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Virginia + Tim married at the Brazilian Room, Berkeley Hills, CA

charmed — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:28:37 +0000

We have been planning Virginia and Tim’s wedding for over a year now, and yesterday they were married at the Brazilian Room in the Tilden Regional Park, located in the Berkeley Hills. It was a gorgeous day filled with bright sunshine which made the day ceremony and lunch reception all the more beautiful with the Hills as the natural backdrop. The couple had a palette of light pink, fuchsia and black and since they were such foodies, decided to name their tables after their favorite restaurants from the US and Canada. Aside from planning the wedding, we had the pleasure of designing the wedding as well by providing all the graphic design and decor elements for the Bride and Groom’s Big Day.

Have a look at the photos taken from our camera as we await the official photos from Jay Kelly Photography, it’s absolute pink bliss!

Custom Made programs, designed by Charmed Events Group, were passed out to guests as they walked down the Brazil Room walkway, which was lined with black lanterns filled with ivory and light pink rose petals.

The wedding arch and ceremony set up looked gorgeous against the Berkeley Hills greenery.

We got a candid shot of the Bride and her bridesmaids while they were taking photos prior to the ceremony

While the Bride was taking solo shots, the Bridesmaids were kind enough to flash a smile for us. We loved their hot pink dresses!

We also got a smile from the Bride herself

Virginia and Tim getting married!

The Bride and Groom chose to perform a sand ceremony during the wedding, they had the vase engraved with their initials and it absolutely made for a great keepsake of their special day after the difference colored sands were joined.

During cocktail hour, the guests had a chance to take polaroids of themselves and write a small message to give to the Bride and Groom.

Upon entering the reception room, guests had the fun of finding which “foodie” table they were assigned to. To make things easier for the guests, we also created a map of where each table was to be located for better finding!

Here’s a close-up shot of some of the escort cards. We sure had fun designing these!

The Brazil Room looked absolutely gorgeous with the colorful pinks accented by the white chairs and wooden floors and beams.

Personalized menus with each guests name served double duty as a place card and menu for lunch.

For centerpieces, we conceptualized curly willow trees so that the Bride and Groom could hang their engagement photos off of the branches as well as hanging crystals. Floral Sunshine, based out of Portland, OR was kind enough to provide the floral elements for the wedding. The designer is a relative of the Groom which made the flowers all the more special.

The Bride and Groom had a Sweetheart Table which gave them the intimacy of enjoying their first meal together as husband and wife.

View from the Sweetheart Table

Guests were given fortune cookies dipped in chocolate and sprinkles as a thank you favor for attending. These were made from TLC from the Bride and her bridesmaids.

This is me with the Bride and Groom at the end of the day.

Congratulations again to Virginia and Tim! Thank you so much for allowing us the pleasure of planning your special day!

It’s a Colorsplash Wedding!

charmed — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:03:53 +0000

My friend Kelly Hsiao, of Bay Area Pin-Ups and Kelly Hsiao Photography, got married last month at the Saratoga Country Club. We actually met while working on another wedding for our client Stephen and Jennifer and have now become friends in the industry. I went over to her studio one afternoon to pick up some pictures, she had just gotten married and was ecstatic to show me her wedding photos. I was blown away by the colorsplash of flowers and parasols that I immediately told her that once all her photos were finished, I just had to post and blog about them! Luckily for all of us, she sent us her lovely pictures and all the colors, flowers and details are just smashingly spectacular. I hope you enjoy all the array of colors that she had in her wedding, this just goes to prove that you can never go wrong with color!

NYC designer Nini Hu of Route is a personal friend of Kelly’s and custom made this wedding dress for Kelly! She hand knit the top of the dress and used lightweight silk for the bottom and train.

Kelly’s dear friends found these bright and colorful parasols in a local shop around town, they were perfect for the beautiful, sunny day.

You can never have enough colors and these pictures prove it! We love the playful, multi-colored rose petals for the aisle and the cones of fresh, vibrant flowers really added so much to the ceremony site.

Did I not promise you tons of color? I love this shot of the bride and groom amidst a sea of colorful parasols.

From the Bride: “During the ceremony, we had a Time Capsule where we put a bottle of wine & love letters, to be opened at our 5th Anniversary. That’s the wooden box on the grass. Our guests really liked that part of the ceremony!”

Just married and descending the long and windy staircase of Saratoga Country Club.

For the sign-in table, polaroid cameras were placed next to the sign in book and guests were encouraged to snap a photo of themselves to place inside the sign-in book along with their warm wishes and greetings to the newlyweds. Again, amazing color from the flowers!

This lime green is cake is gorgeous isn’t? It matched perfectly with all the hints of color from the luscious flowers!

The bride and groom love to travel, the bride is from New York and the groom is from Switzerland. It was only fitting for them to name their tables after their favorite travel destinations.

For favors, they gave a marriage of American and Swiss Chocolate. Sees Candy lollipops were paired with Swiss Chocolate that the groom’s mother brought back from Switzerland. Kelly created the fun little “Par Avion” Mailing labels on the chocolates that doubled as place cards for their guests.

Thank you so much for sharing these photos with us Kelly, the wedding was vibrantly gorgeous!

Vendors:

Venue: Saratoga Country Club

Flowers: Melissa of Blossom Decor

Cake: Not Just Cheesecakes

Photography by: Jason Lee and Lora Schraft

Vintage Tea Cups + Desert backdrop = Divine

charmed — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:01:12 +0000

Afternoon tea is one of my favorite past times ever! I love the idea of going to tea with friends over dainty chinaware and little tea sandwiches while catching up on life. Imagine how excited I was when I saw that a recent bride had the same love for tea and teacups! Jasmine Star and her lovely husband JD captured Stephanie and Stephen on their special day at DC Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. I loved how Jasmine described the couple with sharing old love “Love defined for what’s said in between the lines, thoughtful, and pure. A love like this is most seen when an elderly gentleman kisses his wife on the cheek after cutting her medicine, reminding her the pills are on the kitchen counter. Old love.” – Jasmine Star

Details of vintage tea cups and traditional garden tea motifs of moss and birdcages ran throughout the wedding. Set against the beauty of the solemn desert, their wedding was divine!

This bouquet of soft pastels is lovely, love the heirloom touch of adding vintage brooches on the bouquet ribbons.

Couldn’t resist slipping in a picture of the bride’s gorgeous (and sparkling) Kate Spade Shoe!

The First Look captured by Jasmine Star. It’s simply stunning.

This shot of the couple is gorgeous! The soft pastel color palette matched the DC Ranch splendidly.

Is this not the epitome of rustic chic or what? Love the birdcages, always have, and absolutely adore the little teacups!

Ok, did I mention how much I love the birdcage motif and teacups yet? The bride and her mother designed all the decor and I love them!

These details are just too good. Love the vintage, homespun feel…it makes me feel like I’m in England.

I never knew that moss could be so beautiful! The moss covered chair was made by the bride, she’s beautiful and talented! (Quite artsy too!)

Oh my, this tablescape is absolutely dreamy…

This is the best part of it all, a teacup cake topper! The bride found this 100 year old teacup in a vintage store for $1, talk about great finds!

Today’s post predominantly featured the details of this amazing wedding, because let’s face it, details can really take your wedding and decor to a whole other level. For more photos of the couple and festivities, please be sure to visit Jasmine Star’s Blog

All Photos belong to Jasmine Star Photography.