Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Nick & Nicole's Beach Wedding

Back in July, I had the pleasure of coordinating Nick & Nicole's wedding at the Catamaran Resort. It was a beautiful event and Nick & Nicole were so fun to work with.

Here is a glimpse into their day, with photos by Claudia from Sundance Photography:

The gorgeous couple

Beautiful flowers by Whimsy:

The ceremony, on a beautiful lawn right next to the beach:

One of my favorite design elements of this wedding was the altar piece, which was built by one of the couple's friends. Look at the amazing details:

Instead of a unity candle or sand ceremony, Nick and Nicole had a wine blending ceremony. How fun is that? I thought it was a very unique twist on the tradition, keeping the meaning of two lives becoming one, but making it unique to the couple's tastes.

Beachy themed weddings can often air on the cheesy side, but there are ways to have a really classy, simple, elegant and unique beach wedding. For instance, the altar above was made out of bamboo and featured orchids. Here are a few other details:
Instead of a ring pillow, a shell was used.

Programs were made into fans, using bamboo handles. A bamboo motif was also used on all of the stationary. The colors of the wedding were blue and brown, with touches of white and tan- bringing in the colors of the natural beauty of the venue.


We also incorporated in rocks. I loved this! They were scattered down the sides of the aisle, creating a pathway with rose petals in the middle. We used them on the escort card table and on each tablesetting.

The tablesettings were beautiful. Tan Linen table clothes with blue linen runners & napkins, with fun white square chargers. We also brought in wood chiavari chairs.

All rentals provided by Classic Party Rentals.

We also hung white lanterns to soften the feel of the ballroom.

Nick & Nicole did a great job of pulling together all of the elements of their wedding. An easy way to do this is with the stationary. They had awesome invitations, and they carried the design all the way through every detail: on the programs, menu cards, and favor card.


Instead of favors, Nick & Nicole made a donation to the Livestrong Foundation, in honor of those in their lives who had battled cancer. As a token of this, each guest was given a Livestrong bracelet, which were displayed on the table on a bamboo stick atop of a card explaining the donation (see photo above).


The beautiful & delicious cake by Flour Power:


They had one of the most attractive wedding parties ever!



A few more shots that I love:


And, finally, the beautiful view from the reception:


Tuesday, December 11, 2007

my bad

I just realized that the mailbox on my server was full today. So, if you tried to send me an email and it got returned, please resend it. So sorry about that!

Hope you all are having a wonderful tuesday!

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Back in action

I am officially back from maternity leave. That means I am available to schedule appointments and will have increased phone and email access. Please be patient as I am still a new mommy first and a wedding planner second :)

Speaking of the little guy, here is a recent pic:



If you want to see more photos of our cutie, you can check out our family website: www.toneyfam.com


Some fun news: We were featured on the Weddings In the Box- The Links Blog this week. Jessica & Christian's vintage Oviatt wedding (more photos here), with photos by Kim Fox, was highlighted on her list of year end buzz. Check it out!

Be on the look out for some more fun posts this week: A beautiful July beach wedding, another J* engagement session and some great planning tips.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Heather & Gian's engagement pics

I love this couple! Heather & Gian will be getting married next June at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu and I cannot wait! They are such a sweet couple and I am really enjoying getting to know them as we work on their wedding.

Jasmine Star is on board for their wedding which makes me even more excited. She took some incredible engagement photos of the two of them at my alma mater, UCLA. Gian is a psychology professor & Heather is also an alum- we actually figured out that there is even a chance we may have been in the same lecture together! They have a really fun story- they met pretending that they were a couple as they were working in relationship research. You can read more about it on Jasmine's blog.

Here are a few of my favorite shots from their engagement session:



How fun is this shot? They took a sequence of these for their save-the-dates:


Tin Parade!

My friend & mentor, Ryan of Savoir Flair Weddings, just launched her new endeavor- Tin Parade.

They offer the cutest vintage party kits- I absolutely love them! If you are looking for a party that doesn't include Disney characters, they have some great products and ideas. Check out their website!

Friday, November 09, 2007

Email problems again...

My server was acting up again today, soooooo if you tried to email me and it got sent back to you, please resend it. Sorry for being a pain! :)

New posts coming soon.... if I can get Isaiah to take a long enough nap!