such a beautiful ceremony location overlooking the valley..

I love all the assortment of colored vases, paper poms, and table decor.

Another great table set up by none other than Melody with The Sweet and Saucy Shop.

I LOVE the yellow tub!! Couldn’t match more perfectly with their colors too!!

all my favorite shots of the day where in this glass house!! So awesome!!

And the getaway car.. a 1930’s Lincoln.. WOW!! It was super awesome!!

Thank you Kevin and Jenn! Kristin and I had such a wonderful time working with you guys on your day and wish you all the happiness in the world!!

I cant even imagine the countless hours Jared must have spent over at Katelyn’s house during those dating years. The more you get to know these two you couldn’t picture a more perfect backdrop for their wedding day..  Not to mention that this house is beyond gorgeous! Pool, tennis court, even its own private vineyard.. just stunning!  These two have such a classy timelessness about them and think the photos reflected just that. Here are some shots from the day!

I love the backyard vineyard feel of this wedding. 

I love this quote from Katelyn: “Jared and I agree that the most memorable moment of our wedding day was the moment I walked down the aisle and our eyes met. We both knew this was the best decision we ever made!”

a couple more portraits in the vineyard.. some of my fav’s

Katelyn: “Jared and I are excited to be living together and to be waking up and going to bed every day together. We look forward to creating many more memories and growing in our love for God together.”

It was such a pleasure getting the opportunity to serve just a genuinely beautiful couple inside and out. We will pray for your marriage and look forward to seeing what God has in store for you guys! 

Thanks to Amy from  Elizabeth Anne Designs for featuring this wedding on your blog today! Thanks a bunch!!
Catering – www.saltwatercateringinc.com

Kathy Taylor from Signature Party Rentals- www.signatureparty.com

Designer – www.ambiance-designs.com

Live Band – www.thezippersband.com

Limo – www.justaskgeorgelimos.com

Video – www.dpiproductions.com

Holly Chavez, coordinator extraordinaire – www.hmceventsolutions.com. Holly did such a fantastic job coordinating the days events. She and her team were a real treat to work with and the day went by with ease! Thanks for everything Holly, we cant wait to work with you again in the future!

Brian and Stephanie had their wedding at the amazing venue called The Villa built in 1920 in San Juan Capistrano. Michelle the coordinator there did a fantastic job running the events of the day to create a calm and sweet environment for the Bride and Groom to enjoy. Check out the stunning grounds of this place.

Brian and Stephanie first met at a dueling piano bar in Hollywood so I thought this was fitting

Floral Occasions did such a fantastic job on all the flowers… The following  few quotes are from Stephanie herself.  “The flowers were one of my favorite things about the day. I don’t know the first thing about flowers so rather than tell Stacey what kind I wanted, I told her the feel I was going for. She totally got it. The flowers helped tie everything in to make this romantic, serene, vintage-feeling day. It was better than I could have imagined. We felt like we had our own secret garden.

“Our favorite detail of the wedding was probably the centerpieces. Every table was a different assortment of vases, vintage tins and trinkets that we found over the course of our engagement at various garage sales and flea markets. Each centerpiece was like a little museum. I think people could really see “us” in each one.” The Keys were used as place cards.

“We both agree that our favorite memory was when I walked down the aisle with my mom. All our guests, with the exception of some immediate family, stood around for the ceremony. It was like a big hug from our closest friends and family. It felt so personal. There was so much love around us.”

Check out this unique guest sign in concept..  Each person got to choose a color ink pad to put there finger prints on the tree as leaves then sign their name.. I think this was such a cool idea.

Check out the mini pies from  from Urth Caffe with ice cream for their desserts.. ummm.. so good!

Also another amazing cake by  Melody from The Sweet and Saucy Shop! and you all know how much we love them!!

battle on…

Again a special thanks to ALL our service men and women for protecting us and allowing us to enjoy our freedom! We love you guys. This memorial weekend is for you!

Venue: The Villa – San Juan Capistrano
Florist: Floral Occasions
Wedding Cake Baker: Pies: Urth Caffe ; Cake – Sweet & Saucy Shop
Caterer: The Ramos House
Bride’s Dress: Lazaro from Mon Amie Bridal in Costa Mesa
Stationary: Joycee Designs
DJ and Lighting: Jeff Holmes – Moondance
Photoboth: Renowned Events
Make up Artist: Taryn VanDon; Hair by Selleca Wong

One of my favorite things about this wedding was that there was so much family history in every little detail. They got ready in the house where her Grandfather built in the early 1900’s. Its called the Fairview Bed and Breakfast. Look at how beautiful it is.

Always a little craziness when the girls get ready.. so much different than the guys

Erin, Julie’s older sister, doing her makeup

the girls

the guys

A quick little pre-wedding  “Bananogram” sess.. I have never heard or played it before but it looked super fun!! Aparently a HUGE thing over at College Station

The preparation for the wedding ceremony.. I love these shots!

This is where the ceremony and reception took place. Its called the Gidding Stone Mansion and it was built in 1870 and is still completely intact! Its beyond beautiful!

I LOVED the shots inside this beautiful house!

…and the live jazz band!

The sparkler send off!

This is probably my favorite shot of the day.. Whenever one of the Evans kids would leave home for a long time like when they were younger a vaction or when they were older and went off to college. Mom and Dad would always stand on the front porch waiving the I love you sign with their hands for as long as they could see the person leaving.  They would sign each other for as long as they were in sight. If you look closely, you can see Julie and her Mom giving each other this “i love you” sign to eachother as they drove away! I thought that it was just a really sweet touch to end the night!

It was a beautiful day in so many different ways. Their only prayer was that God received all the glory from the day and it was pretty evident that this was the case!

I think what made it such a pleasure to work for this family is that they have treated us like family from the beginning. Providing trip details, time-lines, and travel arrangements. Welcome baskets upon arrival to our hotel room. Food provided for every meal. Even after the wedding was over Kristin and I decided to extend our stay and see what Texas had to offer (Enjoying the rodeo, Tim McGraw in concert, and some good ol’ Texas BBQ!) the Evans family extended this hospitality all throughout our stay. They completely blew us away with their amazing generosity! We love you all so much and are really excited to come back and visit ya’ll real soon

a little breakfast sitting area

fresh tea and coffee served whenever we wanted plus all kinds of fun activities at our disposal..

What was really awesome about this place was that there were these hand carved sculptures and wood workings all over the place as well as filled up our entire room. Every room has its own personality and individual carvings.

a place just to hang out and enjoy the view of the pitons..

Here is the restaurant when we decided to not eat in our room.. honestly I think we only saw 4 different couples total the WHOLE time we were there..

here’s the view while eating..

If you didnt want to stay in your room then you could enjoy this patio next to the restaurant for some local tunes and the infiniti pool.

Here are pictures of the rooms.. each room is like your very own tree house and extend out into the tree canopy..

The inside..

our own pool and lounge chairs with the amazing view as well.

Another little sitting area to watch the sunset and the moonrise You can see though that the whole suite is totally open to the suroundings..

Honestly I would go back there in a heartbeat.. I cant wait actually we both miss it so much! Beautiful weather all day and all night AND we didnt even see, let alone feel, a single bug the whole time.. to sum it all up in one word… Perfection!

Who has a HUGE barn in your front yard… sooo jealous!!!

check out this  R I D I C U L O U S  ceremony cite.

check out the fireworks launched to anouce the newly weds!

Dan and Michelle thank you so much for showing us such a wonderful time up in Pismo Beach and SLO.. We now have a new found love for up there and we cant wait to go back!!

Jasmine Star and JD gettin’ down in the photo booth… Do I hear a BATTLE!!!