July 6, 2010
Oh how we love a beautiful bride with style! Add in a little graciousness – and we swoon to make her every wish happen. Carley was such a bride, and from our first meeting, I knew it was going to be a gorgeous and very personal wedding day. Having worked with Carley as the on site event coordinator at one of our preferred wedding venues in the area, I also knew that she would have the inside scoop on making a wedding fabulous – and I was not disappointed. Here are a few images we received from Andre Niesing at AN Photography, who really captured the character of this one of a kind site. Santa Margarita Ranch has such unlimited possibility for a bride and her designer – some of our favorite weddings have happened here.
The combination of bright colored spring blooms in shades of green, orange and gold, kept the feeling of the day fresh and vibrant. Organic elements were intermingled through out with interesting greens, green fruits and moss to provide an earthy, rustic vibe.
The custom rose petal monogram and swirl design, created the perfect pop of color to the ceremony in the garden.
Moss initials on the doors of the barn, accented with clusters of flowers were the perfect low key welcome element to the celebration to come in this historic California barn.
Centerpieces of spring blooms, moss & fruit were created as little gardens on each table set in copper buckets. Some of the garden-scapes also included manzanita and hanging crystals.
A simple sprig of orange freesia was tucked into each napkin, greeting the guests and sending off a subtle fragrance.
This custom wash on the dance floor was taken from the damask design on Carley & Matt’s wedding invitations. Our favorite lighting experts over at Kramer Entertainment DJs & Lighting produced this effect as well as all of the color washes on the cold stone walls of the barn, warming things up and creating an inviting and festive atmosphere inside and outside the barn.
To see more pictures of our beautiful weddings at Santa Margarita Ranch click here.
April 21, 2010
Happy Anniversary to one of our all time favorite couples! Since Sarah and Jesse’s beautiful day at the Mission and Santa Margarita Ranch, a lot has happened. Straight from our follow up files:
Sarah and Jesse have had t wo little angels, Mikaela (23 months) and Tate (6 months). Sarah is a Labor & Delivery nurse at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns in San Diego where over 8000 precious bundles are delivered every year. Sarah is an avid runner and recently ran a half marathon – she’s hooked. Jesse is the manager at 24-Hour Fitness. Sarah and Jesse have high hopes that their kids will attend Cal Poly so they can regularly visit the area and be active alumni.
Sarah’s favorite wedding day memories were their grand entrance announcement – “Mr. & Mrs. Lagaspi!” and their first dance to “My Best Friend” by Tim McGraw as Jesse sang the words in her ear. Wow – chills!
Thank you so much for sharing Sarah. This makes our little contribution to weddings so worthwhile! Thanks to Allyson Magda Photography for these wedding day photos. The images make it all real again!
Sarah wrote me a little side note that really made my day – “To this day when I talk about our wedding I always mention just how absolutely gorgeous our flowers were, and whenever people see our wedding album they always comment on how beautiful they were, too. You are so talented, and we are so lucky that you helped make our dream wedding come to life.”
April 6, 2010
So many of our brides ask us for recommendations for hair and make up. It’s a really big deal – because every bride wants to look her best on her wedding day. It has been my pleasure to work with Rhonda at Bridal Hair & Make Up for several years and today I sent another bride her way. I had to go to her website to look up the information and when I did, I found a plethora of great information – and a bunch of great pictures of my brides! I love the personal attention that she provides to each bride and her vast knowledge about camera ready make up. This comes from years of experience in the TV & film industry in LA. Definitely give her a call at 805/395-0175 if you are still needing someone fabulous for your wedding day.
These are a few of our beautiful brides that have completely loved Rhonda too. Thanks to Allyson Magda Photography and David Pascolla Photography for these images.
January 13, 2010
What an honor! And one of our favorite bridal couples of 2009 – Sara & Andrew. Congratulations! This wedding, by the way, won the most awards on the San Francisco StyleUnveild.com blog – over a thousand votes. We are so stoked!
 
Check out all of the awards, amazing vendors (including local cupcakemaven
Amy Bakes Cupcakes) and brilliant design ideas at StyleUnveiled.com.
We’ve also included the tear sheets from our featured Real Wedding on StyleUnveiled.com just in case you missed it when it originally came out (though I find this utterly impossible!!) Without the beautiful imagery of Chloe Murdoch at Mike Larson Inc. – we would be so completely out of the loop. You just can’t put a price on great photography! Thank you Chloe! Providing hours of entertainment was the fabulous photo booth from my friends at TheBoothExperience.com Oh – and did I happen to mention that Kramer Entertaiment DJ & Lighting – not only provided an amazing dance party atmosphere in a rustic, historic old California Barn, they lit the place up with fantastic special event lighting. Working with great people always has it’s rewards – this time, it came in an AWARD!
 
     
January 8, 2010
In so many ways, 2009 was a huge year for us. A year of adjustments, of growing, of experimenting, of learning and so it is with great excitement that we welcome 2010 – our 11th wedding season on the beautiful Central Coast. We’re saying good bye to some old ways of doing things and hello to some new and wonderfully exciting things.
Good bye Blogger experiment blog! HELLO WordPress Customized blog, new format, new approach and new commitment to providing helpful design content to our brides and more stunning images of weddings & flowery. We feel completely ready to tackle the challenge and are completely jazzed for the year ahead – it will be the best yet!
Watch for some really fun categories including features on our Alumni, Design Tid Bits, Fabulous Finds, Inspiration Memos, News, Real Weddings, and fun Celebrations along the way.
Cheers!
Looking back – a few of our favorite 2009 projects ~ enjoy.
 Moroccan Dinner Party @ at our Studio on Broad Street
Eve + Ben @ The Cliffs Resort
 Necia + Jake @ Dana Powers House
 Katie + Sam @ Santa Margarita Ranch
November 18, 2009
November 11, 2009
September 21, 2009
What a great way to start the day and week! Style Me Pretty – the be all, end all wedding style blog, has just featured one of our all time favorite weddings on their blog this morning. “I am MADLY in love with the flowers from this affair. The bridesmaids and bridal bouquets are enough to send me clear over the edge. Designed by Corinne Smith of Panacea in San Luis Obispo, they are gorgeousness defined.” Be still my heart
Allyson at Allyson Magda Photography captures the atmosphere, details and emotions of the day in a way that people just can’t resist and the industry is taking notice. It is such a complete delight and honor to work with her – and it’s like early Christmas morning – to get that precious cd of images from her after the wedding – and in this case, it is the gift that keeps on giving!
Natalie and Carson are now my official poster couple and I am so crazy happy to report that they have both found great jobs, just bought a charming house and are settling in the SLO area. So great to have them in our community long term – I adore them and their beautiful dog Ella
Check out the images and if you don’t already have Style Me Pretty bookmarked – you will after perusing through, Abby Larson is a passionate style guru of all things wedding style. Enjoy!
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