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©2016 Sun & Sparrow Photography // Luxury wedding in Santa Monica
FROM THE BRIDE // When I reflect on our wedding day, I can’t help but continue to feel so much joy and love; it was exactly what we worked over 11 years for. I remember waking up, surrounded by women I love, admiring the perfect weather, and thanking God for allowing another one of our dreams to come true. I followed other brides’ advice: slow down and take it ALL in. I paid no attention to small mistakes, day of cancellations, rumors, or others’ reactivity; it was our day and for this reason I was able to thoroughly enjoy every minute, every moment, and every emotion! The day itself ran so effortlessly and smoothly and it was our vision come true (with the help of our wedding planner and vendors of course).
I can never really explain how we get our visions, but I immediately knew I wanted a romantic and elegant fall wedding with gold and wine colored details. I dreamed of a Catholic ceremony in a Spanish inspired church, which ultimately ended up being the most memorable part of our wedding: proclaiming our love and vows to one another in front of God and all of our loved ones. I sought photographers that were able to achieve various styles of photography and would be able to capture special moments, intimate emotions, and help bring back that special day; tangible and still memories for us to look back on and for this reason we contracted Sun & Sparrow. Aside from mental memories, photographs will be all that is left from your wedding!
MY VENDORS //
Wedding Planner: Terri Castillo from Bellisimo Events LA
Venue: Casa Del Mar
Church: St. Timothy Catholic Church
Car Rental: Classy Chassis Rentals
Floral Designs: Elegant Thorn
Décor rentals: Luna Party Rentals
Photobooth: Flashy Photo booth
Second Dress Designer: Sottero and Midgley Couture, Belt & Accessories // Purchased: Panache Bridals
Wedding Shoes: Christian Louboutin
Invitations: The Paper Door
Cake: Fantasy Frostings // IG: FantasyFrostings
Bridesmaids Dresses: The Dessy Collection: After Six
Video: It’s Personal Cinema
DJ: Dj Logik // IG: DeeJAY.LOGIK
Music: Mariachi
Tuxes: The Black ‘Desire’ Tuxedo by Michael Kors
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©2015 Sun & Sparrow Photography // Stomer Stearns Japanese Gardens wedding
FROM THE BRIDE // He’s Australian. I’m Filipino. We met in the US. The venue we fell in love with was Japanese. Hoe do we tie that all in? We decided to go with a travel/international theme. I sent out Save the Dates that looked liked postcards, invitations that looked liked passports and rsvp cards that looked liked airplane tickets. We hired a wedding planner to help us out since we moved to Seattle and already booked our venue in LA, and she found this awesome florist who knew how to make every bouquet the way I wanted them to look and improved them with her own suggestions, and still made it under the budget.
My personal favorite of the day was when we gave our vows. Joel showed off his nerdy and goofy personality with his vows and I succeeded with my promise to make him cry. I’m sure Katie, our photographer, did an excellent job of capturing his face. Ever since we found her through Sun and Sparrow and did an engagement shoot with her, we were finally feeling at ease that our photos would turn out beautifully. We weren’t feeling so confident before since we tried out several photographers who just weren’t the style we were looking for…and photos are forever.
My advice to Bride-to-be’s is: don’t do it! ….just kidding! Seriously though, if you don’t have a wedding planner, at least have a day-of coordinator. It really helps take the stress off your shoulders to have someone take care of any last-minute stuff you didn’t think off. Which for me is transferring the cake I made for our wedding. I was freaking out that it wouldn’t make it in one piece but she just calm told me the caterers will take care of it, and they did! Also, just relax, it may not go exactly as you planned but at the end of the day, you’ll realize it’s all worth it and that you can’t keep the stupid smile off your face every time you call him “my husband”.
FROM THE BRIDE // I didn’t want to commit to a specific theme but I had recently gotten into country music and when I began the wedding planning process I found myself gravitating towards a rustic romantic feel, so I expanded upon that. I wanted all of the décor to be fun and romantic, a reflection of us. The day came together perfectly but the most memorable part was when we exchanged our vows. We had written them together and I felt they were honest, heartfelt, and really captured our love. It was amazing to make those vows to one another in front of all of our favorite people.
I knew the day was going to fly by so it was most important to have beautiful photos to look back on. I found Sun and Sparrow almost immediately after Robert had proposed and I knew that I had to have them photograph our wedding, we didn’t even have a venue or date set yet. Sun and Sparrow captured the romance in every relationship, and I loved the soft, romantic feel all of their images portrayed.
My advice for future brides is to not stress over the little things, the most important thing is that you are marrying your best friend, have fun and enjoy the process and most importantly your big day! Spend time finding the perfect vendors, and then trust that they will bring your vision to life. Married life is better than I ever imagined, I get to have a slumber party with my best friend everyday! We both lived at home up until the wedding so it has been so much fun moving in (except if I never have to move a fridge again it would be too soon) and making a home together. I love coming home from work and cooking dinner together and talking about our day, I look forward to doing it for the rest of my life.
Venue: Strawberry Farms Golf Club
Wedding Planner: Kari Dirksen http://featheredarrowevents.com
Florals: Laura Williams http://www.poppyhillflowers.com
Videographer: Justin Marmorstein http://www.marmofilms.com/weddings/
DJ: Dj Aaron Free of VOX Djs http://voxdjs.com
Photobooth: ShutterBooth http://shutterbooth.com
Wedding Dress: Marisa Bridal http://www.marisabridals.com
Shoes: Badgley Mischka http://www.badgleymischka.com
Bridal accessories: Big Rock Bridal Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/bigrockbridal
Bridesmaids dresses: Jenny Yoo purchased at Nordstrom
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