Oh yeah, I have to say Shideh’s event planning and Shirvan Design Haute Events & Florals design and decor was INSANE!!! Wait till you see what they did! OMG’osh! Seriously Shideh, you and you team are amazing!

I do want to say thanks to Sayeh + Avasta for allowing us to be part of their special day. It was an honor to get to spend a wonderful evening with you both!

Love you guys!!

b.p

Ceremony: Beverly Hills Hotel
Coordinator: Events by Shideh
Cake: Cake Divas
Florist: Shirvan Design Haute Events & Florals
DJ: DJ Behsheed- 4th Dimension Entertainment
Photographers: Viera Photographics
Gown Boutique: Renee Strauss for the Bride

Q & A with
Brian + Cassandra

Q. What’s the story of your relationship?
We met in high school through friends and we dated for about 9 months. We hadn’t seen each other for 9 years then reconnected on the internet. We dated for 14 months the second time around before we became engaged. We were engaged for 11 months before the wedding.

Q. What was the story of the proposal?
For our one year anniversiary, I surprised Cassie with a trip to the University of Arizona (where she went to undergrad) and tickets to a U of A basketball game. Brian had arranged a personal tour of the McKale Center by one of the associate coaches. The original plan was to propose at midcourt. Unfortunately, the basketball team was practicing during the tour so the plans were ruined. After the tour we found a nice park bench on campus where we discussed our college experiences. At that time Brian got down on his knee and said that he never wanted to miss another moment.

Q. What’s your favorite thing and the funniest thing about being married?
Having someone to share your bad days with. Learning who’s side of the bed is who’s!

Q. What are some of your favorite memories from your wedding day?
Cassie walking down the aisle, cutting the cake, talking to friends and family.

Q. What is one thing you’d tell a couple to make sure they capture on video?
The first dance as a married couple because for most guys it’s the only one they’ll ever want to do again!

Q. What piece of advice would you tell a couple planning their wedding?
To enjoy the moment, take a deep breath and make sure its your special day.

Q. Share with future newlyweds some marriage wisdom?
Communicate and don’t sweat the small stuff!

Photographers: Joe Latter Photography
Cake Artist: Ontario Bakery
Wedding Cinematography: Impressive Creations
Hair and Make-up Stylist: Salon 860 West
DJ: Just 4 Fun
Ceremony: St. Paul the Apostle Church
Reception Venue: Doubletree Hotel

The Monday before the big day I was thinking about Ricky + Sonal and their upcoming wedding at the Terranea Resort and it was then that two words popped into my head. “Helicopter Shots!!” At first I thought to myself, nah, no way, but then I thought, hey, why not! Helicopter shots of Terranea and the beautiful Pacific Ocean would most certainly be an Impressive Creation! Plus, Ricky had expressed to me his love for the ocean so I thought this would be an amazing way to complement his passions and his vision for his wedding.

This wedding was no small feat! I had the privilege to work along side of Amy Patel of Planning Elegance who was an absolute joy to work with (and very calm by the way). I don’t know how you did it!! Jennifer Hyman, Leslie McCammon and Tracey Koven from Terranea Resort were extremely helpful and very accommodating throughout the entire planning process and the day of the wedding. I got a little nervous when the jib was a little bigger and badder then we all anticipated but the staff was great! Thanks Leslie!!

All the stages, linens, florals, floor plans and event design were coordinated by The Amazing Shawna Yamamoto. DUDE!! You rock Shawna! All day, we got to shoot along side of Michelle From Jim Kennedy Photography and the incredible lighting and set decor was done by Amber Yin at Amber Event Design.

Their wedding is also highlighted current eddition of Ceremony Magazine. Gorgeous!!!! Again, photography by Jim Kennedy Photographers!

Enjoy!!

B.p.

Q & A with
Ian + Abi

Q. How did you guys meet?
We met at Nordstrom through Ian’a cousin Jill.

Q. What’s your favorite thing about being married?
The tax write off!!!!

Q. What are some of your favorite memories from your wedding day?
There are so many to choose from, we would say just celebrating with our friends and family.

