I loved working with Kelly & James, they are both amazing people and together make a great couple. When you meet Kelly & James you instantly notice their charismatic personalities. They are just as charming in person as they look in their photographs. I love Kelly’s cool/funky style (especially her crazy nail polish colors) and James’ lovely accent.

Kelly & James had a true destination wedding with guests coming from the east coast and all the way from the UK! They got married at the Montage in Laguna Beach…the perfect California beach setting.

Thank you Nisie for the wedding decor, Elysium Productions for capturing the wedding on video, and Braedon for sharing your photos with us (and chasing after that wild bunny for Kelly)!

Photos courtesy of Braedon Photography:

When two people from the entertainment industry get married, you know it will be a fun time! Nicole and Mark’s wedding vision was to have a beachy, outside wedding, where all their guests could have the California experience. Nicole and Mark got married at the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel, which was the perfect beach setting with stunning views of the Pacific Ocean and a cool ocean breeze. Their ceremony and dinner reception took place outside, while the after party moved indoors.

Christopher with Fiori Fresco created the ultimate beach chic setting. The design was light and airy, and people were able to relax while they enjoyed all the fun. From the Champagne Angel, girls wearing large flower hats (passing out pashminas), girls in LED costumes (handing out chocolates), and a bubble girl floating in the pool, there was something entertaining everywhere you looked! After dinner and dancing to the music of Red Loquita, guests were moved inside for more treats. It was during the after party where people played beer pong, enjoyed the sweets table, and an Inn and Out Truck satisfied anyone who had the late night munchies. Thank you Sweet Monday Photography for capturing all the great memories that night!

Photos courtesy of Sweet Monday Photography:

Denise & Jerome wed in July at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes. The Terranea has breathtaking views, and was the perfect location for Denise & Jerome’s ceremony & dinner reception. Both Jerome & Denise have a modern style and wanted a clean and chic wedding. Shawna Yamamoto was the perfect event designer for their wedding, adding interesting touches to the decor and wedding personals. Shawna came up with the design theme of industrial chic, which was the perfect atmosphere for this couple!

Some of my favorite design elements of the wedding were the interesting wedding personals. I loved the uniqueness of the bridesmaids bouquets, which started as flat discs and were covered with flowers in a beidemier design. The flower girls were joined by their wrists with pearl wristlets attached to an open lei. Denise’s wedding colors of sage green, coral/orange, and white perfectly complemented their modern atmosphere. All the decor elements looked so cheerful and fun!

Anyone who knows Denise knows that this girl can dance! The dinner reception was a fun time by all…it took about 2 seconds to get this group onto the dance floor. Jeff and Jonathan from Cerritos All Stars kept the party going till the end of the night!

Jin & Eden with Sam Lim Studio captured some beautiful pictures of Denise & Jerome’s wedding. Jerome had a great idea of giving their parents iPads with uploaded photos of their wedding day. Jin & Eden helped upload the photos onto the iPads during the reception, and they were able to give the gifts before the reception was over! It is amazing how cool & fast technology is! I know their parents will love looking at the photos as it was a beautiful day filled with beautiful people.

Photos courtesy of Sam Lim Studio:

Gracie & Kyle were married on a sunny summer day at the Montage in Laguna Beach. Gracie & Kyle knew that the Montage was the perfect location to get married, not just because it is beautiful, but it was actually the spot they first laid eyes on each other. Gracie & Kyle met in the hot tub at the Montage, and their joke is that the Montage angels were present that day. At the end of the reception, they gave out apple green striped towels and asked guests to join them at the pool and hot tub the following day.

Shades of peach, coral and green made a fun and summery atmosphere! The bridesmaids’ bouquets had little birds tucked into the flowers, and both Gracie’s bouquet and Kyle’s boutonniere had touches of feathers. Sunny with White Lilac transformed the ceremony site and ballroom into a dream. The capped table cloths were girly and beautiful, stunning Sunny! Everyone walked in and screamed, “oh the room is so Gracie”. I loved the personalized gobo on the white seamless dace floor by Platinum Pro. Their dance floor was filled by all their guests as they rocked out all night long to West Coast Music’s Side Effect. This group loved the live music!

