Rutherford Wedding by Gia Canali Photography
What do you get when you combine insanely gorgeous florals by SHARLA FLOCK DESIGNS, the planning geniuses of MAP Events, and out of this world photography by Gia Canali Photography? Give up? You get the most romantic and elegant wedding EVER filled to the brim with the sweetest details…Hello vintage Parisian postcards and wooden boxes filled with lavender and pretty calligraphy escort cards. Not to mention the gorgeous bridesmaids dresses and the super adorable flower girls. I could literally gaze at these images all day long and I think I might do just that. Join me in the gallery, won’t you?
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From the Bride…After toying with a faraway destination to celebrate our love of travel (Sidi bou Said, Tunisia was our front-runner), we decided that a beautiful, outdoor setting closer to home better fit what we wanted to be able to share with all of our family and friends. We were torn between Colorado (where I’m from), and California (where Nick is from, where we met, and now live once again). In the end, planning and seeing things in person was easier, and Northern California had no shortage of options, so it ended up being the right choice for us. Our planner, the fabulous Melissa Panico, was super patient as we scoured places from San Francisco to Mendocino. Beaulieu Gardens felt both elegant and intimate, and had the charm of Northern California wine country with its vineyards and hills along with a romantic European feeling with the tree-lined drive and rose gardens. When we first saw it, we could envision the exact wedding we wanted – and looking at the pictures now, the images exactly match (it helps to have a fantastic photographer).
Every moment was perfect, we couldn’t have asked for a single thing more. More specifically…walking down the aisle and seeing each other for the first time. My grandmother’s face as I got to the end of the aisle. Our moment with my dad right before the ceremony began. Our first glass of champagne as newlyweds. All the moments when we took a deep breath to absorb how crazy lucky we felt to have all the people we love celebrating in the same place all weekend.
Our save the date and rehearsal seating chart were postcard reprints of a vintage railroad map of California – which was significant because postcards have featured prominently in our relationship, and Nick proposed on a train! We also had vintage postcards as our guest book, and loved that people picked specific cards of places we’ve shared to write on. To fit the garden setting, our table names were the national flowers of countries we’ve lived in or visited.Our ceremony musicians learned how to play “Married Life” for our recessional from the movie “Up” (a favorite).
Venue: Beaulieu Gardens / Wedding Planning: MAP Events / Catering: Paula Le Duc Fine Catering / Officiant: Canon Christine McSpadden / Ceremony + Cocktail Music: Golden Gate Strings / Floral Design: SHARLA FLOCK DESIGNS / Wedding Photography: Gia Canali Photography / Band: Pride & Joy / Wedding Cake: Branching Out Cakes, Jill / Wedding Videography: Razon Byrne Productions / Lighting: Got Light? / Hair + Make-up: Sarah Hyde / Transportation: California Wine Tours + Antique Tours, 1947 Packards / Invitation: ADM, Eve / Calligraphy: Michelle Papineau Calligraphy / Wedding Gown: Monique Lhuillier / Bridesmaid Dresses: Jenny Yoo / Groom’s Suit + Shoes: Hugo Boss / Ties: Armani / Flower Girls Attire: Us Angels / Ring Bearer Attire: J.Crew
J.Crew, Jenny Yoo and Monique Lhuillier are members of our Look Book. For more information on how members are chosen, click here.
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It's so refreshing to see a wedding that isn't doing the "vintage" theme---i.e. rustic hand-made signs, chalkboard menus, decor that's trying to look vintage but isn't. . .just classic style. Normally a wedding like the would bore me, but once everyone jumped on the vintage bandwagon, now it actually looks unique! What a beautiful bride, too!
Lovely - I love the soft pastel detail and palette
GORG! I love how classic and elegant everything is with the tiny vintage touches that add that little extra. Beautiful!
Gorgeous! I love the table setting, everything looks so elegant and classy.
What an elegant wedding! The bride's and the bridesmaids' dresses were gorgeous.
Just breathtaking! Such a classic, old world feel. I LOVE the use of lavender with the placecards!
S T U N N I N G
~ this one is a keeper ~
LOVING this LOOK and this is what we like to create here at Platinum Floral Designs with our new vintage rental collection .. keep the inspiration coming please :) LOVE IT
what did you use for the escort cards? the lavander thing?
The bridal bouquet is gorgeous! And the photography is beautiful too! There are so many nice elements to this wedding, like the grey bridesmaid dresses, or the adorable flower girls, and all the wood and earth colors with the whites. Exquisite!
Magical.
How did you get the escort cards to stand up correctly in the lavender trays?