Archives for October 2011

Wedding Weekend Recap

This past weekend we were part of Eva and Jonathon’s big day! When I first heard they would be having no bridal party except for a marching band of their cute little, nieces and nephews, I couldn’t wait to see. Some held these awesome shields using their feng shui colors, others had drums and batons.

Eva looked beautiful! I was able to catch a shot in church as we waited for the ceremony to begin!

Eva’s best friend became an officiant just for this day, so sweet! Congrats Eva + Jonathon! You guys are perfect for each other!

Wish Upon a Wedding Blissful Wishes Ball

On September 21st, we attended the Wish Upon a Wedding Gala at the Richard Nixon Library. As always is the case, the entire event was just beautiful! Here are the latest recaps we have:

Here’s our president Kevin Covey.

Images by Troy Grover

I’ve always been proud to be part of this organization that wishes weddings to couples where one is terminally ill. Here’s a piece from The Bella Bambino‘s blog straight from Lisa, the newlywed wife and our last recipients. Audrey from The Bella Bambino donated a dress for their daughter and her daughter attended our gala. After her mom’s speech, she gave a big shout out to them for giving them such a “pretty, pretty dress”. Such a heart warming story, hop on over there to read it all!

Meet Rocio!

Meet Rocio: our newest team member!

She was one of our models for one of our recent shoots with Marisol Aparicio veils too and Little White Book Stylists. Isn’t she gorg? I asked her to write a little blurb about herself and this is what she had to share:

I’m a student, worker, and intern who was raised in Inglewood but currently reside in Riverside while attending the University of California, Riverside. Although my study of emphasis in school is Spanish and Business I have always been extremely interested in things related to hospitality. My passion goes from event planning to arts and crafts to designing. I love planning events as well as outings with friends. In addition, I have a passion for baking! I’m still trying to perfect my baking skills but hopefully soon I’ll be an expert. Through my job at the university, I have been able to get some experience by planning a few events. However, school events and weddings are completely different; school events are great but weddings are just beautiful, loving, and touching. I look forward to working with Wendy and having her as my mentor so that I can gain more knowledge about all the essentials of event planning.

Look forward to her posts! Big thanks to Smita of Smita Photography for these beautiful shots.

Wedding Weekend Recap

This weekend we celebrated with Erica and Alan and definitely can’t wait for the pro pics by Shannon Lee Images after seeing some of her teasers! Here’s one that totally makes me swoon – their first look:

Shannon’s amazing and such a fast teaser! XO! In the meantime, here are a couple of my Instagram shots!

Erica + Alan’s Castaway wedding in Burbank was beautiful! Congrats once again!

Tuesday Tip!

Happy Tuesday everyone! Can’t believe how warm it’s going to get this week! 97 degrees tomorrow? Crazy! It was raining this time last week.

So we’re going to have a new installment of “Tuesday Tips” and if any of you are brides, please feel free to email us with any questions. We’re also working on another feature with more details to come.

Today our Tuesday Tip is all the DRESS!

Via Sarah Seven

I was reminded about this topic because one of our brides for next year has been dress shopping and I got an email letting me know that she might have found her dress already. I’m extremely excited about this as it’s one of the most important details for a bride but I gave her this piece of advice: I suggest if you LOVE it to get it but you’ll have to stop your search! You don’t want to fall in love with another dress after you’ve purchased the one. The only this is OK if it’s you want to be a two dress bride, then I say, go for it!

My number one advice for this is to wait! It’s much better if you purchase your dress 5-6 months before your wedding. I would say even less but you need some padding for alterations if you need them. This way there is less time for you to fall in love with other dresses and it will also give you time to tone up or lose weight if you want to.

So there’s our Tuesday Tip! Have a great day everyone!

Rose Gold Wedding Rings

I am in LOVE with gold rose rings! This is one of the few times I’m hoping my hubby is reading. 🙂

Here are a few of our favorite finds:

These two are by Anna Sheffield and they vary in price by A LOT. The furst one is about $15k while the second is about $1k. They would both look gorgeous with this band below!

You can even get a bunch of cute small ones and stack up them up like so:

Via Price Scope

And wouldn’t it go perfetly well with this Sarah Jassir gown that I’m absolutely head over heels for!?

via The Wedding Chicks

I think so! IN love and drooling just a bit!

Happy Friday!

A shot from a guest of one of our couples earlier this year.

I just had to share! Makes my heart happy…Happy weekend! No wedding this weekend, so we’re off to watch Incubus under the stars! Hope they stick to their old stuff.

Sugar Skull Inspired Display

We did this month’s window display for The Wedding Pantry and I have a couple shots to share!

I was inspired by sugar skulls and Dia de Los Muertos which isn’t until early November but what best way to celebrate its arrival! I always see inspiration boards that mix Dia de Los Muertos and bright colors so I went the total opposite way.

I went with gray and white. Clean and classier than the usual brights but I thought it turned out pretty awesome! We spray painted pumpkins white (because we couldn’t find white pumpkins) and succulents gray.

Loved these wine bottles and had to get some. SO perfect for this too!

White streamer chandeliers hang on top. So easy to make! Hoping to share more soon!

Tuesday Shoesday

So I came across this beauty on Pinterest and it was love at first sight. I absolutely adore the shoes; the soft pink color, the bling, and the beautiful flower on the side makes them a perfect combination.

Has anyone seen these before? I can’t seem to find them anywhere and I’m dying to make them a part of my collection.

via We Heart It