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When I first saw Mrs. Coconut’s joint bridal portraits with her sister, I instantly fell in love with the idea. Sister Starfish and I have spent so much time together over the past two and a half years helping to plan each others’ weddings. It would be really cool to have something fun to commemorate the experience.

Sister Starfish had brought up the idea of the double wedding, and while I wasn’t on board with that, I thought it would be fun to share the bridal spotlight for a few hours for a photo shoot. Really though, how could I not be on board after seeing Mrs. Coconut’s shoot?

Coconut Photos by Susan Stripling

We threw around ideas, but nothing really came of it.

On the day of the wedding, our photographer and wedding party were getting real creative. They were having all sorts of fun. At one point the bridesmaids all walked straight into the water—shoes and all.

Photo by our amazing photographer David Bibeault

Mr. Starfish wanted us to join in, but I really didn’t want to have a trash the dress session before our reception. He then asked if we could do one eventually, as he thought it would be cool. I had never really thought about doing one, but we were having so much fun during our photo shoot, I’m now really excited about it.

I’m guessing at this point, you’re wondering why this post is called Sisterly Love. Well, although Mr. Starfish and I were hoping to do a TTD shoot, I still loved the idea of photos with my sister. So we all decided to do a joint trash the dress session with both couples—yes, we even got BIL Starfish on board. Now we just need to plan it out.

Did you do a trash the dress session? Do you have any helpful advice or any fun ideas for a theme or location?