Amanda and Alex celebrated their wedding day with their close family and friends at the Old Sugar Mill this September.  It was such a pleasure and honor to work with such a sweet person!  Working with Aimee of 2Chic Events and Design, Amanda’s day came together beautifully! I think you’ll just love this modern purple-inspired wedding!  Special thanks to Jessica of Stout Photography for the gorgeous images!

You might remember Amanda’s bouquet from an early photograph I captured…

The bridesmaid’s wore beautiful orchid purple dresses.

The couple married under the arch in the back of the Old Sugar Mill.  A chandelier from The Find Rentals hung in the center of the arch.  Floral accents were placed on the arch to add some additional color.

Uplighting of purples from SJ’s Disc Jockey added a fun element to the room.

Centerpieces were created in all white glass containers with purple, magenta and green florals. Magenta crushed linens were used for the tables.

What do you think?  Do you love this look?

Photography: Stout Photography | Event Design & Planning: 2Chic Events & Design | Floral Design: Botanica Floral Designs | Cake:  Sweet Cakes by Rebecca | Linens: Mimi & Co Couture Linens | DJ/MC/Lighting: SJ’s Disc Jockey | Centerpiece Vases & Chandelier Rental: The Find | Makeup Artistry: Christi Reynolds

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year!  The leaves changing color… the cool weather… boots and leggings!  I also love Fall for the warm color palettes we get to utilize for wedding design and fun decor elements!

Here’s a quick inspirational look I pulled together in the studio this morning to share with you all!  I am LOVING these glass cloches we just added to our inventory.  Anything you place inside them becomes extra special and a focal point.

Here I’ve simply arranged some orange ilex berries, succulents and moss… Aged bronze candlesticks and containers are used for vessels.  These would be perfect for tabletop decor and vintage Fall centerpieces.

I’ve utilized vintage book rentals from Archive Vintage Rentals to add some height and a little “pop” of color with the teal.

I love the look of the book under the glass!

Clusterings of these arrangements and small vignettes would look lovely down the center of a long banquet table.

More books and succulents.  I love using succulents for wedding design.  Your guests and family can take them home and plant them in their garden to keep for years after your wedding.

Hope this post gets you a little in the Fall spirit!  Keep bundled up and check back later this week for more fun ideas!

If your heart goes pitter-patter at the sight of anything vintage… as mine does… then you are going to be so excited to know that Archive Vintage Rentals has finally arrived here in Northern California!  I am thrilled to have been asked to join the team, and will be representing their amazing inventory here in the Northern California region.  From San Luis Obipso to Fresno, to Tahoe, to the San Francisco Bay, and Napa-Sonoma, we have all your vintage wedding needs and styling!  Unique statement furniture pieces such as sofas and settees, seating & table top pieces for up to 300+ guests… what’s a vintage bride not to love?

Here is just a few samples of our inventory, and what we have to offer:

Large furniture pieces for vignettes, vintage dessert tables, cake table accent pieces.

Vintage chandeliers to hang for your ceremony, from a tree, or over a focal table.  I love this one, but we have so many to choose from!

Vintage suitcases for rent and props to add to guest book tables.

Vintage window escort card displays.

Chairs to seat up to 300+ guests.  We love the eclectic look!  We also have church pews for outdoor ceremonies… so beautiful!

From tables, to chairs, to tabletop, we’ve got it all, and doesn’t it look beautiful!

A variety of tin cans, milk glass, silver pieces, & colored glass that can all be used as floral vessels and accent pieces.

And yes, we’ll even rent you an airstream!

If you are interested in discussing how we can help connect you with all of these beauties, give us a ring at 916-673-8650.  Not only will we help you select the perfect pieces, design a cocktail lounge area, but we can also come to your wedding and style it all for you as well!

When entertaining, one of my favorite things to do is carry out a theme or look for the table you and your guests will be spending time around enjoying dinner.  I think it’s a nice touch to add to the experience, and you can always send some flowers home with your guests. Here is something I designed for a recent dinner get-together with friends:

With a Spanish menu for the evening, I found this great runner which inspired the color theme for the table.  I loved the pattern, and thought it was a great color combo of complimentary colors.  Because blue and orange are across the color wheel from each other, they are complimentary colors.  I paired the aquamarine blue with the orange tulips and midollino sticks.  If you haven’t seen midollino sticks before, they are super cool!  You can bend them whatever way you’d like, they come in a variety of colors, and they are fun to add some movement & rhythm throughout your design as you see here.

With a modern feel to this centerpiece, I love the test tube vases which suspend from these wired racks.  I also paired this up with some clear glass modern bud vases and tied in the aquamarine color with some decorative crushed glass rocks.  Accents of green jade plant and moss “ground” these floral pieces.  I also added some candles into the mix which is always a fun touch.  Just make sure you choose unscented candles for dinner get togethers, you don’t want a fragrant candle clashing with food scents.

Each of the guests took home a map-wrapped journal with their initial on it.  I am kind of obsessed with maps lately, and I picked these up at a garage sale, so they made the perfect wrapping paper.

Hope you get a few ideas to inspire your next get together with friends!  Add in these extra touches and your guests will feel extra special and have a great time as well!

Faith and Andrew shared an Arden Hills Wedding earlier this year; Faith was such a pleasure to work with and so sweet!  Jaqueline Photography captured the day beautifully, so excited to share these pics with you all!

