Hotel San Buena Reception
Hotel San Buena Reception: We would like to invite our guests to dinner. Please follow the grand staircase up to the stunning Velvet Hall. Hotel San Buena offers a theatre-style ballroom adorned with B.P.O.E stained glass windows that share the warmest rays in the afternoon, illuminating the room to a low glow. This historic preserved theatre-style space is perfect for weddings, birthday parties, and anniversary celebrations and can be easily converted into a unique corporate space. Sonia Hopkins Events designed an intimate reception for 80 guests with warm...
Hotel San Buena Ceremony
Hotel San Buena is the hottest hotel on the scene in Ventura County. We had the pleasure of designing an editorial photoshoot for the hotel, and today, we are presenting ceremonies in the Centre and Recollection Courtyard. Their romantic Louis chair is included in the venue fee. We created a magical, lush garden full of flora and greenery. Knot Just Flowers (fun fact #1: they are located right down the street from the hotel) expertly came onto the scene and absorbed our vision. From the Spanish tiles, mosaic fountain,...
The Ranch at Laguna Beach
Olivia and Max married on a rainy day in March on the oceanside in Laguna Beach, and it was picture-perfect. We didn't anticipate rain, but as it rapidly approached the horizon, we quickly and expertly shifted plans and redesigned our spaces to comfortably accommodate their guests. Moments before their first look, the dark clouds parted to open blue skies just in time for their ceremony in The Grove at The Ranch at Laguna Beach. Their Chupah is decorated in colorful blooms by The Bloom of Time. Their team endured...
Ojai Valley Inn Spring Wedding
A+J wanted to have their wedding on the Farmhouse Lawn at the Ojai Valley Inn, but due to the rain was forced into the famous "Back up Plan" by moving our production indoors. And what an indoor space it is! We created a structure within a structure in the Great Room and it was glorious! Their ceremony was hosted at a local church in Ojai, St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. It gave us all the traditional and formal feels of a long church aisle. Custom trees were...
Montecito Club Wedding
Showcasing this beautiful timeless wedding of Collin & Saylor at the Montecito Club. The Ceremony stage was built of whitewashed woods and expanded out for their wedding party to be on full display. White and green blooms adorned the aisle complimenting the expansive greens that overlook the Pacific Ocean and downtown Santa Barbara. A growing trend in weddings is replacing the First Look with the First Touch. Collin & Saylor opted for a private meeting together, touching hands and saying a prayer before their ceremony. It was so...
San Ysidro Ranch Wedding
Summer is upon us and what better time than now to share this beautiful and sweet wedding. Hilarie and Jimmy's plans began in March of 2019. They persevered the woes of postponement, venue changes and altering all their plans to arrive to this day. And what a day it what! Florals in bloom, sun is shining, drinks are a plenty and guests dressed to impress. Their vows were in the Rose Garden of the stunning San Ysidro Ranch. Who can deny the properties stunning Bougainvillea wall? It's absolutely...
Santa Ynez Wedding – Summer in the Vineyard
Summer in the vineyard, is there anything better?! Yes, summer weddings in the vineyard! And even better, summer weddings in Santa Ynez are unbelievably romantic. Sunstone Villa is one of those iconic venues that you will never forget. Walking the property evokes a calm feeling of luxury and relaxation at it's finest. Now, imagine hosting the most special day of your lives in this feeling. Presto! That's when the magic happens. Emily and John's wedding, I was so honored to be a part of. I aimed to strike...