This wedding from the always-amazing Erin Hearts Court is capital C, COOL! It is super chic and modern but has the attitude and feel-good vibe of a house party. The hip Shade Hotel sets the scene for this contemporary, Southern California celebration filled with loads of comfy lounge furniture and incredible, fresh florals from JL DESIGNS. And that ceremony is just jaw-dropping awesome!!! Head on over to the full gallery to get your style fix for the afternoon.
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My husband, Morgan, and I were married this past August 2010 at Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach, CA. I was never the girl who pictured or planned her wedding growing up, but sure enough, soon after we got engaged, we had a very clear picture of the wedding we wanted. We are natural party hosts; one of our favorite activities is having people at our home. We wanted the wedding to feel like our parties do: free flowing, fun, and filled with lots of good music, food, and drink. With that image in mind, we began planning the wedding design and style.
As soon as we moved to Manhattan Beach after college, I fell in love with Shade Hotel. It is modern, clean, and simple—a style that describes our taste perfectly. Shade’s unique layout made us think differently about the flow of the wedding. We had no assigned seats, all different types of seating, and stations all around the courtyard for the food. We had rented the entire small hotel out, so the weekend felt like a long slumber party with our closes family and friends.
Shade had recommended Carissa from JL DESIGNS for our florist, and she really helped my vision come to life. Not only were her florals gorgeous, she really took the role as the event designer and helped us get the right rentals and linens in place. We went with green and white flowers and included some of my favorites, tulips, cala lilies, orchids, and succulents. One of my favorite parts is the fact that each of my bridesmaids carried a bouquet of a different green flower. They looked beautiful held against their gray J.Crew bridesmaid dresses.
As for the other details, design-savvy Morgan designed our invitations, website, and paper goods, we used our friends at Jamaica’s Cakes for our delicious cake, bought tons of details from different Etsy vendors, had the same ceremony guitarist from my parents’ wedding (with some of the same Cat Stevens songs.) Luckily, our wonderful photographers, Erin Hearts Court, beautifully captured all of it.
Wedding Venue: Shade Hotel / Wedding Photographers: Erin Hearts Court / Wedding Cinematographer: Living Cinema / Wedding Florist: JL DESIGNS / Lighting and Rentals: Level 4 International / Linens: Wildflower Linen / DJ: Aaron Massey from VOX DJs / Officiant: Greg Mohr from You May Kiss the Bride / Ceremony Music: Marty Kaniger / Hair and Makeup: Nicole DeAnne Bridal Hair and Makeup / Bride’s Hair Accessory: 5eizen / Bride’s Dress: Modern Trousseau from The White Dress / Bride’s Shoes: Charles David / Bride’s Shoe Clips: bpoetic / Bride’s bracelet: emin jewelry / Bridesmaid Dresses and Shoes: J. Crew and Nine West / Groom’s Suit: J. Crew / Groomsmen Accessories: The Tie Bar, Express, and Converse / Flower Girl Tutu: tutugirl / Wedding Bands: Pasha Fine Jewelry / Wedding Cake: Jamaica’s Cakes / Wedding Cake Toppers: RedLight Studio / Favors: Gotta Have S’more
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this is getting tucked into the "someday" folder for sure. i am in love with the cool palette. clean lines, and minimalism of this wedding. it's a real stunner!
I love the casual, slightly sassy pose of the bride/maids!
What a gorgeous wedding. Makes me wish I had chosen this photographer!!
Love the simplicity - especially of the florals! Stunning!
i love these colors - gorgeous and understated! the advice for the newlyweds cards are perfect too. LOVE!
The succulents are amazing! I want them in my wedding.
We're loving the green, especially those argyle socks!
My favorite wedding I have seen on the site so far. The epitome of gorgeous!!!
I love the soft colors truly a stunning wedding!
oh boy. erin hearts court and JL Designs rocked this wedding!
As a guest, I must relay: the photography captured it all, this wedding and all the decor and food was magnificent
Ah, so pretty and chic! Love it!
Gorgeous wedding! Glad SMP chose to feature something more modern!
This is lovely! As Anne mentioned, I really appreciate seeing a beautiful modern wedding on SMP.
the shoes.. to die for! Wonder where she got them.. love the flower detail on them! beautiful wedding!
Wow, the green bouquets are gorgeous!
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hey.. its green bouquet. its so lovely. each bridesmaid has different kinds of green flowers, well its looks fantastic. for me, it was just a simple wedding yet so elegant. thanks for sharing another wonderful wedding.
I especially loved the kissing on the sand pic... Gorgeous...
Great tips! It’s always going to be a challenge to find that one perfect dress but the best thing to remember is that it supposed to be fun!
Love the Bride's blue shoes!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE - especially the flowers/arrangements on the tables!!! where on earth would one find such unique vases!?
Very pretty - bookmarking the brides hair for future use!!!
Julia xxx
More weddings like this one please! Love it!
Thank you for sharing these pictures and for allowing us to create the flower girl tutu for your beautiful wedding! Best wishes!
Angela
TutuGirl.com
Love the florals and the draped fabric. Stunning job JL Designs! Not to mention that the couple could get second jobs as models! Gorgeous all around :)
xo, Ara
thank you for showcasing this modern wedding we designed! we ADORED this couple (one of my favorites this year!) and could not be happier to see that their photos truly captured the beauty, softness and clean, luxe aesthetic of the day! xoxo, c
Her bouquet is to die for! Amazing work Carissa
Any idea where the bride found her Charles David Shoes-I cannot find them ANYWHERE. Love!
Hi Sara and Lindsey,
I got the shoes at a Charles David store in Los Angeles, but the grey flower shoe clips I got from Etsy (bpoetic).
Thanks, all, for the really sweet comments!
Best,
Erin Keller (the bride)
i was a lucky guest at this superfun wedding! what a magic night.
Beautiful!!
Simple and stunning. I love love love the green bouquets.
Les enfants du cortège en tutu et ballerines! j'adore!
le marié en basket pour mieux danser aussi, une ambiance chic , sobre et décontracté!
J'adore!
LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Does anyone know this what color linen this is called?
Bridget,
The linen is Matte Satin Heather Grey from Wildflower Linen.
Best,
Erin Keller (bride)
Would the bride be willing to share where she got the flower girl's tutu from? She is just so adorable. The wedding is to die for obviously! :)
Anne - the tutus are from Tutu Girl at www.tutugirl.com
like your posts, thanks for sharing! the pictures are so beautiful!