Yay, yay, yay! This wedding was SO fun to work, and SO amazing to be a part of. Caroline’s laid-back personality and spunky presence led the way for the decor at this event. It was full of color, life, and love! The pictures are totally drool-worthy!
I met Caroline over at the San Clemente Inn to do a quick bouquet drop off!
I’m sure you’re sick of hearing about him, but Wayne Toshikazu was there shooting, along with Kim Le taking the lead!
You’ll see Kim Le in action a bit later…
Our ceremony and reception took place both at the Historic Cottage in San Clemente. It was amaaaazing! Onto the ceremony…
Caroline put together some incredibly intricate, fun details!
Caroline’s uncle playing guitar for the ceremony. I loved that when he was walking out, I saw this on his guitar:
Just before they were off to take portraits, I caught this moment:
More details:
Yep. These are huge mounds of tissue paper flowers. I loe them.
If you can’t tell yet, the theme was a Mexican fiesta!
Their cake was… incredible. It was so, so, so intricate, amazing, and PERFECT for this type of affair!!
So, I know this is a picture of my husband’s butt, BUT… he tore this huge hole in his pants during the ceremony. Seriously, unreal, right?? Good thing he had a back up pair of pants.
If you haven’t been to the Historic Cottage- you’re missing out! Surrounding the area that we used as the dance floor, is a big, adobe bench that Caroline’s mom sewed all of these pillows for!
After the ceremony, we moved the sweetheart table under the arch for the rest of the evening.
For favors, Caroline made tins of runts candy packaged colorfully, and my FAVE, the personalized Jones sodas again. TONS of different custom pictures and LOTS of flavors!!
We put out the groom’s cake, which was a surprise for Stephen, during the cocktail hour, with this CUTE customized cake topper!!
She gave Country Garden Caterers a few of these cute terra cotta arrangements to decorate the buffet!
A quick shot of our two photogs, workin’ it!
And the lovely bride:
And our dashing groom:
Our lovely florals were provided by one of my faves [for brides on a budget, especially], Floral Event Outlet! The bouquets were lush, the centerpieces were just what she wanted, and the vases were so fun wrapped in alternating colors of bright ribbon!
Just before the grand entrance, I caught C & S looking through their polaroid guest book…
And now onto the festivities [they opted to have their entrance, first dance, father/daughter and mother son, and then their toasts all back to back to back to... you get it]. It was a GREAT way to get the formalities out of the way and free up some time to par-tay!
Dancing with dad…
And now, with mom…
A few more decor shots: [she made these to line the aisle, and I kept them on the chairs for the bride and groom!]
A few more details…
Onto speeches…
Cake cutting…
My favorite faces always come from the cake cutting…
Bouquet and Garter…
The crew at After Dark Entertainment were GREAT at keeping the party going with their music selection. They also provided these amazing up-lights, which went perfect with our decor and gave this outside space JUST the right amount of vibe and light!!
Caroline and Stephen put together a KILLER slideshow for their guests as well, and we played it just as night was falling…
A sweet VIBE shot of the cake, after being cut, as the night rolled on…
And, of course, my favorite of the evening:
To Caroline and Stephen- you two are fabulous!! I loved every moment of your event. I’m so honored that I was able to witness your marriage- the ceremony literally gave me chills [and it wasn't just the ocean breeze, I promise!!]. Have SO much fun on your honeymoon, and hopefully you’re checking this in the nick of time before you two take off! I know, C, I promised I’d get ‘em up by Monday!!
