Kelly and Roy - Peacock Elegance

Kelly is an old friend of mine from my cocktailing days before becoming a mom and entering the floral side of weddings. She herself is an artist with a passion for fashion...I really didn't mean for that to flow but I guess it fits. She definitely has always had the vision of the use of peacock feathers in her wedding....long before they became the trend. When first communicating with her and pulling images of inspiration, we found a lot of colors going on as you tend to see with peacock feathers....teals, purples, even fuschia. With reminding that she wanted a very elegant and classy look, the colors were streamlined into a midnight navy blue, antique golds and creams with the use of the feathers and some accents of actual little peacocks for that slight touch of teal. The date was set for October 1st at Los Willows in Fallbrook, CA. So after a very busy September 24th weekend, I packed up the family and headed south. Thankfully with that being my home, I have lots of family for the kids to be well entertained while I tackle an event. Below are some details to highlight the day.

The bridal bouquet was designed with mini white calla lilies and mini white cymbidiums with clusters of white feathers finished with white Italian satin and an angel pendant that belonged to her grandmother.

Bridesmaid Bouquets were designed with vendella roses, eggplant calla lilies, an antique gold succulent and a cluster of peacock feathers. Finished with a navy satin and gold pinning. On the right is an antique gold succulent wristlet.

Kelly and Roy, thank you for inviting me to join this amazing team to make your day magical! Wishing you a lifetime of hapiness!!!

Modern Elopement

The beauty of my job is to change up styles with each event. It keeps my inspiration flowing and allows me moments of tapping into a more natural oragnic flow and also more structured traditional flares. For this month, I've had more mid week weddings than I do weekend but I love the constant flow of work.
This was just a small wedding that is taking place today, Wednesday, in Monterey. I love the brides choice of sticking with the black and white and then choosing to accent with a charcoal and pop of green. The feather gives it a simple artistic touch.

Shely and Ryan - Orchard Glam

When this project was first proposed to me by Melissa from Everyday Gourmet, she had the description of the set up being out in an almond orchard with the colors being ivory and burgundy so immediately I'm visualizing footed urns, rustic boxes, trailing vines, etc. Then comes my first client meeting with Shely and Ryan and I'm thinking I had this nailed and then after watching Shely glance through my portfolios, I'm noticing she is pulled towards the ballroom elegance. So, we take that and make it fit into the orchard setting to come up with our orchard glam!

The choices came down to such simple styles and overall that gave it a greater imapact. The flowers used were roses, hydrangeas, orchids and curly willow. Creating arrangements in all color using large vases with crystals gave it a more elegant finish and the short black vases added some modern twists. Having the design freedom to create the Altar arrangements which were then re-used on the head table was a style I've always wanted to try and was so amazed by the finish product!!

All guests tables were under the tent and thankfully Mother Nature turned down the heat a bit for this late June mid afternoon occassion. The dance floor was set in the middle of the orchard as well as some lounge couches and a full bar across the way. In addition to the traditional wedding cake, they chose to go with individual pies and cheesecake slices for guest to self serve. Below is a preview throughout the day!


























Floral Design and Ceremony Coordinating - Natalie Galasso Designs
Event Catering and Design - Chef Melissa Gourmet Everyday
Ceremony Coordinating - Shannon Metcalf Events
Rentals - Event Extravagant

Videography - Andrew Hsu - Studio MSV
Cake and Dessert - Deny Cakes by Cindee Prader
DJ - Sounds in Motion
Ceremony and Social Hour Music - Laura Porter - Harpist