About Us

 
Founder and Director of Lovely Little Weddings portrait

Founder & Director

Andrea Cohen

Andrea Cohen is the founder and director of Lovely Little Weddings. She manages all LLW elopements. From coordination of your vendor team, to planning and organizing your event details and timeline, she’ll make your elopement feel effortless. An innovator in the wedding industry, Andrea is also the founder and creative director at Chuppah Studio, a designer chuppah rental company. Andrea moved to LA 6 years ago from Brooklyn, NY. She started LLW in 2020 as a way to support couples and local wedding professionals during the pandemic.

Inessa Nichols Floral Design portrait

Floral Design

Inessa Nichols Design

Inessa Nichols works with seasonal, fresh, foraged and unexpected materials to create unique experiences. She finds inspiration in nature, art, fashion, architecture, and her clients’ love stories. Inessa’s goal is to create meaningful details and intentionally effective design.

Growing up in Siberia, the outdoors and gardening played an integral role in Inessa’s daily life. The women in her early life were avid flower and vegetable gardeners, who encouraged creative work through applied gardening and foraging in the wild.

Inessa’s work has been featured widely, including in Martha Stewart Living, Southern California Bride, 100 Layer Cake, and Green Wedding Shoes.

Rev. Roxanne Hunt Officiant portrait

Officiant

Rev. Roxanne Hunt

Roxanne Hunt is a licensed wedding officiant in Los Angeles. Originally from Canada, Roxanne moved to California 9 years ago, and within her 11 years in practice has officiated over 300 ceremonies around the world. Roxanne is known for creating customized ceremonies that reflect who you are as a couple and who you will become. Ultimately, Roxanne enjoys celebrating love! She officiates ceremonies for all cultures and religions, including non-religious, single religion, interfaith, and LGBTQ, as well as civil unions and vow renewals. Roxanne holds a Master’s Degree in Science and is also a lifestyle strategist and life coach.

Photography

Lisa Leanne

Lisa Leanne Anderson is a fine art wedding photographer based in Southern California.  Her passion lies in curating images that authentically reflect the essence and energy of who you are as a couple, ensuring that your memories are preserved in the most beautiful and heartfelt way.

Lisa has had a camera in her hand ever since she can remember, and has always been in love with documenting life's special moments. It brings her joy to capture some of the most special and cherished moments in her clients lives. She lives in Ventura County with her husband, and two kids, two dogs, and two cats.

Photography

Steven Nguyen

Steven Nguyen has been a professional wedding photographer for over 7 years. What started as a hobby in 2014 has become a passion for Steven, and he has shot over 200 weddings at locations across the globe.

Steven takes a fine art approach to photography, and focuses on natural colors, rich content, and real-time emotions. Steven is masterful in his use of lighting and composition. His goal is to artfully capture all the special moments of your wedding.

Garrett Goerl Videography portrait

Videography

Garrett Goerl

Garrett Goerl is a passionate film-maker with over 15 yrs experience. As your videographer, he will create a unique timeless keepsake that will last a lifetime. Whether its intimate exchanges, fun and candid moments, or energetic celebrations, Garrett captures it all. However, he feels it’s the raw emotional moments that are the most important to capture. Garrett is fluent in various cinematic styles such as documentary and narrative ‘Hollywood’ style, and he custom tailors the style for each couple. Garrett is a California native who holds both US and Canadian citizenship. In his spare time he plays guitar, piano, and drums, and loves to travel.