Tonya Espy Photography

Have you ever heard of a popup wedding? A popup wedding is an intimate 90-minute wedding planned from start to finish by Gem City Popup Co/Something Old Dayton. We plan a singular event at our studios in Dayton, Ohio, in which up to 3 couples can get married on one day with all the flair of an artfully planned wedding, at a fraction of the price. We hit all the beats of a standard full size wedding while saving you the stress, time, and money involved in planning a full scale event. We choose some of the best Ohio wedding vendors to design a unique and expertly styled wedding experience with none of the stress and a fraction of the price.

In June we hosted a popup wedding designed around Pantone’s color of the 2018, Ultraviolet, featuring an art inspired installation and gorgeous floral halo design by Evergreen Flower Co. Our sweet couples, Ellen & Colin and Krissie & Mike joined with their closest family and friends to get married in 2 intimate celebrations in our studios!

Credits: Host: Gem City Popup Co. | Rentals, Studio, Styling: Something Old Dayton | Photography: Tonya Espy | Florals: Evergreen Flower Co. | Cake: Frosted Ohio | Officiant: Dave Evans/ I Hereby Pronounce You | Candles: Mole Hollow Candles | Ribbon: Frou Frou Chic

Tonya Espy Photography - Colin & Ellen

Tonya Espy Photography - Krissie & Mike

We currently offer 2- 3 Popup events per year.

We choose the date, the theme, the decor, the vendors, you answer a few questions, pick out what to wear and who to invite, show up with 20-40 of your most loved ones and get married!If you are feeling so overwhelmed by wedding planning you can’t even deal, if you want a stylish wedding without all the fuss, if you can’t afford a big a wedding or just want someone else to take care of everything for you, a popup wedding might be for you!

You get:

Professional Officiant who will help you customize your vows and write a personal ceremony

High impact floral decor, boutonniere and bouquet

Couples’ Wedding Cake & treats for your guests

Professional photographer to capture every meaningful moment

Unique and artfully designed decor and venue

First dance, cake cutting and special sendoff

Tonya Espy

Hello friends!

We are Mari & Kyle, the founders of Something Old Dayton, a boutique rental company here in Dayton, Ohio offering vintage, modern and eclectic treasures for weddings, events and photo shoots! 

Something Old was a just dream for us in 2015, when a seed was planted in our hearts for a creative venture we could pursue as a family. Mari was greatly pregnant with our second child, Wyatt, and had very little interest in starting a business at the time, but Kyle is a dreamer and an entrepreneur at heart and got the ball rolling while we welcomed Wyatt into the world in December of 2015. We decorated our first event in March 2016, Mari was reacquainted with her love of styling and decorating and we flung ourselves into our baby business with both fear and joy.

Antique lovers both of us, we slowly began to fill our basement with treasures to share with future brides and grooms here in south central Ohio. We quickly outgrew our home for storage and began looking for additional space where we could meet clients, and that's when we found our now warehouse studio just a half mile away from our home at the time!  Things have snowballed in since we moved in and now our studio is in high demand with local photographers, videographers and those looking for unique spaces to host private parties. We are growing and expanding rapidly and just moved our collection into a full warehouse earlier this year! We're so excited for you to join us on our journey and hope you will sign up for our mailing list, come out to an open house or just hop into our inbox to say hi!

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @ SOMETHINGOLDDAYTON and Pinterest @Somethingoldday!

Tonya Espy