Lindsay +Ben's Temescal Gateway Park Wedding

Lindsay and Ben had their wedding featured on 100 Layer Cake a while back and I'm so happy to finally be showing this one off. Sweet Emilia Jane covered all the details and Katie Neal Photo captured their love effortlessly. See more of the beautiful details here.

Devon + Jake's Firestone Vineyard Wedding

This adorable couple got their fabulous wedding featured on Style Me Pretty last week. Emilia from Sweet Emilia Jane covered every detail, including design for The Floral Lab. Photos by Nancy Neil Photography. Simply beautiful. Check out more of the details over at SMP.

Real Wedding: Hayley + John

Hayley and John said their vows and threw one heck of a party on the rooftop of the 10th Avenue Theatre in San Diego. Such and fun and easy going couple. Congratulations to you both!

The bouquets were designed with succulents, air plants, ranunculus, protea, freesia, and craspedia.

Real Wedding: Eunice + Dan {Sneak Peek}

I LOVE everything about this wedding day! I not only had the opportunity to work with such a sweet couple, but a dream team of Sitting in a Tree Events and Studio Castillero. I'm in awe of their talent (and luck for me we get to work together again this weekend)! The Estancia La Jolla was the perfect site for this New York couple.

Real Wedding: Stacy + Ozhan {Sneak Peek}

Stacy and Ozhan wed at a beautiful private estate in Rancho Santa Fe. Coordinated by Sweet Emilia Jane and captured by Jackie Wonders made the day feel effortless and fun from start to finish.

Real Wedding: Kaitlyn + Justin {Sneak Peek}

Another beautifully detailed wedding by the fabulous Carter and Cook. I cannot say enough about these girls. What natural talents they are! The bride, Kaitlyn, gathered pewter containers at flea markets during her time in spent in Germany. With the addition of pheasant feathers, antlers, chandeliers, and a private barn setting this wedding was perfection. You're sure to see more of this stunning couple's wedding day captured by Bonnie Tsang in the months to come.

Real Wedding: Lauren + Chris

This wedding is near and dear to my heart as I've known Chris and Lauren for some time. I had the pleasure of designing for and attending their wedding held at Studio 450 in Manhattan. Aaron Almendral was their photographer who did a wonderful job capturing their love and the fun had by all in attendance. The venue is all white with floor to ceiling views of Manhattan. A clean and simple palette of white and yellow with touches of spring green set the tone for this modern wedding. The ceremony was designed with tall forsythia branches, a bridal bouquet with tulips, and centerpieces with ranunculus, daffodils, and tulips. Another good friend, Lori, of Paper and Thread designed the invitations and menus.

Real Wedding: Melinda + Devin

Sean Walker beautifully captured Melinda and Devin's love for one another. Melinda and Devin wanted a clean and modern look with a bit of a natural feel as well for their wedding held at Tower 23. The white and turquoise color palette paired perfectly with this oceanfront venue. Bouquets and centerpieces were designed with garden roses, lisianthus, freesia, ranunculus, scabiosa, and dusty miller.

Congratulations to you both!

Published: Exquisite Weddings Magazine Spring/Summer 2011

Double Feature!

Inside the pages of Exquisite Weddings Magazine's March/April 2011 issue you'll find Nicole and Christian's Real Wedding featured as well as a bouquet shoot. Make sure to pick up a copy and get inspired!

Part 1.

Shot by the fabulous girls of Joielala, our bouquet is No. 7. Designed with garden roses, freesia, ranunculus, mini cymbidium orchids, blue thistle, dusty miller, a succulent, and tied with navy blue ribbon, this bouquet would be perfect for a seaside wedding. For more close ups of our bouquet and all the other beauties that didn't appear in the magazine, visit the Joielala blog.

Part 2.

Remember this pretty couple? Nicole and Christian's dog themed wedding is featured as a Real Wedding in the issue. Held at the Thursday Club in Point Loma, this wedding was all about those doggone details! So happy to have designed for such a warm and welcoming couple and worked alongside Heather of Amorology. The day was beautifully captured The Youngrens, a husband and wife team.

Real Wedding: Sarah+Kevin {Sneak Peek}

Real Wedding: Monica +Elliot

Bright with a bit of whimsy were words used to describe the wedding of Monica and Elliot who shared their vows on August 21st at the La Jolla Bridge Club. The day was coordinated by the lovely Courtney Toney of Joyful Weddings and Events.

Monica's nine bridesmaids carried posy bouquets of billy balls, oncidium orchids, and china mums. Elliot and his groomsmen wore boutonnieres designed with billy balls.

Flowing turquoise satin ribbon were placed on the chairs lining the aisle. Small, medium, and large button mum pomanders resting atop cylinder vases of varying heights provided the backdrop for the ceremony.

I made a wooden box, painted it white, accented it with coordinating ribbon, and filled it with wheatgrass to serve as the escort card display. The tablescapes were designed using bud vases containing billy balls, rectangular vases containing china mums, and eiffel tower vases containing oncidium orchids. For that bit of whimsy (and a pop of orange), Monica provided goldfish for some of the tables and clocks served as table numbers.

(Photos by Anjuli of Photorange )

Real Wedding: Nicole + Christian {Sneak Peek}

More to follow...

Real Wedding: Kelsey + Jordan {Sneak Peak}

Photography by Sean Walker

Real Wedding: Lauren + Caleb

Lauren and Caleb's ceremony and reception took place at the Red Horse Barn in Huntington Beach on August 14th. The location set the tone for a wedding full of natural and organic details designed by the fabulous team of Carter and Cook Event Co. The photos by Jill Thomas were stunning and really captured the emotion of the day.

Lauren's bouquet was designed with garden roses, scabiosa pods, dusty miller, silver brunia, sola wood flowers, and star of bethlehem. Her bridesmaids carried posy bouquets of sola wood flowers, dusty miller, and silver brunia. All of the bouquets were wrapped in burlap and accented with natural twine. Caleb and his groomsmen wore boutonnieres of sola wood flowers and natural sticks. The centerpieces were designed after a centerpiece that Lauren had found and absolutely fell in love with. Wooden crates (rented from Atelier Joya - so nice!) held olive branches, dusty miller, hydrangea, and gardenias.

Carter and Cooked designed the ceremony backdrop and all of the table top details: the burlap runner accented with lace, gold rope wrapped around the votive candles, wooden utensils tied on fabric napkins with natural twine, and bottles of water with table numbers displayed. The natural and organic details that went into this wedding were amazing and added to an already beautiful wedding day.

Congratulations Lauren and Caleb! xxoo