Real Wedding - Rick and Monica

A Sweet Mid-Summer Wedding


Color Palette: Pink, Grey, Ivory, Gold
*All photographs are courtesy from Sean J. Mason Photography

The wedding was held on a beautiful summer day at Dana Point, California; situated in an Orange County community, very near to Laguna Beach. I must say that the area was divine! I wish all of my friends would marry there so I'd have more reason to visit this faux Europe in the US of A.

Cannons Seafood & Grill was a modest restaurant that sat beside a cliff. Just look at the gorgeous view. Both the holy matrimony and reception were done on the patio area of the restaurant. The tables and chairs setting was re-arranged in about 30 minutes.To distract the guests, tapas were distributed around. There was also free-flow drinks of all kinds at the bar to keep the guests busy during the transition time. Around 100 guests came to celebrate with the bride and groom. The feel to the wedding was very laid back and sweet. Since it was summer and the sun was fierce that day, many guests took the opportunity to have a tan. So hilarious!

Events went on for almost 5 hours; during which, these things happened:

Joining of the sand
First of all the pastor poured gold-colored sand at the base of the jar as a representation of God as the base of the marriage. Pink sand for the bride and ivory sand for the groom, they poured the sand together into the jar signifying that 2 had became 1 and that nothing could separate them.
















Bouquet Tossing
Guess who got it! It was Marie-Elise! Woohhooo













Garter Picking
Didn't know what the groom did under there!












Pyramid
A dumb tradition of Rick's colleagues; they did this pyramid thingy at every wedding.











TAPAS!!
The food was an event on its own. Love it!











Decorations were very simple, cute flower arrangements were seen everywhere; on the tables as centerpieces, on the arch where the bride and groom made their vow, on the stairs, on the bed of the wedding cake, on the reception table, on the doors - oh so pretty. The florist also prepared a beautiful bouquet of pale pink peonies for the bride and hot pink little bouquets for the bridesmaids. Corsages for the suit lapels of the groom and the groomsmen were all very nice.



Details, details, details; look at these pictures below:
-The wedding cake was a masterpiece, it was not only pretty but it was also really delicious;
- Edible party favors in the form of chocolate-dipped monstrous strawberries; (Confession: I ate 3)
- Lantern by the entrance;
- and a Dessert station filled with popcorns, cupcakes, coconut balls, and the best cookies I'd ever tasted in my whole life.



Moving forward to the looks of the crew;

Monica was wearing a very light weight wedding dress, so light she could practically ran marathon in it. She paired it up with Jimmy Choo's shoes. They were not traditionally white, but had a silver/gold/ bronze touch to them. Monica always said she wanted shoes that she could re-use; good thinking! She also chose birdcage veil to the usual veil because it framed her face really well.Rick was wearing gray suit with pink tie while the groomsmen wore different shades of grey with yellow tie. The bridesmaids' dresses were also different shades of pink.




All in all, it was a successful and a beautiful wedding. Everybody had fun!

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