Have you ever seen such a fabulous thing as spiked Loubies? I have been rendered speechless by those beauties. And that isn’t the only modern jaw dropper to make an appearance at this Los Angeles fête. It is heart-wrenchingly glorious from beginning to end and boasting a line-up of kick butt wedding professionals including flowers by La Partie Events, event planning by Just Wenderful and one awesome photograph after another by Image is Found. See it all here!










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And this is the wedding event that keeps on giving. We have the ever so touching film of the day shot by Shade Tree Films and I have a feeling there might be some tears shed over this one.
From the Bride…Jay and I are both love language and literature, so I always knew that the feel of our wedding would evolve out of language that captured the kind of day we wanted. Ultimately, we decided on ‘transcendence,’ a word that captured everything we hoped our day would be, from the visual to the abstract. Visually, transcendence evoked an ethereal quality, the sky and teal, turquoise, orange, and peach. It was also appropriate because not only did we love the colors themselves, but we’d spent innumerable hours together, staring at the sky. We especially loved watching the sky as it transitioned between different times of day – the brightness of day softening into dusk, and then deepening toward sunset. This, to me, reflected our unique relationship as well, as Jay and I met in junior high school (I was 12, he was 14), and had seen each other go from braces-wearing adolescents, to post-college young adults, to people about to exchange vows that would carry us into the rest of our lives!
I decided to break up the day into three parts: the ceremony would be ‘daybreak,’ with the boldest, darkest iterations of the colors; the reception would be ‘dusk,’ with watercolor washes of the colors; then the dancing portion would be twilight, with a deepening of all the colors as the day wound down into night. I loved this idea of a progression, one that we would hopefully continue on forever. Our programs and menus reflected this progression as well, the programs folded out to reveal each part of the day in the respective colors, and the menus came in little sleeves that guests pulled out to reveal each course.
Since our ceremony was outside at 4:30 in the afternoon, the sky itself captured our theme beautifully. But just to infuse a pop of our colors, I tied ribbons in teal, turquoise, orange, and peach to wooden dowels to line the aisle. I also made a ‘wall’ of white paper streamers, tied to a fishing line and suspended as our altar, which lent a lovely dreamy, ethereal quality to the ceremony as the streamers swayed in the wind. For the reception, our beautiful centerpieces captured the watercolor washes of our colors beautifully, and my mom and I made huge paper flowers to break up the vast white walls inside Siren Studios. We hoped that the paper flowers would catch the peach tinged lighting and give the feeling of the sky at dusk. Overall, I just wanted a very dreamy feeling to the day, with details that all had a reason, that reflected who Jay and I are as a couple. It definitely was dreamy and so special for me, my husband, and all of our family and loved ones!
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Wedding Photography: Image is Found / Wedding Cinematography: Shade Tree Films / Floral Design: La Partie Events / Wedding Coordination: Just Wenderful / Ceremony and Reception Location: Siren Studios / Stationery: Design Funhouse / Hair: Thy Mai / Make-up: Diane Mayo / Bride’s Shoes: Christian Louboutin / Cake and Dessert: Fantasy Frostings
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What an amazing wedding video. It's so neat to hear both sides to how they met and fell in love!
Where is the bride's veil from? It's exactly what I've been looking for!!
Thanks for sharing this, SMP! XOXO, Meg (La Partie Events)
What a gorgeous dress! The ruffles are in all the right places, so unique!
I'm a mess! What a sweet video.
AMAZING SHOES.
Another vote for those shoes. I literally did a double-take, scrolled back up and went WOW. Gorgeous, foxy and full of character. I adore a wedding with all the beautiful stuff on the surface and an added little sprinkle of attitude hidden away if you look closely!
Amazing and beautiful! You did a wonderful job and I love the selection of photography!
Great love story! Who knew that two kids who dated way back would one day end up still for each other! Love it and love the shoes too.
What about the stationary? I love it! When I clicked on it, it said it was not found. Help!?
Thanks for sharing J + J's wedding day! They were awesome to work with!
@Vanessa: The veil was custom made by Erin Cole in Costa Mesa
@Abby: This should work: http://www.designfunhouse.com/
I love the stationary and I love love love the photos where her veil is overwhelming the bride and groom in the wind. Lovely!
Awesome pics! cool twitter birds!
Hey, I know these two! :) Wow, their wedding was so beautiful. Gorgeous photos. Congrats on the feature to all involved! Especially to my favorite wedding planner, Wendy!
Who made that beautiful dress?? It is just gorgeous!
yes, i agree, Wendy is a fantastic wedding planner! congrats on this great feature!
Thank you everyone for your kind words. We were so blessed to be able to work with amazingly talented vendors. Thanks especially to Wendy for putting this submission together.
Laura - thank you so much, the dress is Vera Wang.
looks like a vera wang... maybe erin?
what a delight!!!
Cheers to all those involved for getting featured!
cool and nice looking cake!
I love the video! Love the coordinator!
This is just lovely and the video is beautiful!
Gorgeous!!
you all did an amazing job!
Jean! Where did you get that gorgeous bracelet?!
Hi Lauren! The bracelet was vintage and I got it from Etsy, but don't remember from which seller.
Congrats to justwenderful! looks beautiful.
This is an amazingly beautiful love story! God bless both of you!
The ceremony backdrop is saweet! And that Vera gown is gorgeous...