I love it when a couple books me early in their process.  I love hearing about the planning and seeing it all come together.  JoAnne & Noel was one of those couples for me.  I got to see them through selecting their wedding colors, then changing their wedding colors.  I love the orange and gray palate that they ended up with.  (This was featured in The Knot LA, Winter 2010.)

One of my favorite Vera Wang dresses ever!  It just fits JoAnne so perfectly!

Gorgeous flowers from Commerce Flowers.

If I could fit into her dress, I would totally want to borrow it and run around in it for a day. 

Love this first look moment:

Large wedding parties look so cool to me.  What a large entourage they have!  I think it’s the most I’ve had yet.

All the ladies’ flawless hair & makeup is done by Muse Makeup Artistry.

One of the funniest/cutest procession.  This boy literally cried his whole way down.

They had a kids room at the reception.  I love this sign that JoAnne made:

Yummy cupcakes from Hansen’s Bakery:

mmm… kettle corn.  And for anyone else who’s also a UCLA alumni, Diddy Riese cookies!

I love how their menu cards look like subway stops.

They had the cutest first dance!

The best was the cookies & ice cream treat at the end of the night!  yum…

Congrats to JoAnne & Noel on such a beautiful wedding & marriage!

Beautifully coordinated by Dorothy Rose Events

Ceremony: Catherdral of Our Lady of the Angels

Reception: Skirball Cultral Center

DJ: Cerritos All Stars

Emcee: Audio FX

Videographer: Red 5 Studios

Remember Selly & Joon’s adorable Santa Monica engagement photos?  They got married earlier this year and their wedding was as fun as their engagement session!  Really, one of the funnest crowds ever!  I love how though it was a super fun wedding, it was also a very elegant wedding.  Westlake Village Inn was the perfect setting!

Selly bought each bridesmaid a personalized necklace & gorgeous clutch.

Aren’t these two just the cutest??  They’re going to make the cutest babies!

I love selly’s bouquet full of Peonies and feathers!

The very gorgeous ladies:

Love the groomsmen’s socks!  And I love how Joon’s boutonniere matches Selly’s bouquet.

And my favorite part is the bridesmaid bouquets!  Anemone & black coffee beans.  LOVE!

The gorgeous ceremony site:

LOVE all the arches:

I love the candid moment I caught of Joon kissing her hand while his dad was giving his announcement.  And I love this moment between Joon & his mom.  That will be me one day, and I can only hope that my son adores me as much as I adore him.

And this is the happiest grandma ever:

Check out their gorgeous cake!

Check out their gorgeous center piece & “escort cards”!

The little birds are a whimsical touch to their very elegant manzinita branch centerpieces.

Another favorite element of mine is their “escort cards”.  Selly HAND-PAINTED each wooden doll to match her guests!

When you see this as a grand entrance, you know it’s going to be a good time!

Doesn’t she look so elegant as she enters the room?

Remember these two?  They got married last year.  If you missed it, check out their gorgeous DIY wedding.

One of the funniest moments… a bridesmaid pretended to lick the cake, but in the process, either her shawl or dress took a real taste.

Joon played nice… Selly played fun!

And I couldn’t resist but yell, “KISS HER!”  I got way into it.  haha.

And this pretty much sums up their day… full of love & fun!

I love the getting ready moments… like this moment of her mom helping her with her veil.

While they were getting ready, Chris sent Brenda a note and made her tear up.  Her perfect makeup was done by the fabulous Nicole Deanne.

She wrote back and sealed it with a kiss… only to get a funny “too generic, try again” message back.

The guys all wore suspenders.  I totally love the look.

I love this next photo of Chris waiting for the ceremony to start.

Commerce Flowers decorated the backyard with pink, green & white lanterns.

they also had pink & white parasols for their guests.

They released white doves at the end of the ceremony!

Then we were off to the Sheraton Delfina in Santa Monica for their reception.  Of course you can’t be in Santa Monica without running onto the beach!

We had such a fun time with the wedding party on the beach!!

They were such troopers!  I kept making them run up and down the beach and they were still all smiles.

And I love this photo of them walking back.  They look so cool, though they’re probably just tired from all the running.  hehe.  We then headed back to the reception to catch the tail end of cocktail hour.

For favors, they gave out mini beard papas, boxed and wrapped in super cute paper.  One of their groomsmen owns 2 beard papa’s!

I LOVE the gorgeous kimono Chris’ mom wore:

They had some of the most hilarious speeches:

Congrats to Brenda & Chris!  Your wedding and reception were beautiful!

The wonderful vendors who made this wedding possible:

• Flowers: Commerce Flowers
• Make up & hair: Nicole Deanne
• Cake: Torrance Bakery
• Cream puff favors: Beard Papas
• Coordinator: Serenity Events (Caroline Chang)
• Coordinator: White August (John Kim)