Black Lotus Design

Time for me to give Conni & Clint’s lovely wedding the attention it deserves! This post is a bit late, but I had to get it up here!!! Conni wanted a unique wedding with tons of funky details. Right up my alley! She chose to have her ceremony & reception at The New Children’s Museum in downtown San Diego. Not your typical wedding venue, but that’s what made for such a standout event! The museum holds a special place in Conni’s heart. She is a school teacher and worked for the museum in the past, so she decided to share this important, but lighthearted and fun aspect of her life with all of her guests! Conni had some incredible table runners made for the 18 banquet style tables, in her colors; orange, blue & green. Entering the museum to see her tables was a visually striking experience for all of her guests. Their ceremony was out on the “playground” where Michele Woodcock of Before I do Events and I set up her amazing canopy! Her father-in-law made the birch frame a few weeks before the wedding & Michele and I draped it in fabric.  I dangled orange and white feathers, which provided the perfect background for their nuptials. I also had the feathers draped on both sides of the aisle. Such a fun detail! Conni & Clint had the Museum’s chalk artists come in and create tons of fun “chalkings” throughout the venue. My personal favorite chalk art were the blue & orange geometric bubbles at the ceremony site on either side of the canopy. Just gave that area the pop it needed! Enjoy the Photographs By Anjuli!

I was hoping to have some ‘day of’ shots from this wedding, but I am lucky enough to have my Husbandy’s profesh shots. He is my hero. Shanelle was a super-rad bride. I brought one of my Euro design books with me to our consultation, just for fun. To my delight, she saw the “entwined hearts” bouquet and asked if she could carry ‘that’ down the aisle!!! Are you kidding?!? I was thrilled to have a bride with the confidence and edge to carry something so unique down the aisle! It was very labor intensive, but Diane and I enjoyed every minute of the 4 hours it took to make! It was made up of several different gauges of floral wire, decorative aluminum wire, sisal fiber, mokara orchids, mini calla lilies, lavender spray roses, and horsetail. Love it!

Back on May 15th I had the distinct pleasure of doing a stunning wedding @ Tower 23 in PB. It was an intimate wedding with under 20 guests and it was magical!!! This was the ultimate wedding for me…I’m not even exaggerating…I loved it so much & I will always remember this wedding and all the wonderful people involved! My bride, Andrea, was ultra hip without even trying and unbelievably gorgeous. Seriously…how is this woman not a model or actress?!?! Breathtaking! Her style was right in line with mine, so we had a blast planning her flowers! She trusted me completely with the details & let me be creative. That is one of the greatest gifts a floral designer can be given. We didn’t meet in person until the day of the wedding, but as soon as we saw each other, we hugged and it seemed like we’d been friends forever! She was an absolute delight to work with and so was her Mom, Molly (the most bad-ass fly fishing tour guide on the planet)! These people are just innately cool & genuinely kind & so, so lovely and I wish they lived closer so I could take them out for coffee sometime! <3 I’d like to gush some more, but I’ll just let the flawless photos speak for themselves.

Here are a couple of images from Andrea & Gabe’s rehearsal dinner @ The Grande Colonial in La Jolla & and the rest of the incredible images are from their wedding @ Tower 23 in PB via  Bauman Photographers:

Vendor Lovin’:

Photography: Bronson Pate of Bauman Photographers

(Follow the link above to view what Bronson wrote about our beautiful couple on his blog!)

Rad Chuppah: Arc de Belle

Coordinator: Carol Berardino of Elite Events

Cool Lounge Furniture @ Ceremony: Concepts Event Design

Wedding Venue: Tower 23

Rehearsal Venue: The Grande Colonial