chrissy and chris - ponte winery, temecula

chrissy and chris were married on a GORGEOUS day in february at the ponte winery in temecula...the sun was shining all day and the green buds on the grapevines were just starting to push through...we went with a "rustic glam" feel, incorporating shades of eggplant, plum, chocolate brown and wintery powder blue...

chrissy's bouquet was made up of all white peonies, gardenias, lilac, tulips and paperwhites, with accents of fresh rosemary and soft dusty miller foliage serving as the collar

we put our own touch on the existing ceremony structure by adding winding branches of curly willow and weaving in lemon leaf, olive branches and seeded eucalytpus...it smelled so good!
the bride found these lanterns online and we hung them from my shepherd's hooks..

bridesmaids bouquets were a combination of eggplant mini calas, plum tulips, lavender ranunculas, powder blue muscari and a collar of silvery dusty miller...

for half the centerpieces, we transferred the lanterns inside and accented them around the base with eggplant, plum and lavender theme flowers...

the other half of the tables were set with a wood box holding a chocolate manzanita branch decked with crystals and hanging candles in mason jars...

the box was then fleshed out with eggplant, plum and lavender theme flowers - and of course dusty miller!  it was such a soft, wintery accent for the day...

the cake was set on a bed of moss and surrounded by lit mason jars...

congratulations chris and chrissy!!!  it was so fun working with you and i hope you are enjoying married life!  plus a big thank you to harvard photography for sharing your images and to molly for capturing those extra detail shots of the day  :)

sarah and greg - doubletree, santa barbara

sarah and greg were SUCH a blast to work with. they are so hilarious together and you cannot help but love them! they chose the beautiful doubletree resort in santa barbara as their setting and the weather could not have been more gorgeous!! carrie and ryan phillips, as always, did an amazing job capturing the details!

the groom owns his own landscaping business so the couple wanted to reflect a bit of that into their wedding day. with a color scheme of black, white and green, we utilized feminine white florals including hydrangea, reflexed roses, tulips and ranuculas, peppered with masculine green "plant-like" florals including horse tail, ti leaves, anthirium, scabiosa pods and succulents.

the ring bearer "pillow" was made up of horsetail reeds, green moss and fuzzy succulents...

the boutonnieres consisted of organic looking scabiose pods and succulents...

vases of black rocks, black manzanita branches and green cymbidium orchids lined the aisle...

we wrapped each chuppah base in white suede and filled them with fresh lemon leaf, hanging amaranthus, white hydrangea, white reflexed roses and green bells of Ireland...smylax garlands were carefully woven around each pole and the chuppah covering was hand made by a relative of the bride's as a keepsake for their special day...

each of the tall centerpiece vases were completely wrapped in horse tail reeds...every piece was glued on by hand!

for the cake, we hand glued horse tail around the entire base and filled in the rest with black rocks and green moss. the cake layers were accented with small clusters of green rustic hydrangea, succulents and scabiose pods...