Great Gatsby Inspired Wedding - White, Butter Yellow and Grey

Timeless. Sophisticated.1920's Vintage. It's true glamour inspired by the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald - one of my personal favorites from school. The fabulous Gloria from Grand Engagements styled this shoot, and I am still swooning over the gorgeous images from Gavin Wade. Since this was Gloria's decadent creation, I am going to share her words describing the style of the shoot with you...because I really couldn't say it better myself.

"Old mixed with new is a favorite equation of mine. It is not just vintage, not your borrowed or something new, it is a little more than that...it is about style. Create a modern wedding inspired by The Great Gatsby with a hint of Southern twist is just that; glamorous, sophisticated and modern."

"Our inspiration included the subtle shades of powder blue & butter cream yellow because the home had such a open garden setting. When it came to flowers, I envisioned a whimsical garden style with their enchanting secret garden gates. Everything had a glowing and airy feel to it yet had such a radiance about it. I wanted to make sure everything was balanced and that when you look at the pictures you felt that you could envision yourself there in the moment, enjoying lemonade, playing croquet and chasing butterflies. The styling was all about going back in a moment of time and almost reliving the past, but better. The croquet balanced the freedom that this era was all about. An additional key ingredient was the 1927 All American Packard that brought the 20’s back to life."

I created her bridal bouquet with a mix of snowy white and cream flowers. We used white peonies, white china mums, garden roses, ranunculas, and lisianthis, lightly accented with greenery for a soft touch. The stems were wrapped in white ruffled trim ribbon and finished with a vintage pearl brooch.

The centerpieces were created with soft white, cream and butter yellow flowers, lightly accented with greenery and placed in mint julep cups. We used white china mums, peonies, garden roses, lisianthis, ranunculas, stock and veronicas for a whimsical, vintage garden flair.

I love China Mums, and used them throughout this shoot. They have this perfect, ruffled look that no other flower can compete with. I also like their coloring, a butter yellow shade in the center, that fades into a cream, then ends with a soft white. They are such a classic flower that is really coming back, and I couldn't be happier. 

After all, everything "old" is new again... n'est - ce pas?

 

The shoot was also featured on the chic Grey Likes Weddings' blog, click here to see the feature. 

Thank you so much Summer...xoxo

Venue :: Rancho Los Cerritos

Photography :: Gavin Wade Photographers
Styling & Design :: Gloria McCune of Grand Engagements
Flowers :: Heavenly Blooms
Food :: Jay's Catering
Cake :: My Sweet & Saucy
Butterflies :: Chase-N-Butterflies
Linen :: La Tavola
Stationery :: Grand Engagements
Rentals :: Town & Country Rentals
Vintage Rentals :: Found Vintage Rentals
1927 Packard :: Classic Limos
Hair & Makeup :: Vivian Tran

Urban Chic and Latin American Fusion Wedding Inspiration with Succulents

This is an uber fabulous photo shoot I have been holding in my files for far too long... It's our urban Mayan inspired shoot in shades of purple, lavender and greens with accents of rustic brown.The photo shoot was held at the Maya Hotel in Long Beach - a true hidden gem!!

For the center of the table we use pieces of grapewood, sheet moss and orchids as well as succulents.

We used fuchsia phaeo orchids, green cymbidium orchids, protea, burgundy mini calla lilies, lavender parrot tulips, blue and purple hydrangea as well as rolled tiger striped ti leaves. The flowers were clustered and color blocked with lots of texture and movement.

 Many, many, many thanks to the amazing photographer Bonnie Tsang for taking these gorgeous images. You must visit her website and check out the rest of her work, she is an awesome lifestyle and wedding photographer. It was an honor to have her shoot my work...xo

sTORIbook Weddings - Shabby Chic at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu and SteamPunk Wedding at The Edison in Los Angeles

It has been almost a year since we were fortunate enough to work on Tori Spelling's special wedding series - sTORIbook Weddings. We were honored to work on 4 out of the 8 weddings Tori and Dean created for their couples. In this post, I am sharing more pictures from our beautiful Shabby Chic wedding (which you can also visit this post for details galore) and the Steampunk wedding at The Edison in Los Angeles.

Here are a few more photos from the Shabby Chic Wedding for Erienne and Jeremy held at the fabulous Calamigos Ranch in Malibu...All photos by the talented and generous Susan Bordelon. And the Steampunk wedding pictures below...

 Since it was December and the sunset earlier, the walkways were lit with mason jar candles... so pretty!!

 Guests carried candles in mason jars to the reception...

 We used thousands of daisy heads to line the aisle. Erienne LOVES daisies, so they were used throughout the ceremony and reception. The fabulous vintage pieces were provided by Found Vintage Rentals.

 Dean escorted Erienne across the lake in a boat with a custom decal and daisy wreath. Dreamy...

 Tori - the wedding planner - helping Erienne with her train after the ceremony.

 A silhouette artist entertained guests during the cocktail hour, one copy went into a guestbook and the guests were able to keep a copy.

 Before the ceremony, guests took a strawberry basket filled with daisy blooms to toss after the couple said I do...

To see more eye candy and detail pictures on this Shabby Chic wedding, visit this previous post...

And now onto the Steampunk wedding Tori and Dean designed for Sarena and Eric. I was not familiar with Steampunk before I received Tori's email. It was so interesting to learn about the Steampunk style and create something a little out of the ordinary for this lucky couple. The wedding was held at The Edison in Los Angeles, which could not have been a more perfect location for this style. 

 Tori putting the final touches on the ceremony decor before the guests arrive...

 The ceremony decor was kept simple, yet striking with a lush red rose petal runner leading up the stage with the dramatic red curtains and chandelier. Candles and small floral clusters were added to dress up the stage as well.

 Each calla lily boutonniere was accented with a black feather and clock pieces for a steampunk flair.

 Sarena's bouquet was created with black magic roses, dark burgundy calla lilies, accented with a collar of black feathers. What you can't see from the picture, is the handle treatment - we created a custom wrap corset piece with leather and lace.

 The bridesmaids' bouquets were created with dark burgundy calla lilies, and wrapped with black faux snakeskin leather pieces.

 For the centerpieces, we used eclectic vintage pieces and filled them with a mix of dark red and purple flowers accented with black feather plumes. We used purple stock, lisianthis and anemones as well as black magic roses.

 Tori and Dean also hired performers for the cocktail hour - it was a very Cirque du Soleil performance.

We also have two more weddings two share, two of my personal favorites... An Indian wedding extravaganza and an over the top Marie Antoinette affair!!!