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Edwin & Valerie // Glamorous wedding at the Coco Palm

Glamorous Wedding at the Coco Palm in Pomona // ©2016 Sun & Sparrow wedding photographer

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While we worked on our wedding decoration part, I’d say it was fun and very exciting for the most part as (the bride) I have a deep passion for decorating and love all types of flowers, I’m pretty crafty and creative when decorating in my personal life, I just love it with a passion. I was inspired by various artists and the many talented and amazing work I’d see online and on blogs, Alexandra Garza was one, which has her own You Tube channel, she inspired my wedding since the beginning with many of her great ideas and advice.

We believe the entire wedding day was extremely memorable to the both of us, but if we’d have to pick one or two of the most memorable moments it would be the entrance to our ceremony, it was an honor and a proud moment for us to walk hand in hand with our parents, the two amazing mothers and fathers God blessed us with. Truly an honor to have them give us away to each other and start a beautiful new journey of our own with God’s blessing. Also, the entrance to our reception having the AMAZING salsa band and DJ lead this part beautifully as we danced our way in surrounded by our most loved family and friends, which started and ended an amazing night with us, we truly felt blessed.

Photography was extremely important to the both of us because we knew that this would be our only memory left of such a special day that took so much sacrifice, patience, and love into every detail throughout the entire planning. We chose Sun & Sparrow because we were drawn to each amazing photo we saw, each one spoke to us, as we were doing our research we kept going back to these photos, the shots we saw in your website truly captured some amazing images filled with love, joy, & happiness, we wanted exactly that. Sun and Sparrow was also referred to us by my sister Marla Feeney whom is a professional photographer, we just knew her recommendation was a great one and she was right 🙂

Yes, our advice to new brides is, prepare in advance even if it means tackling one item at a time, when you start checking items off your list early on, the less stressed you’ll be the closer it gets to your wedding day. The sooner you plan the better! Also, don’t stress the small stuff, no one but you will notice, remember it’s all about having fun and enjoying the most memorable moment with your loved ones. As the bride gets teary eyed, for us being with each other day to day, waking up and going to bed knowing that we both have God at the center of our marriage, each other, and a deep love for one another is our favorite part of our marriage 🙂

MY VENDORS:

1.) Wedding coordination, Rentals & Florals: Unique Chic Events  //  Instagram

2.) Salsa Band & DJ : DJ – Giovani //  IG: @PlenaVista

3.) Photo booth:  “I Rock the Party” Photo Booth Services

4.) Venue:  Coco Palms Restaurant – Desiree Salazar

5.) Bridal Hair & Makeup:  Vanity Belle – Costa Mesa Location

6.) Brides Wedding Dress:  Bridal Elegance in Torrance, dress is by Maggie Sottero 

7.). Groom and Groomsmen suit attire: Hollywood Suits

8.) Grooms shoes:  Aldo shoes

9.) Grooms watch:  Nordstrom’s Rack  

10.) Bridesmaid dresses:  Christie’s

12.) Engagement Ring:  TACORI

17.)  Etsy –  I bought various items for decoration here.

  1. A Cord of three Strands Wooden Sign – Placed in ceremony area
  2. All the Love & Bible Quotes
  3. Mr & Mrs signs that hanged behind our reception chairs .
  4. Glittered Place Cards
  5. Table Number Cards
  6. Flower Girl hair pieces
  7. Wedding Heart sign “Here Comes your Bride Edwin”  carried by our little one Illani
  8. God Gave Me YOU – Cake Topper
  9. Bienvenidos A Nuestra Boda Sign

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    Shon & Lena // South Coast Botanical garden wedding

    FROM THE BRIDE // 

    Our wedding day was amazing. It was everything we dreamed of and more. We had all of our family and friends with us, they traveled from near and far, just to be with us on our special day. My day started off with finishing up our wedding cake. I still had to cover the top cake with fondant and lace and put the flowers all over it. I was crazy for doing this, it took so long. While all my girls were getting ready, I was decorating our cake. This put me behind on getting my hair and makeup done, which then put us behind on leaving to our venue for pictures. This was my only stress on our wedding day. I am so happy that Sun & Sparrow was there. Tiffani made sure we were still able to get all the ‘getting ready’ shots, and then all of the shots at our venue. When I first saw Shon, during our “first look” all of my stress went away. I knew nothing else mattered that day, now that he was with me again. I couldn’t stop crying when I saw him. He was the man I was about to marry and spend the rest of my life with. Nothing could get me down that day. Once we did all of our photos with our family, we had a couple moments to ourselves before we said our I do’s. It was like the calm before the storm. It was so peaceful and magical. We said our I Do’s and we were finally married!! We could finally party and enjoy everything we had worked so hard to plan. Our reception was wonderful! Wonderful food, wonderful music, fun games, and loving people all around. It was everything we had dreamed it to be. It was the best day of our lives!!!
    WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND YOUR WEDDING?  //  The inspiration behind our wedding was rustic/romantic. We wanted to get married in a forest and be surrounded by trees, since Shon is from Oregon, we wanted to bring a little of that into our wedding. We wanted it to feel very homey and like love was in the air.
    WHAT WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE/FAVORITE PART ABOUT YOUR WEDDING DAY?  //  Shon: Seeing my bride, and getting married. I will always remember our first look.
    Lena: Finally seeing Shon after being apart from him all day. And finally being able to marry him and call him my husband. I also loved that our dog Penny could be there, that made me feel more relaxed. I will never forget how loved we felt that day. Having our closest friends and family with us on such a memorable day, was amazing. It was also perfect weather, our whole wedding was all outside, we couldn’t have asked for better weather. We felt so blessed and so loved, we will never forget this day!!
    WHY WAS PHOTOGRAPHY IMPORTANT TO YOU AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE SUN & SPARROW?  //   I always knew I needed to have photography at my wedding. I can’t always remember the little details, so I wanted someone to be there to capture all the little things and moments I wouldn’t be able to see. Once I became friends with Ellie, and later Tiffani, and I saw their work, I knew I wanted them to be my wedding photographers.
    DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR BRIDES WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS?  //  It is never too soon to start planning! I can’t believe all the last minute little details that snuck up on us. It was crazy! We were blessed to have all of our family and friends around to help, but there are some things that only the bride and groom can do. Make sure all of your vendors are on the same page, and you have someone to be your day of coordinator. Mine helped so much! She took care of all the setup and communicating with the vendors. I didn’t have to think of anything on my wedding day!
    WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF BEING MARRIED NOW?  //  My favorite part of being married now is being able to call Shon my husband. We have since moved and we are enjoying married life, just the two of us and our dog. It’s been an exciting couple of weeks for us, being married has brought us closer together. It’s so amazing to be married, to have my best friend with me all the time.
    PLEASE COMMENT BELOW AND TELL SHON & LENA HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM!!
    © 2014 Sun & Sparrow Photographers // Big thanks to Katie Jackson Photography for second shooting with us! // South Coast Botanical garden wedding
     
    VENDORS //  Venue:  South Coast Botanic Gardens   //  Photographer: Sun & Sparrow Photographers  //  Videographer: Janelle Warren Photography  //  Wedding dress: Bridal Elegance, Torrance  //  Caterer: Lucille’s BBQ  //  Day of coordinator: Wonderland Events  //  photo booth: creative photo booths
    PLEASE COMMENT BELOW AND TELL SHON & LENA HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM!!
    © 2014 Sun & Sparrow Photographers // Big thanks to Katie Jackson Photography for second shooting with us! // South Coast Botanical garden wedding
     
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