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From Details Details…The couple wanted a fun, youthful wedding with lots of color and personality. While The Parker Hotel has a Moroccan flair with a Jonathan Adler influence, Sunny from White Lilac was still able to achieve organic glamour.  She selected natural but sexy garden flowers in gradations of purples, the bride’s favorite color.  Floral consisted of purple lisianthus, purple lady slipper orchids, black callas, burgundy hydrangeas, enhanced with mustard billy balls.  Texture was created with scabies pods, grey succulents and dusty miller.  Flowers were carefully placed into eclectic white ceramic jars and trays while colored glass Moroccan lanterns and colored poofs filled the ceremonial tree.

Wedding Coordinator: Jeannie Savage of Details Details / Make-up: Lettie Mix / Hair Stylist: Michael of Jose Neira Salon / Officiant: Chris Sonksen / Ceremony Music: Friends of Bride and Groom / Entertainment: Tim Hampton, DJ Stylez / Floral Design, Rentals + Linens: Sunny Ravanbach of White Lilac Inc. & La Tavola Linen / Lighting: PSAV / Wedding Photography: Christine Bentley Photography / Wedding Videography: Rick of Illusionary Films / Venue: The Parker

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From the Bride… I am a true believer that timing is everything and that things happen the way they do for a reason. I met Michael several times before our relationship really took off. We first met in 2003 while vacationing in Cancun, Mexico. Both of our families were part of the same guided tour but we didn’t really talk much and really had no interest in each other. Then, in 2007, Kenny, Michael’s fraternity brother, introduced us at a club. He always mentioned that he had a great guy to introduce me to, but I never took it seriously. When we finally met at the club, we talked, but things just kind of fizzled. The following year, Kenny told me that Michael was asking for my email address and instant messenger name. He wanted to introduce me to his brother-in-law, who would also be heading to Cornell that year to get his M.B.A. He now admits that he used this opportunity for himself to get back in touch with me. Our relationship started with the constant text messaging and emailing. When we finally met face-to-face, we were inseparable. That’s when we realized that we had met in Cancun, five years prior and that our parents were even acquaintances! Unfortunately, I had to move to Ithaca, NY to start school so we took our relationship online with Skype and the bi-monthly visits by Michael. Although for the most part, our relationship was long distance, we couldn’t deny that fate really brought us together at a time when we were both ready to be committed to each other.

Michael and I both grew up in the Los Angeles area so we decided to pick a focal and reputable location where all of our family and friends could celebrate with us. We felt that Beverly Hills Hotel held those attributes. Beverly Hills Hotel is not only a historical landmark of Southern California but also a hotel with excellent service and quality food. I wanted to capture a sense of elegance and class and BHH’s Crystal Ballroom fit well with our traditional, romantic décor. I loved its Murano glass chandeliers and the foyer. The elegant moldings in the ceiling, the walls, and even the mirrors complimented this essence of luxury. I felt that I had to pick a timeless place close enough where Michael and I can return to celebrate our anniversaries and also be a reminder of our wedding day. We definitely plan to stay in BHH’s bungalows again as we did on our wedding night.

I wanted the wedding to be traditional, romantic, elegant, and feminine. What better color is there than pink?! I chose a softer dusty pink to give the décor an old traditional feel, as opposed to a more modern baby pink. We chose dusty pink linens, gold charivari chairs, and antique gold centerpiece bases with hanging crystals. The dance floor was a darker dusty pink with a large ivory decal of a design we incorporated from our wedding invitations. The focal point of the décor was flowers, especially roses. So we filled the tables with multiple high and low centerpieces and created a cake table linen made entirely of pink roses.

