Actor and musician Rainey Qualley and filmmaker and photographer Tony Wilson first met on a photo shoot a few years ago. “Tony had apparently been harboring a crush on me,” Rainey, who performs under the moniker Rainsford and just released her debut album, says. “When he saw me out again at Cafe Triste in L.A. a few years later, he asked me out, and that was it!”
They were living together in Echo Park when he proposed in their backyard last summer. “I was newly pregnant, so it wasn’t a huge surprise,” Rainey explains. “He acted like he was setting up an early maternity shoot, and got down on one knee while I was shutting my eyes ‘for a photo.’”
Their wedding was held at the Perch in Twin Peaks, a retreat in Lake Arrowhead, California, over this past Halloween weekend. “Planning was really fun and easy!” Rainey says. “We knew from the beginning we wanted to have a ‘Hallo-wedding’ and leaning into the theme made the whole process exciting and focused. We made Pinterest boards together and separately and just kept coming up with ideas to make the event as fun, spooky, gorgeous, silly, and romantic as possible.”
To help realize their very specific vision, the couple worked with the event planner, Carly Rae Williams. “She totally understood what we were going for and helped us bring all my dreams to life,” Rainey says. One of the reasons they picked the location, she explains, is because there are 13 cabins on site, so everyone in the wedding party, close friends and family could all stay for the weekend. “We wanted it to feel like a big sleepover and just made it easy and cozy,” the bride says. “We didn’t do a rehearsal dinner, instead we did a pajama party and a vegan pizza and game night the following evening. The whole weekend was just such a blast.”
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