The Wedding Day!

If you follow my blog you know that a few weeks ago I embarked on a journey to answer the question, "Can you look like a million bucks without spending a million".   I had my girlfriends wedding coming up in La Jolla, Ca.  I was super busy and did not have time to go shopping for a dress; I leaned on rent the runway.com to help me out.  I rented a designer gown for $100.  I crossed my fingers and hoped that all would be well.  Throughout my journey anxiety of renting a dress subsided when I got my order confirmation, my dress in two sizes (they looked, smelt, and felt new), and the dress fit.  To purchase this dress, which I would probably never wear again, is around $595.  By renting the dress I only spent $100.  Now that the wedding is over all I have to do is return the dress.

So, can you look like a million without spending a million... the answer, Yes!  With rent the runway you can!

Here are some other fun pictures from the Wedding.  Enjoy!

Nena and Phillip's Wedding Photos - Real Weddings

Below are some wonderful pictures from Phillip and Nena's wedding in Pasadena, Ca. The location was the Ambassadors Mansion and it was a beautiful, sunny, warm California fall day.

Mr. and Mrs. Kijora's Wedding

"Thank you both so much today was absolutely amazing!!!" - Bride, Heather Kijora

I love daytime weddings and Bride to Bridesmaids was thrilled to coordinate Heather and Dieter's daytime wedding.

Heather and Dieter we wish you all the best! Thank you for hiring us to coordinate your wedding day! Everything was beautiful and it was an amazing day!

Here are a few pictures to enjoy!

Church, Mary's Star of the Sea in La Jolla, Ca

Heather and Dieter's getaway car.

The Marine Room Set up.

Heather's beautiful center pieces. I just love the colors.

More of the layout in The Marine Room. The chair cover's highlight the rooms elegance.

Cocktail/dancing area overlooking a clear, blue, ocean day!
Heather's cake

Their guest book. What a great idea!

Thank you to all the wonderful wedding professionals we worked with!

Reception Site: The Marine Room

Photographer: Tim Otto - 858.273.5889

Music: Wayne Foster Entertainment

Cake: Michelle Coulon

Chair covers: A Perfect Table

Transportation: La Jolla Star

Hair and Make up: Katelyn - 619.299.6632

Church: Mary's Star of the Sea

Florist: Robyn - 858.456.5800

Thank you from Mr. & Mrs. D'Andrea - real weddings

Last week Bride to Bridesmaids received the nicest thank you letter from Mr. and Mrs. D’Andrea. We absolutely love getting thank you cards from our happy brides and sharing them with future brides!

JoDawn and Heather,

We want to thank you for making our wedding day a complete success! You two were such a pleasure to work with and made the planning process an enjoyable experience with all of the great tools that you provided us with. Your checklists and attention to detail made our planning process so much easier to tackle. We really appreciated your responsiveness to all of our questions, even if they happened the night before our big day – you were quick to respond and put our minds at ease!

From our one-on-one meetings to discuss our vision of our wedding, to the rehearsal, to the wedding day, you were by our sides and ready to handle anything and everything. We are so thankful that you were there with us on our wedding day to take care of the little mishaps that could have turned into big headaches. We were not even aware of the minor glitches because of your responsiveness and ability to handle them discreetly, and for that we are forever thankful! Your hard work and dedication to making our wedding a success really let us fully enjoy our day and our guests.

So thank you for your unending effort and your wonderful personalities!

With love and gratitude,

Danielle and Mark D’Andrea, Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa, July 11, 2009

Heather & Dieter's walk through - Real Weddings

Last weekend Bride to Bridesmaids met up with Heather and Dieter to conduct their one month walk through at the Marine Room in downtown La Jolla.

Here is part of the main dinning location. The windows to the right offer panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean. This is a fantastic inside location with a great open outside ocean feel.

A peak of the ocean view.

This is where the head table and family of Heather and Dieter will be sitting.

