What One Bride Believes Is the Number One Reason to Have a Small Wedding

Melissa Baran
June 19, 2019
Categories: Real Weddings, The Blog, Traditional Elegance

A garden wedding and a beach wedding all wrapped into one sounds divine, right? That’s exactly what this Montecito fete planned by Hoste Events has to offer, dressed in a darling palette of light blue and blush—a nod to the sea and the sweetest blooms designed by Idlewild. With an guest list of 85, the celebration was intimate and lovely and I promise you’ll want to jump right into your screen when you see the imagery by Jordan Galindo.

Beautiful blues on the coast of Santa Barbara in the elegant estates of Montecito. Timeless but modern silhouettes. The bride and groom embraced all that is a garden wedding done in Montecito style. Soft summer blues ran throughout the wedding. Food and drinks were of the utmost importance to the couple.

From the Bride… Our wedding day included a perfect mix of both vintage details with a modern edge, incorporating hues of soft blue and cream with gold accents and of course, all the greenery I always dreamed would be surrounding us on our wedding day. After a year of planning our wedding with the amazing Hoste Events, we were overwhelmed with the compliments and sweet messages about what a success it was. Knowing that all 85 of our guests had an amazing time at our intimate wedding was a priority to us, especially given the travel time it takes to get to Santa Barbara.

We are so happy we opted for a small wedding and would do it the same in a heartbeat. With a smaller guest count, we got to truly spend time with each and every guest during our celebration. We know this isn’t always the case at weddings, so it really made it unique to us and our families. To say it was the best day of my life would be an understatement.