Category: Fabulous

I was lucky enough to be approached by a young and very talented woman (she is an artist with hair and owns her own salon in Orange County!) to do the decor for her wedding.  She had a vision… In her words, “Shabby chic meets simple elegance.”  The opportunity to expand Elysium all the way to Orange County (the ceremony and reception were hosted in San Juan Capistrano) was one that I could not resist. Before I knew it, the decor preparation (months of painting wooden signs by hand, doing all of the graphic design for the menus, affixing tiny pearls to the place cards, hand constructing the sage voile fabric and lace table runners, and the list goes on) was done and the wedding day was upon us.

The afternoon sunshine reached its peak in San Juan Capistrano, California as Kristin and Chad said, “I do.”   Their ceremony site was lined with white hydrangeas wrapped in lace.  Ivory and lace rose petals framed the aisle.  The bride and groom had their first kiss as husband and wife under a dramatic oak tree.  At the reception, guests were enveloped by deep pinks, rich greens, and shades of ivory offsetting the grandiose fountain that graced the center of the large open air hacienda courtyard.

At the end of the day, I awaited Kristin’s reaction to the decor at her ceremony, cocktail, and reception locations.  She ran up to me with a gigantic hug and said that it was the “wedding of her dreams.”  I couldn’t have been happier.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQqsTdpNQ7E]

To see the full wedding photo gallery click here.

To see the full wedding photo gallery click here.