Q. What is one thing you’d tell a couple to make sure they capture on video?
As much as they can, so many things go on during your wedding and you won’t be able to witness everything!

Photography: enLuce Photography

update: Couldn’t Resist. Here is a little clip of the Spazmatics

Amazing 3d Montage X-Man Style

Usually, it’s the Bride that get’s emotional during the ceremony and vows, but check out Michaels reaction as he see his gorgeous bride walking down the aisle!

Enjoy,

B.p.

Photographer: Szeto & Chi Photography
Event Coordinator: Luxe Life Events
Venue: Fairmont Newport Beach
Florist: Lifetime Wedding & Events
Officiant: JP Reynolds
Wedding FilmMarkers: Impressive Creations Wedding Cinematography

I remember meeting Angela and her sweet mom at a bridal show years ago. Actually, I met them at like 5 bridal shows! Angela and her mom were bridal show junkies. I really love the entire process we go through with our couples. The initial meetings, talking through all their details and desires for their wedding, the filming, the editing, the tears, the joys! We get to be a part of it all!  I still can’t believe that we get to be an intimate part of our couples wedding day. It really is an amazing job and responsibility we have.

John and Angelas wedding was super beautiful up at the Trump National Golf Course! They were such a high energy couple! If nothing else you got see John’s little fire fighter dance at 6:40 in the video. There is always a first for everything I guess! Here is a bit of Angela’s thoughts on Marriage!
Enjoy,
BP

Q & A with
John + Angela

Q. What’s the funniest thing about being married?
That he does almost all of the cooking and cleaning!!!

Q. What piece of advice would you tell a couple planning their wedding?
Don’t sweat the small stuff. Something will most likely go wrong and there is nothing you can do about it. Enjoy everything else that is going right.

Q. What was the hardest part about planning a wedding?
All the small details that have to be done at the last minute such as seating charts, programs and name cards…

Q. In a few words, share with future newlyweds some marriage wisdom?
Go to bed mad! Some people just need some time to cool off and sleep it off so you don’t get in a knock down, drag out fight.

Q. What are some of your favorite memories from your wedding day?
Walking back down the aisle and seeing all of the smiling faces of our family and friends. Getting that first glance of the reception room and seeing all of the planning all come together. The garter toss where John came out in his turnout pants dancing like a stripper! Never getting off the dance floor.

Q. What was the story of the proposal?
It was Christmas time and we were working completely opposite schedules for work. We planned an “After Christmas” day to spend with each other and John planned massages and dinner at Trump National. As we took a walk around the golf course at sunset, John got down on knee and popped the question. Our whole families were watching from the restaurant and we all had a great celebration. Then we were off to a gondola ride under the stars.

Q. What’s your favorite thing about being married?
Having your best friend there to share everything with. The good times, the hard times and everything in between. It’s facing the world hand in hand an knowing we can get through anything as long as we have each other.

Photographers: Jim Kennedy Photographers
Cake Artist: Cake Divas
Catering: Trump National Golf Club
Florists: Avas Garden
Wedding Cinematography: Impressive Creations
Linens: Designer Specialty Linens
Bridal Gown: La Soie Bridal
Hair Stylist: Marie Lauro
Make Up: Flawless Faces Inc.
DJ: Michael Angelo Music DJ
Ceremony / Reception Venue: Trump National Golf Club

Q & A with
Kitty + Pack

Q. How did you guys meet?
I met him through my friend at a gay bar! Yeah you heard it “Gay Bar,”  hahaha I am lucky he is not gay.

Q. What was the story of the proposal?
It was Valentine’s Day 2009. We didn’t have any plan’s to go out, so I told him we should go to a spa retreat and he agreed. While I enjoyed my massage I heard someone say “anything to drink?” I thought that would be good so I nodded my head, but wait, the voice sounds so familiar. I got up and he said “coffee, tea, or me” with the ring in front of me. I was so happy. We were happy!

Q. What’s your favorite thing about being married?
Love We have the same goals in life, all the way down to smallest things and we always help each other out. He always make me laugh and makes life fun and interesting. She is good at using humor to cheer me up!

