Wedding at Mulvaneys

Happy New Year! And Congratulations to all you newly engaged couples!
Here is a little wedding eye candy for you, one of my favorites.
Today I will post the Wedding ceremony and Cocktail hour photos, then another day I will post the amazing wedding reception photographers.

Our bride started her day out at the lovely Citizen Hotel in downtown Sacramento.

The lobby of the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento is a favorite for brides and wedding photographers

We used an eclectic mix of flowers, dahlias, peonies, anemones, dusty miller scabiosa and lots of other fun flowers to create a beautiful brides bouquet

We blinged out the brides bouquet using gorgeous rhinestone garland and centered the bridal bouquet with a beautiful rhinestone broach.

For the bridesmaids flowers we went with a tad more pale hue

The groom and groomsmen boutonnieres were made up with ping pong scabiosa and silver bruniea 

 

Blooms created mossy flower girl baskets with succulent accents

 

The bridal party

Mulvaneys Courtyard

We took the existing vines and added in flowers from the wedding décor to add color and beauty

We placed a series of floral arrangements and succulents on the ground down the ceremony aisle.  We were then able to repurpose these flowers for the cocktail tables.

The bride and grooms initials greeted the guests as they entered the cocktail hour

So many fun floral details throughout Mulvaney's

We hung glass vases with flowers and candles from the ceiling of the cocktail lounge

Beautiful bottles on side tables of the wedding celebration

The ceremony aisle flowers moved to the cocktail tables for the wedding reception

 

Calistoga Ranch Wedding Fall 2012

 I love weddings, the opportunity to work at many different venues.  Calistoga Ranch, in Calistoga California, part of the amazing Napa Wine country, is truly a magical place.  Each guest stays in their own "cabin" and there is such a sense of calm and serenity, it is truly a one of a kind experience to be there.

 Lindsay called me from Canada, her family had stumbled upon Calistoga Ranch a few years back and she wanted to come back here to be married.  We had some great conversations and planned the whole wedding decor over the phone and through emails.  Lindsay used Gabe of Perspective Eye Photography as her wedding photographer, he did an amazing job capturing their day.  I LOVE this shot with the hair spray, he made a hair product look so beautiful!

 Lindsay and her dad

 Lindsay and Guillaume have their first look, what a fairy tale spot.

 Simple clusters of baby's breath line the aisle

 Lindsay's dad walks her down the aisle

 Such a sweet look of love, what a marriage ceremony is all about

 Lindsay's bridal bouquet was made up of antique roses, herbs, and lavender.  Lot's of texture.  Her brides bouquet really went with the surroundings.

 The lovely entrance to the wine cave at Calistoga Ranch

 Candle light greeted the wedding guests at the entrance

 The wine cave, we used a garland of olive branches to trim the chandeliers, it's all in the details, the garland made the wedding reception festive.

 Each sconce was graced with a cluster of roses and olive branches. We created several different styles of centerpieces to go down the center of the two kings tables.  Some had grapes and kale, along with ranuculus, roses, and lavender, we had little vases with olive branches and their olives.  We included succulents and lots of candles to add to the romance of this wedding reception.

 Wedding guests enjoying the ambiance of the lovely Calistoga Ranch Wine Cave

I adore this image of the stary night sky in Calistoga

Flower Girl Wagon

 Do you have a flower girl that is very young?  Maybe not yet walking or little enough to be very unpredictable?  A wagon is a great way to get that little girl down the aisle.
Here is a flower girl wagon we decorated not to long ago.

Photo by Xsight

Jocie's Wedding

  Jocie's wedding was dear to my heart. I met her when she was 8 months old.  She grew up with my older girls. So I was thrilled to be able to do her wedding flowers.

We hung mason jars down the aisle

Jocie's little nieces

So sweet to see Matt walk Jocie down the aisle

For years we went to Jocies house for picnics and dinners, we had lots of balloon tosses, races, tug of wars etc... right here  on  this lawn where Jocie got married.

Blake is a fire fighter so his station suprised them with a few sirens