Wedding Photography: John & Joseph Photography / Wedding Ceremony Location: Good Shepherd Catholic Church / Wedding Reception Location: Beverly Hills Hotel / Wedding Planner: Jeannie Savage, Details Details / Hair + Make-up: Jessica Kim, Hair Day / Officiant: Father Welbers & Father Alex / Cocktail Music: West Coast Music, Jazz Trio / Wedding Reception Music: West Coast Music, James Gang Band / Surprise Performance: “The Baker’s Dozen” of Yale University / DJ: DJ Lucky Lou / Wedding Videography: Elysium Productions / Floral Design, Rentals, Dance Floor, Linens + Chairs: Nisie’s Enchanted Florist / Lighting: Shine Lighting / Individual Wedding Cakes + Cakes: Kayla’s Kakes / Photo Booth: Pacific Photo Booths

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I met Jack Memorial Day weekend, in Austin, TX 2002. His fraternity has an annual convention and that year his university had hosted.  I never thought that two years later, we would meet again in San Francisco at the same annual event.  What began with long distance phone calls (from San Francisco to Dallas) and a first date meeting half way (in Las Vegas), turned into visiting each other once a month for two years.  Luckily Jack moved to Los Angeles and the traveling became easier.

In 2006, I started occupational therapy graduate school and was finally in the same city as him.  One lazy Sunday morning while watching a movie in bed, I started asking questions.  “Have you thought about getting married?” “It’s been 7 years…” “What are we planning on doing?”  He was very tight-lipped and giving me a hard time.  I honestly thought we were never going to get married, and then suddenly he turned and had the box. I was speechless.  It turned out he had been planning a proposal for months; I ironically pushed the surprise early.

Since all my family and friends are in San Francisco and Korea, and all his family and friends are in Houston, New York, China and Japan, we decided that we would make our wedding a destination wedding for everyone else.  We choose the weekend we met, Memorial day weekend, and wanted to treat everyone to a sunny California vacation.

Jack and I fell in love with the Resort at Pelican Hill from the time we walked through their lobby, it was a no brainer.  While I scoured wedding magazines and changed wedding colors every other day, I couldn’t pin down any ideas.  Michelle Weita at Details Details event planning was a blessing.   I wanted it to feel like a romantic travel experience and she found every perfect vendor to make it happen.  Joie Studio in Pasadena created vintage inspired train ticket invitations.  Sunny at White Lilac crafted gorgeous and romantic bouquets and the most amazing vintage inspired luggage escort table.  Everything on the wedding day was perfect.  Dancing was non-stop, hilarious speeches given by family, and even a late night In & Out truck.  Simply a dream come true.

Wedding photography: Victor Sizemore Photography / Event Coordination: Details Details / Flowers & Event Design: White Lilac Inc. / Hair: Jessica Blair / Makeup: Salon Eleven / Ceremony + Reception: The Resort at Pelican Hill / Wedding Dress: Custom at Shin Bu Bridal / Bride’s Shoes: Badgley Mischka / Bridesmaids Dresses: Amsale / Groom Tux: Hugo Boss / Stationary: Joie Studio & Nida’s Boutique Invitations / Band: Powerpoint, De Bois Entertainment / DJ: Cerritos All Stars / Wedding Cake & Groom Cake: Filigree Cakes

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From Details Details… Boram always imagined having an outdoor reception, but due to the risky month of March, going indoors was safest.  Most of their friends and family were coming from overseas from Korea, Hong Kong and the East Coast.  It ended up being the right decision, as it rained the morning of her wedding.

Boram and James were married at the Laguna Presbyterian Church, a place they fell in love with after it recently reopened after years of being closed for remodel.  They wanted to keep the authenticity of the church by not over embellishing the venue with floral so the focus would be on the sermon and the wedding itself.

After the ceremony they hosted a beautiful reception at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel. Keeping in line with an outdoor feel inside a ballroom with chandeliers, they enlisted talented Kate of Flowerwild to create lush, gardenlike wildloose floral arrangements.  The wedding floral consisted of gorgeous various style cabbage/quartered garden roses, ranunculas, hydrangea, lisianthus, jasmine vine, frittilaria, flowering pieris, dusty miller and lambs ear and even a few poppies. Crème, ivory, blush, champagne, peach and apricot tones throughout, along with a few buds and vines wild in footed mercury glass vessels.