Their colors were bright green, purple and Faith’s favorite color, pink!   The look they were going for was fun and bright colors.  It turned out really fun & to see more pics, head on over to On The Go Bride where this was featured this week!

Faith loves gerbera daisies, so we used hot pink gerberas, poppy pods, hot pink spray roses, purple stock and purple florigene ‘Moonvistas’ for her bouquet.  She was also looking for a little shimmer in her bouquet, so we added some small detailing within the flowers.

The guest tables consisted of one vase that was colored glass, and three clear vases surrounding the center vase.  Faith wanted a fun and bright wedding, so they chose a teal runner for the tables and berry colored napkins.  These centerpieces were the perfect “pop” of color on these linens!

Faith put together this adorable candy buffet!  I had to share!  This is such a fun way of bringing your colors together and also making a favor station.

So beautiful!

Congratulations Faith & Andrew!  I love this photo Jackie captured!

If you are planning a Summer wedding, and want a fun and exciting vibe, you will love this color combo!  There is so much energy that orange, hot pink and lime green give off, and we had so much fun creating these artsy centerpieces and florals.  I hope you enjoy!

Melissa, our bride is such a positive and energetic person, so these colors suited her personality perfectly!  She was looking for something fun, artsy, and just loved the idea of the wheatgrass, moss, fruit accents and fun decorative wiring.

Here, we added a fun touch by curling the decorative or oasis colored wire into little fronds.  Accents of colored pins also add a fun touch.

Melissa’s bridal bouquet was created in the same color tones with hot pink peonies, scented geranium, cymbidium orchids, green hypericum, poppy pods and other fun colors.

The bridesmaids each carried bouquets of the same colors, but a smaller, scaled back version.

Boutonnieres, again another fun look with oasis bullion wiring for the stems, and a bright pop of orange.

I love how each of our clients are unique, each personality is a new design.  We loved creating these for Melissa & Mannie’s wedding, and hope you all enjoyed these Summer colors!

To see another similar color inspiration, see our post on Get Married Event’s Summer Cocktail Lounge featured on our blog.

We were so honored to be able to create Nicole + Ben’s wedding florals for their May wedding at Viansa Winery in Sonoma.  Though we had worries for a chance of rain, we were so lucky to be able to have the ceremony in Viansa’s beautiful outdoor courtyard which is breathtaking!

Special thanks to Megan Clouse Photography for the amazing photographs capturing the day!  You can view more of this wedding if you head to Megan’s blog here.

The large wrought iron doors were opened in the courtyard where we created a beautiful arch with curly willow, phalenopsis orchids, hanging amaranthus and open roses.  It was a romantic setting for the ceremony!

The aisle was lined with floral stands with hanging Swarovski crystals and romantic florals in the pinks, white and purple shades.

The bridesmaid’s carried bouquets of antique green hydrangeas, pink and lavender roses and pink spray roses.

I love how everything is soft and romantic feeling!

For the reception, a more muted color palette with added whites, blush linens and lots of clear glassware with gold touches.

Hanging Swarovski crystals add that little touch of elegance!

This wedding was recently featured on Wedding Chicks!  Click the photo below to read the entire post!

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Photography: Megan Clouse Photography Venue:  Viansa Winery, Sonoma  Catering: Sage Catering Cake:  Sweet Cakes by Rebecca

As you get ready to celebrate Easter, here are just a few Spring arrangements to get you in the pastel mode for this weekend!   The fragrant lilac, mixture of textures and florals are just so cheery!  Hope you enjoy!

Peach garden roses, lavender sweet peas, yellow tulips, purple lilac, scented geranium and pink ranunculus are just a few of the florals used here.

I wanted to share these beautiful images we captured of the sweetheart table at our most recent wedding at the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento.  It got me thinking as I put these images up, that maybe not all brides understand the different options when it comes to head tables, so here you go!

Whether you are doing a head table for you and your bridal party, or a simple sweetheart table for just the bride and groom, you’ll want to put some thought into the decor and design you will use for this feature table.

Though it is nice to be able and re-use or re-purpose the bridal bouquet and bridesmaid bouquets, it’s also nice to add a little more finishing touches to this table to make it look beautiful!

Short arrangements always work best so that guests can see you and your bridal party.  Make sure your florals are complimenting to the rest of your decor and centerpieces.  If you plan on using a floral piece from your arch at the ceremony, be sure to have additional pieces if your table is large, and make sure your designer knows that this will be used for the head table following the ceremony.  You’ll want to be sure he-she designs something that will fit on the table, and will be easily removed and transported to the reception.  I always suggest incorporating plenty of candlelight to add some lighting as your evening progresses.

When it comes to table design styles, we’ve done various options of head tables:

Standard Head Table: where the bridal party typically faces guests

King’s Table : where the bridal party, sometimes including parent’s join around a large rectangular table.  This is also a great option if most of your bridal party has significant others that may feel left out if you are using a traditional head table

Sweetheart Table: for just the bride and groom

Upgraded linens and upgraded rentals are also a great way to have your table stand apart from guest tables.  A subtle variation in linens or a beautiful laced overlay as you see in the photos here are add a touch of elegance to your special table.

What will you be using for your head table at your wedding?  I’d love to hear!

Wishing you a Happy Friday as you kick off the start of your weekend!  Enjoy the beautiful Spring weather and get outside to do something fun!