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TAYLOR LEOPOLD

@leopoldiam

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SINGER-SONGWRITER ✖️ NATURE LOVER
🌴 St. Pete, Florida

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You guysssss, the moment has arrived! 🙌🏼 My debut single COME AT ME BABE is being released THIS FRIDAY, and I can’t even put into words how I’m feeling right now. 😭🫶 I started writing music when I was ~10 years old, performing since I was 13…This musical journey has been a rollercoaster of emotions to say the least. I’m so grateful for those who have been here since those early years, as well as those who’ve come in the past few years. St. Pete supporters - thank you for accepting me in your local music scene so enthusiastically. 🥹 Y’all make me come alive when I perform. Thank you for showing up for me weekly and always being hype about my original music. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

From countless hours in the studio to overcoming all the challenges that come with being independent artist, this dream has been years in the making. But I’m beyond thrilled that the time has come to share my music with the world. Here’s a little teaser I made for you! 😈

✨ Spotify presave link in bio ✨

#DebutSingle #NewMusic
#newmusicfriday #IndependentArtist #MusicRelease #nonbinaryartist #singer #songwriter #musician #summerlove by @leopoldiam

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3 years ago

Regular creek exposure has been shown to improve absolutely everything 🔋 taken in Yellowstone National Park by @leopoldiam

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2 months ago

I’m sitting here trying to comprehend the strange anomaly of time—that somehow this day feels like yesterday, yet we’ve lived an entire year of growth, change, and new beginnings since then.

In the space of a single year, so much has changed. The place we call home. The dreams we’re chasing. The people we’re becoming. Some doors have opened, some have closed. Life has continued moving, as it always does.

And maybe the most affirming thought is that through all the changing landscapes of life, through every season and every version of ourselves, my love for you remains the one constant I can always return to. The same love that brought us to that meadow is the same love that continues to carry us forward.

A year ago we chose a name that translates to “of the meadow.” Not only because it was where we exchanged our vows, but because a meadow felt like the perfect reflection of the life we wanted to build together.
Meadows are ever-shifting. They move through seasons of growth, abundance, rest, and renewal. They change constantly, yet they never lose what makes them a meadow.
That is the wisdom we hoped to carry within our name—that we will continue to evolve, expand, and transform throughout this life, while always returning to the same foundation that is our love.

Happy 1 year anniversary to us Fernie—
Thank you for choosing this wild life with me
🍂🥀🪾🌱🌹🍂🥀🪾🌱🌹

Endlessly thanking our brother @braxton.klavins for his elite cinematography and @wilderpines.co for making that day as exceptional as it was. by @leopoldiam

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2 months ago

Chai’s face at the end 🐕😂 why he look like that??

@sza truly be livin rent free in my head
Seriously…there ain’t a day that goes by where I don’t sing at least one of her songs. If you wanna sing some SZA with me you can catch me live in downtown St Pete all weekend long. Full schedule in my bio 🤍 taken in Saint Petersburg, Florida by @leopoldiam

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7 months ago

Our full elopement video is finally here!! 🥲
Truthfully, no words ever felt enough for this day—
so I’m letting this do the speaking for me.

Immense gratitude and love for our dear friend and favorite cinematographer, @braxton.klavins walking alongside us through the adventure of this day and capturing it exactly as it felt. We really had our boy wake up with us at 3am for a sunrise hike, survive a mid-day trek and then stick it out into a sunset ceremony. Love expresses itself in so many ways, and brother, it is entirely felt.

Oh man..take me back— this video does exactly that❣️

Cinematography: @braxton.klavins
Photography, planning & officiating: @wilderpines.co
Dress: @selkie
Flowers: sourced locally and self arranged
Decor: the earth

Elopement | Untraditional Weddings | Mt.Rainier | National Park taken in Mt. Rainier by @leopoldiam

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9 months ago

Pt. 3/3 — the ceremony August 5th, 2025

When we first arrived at Upper Tipsoo Lake, we thought we had found the perfect meadow— panoramic and open, but as fate would have it, we were guided down to Lower Tipsoo Lake. The very spot we once rested on the year before, rocky and completely unassuming then, was now in full bloom. We arrived at Mt. Rainier at the peak of wild flower season. What had been a barren ground was now bursting with life. The earth herself had dressed for the occasion— a wedding gift from the land. What wasn’t our first choice became the truest most serendipitous one.

