So I am getting married in a park, Elings Park in Santa Barbara, CA. It’s a really beautiful park, but there are these railings that go around the deck, where my reception will be held. My mom and I had a great idea to cover them with fabric, that went with my colors. Here are the before and after pictures:
CC and I have sort of similar music tastes. We both like rock n’ roll, in general – but that’s about where the similarity ends. He gravitates towards punk and metal, while I lean towards folk and alternative. Unintentionally, all of our ceremony songs were chosen by me and all of our reception songs, by CC.
So then how did we end up with a country song in our wedding?
I’m a hippie girl at heart. I plan on walking down the grass aisle of our ceremony barefoot and really wanted a folksy vibe to be present. I chose the following songs to suit this vibe:
One thing I have absolutely loved about BridalBuds is the feedback I have gotten from everyone! I had so many questions along the way, and my wedding colors were probably one of the biggest dilemmas I faced. After much thought, I ended up going with Coral and Turquoise/Tiffany Blue. I was pretty excited about our colors given the room we were working with, and the amazing natural light that filled the room especially during the sunset. Of course with all the candles we had, it was just as beautiful at night.
Here are a few pics of our decor, with a special thanks to Charlene Lopez at the Key Largo Hilton, Blooming Design and Events and Edda’s Cake Designs for making our wedding an absolute dream. The creativity that went into designing this amazing scene was well beyond our wildest dreams.
Our wedding cake… I couldn’t stop starring at it, I was just so obsessed with it!
I was completely hooked. Burlap with screen printed goodness. Part of me loved it because it was classy, yet casual. Part of me loved it because I knew I could get CC to customize them with his screen printing skills. But the biggest part of me that loved them was because burlap is cheap, Cheap, CHEAP!
My cousin and I were talking this week and she told me about a wedding decision I should be aware of. I’m so glad she talked to me because I would have never realized that this was a decision that Lilac Dude and I would need to talk about.
She said that at all the weddings she’d attended that she noticed at the receptions that aside from when the bride and groom were eating at the head table and their first dance she never saw them together! When she was preparing for her own wedding she made it clear to her groom that she wanted to be with him for their entire reception, and she was!
My cousin and her husband were always seen together at their wedding. Photo by Lilac Dude
She was totally right, at every wedding I’ve attended (except for hers) it seemed like the bride and groom managed to get separated while mingling with guests or doing the Electric Slide.
On the Lilac Guest list are individuals with dietary needs that at first I was extremely worried about meeting all of them. What kind of a menu would we have if we catered all of these known food issues:
I am officially a married woman. We were married this past Saturday. Today is Tuesday and my husband and I are still drained! I just want to share a few brief hits and misses from our wedding and then I will get into the details in subsequent posts. Here is our first official wedding photo. Our amazing photographer, Amy Sandoval, posted this sneak peak on her blog and Facebook for us Sunday morning. I am dying to see the rest.
Now, let’s talk about my favorite thing…the details. As I mentioned before, the colors of our friends wedding were two tones of green with yellow. They did an amazing job by selecting just the right tones of green and yellow for their country wedding.
The following is what I am very passionate about and that’s cakes! The cake table was sweet and classic. Our friends focused more on flavor and they nailed it! They had marionberry or peach filling with orange cake. This was my first time tasting orange cake and it was out of this world. The cake was made by Mike’s Amazing Cakes, one of the most famous bakers in WA State.
Their cake topper was the initial of the groom’s last name.
Wow! There is so much to do. The good news is that I am getting things done. This month I have a couple of meetings with different vendors. I’m trying to remind myself of the following details for each meeting:
