Erica and Creed: Love at La V

Erica and Creed are both anesthesiologists with a passion for the coast and a love for the great outdoors.  When they aren’t in their scrubs (which is rare), they are immersed in some sort of activity or excursion.  When it came to their wedding, there was no doubt that they would select a location with an ocean view and they did just that.   It took one visit to La Valencia and they were decided.

I am excited to share the beautiful images of their day.  Thank you Jennifer Dery Photography!

Adorations Botanical Artistry worked with Erica and Creed to design the overall floral decor that worked in the yummy elements of succulents, driftwood, dahlias and roses.  There were many other intricate elements worked into every piece they designed.  LaVonne and her team truly captured the essence of the couple from the bouquets to the ceremony and the reception.

The ceremony aisle was lined with driftwood, blooms and stones leading up to an ornate botanical structure framing the couple.   Creed’s brother had his guitar on hand for a special song performed by a close friend.  It added such a great personal touch to the ceremony and even captured a few laughs!

Guests entered the ballroom to find their succulent escort card that also functioned as the guest favor as well as the entree indicator.  Table numbers were suspended from the table landscape and surrounded by candlelight.  I actually planted my succulent and it is happy and healthy in my backyard.

Erica and Creed wanted to treat their guests not only with a wedding cake, but also mini cupcakes.  Sweet Cheeks Baking Company provided all of the decadent desserts and Adorations designed the table.  We had a caricature artist on hand sketching black and white images of guests.  The reverse side of their caricature design functioned as the guest signing with personal questions about the bride and groom.  At the end of the evening, the newlyweds left with sketches of each of their guests along with their stories, advice and predictions.  It will be fun to read those five years from now!

Concepts Event Design created the custom seamless dance floor and Jerry Beck of Beck’s Entertainment kept everyone on it throughout the evening.

 Thank you Erica and Creed for trusting LBE with your wedding day.  It was such a pleasure working with you and your families!

A very special Thank You to the following vendors:

Venue- La Valencia

Photography- Jennifer Dery Photography

Floral Design- Adorations Botanical Artistry

Decor/Production (custom dance floor, chairs, furniture)- Concepts Event Design

Ceremony Strings- Caprice Strings

Reception Entertainment- Beck’s Entertainment

Cake- Sweet Cheeks Baking Company

Hair & Makeup- Model Call, Katie Hollis

Linens- La Tavola Fine Linen Rentals

 

How Sweet It Is: Sarah and Scott

Congratulations to Sarah and Scott,  married at Estancia Hotel and Spa in La Jolla.  I just can’t say enough about the happiness that this couple exudes and it was infectious on their wedding day.  Amidst a torrential rain storm, the sun sun came out for these two on their wedding day!  It was perfect…

I asked Sarah and Scott to share a little about their day with us.

Enjoy!

The look for our wedding was romantic, classic and BEAUTIFUL!!! We had all ivory and blush flowers with greenery mixed in that were absolutely gorgeous. We used fairly neutral colors in the overall decor and really let the love and enjoyment of the evening take the center stage. Even though the decor was not over the top, both the ceremony and reception ballrooms were absolutely stunning. They were perfect!

We are very close with our families and every single person in our immediate family was a part of our wedding. Each of them walked down the aisle and our siblings stood up with us while we were married. We each had our friends fly in from literally all over the country to share with us in our special day. Scott and I made sure to save enough time before all of the wedding festivities began to spend time with all of our friends and family, especially our bridal party, to let them know how much we loved them and appreciated all of the love and support we’ve gotten from them!

Both our ceremony and reception were very low stress. We had a string quartet playing for the ceremony and cocktail hour. Our Reverend was phenomenal! He used humor and the perfect selection of readings to describe us and our relationship. He kept our guests hanging on his every word and got us in and out in the perfect amount of time.

Scott’s most unforgettable moment was the ceremony. It was such a special and important moment for him, to make our marriage official, and it was by far his favorite part of the day!!  Our ceremony definitely set the tone for our reception which was also incredibly fun!! Everyone loved every single thing about our wedding and thought it really exemplified us as people and as a couple. We could not have asked for anything more.

For me, the most unforgettable moment was when Scott and I got to see the reception room by ourselves before anyone else had gone in. Scott got to see his surprise grooms cake and we were able to take in each and every beautiful detail of the ballroom and really appreciate it before all of guests were there. Our DJ was already set up so we had an impromptu dance party with just the two of us on the dance floor!! We loved it!! It was really special for us to just take that second to breathe and enjoy each other and see how all of our hard work had paid off.

Scott’s surprise Red Wings logo cake was definitely a favorite!! It looked incredible and was delicious!! We had a marble slab ice cream station which was also delicious and so fun. All of guests loved it!! A favorite of everyones across the board was the photo booth we had at the reception. It was so fun for both us and our guests and was the perfect guest book for us to look back on and laugh!

If I could give a piece of advice to brides to be, it would be to make sure it’s YOUR day! Don’t try to please anyone else or incorporate anything that we didn’t want.  We both really took that to heart and it definitely helped us plan our day and make it perfect.  Also, be mindful of how many small details you leave until the day before the wedding, they add up! Start chipping away at anything that you can get done, when you are able to get it done, even if it seems ridiculously early.

Most importantly, enjoy your day!!!!! Don’t let anything stress you out on the day of, at that point, the hard part is already done! I remember every single detail of our wedding day and I would not change one thing. It was perfect.

As for our honeymoon, we just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean with my entire family. It was absolutely lovely and a wonderful escape after the wedding, but definitely NOT a honeymoon! We’re really hoping and planning to get to Greece this summer and enjoy the beauty of the Greek Isles!!!

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Symons!!!

Thank you to our amazing vendors that worked as an amazing team in bringing everything together.

Venue: Estancia Hotel and Spa

Photographer: Tim Otto

Flowers: Modern Bouquet

Entertainment: Mobile Dance Party

Photobooth: Classy Photo Booth

Officiant: Reverend Christopher Tuttle

Cakes: Sweet Cheeks Baking Company

Ceremony Music: Caprice Strings