Wedding Photography: Boutwell Studio / Floral Design: Kate Holt of Flowerwild / Event Design & Planning: Jeannie Savage of Details Details / Wedding Ceremony Location: Laguna Presbyterian Church / Wedding Reception Location: The Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel / Bride’s Shoes: Jimmy Choo / Wedding Dress: Vineyard Collection / Wedding Cinematography: Elysium Productions / Wedding Cake: The Ritz Carlton, Laguna Niguel

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From Julie Wilhite… Beth and Carl’s wedding was an intimate, relaxed day filled with family and friends. Starting with nervous preparations at the Hotel Derek, where the couple chose to see each other prior to the ceremony.  Upon seeing each other, their nerves were instantly calmed and the energy between the two of them was excited and so in love. The ceremony took place in the gardens of Ouisie’s Table, followed by a late lunch with their close family.  The party then continued at Carl’s bar in the eclectic Montrose area of Houston – Anvil.  Beth and Carl were then surrounded by even more friends as they enjoyed yummy special cocktails, Canadian pierogis celebrating Carl’s Canadian background and Texas cupcakes. The truly special part of their celebration was watching how friends and family came together to make their day special and filled with beautiful details.

Beth and Carl were truly a unique couple – very down to earth, humble and incredibly in love.  Beth described Carl as a hard-core, burly biker dude and upon meeting him, you realized he was really a big teddy bear.  The couple spent most of their engagement separated by continents since Carl has been located in Dubai for work.  Beth did most of their planning and ran all of the ideas and plans by Carl at night over skype.  She wanted to make sure that this day was about the two of them and that it truly represented who they are.  The couple now happily lives in Dubai.

Wedding Photography: Julie Wilhite Photography / Wedding Planner: Ashleigh Scanlan of Details Details / Pre-Ceremony Preparations: Hotel Derek / Wedding Ceremony & Reception Location: Ouisie’s Table / Minister: Reverend Richard Gordon / Wedding Flowers: Flowers by Naomi / Wedding Cake: Ouisie’s Table / Linens: The Perfect Touch Linens / Wedding Music: Amy Floyd of Third Floor Strings / After-Party Location: Anvil / Cupcakes: Crave Cupcakes

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From Jeannie of Details Details…Janice and Bolaji were married at the Montage a few weeks ago. The earrings that you see on Janice’s ear was a gift given to her by Bolaji. But don’t get jealous girls just yet, she gave reciprocated and gave Bolaji a beautiful Rolex…what memorable wedding day gifts. Generous with gifts, as they are generous gracious people….they were generous with their love. They have know each other since high school. It was great to flip through their photo book that Janice’s mom made, they had pictures of them at Sadie Hawkins dance! Details coming soon, but I have to say, I think those were the most comfortable bridal shoes I have seen in a long time.  And check out the Nigerian outfits and hats, they were so beautiful to see.

This is the definition of CLEAN and MODERN and only in 2 colors!  To be able to create this look, we had to carpet the Montage Resort ballroom in white carpet so you can’t be distracted with the patterns and colors.  Drape the walls in white and accent only in espresso with chairs, linen band, menu cards, etc.   The dance floor was perfectly clean, showing only a decal of the invitation artwork, something Francis Orr worked with Crane’s to create for them. Matt made ordering invitations easy.

Other elements seen was the fleur de lis which were embroidered on the dinner napkins and created with petals underneath the bamboo four posted structure. Beautiful phaleos from Nisie’s Enchanted Florist were dripping from boxes and Janice’s bouquet.  Linda from the Cake Studio created an amazing 6 tier cake…each slice was half and half, white chocolate and dark chocolate.

The grooms cake, complete surprise to Bolaji! Janice had to secretly take photos of Bolaji’s golf bag when she went with him to the range, but then he bought a new bag before the wedding, so we had to redraw the cake. But don’t the items look super real, thanks to the talented hands of Sunny at Filigree Cakes.  Joe Latter Photography did a fantastic job capturing all the wonderful memories of this wedding.

