Green Weddings are universal?

I had a couple of meetings on Saturday, showing prospective couples the Inn of the Seventh Ray as a possible wedding site, when I saw these cute center pieces by Kelly: a variety of tiny flower pots surrounding a candle tree. The flowers land in gardens and on balconies of 180 happy guests and there we are = green with ease.

Green Rock'n Roll Wedding

Amee and Benji celebrated their Rockn' Roll wedding in Topanga, CA on April 30, 2010.

The design was funky yet classy, innovative and vintage, DIY and luxurious: the amazing ecclecticism which is born when artists, musicians and fun loving "regular" folks come together to party.

Stephanie from eco friendly Seed Floral design, Los Angeles, created the Bohemian florals. Angelica Weihs Events gave structure to spontaneity and Tiffany Koury's photography style could not have fit better. Food and wine were organic...

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Vegetables center pieces for your green wedding

Center pieces with real veggies are amazing for country style weddings, like Blake and Stephen's 500 guest Bel Air wedding on May 30, 2010. As they wanted to be as green as possible the veggies were meant to be used afterwards and were donated. We had the fun of our lives planning and producing their unique event and just had a peek of first pictures from their professional photographers... oh, it will be so cool to post those.
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Eco friendly florist

 

Blake (as in Blake and Stephen, May 30, 2010 in Bel Air) and I visited Dandelion Ranch on Thursday and were smitten by the natural and whimsical beauty of the place. One would think that tires in front of a studio aren't that inviting but Clover Chadvick and her team transform found objects into beautifully unique usables, completely after our hearts.  

 

O joy, we smiled, when we entered into a vintage heaven of metal, wooden and clay containers, bunches of unusual plants, grasses, flowering (or not) twigs, herbs, yeah even weeds can get their place in a caring, creative florists bouquet.

We chose the metal pots and wooden boxes above. The arrangements will be county fair wild,  beautiful, mostly organic and also edible, an ode to Stephen who really doesn't like waste.

My green wedding planner promise: Blake and Stephen's 500 guest movie crowd wedding will have less impact on the environment than 80% of smaller weddings in 2010... just love the challenge.

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Wedding in the Rain

Jennifer and Sarton were married at an outdoor location, the Inn of the Seventh Ray, on Saturday, February 6, 2010 right in the middle of a huge storm. Did I, their wedding planner, sleep after their rehearsal on Friday where we hopped from tent to tent to avoid getting pitch wet? I actually did,  I go with the good ol' Mac Gyver quote: There is always a solution.

I ordered an additional tent, had an extra long session with my brave and weathered staff (pun intended) and arrived an hour early in a rain resistant snow boarder jacket. Maintenance staff helped clear foliage and puddles and, it must have been due to our bright smiles: the sun came out right for the ceremony at 12 noon.

Jennifer's flowers (Matt from Flower Garden, Los Angeles) added a happy yellow sunshine feel.

 

The party turned out to be amazing, with Sarton, the groom, in his cool white cowboy boots, rocking away with the band. Jen's tattoo was perfect for her vintage inspired bridal gown.

They loved their customized cake topper , created to look like them. Reclaimed wood is perfect for eco-cool weddings, gracing an organic carrot cake.
Rain? No fear with us:)

Eco Friendly Florist

 

Flower Dec in Los Angeles dives into colors, I love how they spiced the orange fall/winter color with yellow napkins and fuchsia/pink in the center pieces. Owner Rosalee sources eco friendly and local flowers by request. She used all organic flowers last year for one of my weddings at the Adamson house. 30 big eco cool center pieces saved a lot of chemicals and as nothing was flown in, the carbon foot print was ballet dancer light.

Place cards: Gerbias with names on little paper "leaves". Check on other eco florists in our side bar.

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.

Eco rocks Hollywood's green couples

Rebecca and Harry got married in December of 2008 at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood with a reception following next day at Mountain Mermaid in Topanga. In the meantime the charismatic duo has already vamped up TV shows (Rebecca, 90210), toured the US with a new theater production (Harry) and I have done a dozen amazing weddings, but their unique reception is still in the air.

The amazing letter press posters were treasured give-a-ways.

Angelica Weihs Events teamed up with gourmet caterer Don Kreindler, Curtis' eco concious crew from Classic Party Rentals and Shirvan Design's organic flower creations. We called the center pieces: tradition de-constructed. BBJ had the Burlapp linens, which look like rustic re-claimed coffee bags and would have been a great contrast to the silghtly decadent decor and art deco features of the venue. I had to realize that Burlapp linens are produced for one event and afterwards piled onto a landfill. No re-use? Not for us. We found a very similar but washable solution...


Some of them flattered Rebecca's muses (aka brides maids)

Her cousins wrote a quirky song to accompany the theater play Harry wrote for the reception: in lieu of vows or any other traditional ceremony.


The theater play was about a poor lost fisher man, whose boat sinks in the middle of a storm. He lands in Poseidon's kingdom and falls madly in love with the resistant king's daughter.



The comedia dell arte's happy end is of course the neverending love of princess and the man, who is not lost no more.




The Mermaid mansion with its amazing ball room and beautiful gardens, pool and koi pond, is a haven for creative, arty couples with a sense for the unusual and fascinating, yet edgy history of this house, which, in its wilder days, had seen gambling, illegal alcohol and easy ladies.

The glam of the 30ties and 40ties was all around us.

The dynamic party went overtime again and again...
The amazing team of Docuvitae captured the creative flair of this beautiful power couple in a way that sparks still fly.



Location: Mermaid Mansion, Topanga, Florist: Shirvan Design, Event Planner: Angelica Weihs Events, Photography: Docuvitae, Caterer: Twenty One West