Blush and Gold and Turtle Pond

Have you visited my blush & gold pinterest board {See it here}?  There's prettiness like this darling bridesmaid dress:

Source: eventjubilee.com via Kelly on Pinterest
After post edit: A great question was asked via comment by "Anonymous" about the above dress.  One of the things I love about Pinterest is that sometimes you do have some clicking to do to find the answers.  In the clicking through - you can come across some really great finds. The best thing I found about this one when I went to find the answer to where to find this dres...some of my favorite people in the world were behind this image and the inspiration shoot that it belongs with!

photography by carla ten eyck photography

floral design: datura: a modern garden

fashion styling: the white dress by the shore

beauty: dd nickel

paper: coral pheasant

And this stunning ceremony backdrop draped with white sheers and lush white, ivory and champagne flowers, and a trio of chandeliers.

Source: southernpiphi.tumblr.com via Kelly on Pinterest

I noticed that this image above was taken by Turtle Pond, who shot one of our destination weddings a few years ago (Here's a link to their wedding slideshow that Jamie shared with us).  They were such a  pleasure to work with! Here are a few shots from that wedding (Pink Shell Resort, Signature Florals, Kakes by Karen):

My Real Wedding from The Knot and The Nest.
My Real Wedding from The Knot and The Nest.
My Real Wedding from The Knot and The Nest.

Pink White & Gold: The California Bride Series Vol 4

I tried to keep this a 3 Vol series, but I couldn't.  I just felt like there was more story to tell!  This last volume includes a mix of photos.  I'm going to pass along a few tips and opinions in this one.  So listen up!

The gold beaded chargers and menus add to the formality of the tablescape. The cordial shot glasses we chose were key.  A regular shot glass would have looked, ummmm, tacky.

 Sure, you can adorn every chair at an out door ceremony, but really, the back row or 2 is sufficient.

 Look back at the first picture. It's the same table.  Hello, lighting.  What a difference you make. Day and night. Literally.  Design your room for all the different lighting times!

 Isn't it amazing what the simplest rose bouquet can accomplish?  It defines this table top.

 

One last piece of advice. This would would have been a great spot for video.  Brides, I can not stress it enough- get video.  While it may not seem like something you want now, when the party is over you will be so glad to have it.

Click here to see the entire California Bride Series and you can click here to spend hours looking at dozens of our real weddings posts!

It was great to work with LaPlaya, Ellas Cakes, Impressions Photography, Norman Love and Always Flowers.

Pink White & Gold: The California Bride Series Vol 1

Deanna and I just sat here forever trying to edit down the pictures to post on this wedding.  It was not fun.  Our first edit had us down to about 8 volumes with 13 pictures each. This was one of those weddings where you just couldn't escape the prettiness.

Flowers reigned supreme with thousands of orchids, roses, ranunculus, hydrangea, callas and tulips.  Pretty much every fluffy flower that is in season in March. Enough chatter- here's the photos by Impressions Photography

I know.  Could you just die? Kudos to Always Flowers.  They totally brought it to the table for this one.