Pumpkins and a Vineyard Wedding

It's the season: another pumpkin inspired wedding by the talented Martha Andrews.
this one on a beautiful vineyard in Plymouth, CA, Terra d'Oro 

Photos: Allison Stahl

Japanese Green Wedding

When Noguchi told me that they'll have a "little Sake ritual" I did not imagine a huge cauldron filled with the amazing brew, nor the couple smashing the lid with two wooden hammers and spooning the rice wine out with wooden ladles. Noguchi and Asako got married on Thursday, November 5 at the Inn in Topanga mixing up American and Japanese wedding traditions with lots of giggles and happy smiles and a couple of fun surprises.




The wooden cups had to be arranged in a "mountain" shape for good luck and were taken home as favors.


Everybody had a blast and welcomed the next surprise: Noguchi's friend serenaded a song written for them, which was emotional...


... and funny...

...and very much enjoyed and applauded by their guests.

The organic cakes and cup cakes were all baked by family and so delicious!

About 50 cameras clicked...


...until I climbed on the roof and shot the Inn's famous staircase picture.

I'm still smiling, thank you Asako and Noguchi for having me as your wedding planner for your fun wedding, where we didn't need a DJ to get the party going.
Photos: Copyright Angelica Weihs

Organic Halloween wedding

Aurora and Ryan's Halloween wedding was a feast for the eyes and the taste buds. The organic pumpkin pies were their guests favorites.


We had pumpkins serve as vases, which gave the decor the personal touch the couple wanted and orange really goes amazingly well with purple. It seems to be one of the latest color trends, (remember pink and chocolate? It was everywhere a year ago) Melinda and Tyler's wedding on 10/12 featured orange Indian style overlays on dark purple with purple napkins.

Malibu Nature Wedding, luxuriously green

Stephanie and Randal who were the first couple partying at the former horse arena at the Malibu Nature Preserve had an amazing time. The ocean view was spectacular especially from the lounge area in front of the tent. We got the locals, Malibu Party Rents to deliver white cotton sofas for a friendly price.



There's always that sports fan who can't do without the ball and the beer...


The local food was market fresh, the Martini mashed potato bar deliciously organic and the fish was sustainable.
The wine wasn't organic but local and brought in by the couple's parents.


Stephanie and her mom made the escort cards, orange paper flowers on long stems holding the cards. Guests hurried to take bunches of them home, they were too cool.



Uptown supplied their shiny metal bathrooms, it was powered by a bio diesel generator which was also used for the DJ and lighting by ELM Concierge.

From happy sunlight to saturated sunset colors into the star spangled night... the lighting was spectacular, nature is the best show, Elm's swirly out side effect were pretty cool too.



200 guests partied with one of the Nature Preserve's best DJ's, Gil Goren.

Malibu Wedding with earth, wind and ocean

Maria and Joshua celebrated their ocean themed wedding at the Malibu Nature Preserve on Saturday, September 5, 2009. As a green wedding expert I can only recommend this beautiful nature site, which is not your typical groomed wedding venue but lends itself to all styles and ideas. The money for the venue goes back to preserving nature rather than into somebody's Hummer... I helped orchestrate Maria and Joshua's love for nature by orchestrating their idea to use the entire property: the couple wowed their guests with spectacular views from the ocean bluff during their ceremony, then let them experience the contrast of the woodsy the Sycamore lawn. Any mountain lions around?

The two power ladies, Maria and her mom, helped create the (local) flowers arrangements before the wedding. Joshua who loves to organize and be on top of things, came late, stuck on the busy freeway.

Guests had fun walking the nature trail to and from the bar with home made Sangria and hors d'oeuvres reception to the ocean deck, where a sunset over the ocean and a delicious market fresh meal, created by Diana Temple was awaiting them - after the first dance.





Susina Bakery and Cafe created and set up the yummy chocolate raspberry cake, I tasted many and this one was truly delicious.

Right after set-up and before the guest arrived I snapped a picture of myself - on big Nature weddings where I rush up and down hills and over dusty paths I just take a little Canon video camera and leave the Nikon at home.

Now I am opening Maria and and Joshua's favor for dinner - with a big cheers to their amazing joyfulness and to the tasty California wines...