The Caribbean comes to Laguna Beach/Dana Point

Loved my time with Natasha and Jim from beginning to end.  We pulled together an awesome vendor team and everything turned out fabulously.  Colors, deep blue and bright orange, Natasha told me, and that is what we did, right through to the blue dancefloor.

Natasha is from Jamaica and a lot of the guests were from the islands and other places, so we really wanted to bring her heritage to the celebration. Plus she referred to herself and I called her, our Caribbean queen. Look at the back of her fabulous gown and the bouquet her friend made for her.  Yes, she is a bling bling girl, as you will see!

Melissa of Flowers by Cina nailed the Caribbean tropical look, must be because like me she spends a lot of time in the Caribbean and loves it.  Look at our beautiful linens for the sweetheart and cake tables from La Tavola, did we say bling bling, and our B&G chairs from Monico Décor as always.

B&G should always look at something pretty if a band stage is no opposite them, cake meet sweetheart table, sweetheart table meet cake, and inbetween we had a magnificent round blue dancefloor with their initials in silver, another fine job by TMMPRO

Doesn’t the ceremony site look awesome, oh and that Pacific Ocean backdrop worked out well too!!

View of the sweetheart table before the lights got dimmed and the uplights went on

Different views from the sweetheart table, cake and other areas.

As always it takes a team, I have already mentioned a couple prior, but here are more.  tony Florez photography, some of the pics above are his and the bad ones are mine, lol.  Shane Productions/video, xoxoxo.  Uncle Larry was the officiant.  For music, we had strings for the ceremony, Naples Chamber Music xoxoxoxo, for cocktails we had 2 steeldrummers from Essence Entertainment, and for mceeing and dinner/dancing we had Dj David Krieger.  Linens/napkins/chiavaris were from Chiavari chair rentals, and of course, our family at the Ritz-Carlton Dana Point worked with us to ensure a great time was had by the couple in the planning months and on the day, as well as a great experience for all the guests.

Till next time

Lisa

http://www.lisasimpsonweddings.com

714 305 7112

pinterest   lisasimpsonwdgs

instagram   lisasimpsonweddings

lisa@lisasimpsonweddings.com

Add a comment September 26, 2016

Park Hyatt Aviara

Funny how things work out.  Zula is best friends with a bride whose wedding I did five years ago.  Earlier in the year I got a message from my past bride saying her best friend is getting married and she has given her my number.  Never heard a word!  Then about 8 weeks before the wedding date I got a call from the photographer who had also done that past wedding, asking if I was available on the date (which was strange as I was available, I had met with a bride I thought would move forward with me and she didn’t, another fate intervention, I was not supposed to get it as I was supposed to do Zula!!), she was not booked for it either but felt she would be and wanted to give my name to the bride, as she thought she had someone helping her pull everything together, but it just wasn’t happening.  Well within 48 hours we were off and running and the bride was thrilled with how much we suddenly had done/she could relax knowing we were going in the right direction.

Our groom loves golf and they actually live down the road from their venue, so the ceremony was done with a golf green backdrop.  Cocktails were done by the putting green and guests could putter during cocktails, the guys loved it.

We ended up in a different ballroom to the one they originally booked, it would have been too small and not as elegant, and we ended up with a great outdoor area for relaxing after dinner with the new room

Another beautiful seamless/glossy dancefloor and logo by my fave vendor TMMPRO, he also did the chairs and lighting for me, love Jack and his guys.  The late night snack was freshly made warm cookies, just add icecream!!

A good close up of the linen from La Tavola on the cake table and the placecard table.

A custom Step N Repeat was in the foyer and after guests got their placecards they stopped and had their photo taken infront of it.  It was a popular place later for selfies I noticed.

In keeping with the golf theme, our martini luge was a golf ball on a tee!! Another great job by Carving Ice.  Next to that is our lovely royal table for the B& and their bridal party.  Nothing like a lovely florally/candle covered style dining table

It was great working with Irmina Photo again, been a couple of years as she had a baby and took some time, but she is baaaaack. Brandon Video did their thing and were lovely and low maintenance (they were a gift to the bride from my past bride), Father Don from Good Shepherd did a wonderful Catholic style ceremony.  We were going with strings for ceremony and cocktails but then I was at an event and a really cute girl was playing guitar and singing and I just knew she was right for Zula, and she was, so ceremony and cocktails were covered by her.  Their friend Vic who is a broadcaster and dj, came in from Florida and did a great job mceeing and playing music to keep the dancefloor full.  Our chargers and outdoor benches came from Monico Décor, florals were by Bella Florina, a florist that Zula knew/found.  And last but not least the team at Park Hyatt were fabulous and the grounds/hotel just made you feel like you were out of the hustle/bustle.  Looking very forward to my next one there early 2017.

Till next time

Lisa

http://www.lisasimpsonweddings.com

714 305 7112

lisa@lisasimpsonweddings.com

instagram    lisasimpsonweddings

pinterest  lisasimpsonwdgs

Add a comment September 25, 2016

Monarch Beach Resort wedding

Sam was just fabulous to work with, so enthusiastic on any ideas I could throw at her without going over budget.  They were a Thursday wedding which really meant everyone was in relaxed mode and the hotel did not seem as busy as it does on a weekend.

Of course the hanging cake was devine, by Let them eat Cake, great job guys

Oh and this was a very progressive/LA crowd, the favors were tattoos.  He did around 26, some got their first, some added to ones they had, some added new ones.  Awesome

Her fur baby was present at all meetings, and I could not get enough of her during the actual ceremony, she kept looking back up at her mom/dad, sooooo precious

Above are different areas at different stages/lighting as the evening progressed, yes we use lighting to create different environments/experiences as guests go through a wedding event.  BTW, the gown Sam changed into for the dinner portion, was lacy and see through from thighs down, gorgeous.

Sam and I pulled a great vendor team together to reflect their style/personalities/vision

Karen French/photo, thanks for photos above, always great to work with. Paul Uhlar officiant. Naples strings for ceremony/cocktails. Dj Krieger for keeping the dancefloor full/not that it needed much encouragement.  Elegant by Design/Karla for floral-fabulous as always. TMMPRO for dancefloor/decal and chiavaris and lighting-love working with Jack and his team

Till next week

Lisa

lisa@lisasimpsonweddings.com

714 305 7112

instagram   lisasimpsonweddings

http://www.lisasimpsonweddings.com

pinterest   lissimpsonwdgs

Add a comment September 8, 2016

Intimate Ritz celebration

This is why I love my job, there is no right or wrong and everyone has their own vision/dream.  For this intimate celebration, the Pacific Ocean was the backdrop for the ceremony that had a labyrinth the guests and the couple walked, cocktails on the balcony of Plaza Room, dinner on Sunset Terrace with that beautiful ocean from daylight to night, then into Plaza Room for dancing.  Fabulous.  Thanks To Flowers by Cina who jumped in and worked with us and to Peter/Vive Ent dj for making the after party the place to be.

Thanks as always to our friends at the Ritz-Carlton, a joy to work with and the guests feel the team/support.

Till next time

Lisa

714 305 7112

Lisa@lisasimpsonweddings.com

http://www.lisasimpsonweddings.com

instagram    lisasimpsonweddings

pinterest    lisasimpsonwdgs

Add a comment September 3, 2016