Rehearsal Dinner at the San Ysidro Ranch

We are featured on Santa Barbara Wedding guide again today!

See the link and the feature below:

http://santabarbarawedding.com/blog/?p=4682

Neighborhood Clinics Fundraiser

On this event we did the design, linens, lanterns and florals for the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics annual fundraiser. Dr. Jeffrey Kupperman was being honored as the Healthcare Hero.  His family meant so much to us as past clients.  I wanted to make it so very special for all and give back something this year to the community.
 It was a delight to work with their committee.  We ended up with 220 guests, and they said it was the most beautiful event they had experienced so far.

The linens were four beautiful shimmer colors from La Tavola, The fresh white florals and fall accents I enjoyed doing with my dear friend Laura Sangas from Cody Floral Design she was a huge help the few days before.  I provided the vintage lanterns and candles for added warmth on the tables and the mantle.  Fusion Event Rentals donated the chavari chairs, and Ambient donated the lighting for us. Special Thank you to Shannon Jayne Photography for the pretty images.

Inspiration for our August Bride in 2011

Photos Found Using Cooliris

Just wanted to show a sneak peak of an inspiration board we are working on for our bride in August of next year. She came to us with a color theme of turquoise, chocolate brown, and orange. We are introducing the theme of the lovebirds along with accents of Paris- which is where they will be honeymooning! I just showed this to the bride and she loved it! Getting excited to start pulling the professional team together on this!

La Fete Time~lapse video of our Sept.2010~Santa Barbara Tropical Wedding

When I brought this idea to the attention of Barnaby Draper, from Barnaby Draper Photography  who did the photography for the wedding weekend he got so excited!  He hadn't shot a timelapse for a wedding before, and I thought this might be a fun way to show both my professionals, but also our clients/potential clients what goes on behind the scenes of an event.  We set the camera up for 3 days, and it ends with guests diving and falling into the pool.  You must watch it more than once to appreciate the fun these guests had.  

 It literally takes a huge team to put on an event like this and they did it flawlessly in this beautiful backyard in Montecito.  We had 238 guests seated comfortably.  Served french service including a yummy course of Lemongrass Soup!  Duo Catering did such an incredible job on the food and kept the guests dining all night long, as did~Cody Floral Design and Ambient Event Design were so great at helping to create the design vision we had for this very fun wedding celebration for Katie and Wakey!  His family and friends were from Hawaii, and so they wanted a classic/elegant tropical feeling for their wedding day.  We rented from 3 rental companies to achieve the look.  Classic Party Rentals, Town and Country rentals as well as Rrivreworks to enhance the final touches of wooden bars and a beautiful bamboo sushi table.  Tracy Lazaro from Lazaro Press helped with the invitations, menus, and escorts of boxed macroons. She even created the beautiful grass cloth table numbers held with bamboo stands.  The blues and orange color was classic and very vibrant and fun!  Sweet and Saucy did an incredible dessert station and small wedding cake.  Congratulations to Katie and Wakey~ Your wedding will always be one of our favorites.  Click the link below to view the time lapse, and you might want to wait until it fully loads~before you click play~ Enjoy!!!  More photos to come soon!
Song: It's You, It's Me   by Kaskade

http://test.jerrypbonhomme.com/Wedding%20Timelapse%20with%20music.mp4

Santa Barbara Beach Chic

As a wedding planner, these are the kinds of clients that we live for. Carolyn and Dan were a dream to work with and their pictures say it all! They were the most adorable couple and they had SO MUCH FUN on their wedding day! Carolyn wanted her wedding day to reflect the beach feel of Santa Barbara but not to have a cheesy stereotypical "beachy flare" She chose a fabulous oceanfront location of the Four Seasons Santa Barbara, and allowed me to take control of the decor! I worked alongside with Camilla Svensson Burns who provided the fabulous floral arrangements to achieve this light and airy look in the La Pacifica Ballroom. BB Photography always does an amazing job capturing our clients and their joy really shows throughout all of his images.

West Coast Music packed the dance floor all night- and when the father of the bride couldn't find space to dance there, he made his own dance floor between the tables!!
xoxo,
Kaitlin
La Fete Weddings

Great Emotion Captured by Stephanie Hogue Photography

We wanted to show a sneak peak of a wedding from one of this months weddings. More photos to come soon!! Photo by: Stephanie Hogue Photography Congratulations to Lindsay and Brian!

