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Last weekend Christine and I hopped on a plane and redeyed it to the East Coast in efforts to set up my wedding arrangements. We deplaned, rented a car and were on our way . . . . !!! Within two days we had the church, the venue, the flowers, which hotels the out-of-town guests would be staying, the photographers and the like. By 5 p.m. on that Sunday we were finished and on the plane making our way back to California. And the beauty of it all, Christine knew the ideas she was going to use to decorate and to bring everything together to make it a lovely wedding and a great day. And I have to stay, Christine knew how to deal with everyone. She is sweet and kind, yet motivated and savvy. People respected her. My wedding dream will come true. Thanks Christine!!
Deborah L. Simmons
PLS, CCLS Notary

Whorl Wind Wedding Planning!!

My bride Deborah and I met in April. Deborah and Richard have been engaged for 18 years!! They have a long and beautiful love story and they have decided that now is the time to take that next step and get married. Originally they wanted to get married on the beach somewhere here in southern California, but once we started talking about what they had in mind, Deborah expressed that her mom would really love for her to get married back home in Sharon, MA. I told her that if that is something that she really wanted for her and Richard as well, that I could make that happen for her. With in 5 minutes after our meeting, Deborah called and said that we were going for it... planning her wedding for Sharon, Massachusetts!!
So that is what I did. I started looking for venues in and around Sharon, but there was a shortage of venues that were available for her date. So I needed to think outside the venue box.
Deb had expressed that her dream was to get married in the church were she grew up in Sharon and what type of look she wanted for her wedding reception, etc. I did my research, made appointments and Deb and I headed for Boston on a red eye flight June 12th.
We landed at Logan Airport at 7:00 am Saturday morning, got the rental car and headed to our first meeting. From 7:00 am that morning until 7:00 pm that night we did not stop. Seriously except for directions. (Everyone in MA thinks they know a better way to get somewhere and no one gives you the same directions) We had cake tasting(s), venue walk through(s), photographer and florist meetings... by 8:00 that night we were starving, tired and thrilled!! It was an amazing day. We met so many wonderful vendors and venues. We ate, hit the hot tub at the hotel and sleep like babies.
The next morning was another day of the same, cake tasting, food tasting, and photographer meeting all before our flight later that day at 4:00 pm!
On the way home we went over everything and picked out the venue and vendors.
Deb is getting married at the Baptist Church in Sharon where she attended when she was a little girl with her family. (Dream One... Check) The reception; Deb wanted a place where the feeling and atmosphere was very Old New England... that is exactly what she is getting with Lafayette House, built in 1784 where they not only give you a warm, cozy reception but also amazing food!! (Dream Two... Check) The florist Judy at Judy's Village Flowers is fantastic and she really gets our vision. So, at this time we have all our vendors picked, the venue set, the cake and food tasting(s) done, the photographer is on board, oh and did I mention Dream Three? A vintage Rolls to deliver the bride and groom in style... (Check)
I'm so excited for September to get here and head to Massachusetts to help Deb and Richard have the romantic dream wedding they have envisioned for 18 years...

Tula and Steve's Wedding

Tula and Steve... what an amazing couple! I have been working with them for 5 months planning their wedding. I was referred to them by by the most amazing photographers Chris and Kristen from Ckrisphotography. Tula called me this past December because their event coordinator had not done anything for them since July... they were a bit worried about getting everything done in 5 months. But this past Saturday on May 30th, not only did we have everything done but the whole event went off without a hitch. What a fantastic day!

This wedding was a full day event. Tula and Steve decided they wanted to have pictures taken pre-ceremony so that they could spend the entire evening celebrating with their friends and family. The wedding was held at Marvimon downtown Los Angeles. I had worked at this venue for a few other events, so I was very excited to be there again. Holly Flora was the floral designer for the wedding and she did a spectacular job. The place was stunning. Tula was beautiful in her 1950's style wedding dress and her 8 brides maids in their red 50's style dresses, Steve handsome as ever, waiting for Tula with his 8 groomsman. The ceremony was Tula and Steve all the way... funny, touching, sentimental... perfect. But, the entire event was not held there... right after the wedding all the guests boarded red double decker busses to the Empress Pavilion for a Chinese family style dinner.

Empress Pavilion; the room looked fantastic with red paper balls suspended from the ceiling, vintage screens around the room, candle light and a dj... After Tula and Steve were announced as husband and wife...The Immortals performed. WOW... they were so crazy good. After dinner guests boarded the double decker busses and headed back to Marvimon where we transformed the wedding setup to a hip rockin' lounge. You have to see the pictures of the dessert bar to believe how gorgeous it looked... because it lasted all of two seconds!! - no kidding. The desserts not only looked great but tasted even better... another great job by Vanilla Bake Shop! Lounge furniture, great lighting, two bars, vintage photo booth, dancing, old movies projected on a huge screen, what else could you ask for. This was a party.

Thank you Tula and Steve for allowing me to not only to share in your special day but to help create an event to remember.