Gracie has great taste; she found the coral bridesmaids dresses herself…so darn cute! We designed the paper goods to match the coral dresses. Nichelle from Details A La Carte, created a four petal rose, clover like for the monogram as Gracie loves that design from LV and also wanted a modern monogram. Gracie looked stunning in her Vera Wang dress, which was the perfect style for her California wedding. The rosettes on her dress were inspiration for the design of their wedding cake created by Linda at The Cake Studio.

Photos courtesy of Samuel Lippke Studios:

Thank you to Chenin from Boutwell Studio for submitting Chero & Stephanie’s wedding to The Bride’s Cafe! Be sure to check out the feature…super cute wedding details and great photos! Here are a few more detailed shots from Chero & Stephanie’s Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach wedding:

Read more on Chero & Stephanie’s wedding on The Bride’s Cafe:

Krystle & Francis wed in June at the Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Coast. Krystle & Francis live in Hong Kong, with families in Canada and HK. They have a love for traveling and wanted to have a destination wedding in Southern California. It is not too common for me to plan a wedding in the middle of the week, but it was a lucky date! They started off their wedding week with a dinner party poolside (photos coming later) at the Colisuem Grill, but the fabulous banquets team serviced the amazing cook out. A Taste of California, flavors from SF to the OC. I got to sample the seafood cioppini, delicious, but the beet salad with walnut vinaigrette, I am in love!

They kept the destination wedding concept throughout their paper goods from a travel booklet for their save the date to passport wedding programs. At guest check in, each guest received pajamas and bathroom tote (one that you would get on British Airways first class) filled with goodies, and necessities like Purell and tide sticks. I think they have traveled to almost every continent, not sure on Antarctica?

They started off the morning with a traditional Chinese tea ceremony honoring the parents and elders. Their wedding was absolutely beautiful. Fiori Fresco worked their magic and designed the ceremony site and reception with heavy romantic florals that looked soft and pretty. The bride wanted a classic look of gold accents with her blush flowers. Peonies are her favorite, aren’t they every girls favorite, if not, they should be! Krystle looked amazing in all 5 of her wedding dresses, Vera Wang (this is not even out yet, I think she got the first one form the store to show off, and she bought it off the rack) Marchesa, Monique Lhullier too! From her variety of different dresses and jewelry, Krystle definitely has great style. James Gang Band and Mike Soltani rocked the house! Elysium was there to showoff their same day edit skills, which was posted earlier. And the ever amazing Ira came out from NY while Samuel tag teamed. Wow, Lippke brothers together at one wedding….haven’t seen that in years!

Photos courtesy of Ira Lippke Studios:

It was a pleasure to help coordinate Esther & Lee’s wedding at Pelican Hill. Esther & Jeannie are dear friends from UCI, and since Jeannie was a guest to their wedding, I enjoyed taking part in the planning process and helping with the execution of their big day! Everything thing came together beautifully…we were a little nervous that it might rain, but we were able to stay dry and have their ceremony outside. Everything looked great and John was able to capture beautiful photographs.

One of my favorite elements of their wedding was their floral arrangements. I loved the peachy/blush flowers…so cheery and romantic. Their personals smelled amazing! I love the smell of gardenias, which were used in Lee’s boutonniere, the mothers’ corsages, and Esther’s hair flower. As you can see, everyone looked stunning. And how cute is the flower girl (Jeannie’s daughter) Madison?

Thanks to all the venders that were a part in this celebration at Pelican Hill! John with John and Joseph Photography, linens by Fusion Linens, decor and flowers by White Lilac, DJ Mike Soltani with the music, and lighting by Shine Lighting all added to the romantic ambiance!

