{Event Recap} Vintage Lemon Wedding

Time to share one of my favorite weddings that I've gotten to work. I loved this wedding for several reasons.

First, I loved the couple!

I met them at a board gaming group so I knew they'd be my type of people. I was so excited when I found out they were getting married and needed a coordinator for their big day. Second, I loved all the wonderful details about this wedding.


The bride and her mother worked so hard to coordinate all the planning beforehand and I had so much fun bringing it all together the day of and pulling off their vision. Depsite this, it was also one of my most difficult weddings as well. It was set in beautiful Ventura, California, but between a combination of hot, hot sun that kept me in a constant sweat, gusts of winds that brought down some of the lighting and the seating chart during set up, and lots and lots and lots and lots of endless (but fabulous) details that needed to be set out in a short amount of time; I had my work cut out for me!

The wedding was partly inspired by the location, a lovely lemon grove. Guests were invited to pick lemons during the cocktail hour and the candy bar was set up on a vintage lemonade stand.


The rest of the wedding used lots of other vintage and rustic touches. There was:

burlap and lace


vintage bird cages


music sheets


old books


mercury glass centerpieces (created by the bride)


antique style art


and vintage furniture


all scattered about the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception in fabulous vignettes. Here's a little word from the bride herself regarding her wedding inspiration:
Mercury Glass! I love mercury glass, I love it so much. All my Christmas tree ornaments for the past five years have been Mercury Glass and I knew I wanted to have the look of it in my wedding. Lucky for me the reproduction stuff was popular and I was able to easily find vessels for my center pieces, and make clear glass look like Mercury glass with mirror paint. Burlap was another must have for the wedding, and I was able to find the stuff for cheap on Craigslist another great resource for DIY brides. I found table runners and an aisle runner already trimmed with lace for a steal from an ad on Craigslist. Overall I knew I wanted my wedding to have a vintage feel and went with: mercury glass, burlap, lace, bird cages, vintage furniture and vintage sheet music.

Here are some more photos of the day for you to enjoy.
And a final word from the bride regarding hiring a coordinator for her big day:
I hired my coordinator for the month of since I had all the major things planned, and I was able to hand over everything to her so she could follow-up with vendors and make sure everything was on track and she helped me think of things I didn’t think of since I am not a wedding planner and she was able to procure those vendors or items for me. My photographer couldn’t believe how relaxed I was.

Vendors
Event Coordinator: Enchanted Events & Design
Photographer: Meagan Ramirez of The Collective Photographers
Catering: Plated Events by Jason
Cake Baker: Marie Shannon Confections
DJ: The Wedding Music DJ's
Lighting: Ideal Lighting & Sound
Equipment Rentals: Ventura Rentals
Specialty Foods: Taco Man George
Specialty Foods: The Cappuccino Club
Event Venue: Limoneira Ranch

{Event Recap} The Knot Magazine Wedding Photo Editor Event

I recently designed a dessert table for a fabulous wedding industry event hosted by Cat and Adi of Next Exit Photography.


The wedding photo director of the Knot Magazine, Rebecca Crumley, recently moved to Los Angeles from New York and Cat and Adi greeted her in style with a beautiful event at their home. This event also coincided with Next Exit's 10th birthday. Happy Birthday Next Exit!

The inspiration for the event was to play off of the modern architecture of the home which was newly renovated and GORGEOUS! Specifically, I was given this beautiful wallpaper which accented one of the walls as the inspiration for my design.



Soon I was swimming in gray, mocha and pale blue!






I called on Jessy of Fairytale Frosting to design some custom sugar cookies to match the design because I love her work and she's so amazingly affordable!


I also tried a new vendor, Jennie of Pop Culture Desserts, to see if she'd be interested in designing some items for the table. All I can say is ... OH MY! The food she provided was beautiful and scrumptious. The guests were literally fighting over the leftovers at the end of the night.








Finally, I want to share a few details from the rest of the party which was designed by Bob Gail Events.






Vendors
Dessert Table Styling: Enchanted Events & Design
Dessert Table Paper Goods: Enchanted Events & Design
Photography: Next Exit Photography
Desserts: Pop Culture Desserts
Sugar Cookies: Fairytale Frosting
Chevron table runner: A to Zebra Celebrations
Flowers and rentals: Bob Gail Events
PR: Hitching Post Public Relations

{Event Recap} Natalie & Eric's Snow Inspired Wedding

I very excited to share with you some new pictures of Natalie and Eric's wedding! Natalie and Eric are an amazing couple, with an enthusiastic passion for life and each other. It was a joy to be a part of their day.


Natalie, despite being an avid lover of the color red (partly because of her alma mater USC), decided to go a different route with her wedding. She had been going to too many red themed weddings lately and she wanted to do something different! Instead she embraced her other passion, snow and skiing! Natalie has been a volunteer with Big Bear's ski patrol since 2004 and upon meeting Natalie, Eric quickly joined her in this hobby. Using this theme loosely as their inspiration, they chose a blue, white and brown color palette.


I was even more excited when they selected Damion and Julie Hamilton of Damion Hamilton Photography for their photographers. I had met Damion and Julie in 2008 and was eager for an opportunity to work with them on a wedding. I knew that their style and personalities would be a perfect fit for Natalie and Eric's wedding. They were even enthusiastic when Natalie and Eric requested driving all the way up to the snow for their engagement shoot!


Gorgeous setting, right? Well feast your eyes on the rest of their big day. I hope you enjoy all the details designed for this wonderful couple!

Bridal prep!








The Bride and Flower girl shoes


Bridesmaid details


The Armenian Orthodox Ceremony






Alone time for the bride and groom






An amazing barn behind the church and hall!


The Reception




The boys getting a chance to celebrate


The Vendors
Cake: Porto's Bakery
Event Design: Enchanted Events & Design
Florist: Designs by Christine
Hair: Harry's Hair Design
Invitations: Enchanted Events & Design
Location (ceremony/reception): Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church and Bagramian Hall
Makeup: Nayre Kabadayan
Photography: Damion Hamilton Photography
Wedding & Bridesmaid Dresses: Cecile Rivoire's