Melinda and John's Wedding

We were blessed with the most gorgeous day in Santa Barbara this past weekend to celebrate Melinda and John's Wedding at the Four Seasons Biltmore. Jerry from SR Hogue did a fabulous job with the decor on this event. The classic neutral's and ivory's went beautifully in the La Pacifica Ballroom, which can be a tough room to work with. In order to add variety to the ballroom, we suggest using round and square tables, along with tall and short floral arrangements. This adds depth to the room, and also makes each table feel special in its own way. Once the ballroom was completely set, I got a chance to show the Bride the ballroom that she had been planning and dreaming of for months. She was completely taken back and told me "It was like a dream!!" The reception went flawlessly and I couldn't have been happier with the end result.  The bride and groom danced all night and even went into overtime with their fabulous band from West Coast Music- Now that is the sign of a great party!!
-Kaitlin
La Fete Weddings

La Fete~Designing for a great cause~

This Sunday we will have the pleasure of giving back to our community.  Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics is having their annual "Health Care Heros" fundraiser in the loggia ballroom at the Four Seasons Biltmore.  We have sponsored the event by helping them with a beautiful fall themed table design with gorgeous vintage lanterns, lots of candles and floral arrangements.  The linens will be shimmer colors of Thyme, Moss, Bark and Antique Gold.  The lighting provided by Ambient Event Design and fruitwood chavari chairs have been donated by Fusion Event Rentals.  One of our past clients Dr. Jeffrey Kupperman will be honored that night.  We really wanted to make it special for him as he had done so much for this organization.

Happy Fall~We Love this time of Year!

We love the beautiful colors from this event we did at the gorgeous San Ysidro Ranch...it is perfect for this time of year~ Enjoy! @codyfloral.com did the beautiful arrangements filled with artichokes, fresh peaches and tons of texture.

JJ & Joe~engagement shoot

These darling shots of our clients JJ and Joe are by the talented BB Photography Brian really captured the personalities of this darling couple. We are working on the planning and design for a stunning event here in Santa Barbara happening over the 4th of July weekend in 2011.

Everyone loves Jimmy Choo~

Here is a great shot of our bride's shoes from the wedding we did a week ago! Many more details and photography from Barnaby Draper and La Fete soon!

Kaitlin's Dream Wedding~soft pink and mocha

Kaitlin decided it would be fun to put together an inspiration of both colors, dreams, style and fun! It would take place under the glow of beautiful cherry trees in full bloom all with beautiful up lighting. Her soft pink and mocha themed wedding would be full of peonies, cherry blossoms, anenomes, with lots of chocolate and yummy cocktails. Of course a great band too.

Dress~Diana by Enzoani, photos found on Martha Stewart Weddings, The Perfect Palette Blog

Southern California Weddings Book

Just found out about the other fabulous authors that are joining us in the book! Thrilled to be included with these amazing planners in the industry!

Mindy Weiss~Malibu
Lisa Vorce~West Hollywood/LA
Jonathan Reeves~Beverly Hills
Kristin Banta~Palm Springs
Rebecca Stone~Santa Ynez
Lisa Gorjestani~Santa Monica
Nicole Hirsty~Bel Air/Westside
Jeannie Savage~South Orange County
Brooke Keegan~North Orange County
Colette Lopez~Santa Barbara
TBD~San Diego

Found the last little detail for our upcoming wedding!

Our bride and groom will leave their reception in classic style that goes so well with our theme, both in style and in color~

Style Unveiled Features our Beach Front Wedding~

Thank you to Style Unveiled Wedding Blog for featuring our beautiful ceremony at the Four Seasons Biltmore for Ashley and Andrew~ See the feature here:

http://styleunveiled.com/blog/2010/8/16/a-sunny-ceremony-tent-alternative.html

Viva la Fiesta!!!

What better timing than this weekend to have Lily & John's Spanish-Style rehearsal dinner featured today on the famous Wedding Chicks Blog! With the spirit of Fiesta around us, these pictures make us want to do it all over again! To see more great images from Melissa Musgrove Photography and the full blog post Click Here...

Thank You Santa Barbara Wedding Guide!

Today The Santa Barbara Wedding Guide has featured Ryan and Trish's Wedding we planned last year. This weekend they are celebrating their first anniversary and we couldn't be more thrilled to have welcomed Trish into our family.

We are so happy for the two of you!

To see more great details from their wedding click here!

Fabulous Sample Sale~

Happy 4th of July!

Kaitlin put together this fun inspiration for us! Have a safe and Happy 4th everyone!!!

Photos found: www.marthastewart.com, www.epicurious.com, www.thetencentdiet.com, www.blogs.fruitportschools.net, www.fotosearch.com, www.bzzagent.com, www.veganhomemade.com, www.firstpersonsingular.com