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

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.

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

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

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.

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!

Photos courtesy of: www.jimkennedyphotographers.com

Planners: www.whitelinenevents.com

Venue: www.dovecanyonclub.com

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.