Photos courtesy of John Hong with John & Joseph Photography Inc.:

Mona & Aunish exchanged their vows this past weekend at the St. Regis Resort. It was quite a spectacular week for our couple. The Mehndi and Sangeet celebration was held at Elevate Lounge in Los Angeles on Thursday followed by the Raas-Garba event at Norman P. Murray Community Center in Mission Viejo on Friday. Our wedding day started off with the traditional Barat as Aunish and his family processed into the Grand Lawn in a Phantom Rolls Royce Limousine. It was quite the upscale event as you can see. There were several Indian traditions that took place from the Hindu ceremony to the exchange of garlands between our bride and groom as well as our bridal party processional of Mona and her bridesmaids. Mona and Aunish have very impeccable tastes as you can see from their attire. I think these two can be magazine models by how gorgeous they are! Pay attention to Mona’s saris…the intricate bead work was amazing and the colors correlated to each event over the three day affair. Our floral designer, Shawna Yamamoto, brought in several modern elements as we tied in vibrant colors of fuchsia & tangerine. I can’t wait to post photographs with the additional details that were brought in for the evening festivities. Thank you to Matt and his team over at FortyOneTwenty for sharing this wedding with Details Details!

Same Day Edit courtesy of FortyOneTwenty:

When I look back on Robert & Annie’s wedding I think about all the fun details that went into their wedding! Annie and Robert were both active in the planning process and had a lot of creative ideas. They picked a fun color/design scheme of fuchsia, black, and white. Their floral arrangements made a statement with big pops of fuchsia flowers, hanging crystals, and black manzanita trees. I loved the black and white damask linens on each guest table, and elements of damask throughout the decor. Annie is an extremely crafty gal, and put together her escort cards, programs, table numbers, and mini caramel apple favors. All guests could appreciate their love for UCLA as they added fun pictures of themselves in their UCLA tee-shirts on the back of their table numbers and tied on each caramel apple.

Robert and Annie have dear memories of UCLA, after all they officially got together after connecting through mutual friends from school. As the story goes, Robert built up some liquid courage from a little Patron and ended up talking to Annie. It was only appropriate to have Robert’s groom’s cake a replica of his liquid courage! One of my favorite details on the groom’s cake is the drunk and passed out mini Robert and Annie!

It was a joy to work with Robert and Annie. They are two of the sweetest people, and it was fun to seeing them have a blast during their wedding! Thanks to all the wedding venders who helped make their wedding so memorable. Annie’s brother, John, did a fantastic job capturing all the memories, and Jay with Cinevent Productions produced a lovely Same Day Edit that was enjoyed during their reception. Jonathan and Jeff with Cerritos All Stars kept the party going with some great tunes, and Johnny with JNS Floral Design brought their decor visions to life! It was a vision at the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel. The perfect wedding location for Robert & Annie as Robert proposed to Annie there!

Photos courtesy of John with Simply Two Photography:

Molly & Andy celebrated their nuptials at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church followed by their dinner reception at Terranea Palos Verdes Resort. With Molly working in the wine industry, it was a perfect combination to bring her love for wine into our wedding decor. Our color palate of shades of gray, pink and black were tied in from our bridesmaid’s dresses to our paper goods. Our guests were even given bottles of wine as they picked up their escort cards. Our floral decor was created by Kim, Art With Nature, and our black and white floral table linens created a fabulous backdrop to our centerpieces. Molly wore a Jim Hjelm wedding gown and I just love the grey sash which accented her gorgeous figure. All of our girls wore monogrammed terry cloth robes as they were getting ready in their private casita. Michael, Memories by Michael Photography, captured some great moments of our bridal party. The exciting part of the night was when our DJ, Jeff Holmes, played Sweet Carolyn by Neil Diamond…we had the entire wedding on the dance floor singing karaoke.

Photos courtesy of Michael with Memories by Michael Photography: