Joanne & Adam Epics!

Joanne is one of the sweetest girl I have ever met. I am so excited for her and Adam! With their wedding right around the corner, I thought I’ll share some of their sweet images. Be warned…after these photos, you might get a toothache! The following images are from their fabulous photographer Louis Palos.

Picture perfect ~ I love how Louis captured this tender moment

Isn’t Joanne the cutest?! The way she’s looking up at Adam full of love and mischief!

This should be a billboard advertisement for jeans!

Amazing light caressing the couple…

Another one of my favorites…I love the clear blue sky

I can’t wait to see more…Joanne and Adam got mad skillz in the picture taking department!

Myra of Twigs & Honey

I’M BACK!!!! I had a wonderful relaxing vacation. Just finally caught up on all my mail and wanted to leave a quick note to let everyone know that I arrived back safely. I’ll be doing a trip review soon (PROMISE). I’ll break them down to more ‘manageable’ parts.

But first off, I just got these pictures of Wendy & Marshall’s wedding from Michael Norwood Photography and wanted to post a few pictures of the hair adornment made by the talented Myra from Twigs&Honey. 

Fabric from the bridesmaid dresses were sent to Myra and she created three distinctive pieces incorporating the material. 

Myra created elegant blush orchids for the bride’s hair

I LOVE Myra’s spotted feathers so I ask her to include some in my piece

Here’s another shot of the orchids as the Bride dances with her father

We received so many compliments on the flowers all night

Myra is pretty busy and isn’t currently taking custom orders at this time. But for brides with wedding dates a little later this year or next year should definitely contact her soon. As for the rest of us, we have to wait for the rare listing of items not reserve for brides.

One HOT couple ~ Carrie & Seth

I’m busy…but when I saw these pictures of Carrie & Seth’s epic session, I couldn’t NOT post about them. Aren’t they gorgeous?!! Carrie and Seth are crazy HOT couple and their amazing photographer Tara Rochelle was able to capture their HOTNESS!  

Carrie looks a little like Courtney Cox, but prettier of course! 

This picture shows their personality to a T ~not only crazy/sexy/beautiful ~ but quirky and fun as well.

Ahhh…this picture is so tender!

I love the different color and texture backgrounds Downtown LA offers…

HOT HOT HOT!

Amazing lighting

I love love love shoe shots!

Isn’t she LOVELY…

Seth’s not so bad himself…

And these two lovelys are a couple after my own heart…they’re getting married at STONE MANOR! After almost 3 years, I’m back at the location I got married at! I can’t wait!!!

Christina & Rei’s wedding!!!

Last weekend, I had the honor of coordinating Christina & Rei’s wedding at The Athenaeum. The venue itself is a gorgeous testament to architecture. But fill it with love, laughter, friends, and family, the venue shined ever more brightly. Thank you Jay and Peggy from Jay Tsai Photography for capturing these shining moments. Christina and Rei are really a match made in heaven.

Beautiful shot of the rings in the folds of Christina’s gorgeous Paloma Blanca wedding dress

Family and friends looked on as Christina finished her makeup

This is why I love this girl! As Christina’s heading down the archway for their ‘first look,’ she throws out the ‘piece sign.’ I love how happy and excited she was!



One of my favorite shots from Christina’s portrait session. It looks like a framed picture ready to go on the wall.

Another amazing shot from the couple’s portrait session around the campus.

My FAVORITE picture of the day! This really captures the spunk and fun-loving nature of this wedding. Christina with her sister Amanda the MOH and Rei with his brother Joe who is the Best Man.

These beautiful manzanita trees were at the top of the steps creating a beautiful backdrop to the ceremony. Eddie really outdid himself this time!

The table were dressed in champagne linens and chocolate brown napkins. Each place setting adorn with menus made by the bride (on her Gocco no less!) and a cookie favor packaged in yellow with gold thread. The breathtaking centerpieces were the creation of Eddie from Commerce Flowers.

Christina and Rei practiced their first dance which was a fox trot to ‘The way you look tonight’ by Frank Sinatra.

The day was filled with touching moments. One that stood out especially in my mind was the BM and MOH toasts ~ funny but still brought tears to your eyes, the best kind!!

Jay captured this tender moment amiss the partying going around them.

I know Christina and Rei are going to have a wonderful life together. They just complement each other so well! They have the love and support of amazing family and friends and I feel so blessed to have been there to witness their love and happiness. They’re currently on their FIVE week honeymoon in Italy and Greece! I know! FIVE WEEKS! I already asked if they could pack me in their bags…sadly, it was a no. For more pictures and an amazing slideshow, visit Jay’s blog.

Christina & Rei’s engagement session…

Christina and Rei will be getting married this weekend at The Athenaeum in Pasadena. With their wedding fast approaching, here’s a look back at their e-session by San Francisco photographer Jay Tsai. I love how the “feel” of SF was captured in these images. You can see more from the session here. 

This picture is amazing ~ blur of color

This has to be my favorite picture. I love the black and white! I love the movement in this picture.  I love that Christina is laughing without holding back! 

So romantic!

I love the softness of the next two pictures…


If I was Christina, I would have a hard timing choosing one single shot for the enlargement. Stay tuned to see more of Jay’s amazing work after the wedding!

More projects for the bridal shower…

Here’s a couple more projects I worked on for the bridal shower. The first is a ribbon place card board. I purchased the foam board from Michael’s. Then using different pattern and size ribbons, I wrapped the ribbons around the board. The place cards will be the folded place cards with the back flap tucked into the ribbons. I’m working on the place cards now but there’s a slight hold up due to guests rsvping…

There was a huge sale at Michael’s this past Memorial Day. I couldn’t pass picking up a few more things. These foam letters were easy to paint and will add such a personal touch to the event.

And finally, these little tags to hang on the ‘wishing tree.’ Yes I know it’s a little extreme for a manzanita wishing tree for a bridal shower, but how can you deny me the fun?! Ivory over pink card stock fasten by adhesive spray. Pink eyelet with pink ribbon and finished off with different shades of pink crystals on all four corners.

And another great news! We were able to book Jonilyn to document the event. I can’t wait to see the event through her lens! Too see some of her talented work, visit her blog here.

A beautiful day at the Villa…

This past Saturday…Briana & David got married at the beautiful Villa Del Sol D’Oro. It was a beautiful day full of love and laughter. The weather cooperated by staying sunny and breezy. We had an amazing team working along side us. Everything was perfection. Briana was GORGEOUS and David…not too shabby either. I ’stole’ the following images from their awesome photographer Marlin Munoz ~ go to his blog to view more!

Gorgeous shot of Briana’s shoe

The bird cage veil was for pre-ceremony pictures

The bridal suite had these vivid blue walls

Briana and her girls ~ I have to say, Briana’s MOH Rachel is the BEST!

The dashing groom and groomsmen

Briana is full of spunk and laughs

The bride’s bouquet was luscious ~ soft full peonies with orchids and green coffee berries

This looks like a magazine shot ~ one of my favorites of the day (who am I kidding, all the shots are amazing!)

Tender moment between father and daughter

The string of crystal and orchids swayed lightly in the wind – courtesy of great needle work by Michelle Brue

The mood in this picture can not be expressed ~ so soft, so romantic

After the sun set, the villa came alive with all the twinkling lights

It was a wedding filled with love, laughter, and happiness. I know Briana and David have a bright and beautiful future ahead of them.

Amazing photo!

WOW…I love this picture from Maya & Kevin’s wedding taken by the ultra talented Jules Bianchi!

Briana & David ~ Engagement

From our first meeting at a cozy coffee shop in Pasadena, I knew I was going to have fun helping Briana and David plan their big day. Briana with her welcoming smile and sweet personality (and we’re both DOG people!), I’m really going to miss our ’status meetings’ and text messaging.

With their wedding day fast approaching…here’s a look back through the lens of their talented photographer Marlin Munoz.

Briana and her ELECTRIC BLUE pumps and David not wanting to be outshone…his cherry red Chevy! A little birdie told me David spent more hours polishing the car then getting ready for the shoot!

I love Briana’s expression in this one! She’s just SO CUTE!

Ahh…the symbolism in this photo…

There was a few more sexier shots that you can check out at Marlin’s blog…didn’t want to steam up your computer screen.

Waiting patiently…

Most of the time my posting of wedding pictures aren’t very consistent. And I really can’t balm photographers because I know how busy everyone are and all the post-op processing many take weeks, even months! But I so do not enjoy waiting for professional pictures. BOO! That’s why I want hubster to take photography classes ~ for your viewing pleasure. Maybe I should get classes for him as a ‘gift?’ =)
So as we all wait patiently for pictures of my last wedding, I realize I didn’t blog about the couple’s engagement pictures at the Mission Inn in Riverside. So here’s a couple of my favorite pictures to tide you over. And to give credit where credit’s due, pictures are taken by Alex from Perfect Zoom Photography.