Yearly Archives: 2011

Cake toppers are a little soft spot of mine.  There are so many fun, cute and creative ways to top your wedding cake and I love looking at some of the fun ones on Etsy.  This week I found some fun toppers I wanted to share.

The first one just steals my heart because Brett and I have become quite big fans of the tandem bicycle.

This one is by Urastarhouse on Etsy

So I've been seeing a lot of cute peg people wedding toppers lately but I still think they are just adorable and so cutsomizable. These are by Pegged on Etsy

Ok this one really made me laugh. At a number of the weddings we've done lately the Bride and her bridesmades are up with the sunrise getting ready for the big day, and the Groom and groomsmen are up at sunrise tee time. So I just loved this one by Muraluiza on Etsy

The Tree Swing by WeddingsAndWire on Etsy is so fun and creative.

Birds are very in right now and these guys are just so cute! They are hand painted and come in a variety of colors to match any wedding. They are by RedLightStudio on Etsy

(the images below are not ours and come from the vendors on Etsy.  We just like to spread the love)

I discovered  last week that Brett is not only good at photography but is also quite skilled at booth building.  Aside from a few color and styling choices on my part Brett built and designed our lovely bridal show booth. We also wanted to share some of the exciting exhibitors at the La Jolla Hyatt bridal show.

Twiggs Bakery had some to die for cake samples

Can I just say "I Heart Photo Booths!"

Embellishmint Floral & Event Design Studio

Love these cute cupcakes.

The Bridal Bar Even Resources put together some absolutely beautiful table scapes at the bridal show.

Love these!

Another fun table from the Bridal Bar. Copy Cove of La Jolla did all of the paper design on this one

Poodles and Cupcakes! I think these little gems should definitely make an appearance at my birthday this year.

These chairs are just to cool

These little birdie place cards are so fun!

So pretty! What girl doen't love gold

Pamela's Parasols had a booth full of beautiful parasols. I love their monogrammed collection.

I love cupcakes... but square cupcakes, now that is just awesome!

Page Collections fine wedding invitations

Beautiful Gowns by Elyse Reuben

Flowers a La Carte

Indigo Salon was at the show creating some fabulous hair styles.

I just love this Paris inspired table design by With Love Event Design... So Cute!

Brett and I have been wanting to do an engagement shoot on a sail boat for a while now so it was just fate that Amanda and Justin got ahold of us because they were envisioning a boat in their photo shoot.  At first we toyed with the idea of just shooting on the pier and having sail boats going by in the background but then the stars aligned and we found Sailing to Recovery, a non profit organization  run by Captain Matt, and he hopes to soon join the Search for One organization in the South Pacific.  He takes passengers out on his beautiful sail boat almost every weekend with the goal of raising enough money to sail the boat to remote places and offer much needed medical services to families that other wise could not afford them.  It is an amazing cause that Matt and his father are trying to be a part of and he was more than happy to take all of us out for an afternoon on the San Diego Harbor.  Seing down town San Diego from a boat was absolutely amazing and it sure doesn’t make for a bad photo shoot either.  A big thanks to Capt. Matt, and Amanda n’ Justin for making this fabulous day happen!  We are also looking forward to joining Matt one of these days for his intro to sailing class, check out  Sailing to Recovery to join in on his sun set cruise and sailing outings.

Amanda and Justin are so adorable.  They met in Hawaii while  Justin was stationed in Honolulu.   Amanda was out on vacation to visit her cousin, she met Justin, hit it off and stayed in touch.  After a relentless amount of back and forth communication Amanda went back out to Hawaii and never looked back.  These two Love Birds are in San Diego for a couple years but are hoping to move back  to where they first met in Hawaii.   Right now they are putting the finishing touches on their wedding that will take place in the fall in Michigan.  But since they now live in Beautiful San Diego they wanted to have some pictures that really showed that they were here.  So we decided nothing was more recognizable than the Crystal pier in Pacific beach and the Coronado bridge from the water.  Part one of our fun afternoon together was at the pier.  Enjoy!