Nothing could have dimmed our light in that hour. We were encased in a love so abundant it seemed to lift us above ourselves. My heart overflowed with gratitude for all who stood beside us. It truly takes a village and we had been so careful, so intentional in choosing ours. To see them there, to feel their love woven into this moment— it was everything

The image will never leave me: a procession of everyone, dressed to match the earth, filing down the narrow trail surrounded by a million flowers. Nature truly was our florist— the best one at that.

We all took our shoes off for the ceremony to ground ourselves into the land that held us as the sun started to lower in the sky. We began in a circle, hand in hand, taylor and I in the center of it as we were invited into stillness. Breathing together, as one. We asked the land for its blessing calling in the quarters of each direction. A singing bowl rang out echoing against the pines before we shifted into a crescent moon formation. Every detail of this moment imprinted itself into me— the crisp air as the sun lowered, birdsong carried on the wind, the pines standing sentinel around us, wildflowers glowing in the last light of the day.

I thought I would cry through the entire ceremony, but my joy was too expansive for tears, what I felt was beyond weeping. It was pure boundless bliss. To be there barefoot and surrounded by some of my most cherished souls, at the foot of this transition joining my life to Taylor’s— it wasn’t just magical, it was alchemical.

(CONTINUED IN COMMENTS) taken in Mt. Rainier by @leopoldiam

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a year ago

The day unfolded on a blissful breeze, each moment flowing into the next with the gentlest ease. After our sunrise hike, I found myself redoing my hair and makeup for the second time, settling back into the quiet warmth of the cabin. Gentle folk music drifted through the space just as my mom, Taylor’s dad, and the rest of the team arrived—perfect timing as we wrapped up getting ready for the second and third chapters of the day.

Mom helped me arrange our bouquet with the flowers we gathered from the market. Dahlias upon dahlias in soft coral pinks and whites. Delphinium, blush stock flowers, chamomile and ferns we handpicked from the forest that held us so tenderly during our time there. My jewelry was simple: two white orchids preserved into earrings I made right before our flight, and my uncle’s charm bracelet— an intimate moment I wanted to dedicate to the man who raised me, something I always knew I wanted to carry with me on this day. My mom fastened it around my wrist, the same tiny one he made it for when I was a little girl. Just as I always intended, he was there holding my hand through it all.

Taylor helped zip up my dress—now marked with the earth from the miles we’d wandered that morning, a detail that somehow made me love it even more. There were so many little intentions woven into this day, so many secret notes of meaning, but I’ll save the rest for paper.

My mom and T’s dad stayed behind to join the rest of the group preparing for the ceremony. The trail to Silver Falls was softer, gentler—like the forest knew to take it easy on us. Taylor and I ran through it hand in hand, laughter spilling as freely as the waterfall we were chasing. It took me by surprise—gloriously majestic, alive and roaring. The mist curled around us, brushing our skin, and we joined in its dance.

I lifted the hem of my dress to balance across a log, and Taylor followed. My little granola heart could’ve burst at the sight of my hiking boots under a wedding dress—quite literally the truest and most epic expression of myself. The whole hike felt light and playful, full of banter, laughter, and connection with everyone who was present.
(Continued in comments) taken in Silver Falls by @leopoldiam

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Pt. 1 The early hours of August 5, 2025

We didn’t intend to pull an all nighter before the wedding day, but somewhere between the travel, preparation, excitement and last minute vow revisions we found ourselves climbing into bed about an hour or so before we had to rise again for our sunrise hike. A hike we’ve done before except this time in a wedding dress.

We left the cabin while it was still dark and fog claimed the land entirely. Rolling in and out like clouds, it carried us through a dreamscape as the day arrived. The sky competed with itself for our attention. A hazy arrangement of purple and pink teasing us with moments of clarity. A break in the clouds that surrounded us. We took every chance we could get to stop and admire it all.

