Elaine and Wei were married at The Victorian, a classic (Victorian) venue here in Santa Monica. I enjoyed working with them and admired how they bounced ideas and opinions off of each other. As the groom, Wei was surprisingly enthusiastic too!
Here are some beautiful and romantic pictures by Allen Fu of their wedding day:
Jinna and Frankie were married at the beautiful Bel Air Presbyterian Church and then partied and ate to their hearts’ content at the fabulous Lawry’s Prime Rib. Here are some spectacular and dramatic photographs from husband and wife team Suzy and Lukas VanDyke:
Lauren and Adam were married last year at lovely Shutters on the Beach hotel in Santa Monica. I really enjoyed working with these two — they are a fun and cute couple! I also was fortunate to work with them on their letterpress wedding invitations. Seeing them more frequently and also meeting their mothers were a treat!
The following beautiful images are from Hazelnut Photography. Lauren and Adam’s fabulous wedding was also featured on Elizabeth Anne Designs.
Nicole and Jabbar were recently married on a sunny Saturday in June. The wedding was held at the Hilton Hotel in Woodland Hills. Their colors were blush pink and magenta and grey. Here are some beautiful images provided by Kaysha Weiner Photography.
Nicole carried a bouquet of white and blush pink flowers: white peonies, blush pink peonies, white “polo” roses, white freesia, and white cymbidium orchids with magenta throats.
The maid of honor carried a similar bouquet but with magenta peonies, magenta dendrobium orchids, pink cymbidium orchids, white freesia, and white “polo” roses.
The bridesmaid bouquets were mostly white, blush, and pink with accents of magenta.
The ring bearer carried a pillow made of white cushion poms and decorated with pink cymbidium orchids and magenta dendrobium orchids.
Too cute!
A box of corsages made with cymbidium orchids, freesia, and dendrobium orchids.
Boutonniere close up.
The Ceremony
Nicole was clever and wanted to use the reception table flowers as ceremony decor as well. The aisle was lined with clear glass cylinders holding magenta dendrobium orchids immersed in water as well as clear glass cylinders holding a pillar candle on a bed of blush pink rose petals. Both cylinder designs were later moved to the reception tables.
We provided a large manzanita tree arrangement decorated with blush pink dendrobium orchids and crystals with the based covered with hydrangea and roses.
A tall arrangement of all white hydrangeas accented the place card table.
Each reception table held a cylinder of immersed dendrobium orchids, a cylinder with a pillar candle (both were also used in the ceremony), as well as a low cylinder filled with white “polo” roses and accented with a manzanita branch, and another low cylinder filled with a mix of white hydrangea, blush pink peonies, and magenta dendrobium orchids.
The wedding cake was decorated with blush pink peonies and creamy blush pink “anna” roses.
Alexa and Evan were recently married at the Bel Air Bay Club. Ah, the Bel Air Bay Club! THE venue of 2012 (at least for us)! Last year we kept going back to the Adamson House in Malibu, and this year it’s the Bel Air Bay Club in Pacific Palisades. The Bel Air Bay Club is a beautiful venue with a lovely outdoor ceremony space overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Cocktail hour is held outside near a nice fountain and then dinner and dancing inside the ballroom with large windows.
For Alexa and Evan’s wedding, the theme was natural and rustic, yet refined. After all, it was an evening wedding at a private beach club. The ceremony was held outdoors, and the chuppah was decorated with burlap draping accented with bouquets of white roses, dahlias, and lisianthus, and succulents and seeded eucalyptus. Under the chuppah were two pedestals each holding a tall, natural arrangement with curly willow branches, antique green hydrangea, queen anne’s lace, and tall stems of white delphinium. We lined the aisle with white rose petals as well as lanterns with pillar candles.
Alexa’s bouquet featured “polo” roses, succulents, delphinium, lisianthus, dendrobium orchids, and seeded eucalyptus for a natural, loose feel.
The bridesmaids bouquets had accents of soft pink lisianthus in addition to the “polo” roses, dahlias, delphinium, and seeded eucalyptus.
The guestbook table held a small arrangement of dahlias, roses, hydrangea, and delphinium. The table and birdcage were also decorated with jasmine vines and some loose rose and dahlia blossoms.
