinkingphoto
officiant | @jackiereinkingofficiant
team | @jackieandsascha
makeup & hair | @missharlequinmakeupandhair
flowers | @picaso.flowers
nails | @kiel_nails_studio
rings | @stienhardt & @jamesallenrings
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Jessica & Kai tied the knot in the ‘Big Apple’! 🌸✨ Nothing like a Spring wedding with a splash of graffiti art! 🗽🎨 Cheers to a lifetime of happiness and adventure! 🥂💍#LoveInNYC #SpringWedding #ArtAndLove
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art | @toddgray_studios
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Well hello there, Marion & Christian! 🌟 Look at these two lovebirds tying the knot on a glorious day in Central Park. Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness and adventures! 💍❤️ #WeddingBliss #CentralParkLove
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officiant | @jackiereinkingofficiant
photo | @saschareinkingphoto
team | @jackieandsascha
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