It’s so great to see a wedding like today’s featured affair. Full of rich, warm hues. A cozy but fabulously elegant style. Layer upon layer of beauty with textures and colors that seem to be both timeless and undeniably chic at the same time. And yet it isn’t surprising in the slightest, considering the bride behind this beautiful affair is Jasmine Star’s gorgeous sister, Bianca. Jasmine has been behind the lens of some of SMP’s most loved weddings (like this one and this one) so we are beyond thrilled that she chose SMP to debut this jaw-droppingly beautiful, and so so special day. Photographed by Jasmine and Stephanie Fay, this is definitely going down in the SMP Best-Ofs. Click here to see the whole affair.
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The wedding was held at Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez, California because of the amazing cuvee cave on site, vintage portico, and bountiful vineyard rows. The mix of vintage and modern elements, rented from the FOUND vintage collection, created an eclectic feel that came together in both our wedding location and reception site. The reception was at Bradley Ogden’s Root246 restaurant near the winery. Mixing a very modern restaurant with the old-world aesthetic of Sunstone was a challenge. But the theme helped tie the venues together.
Originally we were going to have a beachside wedding in the Mexican Riviera so I bought a simple dress. But when we had to change our locations, I was forced to find a dress in a short timespan. Thankfully on my one (and only) dress appointment, I found my Pronovias dress! It was layered (which played off the succulents), ivory in color, and effortlessly dramatic. Befitting for the theme and my personality
We wanted to have an invitation that displayed our location, theme, and venue. We found small wooden boxes, varnished them, and used them as mini wine bottle containers. The wine label doubled as an invitation complete with our wedding logo, website, and image of the vineyard we were to be married at.
Heavenly Blooms was the florist who took translated my theme so beautifully. She patiently helped me craft my vision and took my design requirements to the next level. I wanted to intertwine vintage pieces, so Jaclyne and I hunted for antique gold vases, candlesticks, and containers to use during the ceremony and reception. We cleared out every vintage shop and thrift store in our area but found amazing unique pieces which made every table eclectically cohesive and unique. Succulents accented EVERYTHING. From the aisle, to the communion table, to the dessert bar, and the reception site, beautiful succulents mixe with elderberries, gardenias, burgundy peonies, and dinnerplate dalias filled the bouquets, boutonierres, and centerpieces. The escort card “table” was my favorite design element. Allison and Jenni from FOUND had a riddling rack for wine bottles. I asked if we could do a standing escort table and use the holes for floral arrangements and name cards. The end product was amazing!
On the menu, we started with Artisan breads and cheeses, tuna tar tar with a confee sauce, salmon ceviche with an avocado mousse. The First Course was Maytag bleu cheese soufflé with summer salad, followed by a Shrimp Fritta with Grilled Corn Soup. Our main course was Shaked Chicken, whipped crème fraiche, fuji apples or Prime Rib Eye Steak with market vegetables, root potato gratin. YUM!
But I have to say, that even among all of these wonderful details, the most special part of the day was having my father and Matt’s best friend marry us in front of 50 of the most amazing people in our lives. Even though my father forgot to exchange the rings during the vows, it provided comical relief when we walked back down the aisle to give each other our rings.
Photography: Jasmine Star and Stephanie Fay / Cinematography: Elysium Productions / Flowers: Heavenly Blooms / Event Design: Events of Love and Splendor, Heavenly Blooms, Found Vintage Rentals / Event Planning: Events of Love and Splendor / Event Decor/Rentals: Found Vintage Rentals / Ceremony Location: Sunstone Winery, Santa Ynez, CA / Reception Location: Root 246 / Invitations: DIY / Shoes: Christian Louboutin / Dress: Pronovias / Desserts: Solvang Bakery / DJ: Jeff Kishi, Kingdom Productions
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Wow, Jasmine and Stephanie what a beautiful and surreal wedding! To photograph your identical twin?? That has to help your self esteem girl, because your sister is dope, and you have to see that, of course! But then it's YOU you're seeing too!! LOL What a wonderful experience for you all!! thank you so much for sharing this with us all!
My favorite wedding on SMP this year.
Wow love the color palette
Oh I'm so sad my wedding's over! I want to have 50 more and have one of them look just like THIS! So gorgeous, love the table details.
Where did you get the flower in your hair! gorgeous. the flower are amazing....
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!! Bianca & Matt are simply beautiful!!!! Words cannot describe the overwhelming feeling of love, family & friends that I feel when looking at these amazing images. J* & Stephanie rocked it.
I just love the succulent details. My grandmother loved succulents and she would have swooned over this wedding too. Gorgeous.
WOW! The colors are gorgeous and I love the succulents. Everything is so lovely about this wedding, I'm bookmarking it now...
The warm color palette and floral designs here are fantastic. Such a beautifully elegant celebration!
This wedding is beautiful!! I love those earrings, where are they from!
beautiful! i love all of the succulents. what is the style/name of the Pronovias dress? It's stunning.
This wedding is simply stunning - love the detail shots. It has such a romantic, intimate vibe. Well-done!
WOW this wedding just keeps getting more and more gorgeous! Swoon
Sunstone is my fave winery! What a beautiful location for a wedding, the bride, photos, flowers, everything perfect!! When family is in the industry, you know it's going to be amazing :)
I just bought that dress last month! It's amazing to see it on a real bride in a real wedding setting and not some wacky high fashion shot. She looks incredible, and I'm peeing myself with anticipation over getting my own.
Danielle, it's Edimburgo by San Patrick (a sister line of Pronovias).
Super rad all around. Only thing that was a bummer... I never got to eat that Prime Rib Eye Steak I smelled all night because I was spinning the turn tables for dinner music. Yummmm.
The single succulents on candle sticks are BRILLIANT!!!
THIS is an incredibly, insanely GORGEOUS wedding!
Love the floral decor. The whole place is just gorgeous.
This is a gorgeous wedding. The colors are so rich.
Love every last detail!! Jasmine your amazing! Your sister is so lucky to have you as a sister :)!
Beautiful wedding, amazing photography and a very happy bride and groom.
absolutely stunning! i love every single detail!
Beautiful couple. Photographs are so amazing. Love it.
Beautiful wedding!! I love the rich red with the sage green of the succulents!! And her dress is stunning!!!
completely adore this couple and most inspired by their wedding. unique attention to detail always catches my eye - the use of succulents alone and with flowers was an awesome idea!! i completely love their approach to its use!!
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Jasmine Star is one of my favorite photographers to blog stalk. :) Loved seeing these images and reading more about Bianca's wedding. So glad she changed the location/theme of the wedding because this wedding is so stylish and amazing.
Amazing work Jasmine! As always!!
I like to check out your site a couple times a week for new entries. I was wondering if you have any other subjects you write about?