I really like what Una did with the escort card table! The middle and edges were decorated with a blanket of delphinium flower blossoms with accents of larger blooms including succulents, roses, and dahlias. Very cool!
We had a lot of fun making the centerpieces. 6″ glass cylinders were wrapped with a burlap ribbon and filled with a variety of flowers for a natural, rustic look. The flowers included: antique green hydrangea, “cafe au lait” dahlia, white delphinium, “polo” roses, queen anne’s lace, seeded eucalyptus, festival bush, Italian pittosporum, and jasmine vine. Interestingly, all but the hydrangea and roses were local California grown flowers!
I look forward to our next wedding at the BABC!
Jeanine and Scott were recently married at The Mountain Mermaid in Topanga. The color scheme was white, blush pink, and light purple. Jeanine loved peonies so we included blush pink and white peonies in her bouquet and centerpieces.
All lined up and ready to go on the tables.
A close-up of the centerpiece. Flowers include: ivory hydrangea, lavender “stranger” roses, blush pink “Anna” roses, blush pink peonies, and dusty miller leaves.
We made these cool table centerpieces recently for an end of year dinner for math and science students attending East Los Angeles College. When designing the centerpieces, I thought the students might appreciate the biological feel of a terrarium centerpiece.
Into clear glass cylinders, we placed a phalaenopsis orchid plant along with moss and a few stems of a jade plant. A simple centerpiece using plant material we have all seen before, but when placed within a glass container, it looks new and different. Maybe something right out of a plant lab! And to top it off, they are easy for the students to take home and maintain themselves.
Half the tables held a terrarium-inspired arrangement and the other half held a geometry-inspired centerpiece. We made these geometric centerpieces using a square wood box. The design featured four different colored flowers, each making up a quadrant. We then accented the arrangement with loops of purple flexible reeds.
Modern and slightly nerdy! 
Niki and Evan were married in April on the sands of Santa Monica at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. Their colors were ivory with an accent of peach, orange, and green. Town and Country set up a walkway and platform right on the beach where we set up the chuppah and Niki’s family made the Sofreh spread of nuts, fruits, sweets, and pastries.
(Andre Niesing Photography)
Niki carried an all white bouquet of roses, peonies, lily of the valley, freesia, dendrobium orchids, ranunculus, and dusty miller leaves.
We decorated the chuppah with sheer, billowing white fabric to create a relaxed yet formal beach vibe.
On the aisle chairs were mason jars filled with roses, tulips, ranunculus, peonies, dusty miller leaves, and viburnum.
The reception was held in the Venice Ballroom at the Loews Hotel. We created elegant centerpieces in clear glass cubes filled with “polo” roses, peach parrot tulips, peach ranunculus, white ranunculus, viburnum, freesia, and dusty miller leaves,
(Andre Niesing Photography)
Rachel and Christian had an intimate and private wedding ceremony with close friends and family. We were happy to provide a few bouquets and boutonnieres for the lovely couple.
Rachel’s bridal bouquet was comprised of mostly pink flowers with an accent of white stephanotis blossoms. We used hot pink mini calla lilies, blush pink roses, pink cymbidium orchids, and early season pink peonies.
Her bridesmaids carried bouquets of mostly white and ivory flowers featuring ivory “polo” roses, blush/cream “vendela” roses, white cymbidium orchids with dark pink details in the throats, and white stock and ivory mini calla lilies.
The groom and groomsman boutonnieres
Nicole and Ryan were married last November at the fabulous Marvimon in downtown Los Angeles. For their wedding flowers, we featured peonies, ranunculus, anemones, succulents, dusty miller, silver brunia, and seeded eucalyptus.
Here is a picture of the beautiful bridal bouquet!
… and the lovely bridesmaid bouquets.
November is when peonies start to become available again after no peonies in September and October. Ranunculus and anemones start to appear again in September after a long summer break.
Nicole and Ryan collected lots of interesting vintage finds for decorating their reception tables. Old books, a variety of different vintage cameras and vases adorned the tables. We also used mason jars for holding the flowers. Put all together, they make for unique and very creative table arrangements. Some of the titles for the books were a lot of fun (like a midcentury guide for being a good wife!). Both Ryan and his father are cameramen, so the vintage cameras were a nice tribute to Ryan and his family.
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