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Secret Garden Wedding Invitations & Sneak Peak

Last spring I had the pleasure of working with such a sweet romantic bride that loved nothing more than nature, shades of green and birds. We wanted to intertwine her love of all things beautiful and natural into their wedding invitations and wanted the feeling of a Secret Garden combined with Wedding. We started with the invitation and created an ornate gate design laser cut onto a rich emerald opalescent paper and combined a custom die cut shaped invitation with a soft ombre fade from sea foam to celery green. Rich floral patterns and illustrations were combined with luxe copper foiled keys and their names for a pop of glamour. For an additional detail we wrapped the whole invitation with a silk green ombre ribbon tied with a skeleton key to give the guests the ‘key to the secret garden’.

See below for more details from this glamorous Secret Garden Wedding including the decor, the unveil of the Secret Garden Dessert Bar and the gorgeous ombre tiered wedding cake.

To stay in theme with the Secret Garden we also used the laser cut belly bands from the invitations to hold each guests menu with their names written on the top of them.

Moroccan Modern Wedding at the Colony Palms in Palm Springs

This summer we had the pleasure of working with such a wonderfully gorgeous bride who loved one thing, color! I am always so excited when clients of mine allow me to design with so many fun colors and textures and aren’t afraid to experiment and make a splash. The wedding was at the Colony Palms Hotel which was designed by one of my favorite interior designers, Martin Lawrence-Bullard, and featured so many fun rich Moroccan elements and treasures throughout the property. We wanted to bring in the Moroccan elements of the hotel into the design of her wedding but combine them with a fun and bold modern take for an updated twist.

Inspiration to Publication: Get Married Magazine Shoot

Tamera Mowry & Adam Housely Get Married Magazine Shoot Details

And we’re back with more fun detail shots of the darling couple just a few weeks before their ‘I do’s’ at our Get Married Magazine Shoot at The Chamberlain in West Hollywood. With a combination of mid-century modern decor, glamorous fabrics and finishes, and bright and bold Noritake china and tableware, we created an eclectic surrounding to showcase what this darling couple would look like as Hollywood newlyweds entertaining in their new home. It was so sweet just how in love they were and interact in their ‘newlywed home’ setting.

Celebrity Wedding Planner The modern silver chandelier and chic periwinkle and gold chairs made for a bold combination when mixed with this patterned graphic rug and white mid-century style table by Form Decor.

Tamery Mowry Modern Wedding

For this modern table design we started with a mirrored cube as a center riser to place a modern inky black vase filled with lush open soft yellow peonies and yellow tulips, courtesy of Isari Flower Studio. We brought in different shades of yellow including dark and light amber and a gorgeous hand-blown glass vase by artist Jess Wainer.

Modern Hollywood wedding Yellow black modern wedding Yellow Peonies We selected bold yellow and black geometric shapes of Nortiake china and for glassware we brought in crystal blues and inky black glassware for bold contrasts.

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Hand-painted Thai silk fabric I found in New York was used for napkins and wrapped with bold gold chains for a modern napkin treatment with a wired on place card for each guest. Modern chain napkin treatment modern chain napkin tratment

Event Design & Styling by Alchemy Fine Events & Invitations

Menus & place cards by Alchemy Fine Events & Invitations

Flowers by Isari Flower Studio

Table and Rug rentals by Form Decor

Venue The Chamberlain West Hollywood

Table settings by Noritake

Photography by Alexa Miller of Bright Bird Photography

posted by Vanessa, 2nd August 2011 , Categories: Celebration, Flowers and Decoration, Home Accessorization, Invitation, Publication

Collaboration to Epicreation: Modern Rustic Wedding Inspiration

Cheese and Wine Filled Modern Rustic Wedding Inspiration

We recently collaborated on designing a modern rustic wedding inspiration shoot with Enchanted Dream Weddings and Isari Flower Studio and the results were delicious, literally! When Naomi of Enchanted Dream Weddings told me about wanting to bring cheese into the concept I immediately thought of Venissimo Cheese, one of my favorite cheese shops located in Del Mar. My passion for cheese runs deep and long and I couldn’t wait to see what kind of aromatic delights Venissimo could bring to the table, literally! From super aged goat cheese goudas to soft goats milk medallions, the smells of tart cheese mingled with honey and flowers in the air for truly an aromatic delight.

With a combination of rustic woods, simple white china and some raw silverware we layered elements of modern rustic charm together along with textures and smells to tempt the senses. Tam of Isari concocted crisp clean white and black anemones along with plush delphiniums and fresh herbs that were featured in over-sized terracotta pots.

To bring even more of a rustic modern edge and tie in the blacks of the anemones I hand dip dyed flax colored napkins in black die to be featured under fresh goat cheese medallions topped with honeycomb and fresh pomegranate seeds.

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Modern fonts and bistro style typography was used to create these modern rustic wedding invitations that featured inky black envelope liners, thick textured cotton paper and a dip-dyed edge. To emphasize the culinary bistro aspect I created a dip-dyed belly band out of cheese cloth itself. Modern black white wedding invitations Black dyed modern wedding invitations

For a unique presentation of a place setting I created place cards that fit inside mini-glass domes featured at each plate. Black white gray modern wedding invitation Black White Modern Wedding

Guest’s seating cards featured square cut outs and were hung on branches of herbs in mini terracotta pots. rustic Herb seating cards Modern Bistro Wedding Menus Urban Bistro Modern Wedding Cheese and honey guest gift wedding Cheese and wine bar Modern Rustic Wedding Herbs terracotta black white Rustic Bistro Table Place Setting Herb Topiaries Modern Rustic Tablescape Cheese Wine Bistro Tablescape Cheese Wedding Cake Cheese wine bar Urban Bistro Cheese Wine Bar Modern Wedding Modern Cheese Bar Wedding Fruit and Cheese Plate Wedding Bistro Garden Wedding Tablescape Modern Rustic Terracotta herb pots The bridal bouquet was designed with fragrant white lilacs, nerine lilies intermingled with scabiosa pods, and fun viburnum clusters. The stems were tied with jute twine, to complement the groom’s elegant scabiosa pod boutonniere.