Posted on: Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
Can’t believe this wedding was nearly a year ago, thanksgiving weekend 2014!! Boy time goes fast.
I really enjoyed helping Ragini and her dad pull their 2 day celebration together. We started off with priorities, they were slightly different, they were considering here in OC/LA counties, San Diego County or Houston. So after many phone chats, emails full of locations for them to consider, Houston was nearly a go and last minute San Diego pulled through. I had done an Indian wedding at the San Diego Bayfront HIlton before, lots of space to do the various events in different areas and space for animals or whatever the groom may want to come in on (as you can see below my groom chose to come in in a Viper he ‘loaned’ for the occasion). Since my last wedding there they had created a new ceremony site which is just lovely, and believe it or not totally fed into a key item for the bride, she wanted her ceremony in the round. We had a few floral design meetings and Ragini was not looking for a traditional mandap at all. While brainstorming one day, hanging crystals came to mind, and we ran with it. Ghost chairs of course matched that look/feel and look great at the ceremony, the sad thing is with my ballroom pics they really are ghosts you can’t see them but they are there!!! lol Our colors for the ceremony were brighter/light blue/crystals/white. We had 4 aisles/runners, and 1 aisle was decored as the main aisle. Of course there was ocean glistening in the background and a beautiful blue sky to go with
Cocktails pre dinner/dance was held on a huge balcony that had great views over the harbor to Coronado Island and with all the traffic moving on the harbor and the lights of Coronado gave the guests lots of entertainment during cocktails.
Ragini was totally in charge of the cake design and it turned out fabulous.
We really played with the layout of the dining room, using a variety of table shapes and then three different types of centerpieces, black/red/silver were incorporated in all of them. My groom loved the idea of a martini luge, so you will spot that below, an art deco looking piece
There are some pictures at the bottom that are of the Sangeet, that the grooms sister pulled together. It was at the aero space museum in Balboa Park, my last wedding down there we did the Sangeet at the sport museum, so plenty of variety for whatever you want/need to make a statement for your pre wedding events. We did lots of color for the florals and I loved the white vases that were used that really allowed the flowers to stand out as there was a lot going on from the ceiling in that location.
I knew Flowers by Cina was the right florist to match them with, and Melissa came through fabulously for both events. Monico Décor handled the dancefloor and some furniture we had in the ballroom. Chiavari Chair Rentals handled the ghost chairs and after we used them for the ceremony moved them to the ballroom for dinner. The team at the Hilton was great to work with. Of course most of the guests were staying at the hotel and its always so great for the energy of the celebrations and getting to know/see familiar faces over the course of a few days. One of my fave Indian djs handled the sangeet but he was not available for the wedding night, but we ended up with a great party that kept extending on the wedding night.
Till next time
Lisa
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I just wanted to say thank you for everything. The wedding turned out soooo BEAUTIFUL. I don’t know what we would have done without you. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you
What a pleasure it was to work with you on our wedding. You are very focused and amaze us with all that you do. Thank you for making our day flawless.
You are a great woman and a wedding co-ordinator ‘extraordinaire’. We are blessed and honored to have you as our co-ordinator.
I wanted to thank you again for all you did. The wedding was beyond my wildest dreams. It was beautiful and exactly as I pictured it.
We are so thankful and appreciative to have had you there on our special day. Words can not express our gratitude. From the very first moment we met you until the last moments of our wedding, you handled yourself with professionalism and respect. You made us feel comfortable and confident throughout the entire process.