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In today\\u2019s world, trying to get married has become... a hot mess. So, to all the COVID brides to have been, grooms and wedding professionals: you\\u2019re not alone. Welcome to Bride To Have Been, a StudioPod original podcast hosted by Emily Lewis, with the purpose of building a community by sharing the reality of this new normal in the wedding industry. Let\\u2019s keep inspiring each other and celebrate the thing we treasure the most: love.

Fabulous. That\\u2019s the way our bride and guest this week, Keyaira Adewunmi, likes things. So when COVID-19 hit and her plans for a dream experiential wedding in Africa had to be put on hold indefinitely, she had to think fast and come up with a completely new plan. In the end, Keyaira managed to pull off a chic and spectacular experience alongside the love of her life in November 2020, breaking every single rule in the traditional wedding playbook along the way. Listen now to hear how Keyaira says she has grown through this experience and what she believes is most important to prioritize when it comes to planning a wedding.   

Jump straight into:

(00:42) - The spice & the sage: How Keyaira and Abrahim met - \\u201cHe picked up that I was someone who was used to getting what I want and so he wanted to be different. This was strategy!\\u201d

(13:15) - The graduation party that turned into a marriage proposal - \\u201cEveryone had their cameras out recording, but I\\u2019m not picking up on anything, I\\u2019m oblivious to it all!\\u201d

(19:47) - Why building generational wealth was Keyaira\\u2019s priority - \\u201cLooking at the budget for the wedding, we were like \\u2018ooofff \\u2019. It became clearer and clearer, why would we spend 35K on a wedding, when we could use that money to put down a house?\\u201d

(22:58) - From an experiential wedding to a fabulous elopement  - \\u201cI knew that if I couldn\'t do what I really wanted to do, then I\\u2019d have to do something completely different.\\u201d

(28:27) - I\\u2019m doing it my way: On Keyaira\\u2019s exquisite wedding - \\u201cI had to find a way to still keep the fabulous energy that I really wanted from the wedding and bring it to just us. I knew that was going to be the aesthetic.\\u201d

(45:08) - Keyaira\\u2019s takeaways from 2020, and her advice for brides - \\u201cIf anything, I hope my elopement can be of inspiration to people to just go out and to have an experience specifically for themselves.\\u201d

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Thanks for listening! Follow us on Instagram, don\\u2019t forget to use the #COVIDBrideTribe, and feel free to send us your COVID wedding stories. Bride To Have Been is a podcast brought to you by GiftPod and produced at StudioPod. Edits were made at Nodalab and music was produced by GaryOAKland. Don\\u2019t forget to subscribe, rate and share with all of your fellow brides.