I know, I know… it’s taken me forever to get these up! BUT, it’s not for lack of images, or excitement, or honestly kind words about this couple… it’s just lack of time and concentration!! Now, on we go!
Pru and Conrad snatched up my 4th of July Friday slot early on and from the beginning we clicked. At their first meeting, I got to witness their honest love and carefree attitudes. Pru’s beauty runs soo deeply inside that it’s literally oozing- gorgeously- out of her at all times! Enough said…
Some of their GORGEOUS floral details from the church. All florals done by The Enchanted Florist. Loving them right now!!
Bouquet for Mary:
Michael ofEvoke Photography in action!
Hi, Popo!! [This is what all of her relatives called her all night long- I think it's tooo cute!]
A detail of Pru’s. In her family’s tradition [she's Assyrian], the bride gets ready and then meets up with family to be “escorted” to the church. In Pru’s case, the “family” was about 70 or so people! I loved that with the bride came almost our whole guest list! For her home, prior to the ceremony, Pru made these little fans in her colors for the guests [it WAS 105 degrees that day!!]:
Okay, so, one of our 5 flower girls didn’t make it down the aisle…
Since St. Bernadine’s had a coordinator on sight that did a great job running a tight ship, I got to snatch up a few pics of Pru’s walk to Conrad before heading off to the reception site…
Dad stepped a bit on that veil, but hey, he straightened the train! Love him for it!!
Over to Marriott Marina Del Rey for a wonderful reception and fireworks to boot!
A terrible picture of the amazing engagement pics that Evoke provided us with. I’ll be blogging those [I know, I know, POST-wedding] later this month for sure!
Pru’s card box:
One of my FAVE details was Prudens’ home-made manzanita branch escort card trees. She had Enchanted Florist add some green orchids to the branches but WHEW these were a labor of love! They ended up soo gorgeous!!
More of Pru’s FAB details in the cocktail area:
Hi!!!
HOT!!!
And now, into the room…
Yep. She had it all! Chiavari chairs, Taffeta linens, lush centerpieces… this chocolate and green reception was to DIE for!
I LOVED that they had a pin spot on the sweetheart table:
Just something she whipped up…
We had a “sweets” table with all cultural foods. I LOVED bringing in this special addition to the night. And the guests devoured it!!
Soo… the florist had to leave before the cake was delivered and left me with orchids and a picture to finish the rest. Eeek!! Can you tell by my face?
Turned out pretty good!!
And, you know my obsession with cakes…
More of the room:
Pru and Conrad didn’t do a champagne toast, so they opted for special martini glasses as opposed to the traditional flutes!
Their cute cute cute napkins and some appetizers for the hungry Bride and Groom:
Working it:
Apparently, it takes LOTS of work to make pretty pictures. And, lots of heavy stuff:
You know it’s my favorite when the vendor payments match the wedding…
Quick pic:
This is the view from our room: We had the shades down all day and during cocktails to have the “big reveal” moment. But, all night, we had basically 3 walls of windows to the Marina and beyond. PERFECT for the 4th of July fireworks!!
Espimusic provided our ambient cocktail hour music. It was great!!
Pru and Conrad had the BEST grand entrance ever! In this culture, it’s tradition that the ladies in the groom’s family will wave and twirl these scarves with beads on the end. Since Conrad isn’t Assyrian, ALL of the ladies gathered on the dance floor to welcome Pru to the family! This lead straight into a 3 song dancing extravaganza and it was soo amazing!!!
I LOVED seeing Michael and Emi in the crowd, shooting as if their life depended on it trying to get these shots!!!
The bride’s bouquet:
Speeches by the family and bridal party:
Post-toast hugs:
Firework time! Now, Josh took these photos for me and trying desperately not to get in the way of Mike and Emi, these are ALL blurry! But, you still get the idea [waiting on pins and needles for Evoke's pics!!!]:
Back to the cake, as the night goes on…
First dance:
It’s tradition to shower the couple with dollar bills… and shower they did!
Father/Daughter and Mother/Son:
Cake!!!!
Loooooove this!!!
Cheers!
During dancing, Pru grabbed Con’s jacket and headed out to their wrap-around patio area to enjoy the 4th. How cute is she??
That’s it! No bouquet, no garter! We kept it simple and fun. The dancing went on until 1am and EVERYONE was out there having a great time! I did a few edits of some photos for your enjoyment as well…
And of course, my schmappy version of the firework images:
To Pru and Con- I loved loved, LOVED being a part of your day! The way you two love one another is so apparent, and so beautiful to witness. I am thankful to be in your lives and I can’t WAIT to see your pictures!!!