And on the other side of this room is where all of the friends of Heather and Dieter will be dinning. In the middle will be the location of the dance floor, cake, and live band.

We are looking forward to coordinating Heather and Dieter's afternoon wedding in less than one month.

Mr. and Mrs. D'Andrea - Real Weddings

Last weekend Bride to Bridesmaids had the pleasure of coordinating the wedding of Mark and Danielle D'Andrea at the Estancia Hotel and Spa in La Jolla, Ca.
Danielle and Mark had an amazing wedding celebration. Their day was perfect in every sense of the word. Their colors were green, purple and white, an exquisite combination of colors. Their theme was Manzanita branches and their monogram which was highlighted on their wedding invitations, the wedding programs, the menus and the dance floor.

The first wedding professional I would like to highlight is Danielle and Mark's photographer, Paul Barnett, barnettphoto.com, 619.980.6204, he provided us all of the fabulous pictures below. I know Danielle, Mark and their wedding party enjoyed Paul's professionalism and fun personality!

Here is the wedding day love story of Mr. and Mrs. D'Andrea!

The morning started at 8am when Danielle and her beautiful bridesmaids sat down with Ashley Richards to get their hair and make-up done. The morning was very relaxed and enjoyable as everyone was anticipating the big day. Danielle had five bridesmaids. She allowed each bridesmaid to pick out their own dress. Her only conditions were that the dress be black and tailored at the knees. I absolutely love how this idea turned out. I think Danielle's bridesmaids did an amazing job picking out classy, stylish and fun little black dresses. Just beautiful...

At noon the set up began. Bride to Bridesmaids was on site and ready to go with wedding plans, blueprints and prepared notes to insure Danielle and Mark’s wedding plans and ideas came to fruition. We worked with a very talented florist, Hannah Sampson, who brought in the most amazing ceremony bouquets, center pieces, bridal bouquets, escort card display box, head table decorations and much, much more.
Each chair was covered with linens by Dreams Do Come True. Danielle and Mark picked out white chair covers with green sashes which coordinated with the green menu cards and place cards; which were lemons with purple cards noted with the guests name on it in silver calligraphy.
Here are the escort cards; purple paper with silver calligraphy in green grass.

Here you can see the consistent theme of Manzanita branches and the green pop of color.
The Manzanita branches...how did Danielle and Mark pick this as their theme? This is a cute story... After they got engaged her dad promised her that he would make the arch for her ceremony. So last winter her dad, mom and grandma all went to the mountains to collect Manzanita branches. Mom, dad and grandma hiked up the mountain and back down strapping the branches to their backs until they reached their destination. They collected enough to make her arch and the center pieces. What a cute, memorable story Danielle and Mark will always remember! The head table was lined with floating candles. They had three sizes, small, medium and large alternating as they cascaded.
To add a fun flare of color in the room, Tim Altbaum and his team designed the gobo lighting on the dance floor and the uplighting around the room. After everything was in place just as the Bride and Groom wanted it was time to start the ceremony. Tim Altbaum and his team provided the wedding music. Here is a great picture of the arch Danielle's dad made. Isn't it amazing? And he only used one nail... just one! Absolutely breath taking!


Husband and Wife!

Now it was time to celebrate! Immediately after the ceremony Danielle, Mark and the wedding party joined their guests at the cocktail hour. After having the opportunity to visit with theirs guests they snuck away for a few more pictures.

After the pictures were finished it was time to start the reception.

DJ Effren did an amazing job keeping the party alive with great music.
Congratulations Danielle and Mark! We wish you the best and a lifetime of happiness!

Thank you again to all of the wonderful wedding professionals that we worked with:
Hotel: Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa
Photographer: Paul Barnett, barnettphoto.com, 619.980.6204
DJ: Tim Altbaum's Production - Effren Villa
Florist: Hannah Sampson
Hair and Make-up: Ashley Richards
Linen Rental Company: Dreams Do Come True
Dessert Co.: Michele Coulon