Jumping in...feet first!

What a fun group of friends! The girls "dive in" at this fab wedding held at a private estate in St. Helena.

The gorgeous bridal bouquet was a fragrant mix of garden roses, Vendella roses, and ranunculas to name a few.

The bridesmaids carried a smaller version of the Bride with the addition of fuchsia roses.

The couples beloved dog wore a vest adorned in solid white and ivory roses.

And here's the model now!


The wedding was held at a private residence and the ceremony area was shaded by beautiful trees and looked over a lake.

Silver buckets hung off garden hooks along the aisle and later decorated the cocktail pool area.

The stairs leading to the pool were flanked by 2 large urns full of color.

The pool had a large round ball of flowers with orchids spraying out of the top like a fountain. Alex from Quintana Events actually waded through the pool to place the arrangement! How's that for service!

The pool had dozens and dozens of sweet smelling gardenias floating around.

Beautiful cake baked by True Confections.

Beautiful white and green cubes for the long king's tables.

The couple planned many activities for their guests like playing croquet. Can you spot the croquet ball made of flowers?

Volleyball was set up on one of the lawn areas.

Even the poles of the volleyball net were decorated.

Chilling out by the pool! Guests were invited to bring overnight bags and enjoy the weekend with the couple.

What a lovely wedding...full of fun, family and friends!

Thank you to the artistic Sabine Scherer for the wonderful professional images.

Surrounded by grapes at BR Cohn Winery

K and T were a fun and lively couple that chose fun and lively colors for their winery wedding!


The bridal bouquet turned out to be one of my favorites of the year. It even had a few accents of Bells of Ireland to reflect the Groom's Irish heritage.


The bridesmaids carried lush bouquets similar to the Bride with a little twine on the handle to give it a little country detail.


The couple's dog was part of the wedding entourage and rocked this floral collar. I can't wait to get a picture of that!


The Groom's boutonniere of course had "Bells of Ireland" along with a pod and dahlia.

Corsages were definitely as festive as the girls bouquets.

A sign on a dirt road directs guests into the vineyard for the ceremony at BR Cohn Winery. If you want to get married in the heart of the wine country, this is it literally...chairs are smack dab in the center of all the grapevines. You are surrounded by grapes!

Canning jars filled with flowers hung on the chairs.

Guest tables were a mix of round and long with burlap runners that had a mix of large and small mason jars with flowers.

I can't wait to see some of the professional images from this beautiful wedding. I will post them as soon as I receive them.

Raise a toast to Kim & Joe!

This couple was married at the romantic V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena. The vibrant hues of pink and raspberry were matched with rich dark eggplant and deep, velvety red. The dark ambiance of the wine cellar "popped" with these colors flickering in the candlelight. Take a look at the great shots Ben Davidson at Perfectdaydesigns.com captured. To see more pictures of this wedding from an earlier blog click here.






Gotta love that tie!

Vah-Vah-Viansa!

On a beautiful summer day in July, I had the pleasure of traveling to the beautiful Viansa winery and Italian marketplace to do the wedding of a great couple from Southern Cal. The Bride chose a vibrant color palette of hot pink, orange, terracotta, beige and yellow. The accent color was silver. What a warm and rich color scheme this turned out to be. You couldn't help but feel festive surrounded by such happy colors. The venue is stunning and really makes you feel like you are on a hill side in Italy.

The bride carried brightly colored calla lilies in bright pink and flame.

The bridesmaids carried roses in mixed earth tones and bright pink calla lilies wrapped in silver.


The groom's flame calla lily boutonniere was wrapped in silver cord.

The ornate gates at Viansa were adorned with orange and hot pink roses and vines.

The colors really popped on the bright white linens.

The view from the patio made you dream of being in Italy. Ambiance rose petals added color to the floating candles.

The cake had a very romantic look.