Another article we are featured in, so excited! I recently contributed my expert advise on whats hot for winter weddings for a post on chatterberries.com in the “Buzzworthy Blooms” section. Chatterberries is a fantastic website that is all about bridal resources and community with tips from the pros in all aspects of weddings. There are loads of pictures and video to browse through, eye candy galore! Click here to see the artice.

Hello all,

While setting up for a wedding last month at Anaheim Hills CC I was pleasantly surprised to be interviewed for an upcoming article in the Examiner! The article was posted over the weekend, take a peek – http://tinyurl.com/ya2px2c

JKP Photographers

Fusion Linens

Lacie decided on eggplant, jewel purple and vibrant green with a splash of peach and persimmon. It sounds a little crazy, but you know what? It totally worked! Jewel tones in the color wheel complement each other, they just do. As you can see from her smile (and her heels!) she is super fun, hip, chic and sassy. We did our best to have her decor reflect her personality using groupings of color for impact with some interesting shapes and texture. The venue has this cool mission villa style to it with a large courtyard where the ceremony and reception happen in the same area. There’s lots of lush greenery, vines, and trees that offer shade on the hot days. Some of the flowers we used were lady’s slipper orchids, garden roses, bells of Ireland, dendrobium orchids, hydrangea and dahlia.

I had so much fun with Kim and her mom over the year working with them on all the flower details. Kim did a ton of DIY projects including painstakingly gluing on little crystals to all votive and fluted candles ( I think there were about 100 all together) and buying all the apothecary jars and goodies for her over the top candy station. She went with shades of blush, rose and wine for the colors of the day. Lots of roses of all colors, beautiful red/burgundy hydrangea, and her favorite peonies were accompanied by interesting foliage and some cool shabby chic urns for the centerpieces.

When you get married at the same venue as your reception and it’s not blazing hot (kryptonite to flowers!) you can reuse some of the decor at the reception. We took all the gazebo decor down and placed the garland all along the front of the head table and put the gorgeous spray down as a long and low arrangement right in front of Chad and Kim. There is a time to double dip on ceremony to reception flowers, and this was a good example

Occasions LA – El Segundo

Jim Kennedy Photographers

This wedding was part crafty bride with tons of resources, and part fabulous floral designer! Jessica found one editorial photo from a magazine that spoke to her, and that is all it took. The wedding had unique vases, vintage fabrics, and a very shabby chic eclectic garden feel. So what did she do? Got on the phone and found out where they got the fabric, and the vases! Great idea for you DIY sewer’s out there http://www.reprodepot.com/ is the place to get vintage reproductions of fabrics from decades past. Her colors were lemon, chiffon, butter, sage, and white. Super cute trios of baby vintage vases with a wood base for the centerpieces, adorable buckets with ribbon handles for the aisle treatments, and we topped it all off with a “J” and an “M” monogram in flowers on the walls….loved it

Colors of the day were mango, cantaloupe, ivory, fresh greens, and a touch of soft blue. The bridesmaids wore Windsor blue cocktail dresses, and accented the color with just a thin ribbon criss cross to the bouquet stems. At the ceremony we added in lots of color and several arrangements to the existing foliage around the rotunda. Shades of orange rose petals lined the aisle with shepherd’s hooks filled with hydrangea, roses, and tails of dendrobium orchids. The reception centerpieces were square pave arrangements stuffed with roses! Beautiful

Photographer: http://www.chrishumphreys.com/

Venue: http://www.seven4one.com/

Planner: http://www.lyndseyhamiltonevents.com/

Linens: http://www.wildflowerlinens.com/

This one takes the cake on the wow factor…. Scott had lots of help from Lyndsey Hamilton to create the moment of a lifetime for him, and his fiance Aimee. He decided to rent the entire hotel, Seven4one (a brand new uber chic Laguna must see!) for their family and friends to share in his proposal to the love of his life. Guests all arrived early in the day and the night before to gather up on the balcony overlooking the sunset for the big event. As you can see, to her surprise was all loved ones, and Scott down on one knee. Their cutie pie chocolate lab had her ring tied to his adorable floral collar handmade by moi. Loved, loved, loved it!!! After a YES from the bride to be all were escorted to the courtyard for a hip, chic, and fabulously decorated dinner party.

Photographer: http://www.chrishumphreys.com/

Venue: http://www.seven4one.com/

Planner: http://www.lyndseyhamiltonevents.com/

Linens: http://www.wildflowerlinens.com/

This one takes the cake on the wow factor…. Scott had lots of help from Lyndsey Hamilton to create the moment of a lifetime for him, and his fiance Aimee. He decided to rent the entire hotel, Seven4one (a brand new uber chic Laguna must see!) for their family and friends to share in his proposal to the love of his life. Guests all arrived early in the day and the night before to gather up on the balcony overlooking the sunset for the big event. As you can see, to her surprise was all loved ones, and Scott down on one knee. Their cutie pie chocolate lab had her ring tied to his adorable floral collar handmade by moi. Loved, loved, loved it!!! After a YES from the bride to be all were escorted to the courtyard for a hip, chic, and fabulously decorated dinner party.

Ceremony and Reception: Turnip Rose Grand Newport Plaza http://www.turniprose.com/GrandNewportPlaza.htm

Photography: Jim Kennedy Phoographers http://www.jimkennedyphotographers.com/

Heathers colors were eggplant and midori green. She wanted a very clean look with a pacific rim flair. Lots of cymbidium orchids both burgundy and green, green spider mums, eggplant calla lillies, bells of Ireland, and submerged stems of mini cymbidium orchids in glass for the centerpieces. As you can see in her photos, she and her bridal party are gorgeous….and her florals aren’t too bad either!

We collaborated with Chadnie and Jenny at White Linen Events for this fabulous bat mitzvah at Dove Canyon. Jessica wanted a vintage Hollywood feel to her event combined with modern movies on screen. Black, white, and gold were the colors with lots of details…. gigantic gold statues, film props, red carpet, staging, and awesome lighting. We decided to do two level arrangements on glass fluted vases with lots of bling acrylic ice in the glass. To top it all off, as the lights went down, the water submersible lights in the vases created a unique mood…

Photos courtesy of: www.jimkennedyphotographers.com

Planners: www.whitelinenevents.com

Venue: www.dovecanyonclub.com

Ceremony and Reception Rancho Las Lomas / Lawrence Canyon

Kristen wanted a very lush, right out of the garden look to her floral decor. Very light and soft colors of cream, butter, blush, canteloupe, and sage. Her girls were in a tan color, and that same tone carried through on to the linens. The ceremony and reception were both outside amongst all the natural beauty Rancho Las Lomas has to offer, how can you go wrong with oak trees, rolling hills, spanish arcitecture, white tigers, parrots, and zebras??!! This venue is wonderful experience you and your guests will never forget. We used weathered urns for a cool effect on the centerpieces along with hydrangea, china mums, pin cushion protea, roses, stock, astilbe, curly willow, hanging amaranthus, and unique garden foliage to complete the look.