Eventually, we stopped for a small trail-side picnic — fitting, of course, because what milestone of ours isn’t celebrated with one?
Not long after, we decided to exchange our vows in the clearing of an alpine meadow — just the two of us — before sharing them again later that day during the ceremony. My heart was racing as Braxton discreetly clipped a microphone near my chest, unintentionally catching the rhythm of my heartbeat.

Taylor and I played a quick round of rock-paper-scissors to decide who’d go first. I was the lucky loser. I took a deep breath, exhaled shakily, and looked up to see them smiling at me. I reminded myself to slow down — to pause, to meet their eyes, to let every word land.
Both of ours were filled with tears as I finished with their hand in mine and we held each other for some moments.

“Ok your turn” I playfully interrupted and once they finished and wiped away our tears with kisses, we began our descent down the mountain. Talking, laughing, sharing stories, knowledge, jokes, pee breaks— soaking in a wonder-filled morning with each other and the team.

As we reached the trailhead, a deer crossed our path, weaving gracefully through the wildflowers. We all fell silent, holding our breath for a moment of pure magic. It couldn’t have been a more fitting way to end that hike.

By the time (continued in comments) taken in Mt. Rainier by @leopoldiam

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Honeymoon pt.1—
Being immersed in a land that still belongs more to the wild than to people felt as it should be. A deep exhale into the undomesticated past. In a world that tears itself apart with the need to claim everything for itself. But the last few spaces on earth like this remind me of how it has always been.

The land is nobody’s but its own—an intricate web of existence tending to the balance of life.
A few days ago I watched a lion feasting on a young hippo. And once sadness would be my most natural response. Growing up watching National Geographic, I could hardly bear the reality of the circle of life. But in this moment, I didn’t feel sadness. I felt honor. Understanding. Respect. Because in today’s age, man is the most ferocious creature to exist.

The lion survives another night, but humans no longer fight for survival—Past the significance of life itself. Perhaps we are too sentient for our own good. Whatever forces breathed life, ego and free will into us may have given us too much. And while learning can come easily, unlearning seems to take lifetimes. We have a millennium of time to unlearn.

Yet here in these rhythms —there is a certain remembering. A remembering of what it means to belong, not to posses. Of how fragile and sacred it is simply to exist. And as I carry these moments forward, I want to stay attuned to the threads that bind us all together— to live in a way that honors the balance even when I return to the world that often forgets it taken in Kenya, Africa by @leopoldiam

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No sleep ⟶ bus ⟶ club ⟶ another club ⟶ another club ⟶ plane ⟶ next place ⟶ no sleep

But in the most soul nourishing, heart expanding, wildly held in wonder and love way.
Now I don’t know who else needs a week long wedding reception on the road but— I fear there is no better way to do it ⛰️🌼💍🚙

#elopementwedding #roadtrip #roadtripwedding #naturelovers #natureimmersion #justmarried #pnw taken in Pacific Northwest by @leopoldiam

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8/5/25– With a grove of pine trees as our cathedral, blooming wildflowers as our witnesses, and the soil beneath our feet as the alter— It was here that we became De la Vega, “of the meadow,” carrying in our name the place where we were bound, the sacred ground where love became a living, breathing thing.

I’ve heard it so many times, the warning of how quickly the day would pass—that it would be over in a blur before I could truly take it in. But the truth is, it was one of the longest, most spacious days of my life. Every moment was deliberate, sacred—alive. Fused with presence so deep it slowed time itself. It wasn’t a day that slipped through our fingers—it was one that rooted itself firmly in our bones.
I struggle to find the words to describe it.
How does one paint a picture with colors that do not exist?
Some things live beyond language— and so it will live in the wind that carried our vows, in the wild bloom of the meadow, and in the name that carries the coordinates of our love.
Ever changing, ever giving and ever growing.
So very proud to officially introduce Mx. & Mrs. De la Vega
𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘ taken in Mt. Rainier by @leopoldiam

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Meet me in about a week between the pines and under mountain skies, where the earth readies her wildflowers for us—
Just days away until we gather there and become something born of the meadow
🌲🌼🌷💍💍🌻🌸🌲

Photos by the talented @blackbutterflymedia__ taken in Saint Petersburg, Florida by @leopoldiam

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