Coordinator: Jeannie Savage, Details Details / Photographer: Joe Latter / Videographer: Elysium Productions / Hair: Tiffany Monday / Makeup: Makeup by Berit / Wedding Invitations: Francis-Orr / Officiant: JP Reynolds / Ceremony & Cocktail Music: Enchanted Evening Music Productions / Reception Music: Impulse, West Coast Music / Floral: Nisie Vorachard, Nisie’s Enchanted Florist / Rentals: Classic Party Rentals / Dance Floor: Platinum Pro Dance Floor / Linens: Wildflower Linens / Draping: Finishing Touch / Lighting: Shine Lighting / Cigar Roller: Cuban Cigar Factory / Photo Booth: Pacific Photobooths / Disc Jockey: Mike Soltani / Wedding Cake: Linda Goldsheft of The Cake Studio / Groom’s Cake: Sunny Lee of Filigree Cakes / Wedding Dress: Melissa Sweet, Vineyard Collection

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I wanted a sophisticated, modern yet elegant wedding, and the first colors that came to mind were gold and white. I also love Phalaenopsis orchids, so I decided to use them as my main theme to tie various elements of the wedding together. Aside from being the main flowers used in the wedding, everything from our wedding stationery, menus, straw, water and dessert tags were linked by the simple design of a single pale gold Phalaenopsis orchid. I loved the simple yet coherent look. In addition to gold and white, I wanted to add a touch of pale blue as an accent color. During one of the brainstorm sessions with Nisie from Enchanted Florist, she suggested using the blue in Hydrangeas to complement the Phalaenopsis orchids – I instantly fell in love with the idea.

Even though we are currently working and living in Hong Kong, we chose to have our wedding in Los Angeles because we both felt that LA was “home” for us. While our family members are scattered all over US and Asia, most of our friends are living in Hong Kong, San Francisco or New York, so LA actually turned out to be a central location for everyone. We held our wedding at the Pelican Hill in Newport Coast, California. We both love the ocean, so we decided to find a venue which overlooked the Pacific Ocean along the Newport Coast and Laguna Nigel area. The moment we set foot in Pelican Hill, we knew we wanted to have our wedding there! The view from the ceremony rotunda was breathtaking, and the venue itself was gorgeous. We went back subsequently for our tasting, and everything from the entrées, wedding cake, to the macaroons was to die for! It made us so happy knowing that our guests would be able to dine well at our wedding.

We had friends and family flying into LA from all around the world (only a handful actually lived in LA); we were very grateful that so many of our guests made a special effort and took time out of their busy schedules to celebrate with us. All the little details that Jeannie and I had planned turned out to be perfect – everything from the beautiful and delicious dessert bar and candy station, to the lantern lit patio and signature cocktails. Overall it was a very intimate evening at a beautiful venue, with all of our favorite people in the world dining, dancing and celebrating with us in the same room.

Photography: Jasmine Star / Cinematography: Productions / Flowers: Enchanted Florist / Event Design and Planning: Jeannie Savage of Details, Details / Ceremony and Reception Location: Pelican Hill Resort / Shoes: Christian Louboutin / Dress: Jenny Lee and Vera Wang(ceremony)

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Our featured filmmakers today are the guys (Matt, Matt & Steve) at FortyOneTwenty. They’ve share this lighthearted, fun-filled short film from Aubrey and Jordan’s wedding day that will definitely put a smile on your face!

Plus ~ it’s one of the most delightful First Look’s we’ve ever seen! Enjoy …

Jordan & Aubrey // Laguna Beach, CA from FortyOneTwenty on Vimeo.

From the FortyOneTwenty Blog … We had a tough time editing Jordan and Aubrey’s wedding because there were so many moments that made us laugh and smile! Their personalities shone thru every minute of a joyful day. We all agree, though, that our favorite was their First Look. When Jordan rounded the corner and saw Aubrey for the first time ~ classic! His enthusiasm for everything ~ even Aubrey’s shoes was infectious!

Cinematography: FortyOneTwenty / Coordinator: Jeannie Savage, Details Details / 
Venue: Montage Laguna Beach / 
Photographer: Samuel Lippke / Florist: Nisie’s Enchanted Florist / Makeup: Makeup Mafia
 / DJ: 123 DJs / 
Entertainment: Essence Entertainment 
/ Lighting: Shine Lighting
 / Photo Booth: Pacific Photobooths / Wedding Gown: Amy Michelson (‘The Lace-Up”) / Bridesmaids: Jenny Yoo

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