Daniel is a DJ and Rosemary is a hairstylist and they have a fun style. They had their ceremony at St. Norbert Church and the reception was at a Hotel that was really cool called Hotel Menage.
Loved the Korean attire.
Rosemary’s Grandma was too cool.
At their favorite bar.
Shana + Travis are just so wonderful! Whenever she sends me an email she calls me Darling Dana and I call her Sweet Shana! Ha! I love it. I’ve had such a great time getting to know them over their engagement, doing their guestbook and Shana’s B Session book (which Travis loved!). And the coolest thing was we got to go to Bacara Resort in Santa Barbara for this wedding to work with some of my favorite people in the world:
Brandie Bedell did makeup
Melody Rachunok did hair
Claressa Jaen of Driftwood Films did the video
Tiffani Michelle was my fabulous 2nd shooter
Lauren Reeves of Prince Events styled everything
We had such a great time!
The groomsmen took a dip before the wedding.
The first look was really sweet.
Shana’s friends were just so happy! Everyone was in tears.
Fun bridal party.
The Spazmatics!
I loved this email I got from Catie:
“I am so in love with that wedding…and it’s mine!!! The pictures turned out soooo cute. I didn’t even know half that stuff was there! I heart my pictures! I can’t believe the weird stuff you took pictures of. So perfect! You captured the day beautifully. I hope Ben doesn’t mind driving to California for all of our photography needs:-)”
I also loved what Catie said about photography:
“I spent the most money on the thing that was very most important to me which was photography. That was more than half my budget. The rest was all my friends and family. (You can get anyone but I wanted the best.)”-Wow, thanks Catie!!
And check out Catie + Ben’s feature on Green Wedding Shoes! It’s at the top since it’s so popular. She also answers a lot of questions about how she designed her amazing wedding.
Okay, here’s the last part of this great wedding! I added some things that Catie had to say about her wedding:
Theme/inspiration for the day– I started out with like a 1940’s theme because I love that music and era and then it sort of ended up just being everything that I love shoved into one backyard. I wanted it to have a backyard kind of cute bed and breakfast feel. It did have a lot of 1940’s themed things but it was subtle and I don’t think people knew the era. So, I guess I could call it a real vintage backyard wedding (most of the stuff really was old)
Any advice for those planning now–I don’t know that I’m the person to give advice on this! My whole engagement was 3 months, with a very small budget in comparison with what the typical wedding costs. I spent the most money on the thing that was very most important to me which was photography. That was more than half my budget. The rest was all my friends and family.
Any vendors– Like I said, I can give you names but everything was family and friends.
Dress–my mom and I designed it and she made it.
The photo booth is mine and was a total hit! I do plan on renting it out. I liked how cute it was and that it is real vintage with real vintage dress up clothes unlike some really cheesy ones I’ve seen.
His advise to the couple: Do not look her in the eyes or you will turn to stone.
