I’m going to start off with Alyssa’s wedding dress…which she made herself!

Even their wedding rings were creative…can you see Alyssa’s ring? It has a porcelin dove!

The venue. OH THE VENUE!  The couple & the dedicated set up crew hand-created the beautiful tissue flowers!

Peek-a-boo! A view from between T-Rex’s legs!

Sealing the deal!

After the ceremony, we got FULL ACCESS to the museum!

Let’s start off with some getting ready photos!

…and while the girls were getting ready, the boys were doing this…

yup, a straight razor shave…

Ok, enough with the boys…back to the important stuff.

Jackie had one of the most beautiful bouquets…

…and off the ceremony! The ceremony took place at the Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Redlands.

YAY! Congrats!

The wedding party hooting and hollering!

Allow me to introduce to you the groomsmen. I know…such studs. Including my husband.

I’m not usually into these old vintage looking edits, but the oh-so-famous gold frame made me do it!

On to the reception…starting with the details!

First Dance…

The father daughter dance was so cute! Jackie’s dad is adorable!

That’s all for now! Thanks for checking in, and please leave me comments!

I know brides spend a great deal looking for that perfect dress, your dream dress, and the way you feel when you find the ONE is indescribable. So, when I first heard of trash the dress, I didn’t really know how to react. You purposely ruin your dress? You what?! Go in the ocean? Sit on top of a dumpster? Wash your car with the dress ON? Sit on train tracks!?

Totally crazy. Almost insane. A complete waste of money. RIGHT?

WRONG!! The real waste is my wedding dress, hung in my closet, never to be worn again. Really. My husband cringes every time he sees my dress, which takes up more than half of my closet space. Oh, and the veils (I had three). And the tiara. And the shoes. And then I started thinking. How long is this thing going to sit in my closet? Forever? Am I wishing that one day, my daughter is going to walk down the aisle in my dress?

Well, now I wish that I did a trash the dress session for myself.

To my past, present, and future brides…here are some images from a photog shootout session I did in San Clemente. I would love to do a trash the dress session with you…let me know if you are interested!

To start off, here are some pre-trashing images… 

…and the trashing begins…slowly, but surely…

Vendor Info

Venue: Bella Collina

Makeup: Kacee Geoffroy Makeup Designs and Kim Bragalone

Hair: Bows-n-Berries Hairpieces

Florist: Jay Jensen Florals

I basically enjoyed every bit of Saturday’s La Jolla wedding. How can I not? Wanna see proof?

Well…

Let me start off with a gorgeous pair of purple shoes for the bride…

matched with awesome jewerly

topped with an amazing dress.

 The cottage they got dresssed in was decorated with beautiful orchids.

Hello, beautiful! 

Her smile was contagious! 

…and while I was shooting the bride, Jimmy was busy photographing the venue.

Here comes the bride…

Sealing the deal!

…one in b & w

T & J – thank you so much for letting us in your precious day! We enjoyed every moment of it!

The dress…the light was peeerrrfect!

 Love the sparkles in the roses….

Goodies for the kiddies (I snatched some too!) 

The beautiful bride getting ready

It’s official!

The speeches from friends and family made the bride and groom laugh, smile, and cry! (and you know those are the best kind!)

First dance…

I LOVE LOVE LOVE dad’s expression.

Tammy surprised her mom with a poem…it was so sweet.

Thanks for checking in!