Month: May 2023

Emma and Keng’s Summer Lovin’ Backyard Wedding

weddings

Since I’m on a roll with finally getting to blogging weddings, it made me wonder…is blogging still a thing? What is the new thing? Tumblr? Gosh, don’t even get me started…I still can’t figure that one out. Despite being a millennial, I feel that social media/technology-wise I’m a little behind. But if you are here, reading this blog post about Emma and Keng’s wedding, welcome! This one is a good one so be sure to scroll to the end.

Where do I even begin with this couple? To know them is to love them. They are seriously so much fun, both so tender hearted, generous with others, and they are excellent cat parents while being pickle-ball champs. I couldn’t be happier that they found each other.

When Emma and I started planning and designing for her big day, we went through various color palette schemes and all were so amazing! That’s what happens when the bride is a creative herself. But ultimately, we landed on a fun poppy and cosmo filled, bright summery color palette. The Icelandic poppies were the main ingredient show stopper. The only hard part about this was that 1. poppies are fickle flowers. And you never know what color you are getting until that hairy alien skin falls off. 2. Emma and Keng got married in the middle of the pandemic which meant that many flower farms were struggling to produce to the level that they normally would so getting good healthy local poppies were hard to come by. BUT, thanks to my amazing flower grower friends and connections, I was able to get some really fun cute poppies by the bucket-full to make sure that this wedding was poppy heaven!

I wish everyone in this world can get to know Keng. It’s not often that I get to know the groom before the bride! But I met Keng back in 2013 before Wallflower Inspiration was even a thing! He is seriously one of the kindest souls out there and you can just tell by this tender photo of him crying upon seeing his beautiful bride walk down the aisle to him.

One of the highlights for me in this wedding was working with my friend and one of my favorite photographers Whit McGuire. She has taken a few family photos for me and I absolutely love her romantic, dreamland, sexy style. The energy that she brings is like non-other making everyone she captures feel so beautiful and seen. She is based in Texas but will travel! Please book us together cuz I just love working with her!

Only took me a couple years to finally share this magnificent day…but HAPPY 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY KENG + EMMA! You guys are the real deal! Love you both! You two are truly gems and watching you get married was nothing short of pure joy and blessings!

Venue: Private Estate

Photography: Whit McGuire

Florals: Moi! (Wallflower Inspiration Floral Designs, if you didn’t catch that)

Ashley + Andrew’s Modern Coastal Garden Wedding at BLDG 177, Liberty Station-Point Loma

events, weddings

After a 4 year hiatus on blogging (because who knew that I could be so busy entertaining my children in a global pandemic and when everything opened back up, I had no idea that life would move faster than ever before), I’m back to share one of my most favorite weddings in the last year.

Funny enough, it’s actually the couple’s 1 year wedding anniversary! It honestly feels like just last month I did their wedding but apparently the calendar says it’s been a whole year! So congrats to A+A!! Ashley and Andrew got married at one of my favorite wedding venues in Central San Diego next to the historical Navy buildings at Liberty Station in Point Loma. I love that BLDG 177 offers a blank slate. But with a blank slate often comes a struggle of endless options with what to do with the space. When Ashley shared her vision of wanting to incorporate San Diego’s coast with a lush garden to off set the hard masculine lines of this modern building, I was all in! My team and I sought out to create a romantic garden within the four walls of a modern style venue.

We created a custom stand alone trellis to create our design on. We really wanted to highlight that iconic paired window at BLDG 177. I love the high white ceilings of this venue which really brightens and opens up the space completely thus allowing images photographed in this space to have that natural lighting. Indoor venues with minimal windows don’t allow as much natural lighting in which gives a dimmer feel. I love that the photographer Kara Reynolds captures her couples and the space in such natural light! Also side note: get yourself an amazing photographer like Kara because iphone photos just don’t cut it no matter what the apple commercials advertise.

I will forever be so grateful to my brides like Ashley who gave me such creative freedom in bringing her vision to life. I feel that whenever you give a creative some free rein, something more magical happens.

Truly such a beautiful day! The weather was lovely and I love how Ashley’s girls were so supportive and excited for her.

I also have to give a lot of credit to Rachael from RBCo Events. She is hands down one of the sweetest coordinators and planners to work with. I love that she cares about her vendors as much as the clients because ultimately, we are all a team to make this day perfect for our couples. Rachael’s attentiveness to her clients and vendors can be felt and seen throughout the day when emotions are high for the couple and stress is visible for the vendors because we want to do our very best. I love that Rachael is a grounding calm in a whirl of moving parts that is a wedding.

All the backdrops were built by the bride and her dad. It lit up in the back of the names so it was visible! So beautiful!! We also transported the ceremony pieces to the sweetheart table to create an immersive garden feel.

Congrats again Ashley and Andrew! Thanks for also being the stellar couple that you are and bringing me out of my blogging hiatus. Only took a million years but better late than never!

Photography: Kara Reynolds Photography

Venue: BLDG 177

Florals: Wallflower Inspiration Floral Designs (Hoping you knew this already)

Coordination: Rachael of RB Co Events