Q. Why did you choose to hire a cinematographer?
We designed to have a videographer on our big day because we knew that we would be missing from those frozen moments of the wedding and videography has given the opportunity to have created a memoir of our wedding, complete with all sights and sounds of that most important event in our lives, a memory which can be revisited for years to come!

Photographer: Dan Vanitcha
Make-up Artist: Theresa Huang at Make-up & Hair Design
DJ: AAA DJ Service
Ceremony Location: Wat Padhammachart
Reception Location: Spring Field Banquet Center

E Session
Kitty + Pack

There is always a first time for anything right? Well, there was 3 things unique to Pack and Kittys wedding that we have never done before. 1) Kitty’s Bridal prep was at 4:45 in the morning! Whewww.. 2) We got to film in a Beautiful Monk Temple 3) Got to film an e-Session in Thai. Yep, no english at all. How did we do it you might ask? Well, Kitty and Pack came over to our studios and helped us organize it and make sure that what they were saying on film was OK with the world!

I have to say, during their reception, I was not quite sure what to expect as I felt that during their interviews they were pretty straight faced and calm but once the video started and their story came on, everyone was crazking up and really, really enjoying the video. Ahhh.. I guess these guys said all kinds of funny stuff, but being it was in Thai, how was I supposed to know what was going on..

Hope you enjoy!!

Bp

Cinematography By ~ Impressive Creations

If you watch this video till the very end, you will see that Diana was barley able to speak her vows to her new hubby. It was quite an emotion moment. WOW!!We also did a Same Day Edit for them as well. You can see it here. I hope you enjoy their feature as we sure enjoyed putting it together.

Q & A with
Mark  + Diana

What piece of advice would you tell a couple planning their wedding?
Make sure to not argue over little things during the planning. It’s already stressful planning everything, so why make things worse.

How did you guys meet?
We met at a Club Rain in Vegas through mutual friends. We partied and danced night away. We never would have know that we would meet the love of our life in Vegas..

How long did you date before you got engaged and how long were you engaged before you got married?
We dated for 2.5 years before we were engaged. The planning took almost 1.5 years.

What was the story of the proposal?
I always told Diana I’d paint her something but she didn’t believe I had the talent. She was right, I don’t. But I have friends who are great artists. So I asked one of my friends to paint a cartoon picture of a guy on one knee proposing to a girl. So when I gave her the picture, it took her a minute or two to figure out that I was about to pop the question. Her reaction was classic!

Why did you choose to hire a videographer?
hey say that a picture can capture a thousand words, but a video can capture the exact words and the emotions tied with it.

What one detail are you glad the videographer captured?
It was great to capture moments where everyone at the party was dancing and having fun. Because we are so caught up with so many things that day, we don’t have the time to see everything that is going on aroound us.

Photography: Chou Photography
Wedding Film Makers: Impressive Creations
Florists: LV Floral and Events
Entertainment: Visions Entertainment
Venue: Embassy Suites Anaheim – South

Q & A with
Giancarlo + Angela

Q. What was the story of the proposal?
A. Gian and I were in Cancun for our 7th anniversary and it was the last day of our vacation. I came down with some severe bronchitis and was sick as a DOG so right before we were going to check out of the hotel, i was laying on the couch feeling miserably sick. Gian handed me the ring box and said “do you want it or not?” Gian INSISTS that i ruined all his big romantic plans for the proposal when i got sick, so he had to come up with plan b…. nice plan b huh?

Q. Why did you choose to hire a cinematographer?
A. We wanted to capture our day candidly and also be able to see everything that was going on. The day passes by so fast, it’s a blur. Now looking back on photos and the trailer, we get to see more of what was going on.

Q. What one piece of advice would you tell a couple planning their wedding?
A.  Do it the way that YOU BOTH want to do it. Don’t worry about the in-laws or picky friends,  your wedding is your day, don’t give in to others, or else you might have regrets!

Q. What’s your favorite thing about being married?
A. Gian says the tax return! LOL….

Ceremony and Reception: The Hacienda
Photography: Harvard Photography
Cake Artist: Tasteful Cakes
Florist: My Wedding Blooms
DJ: Battleson Entertainment
Officiant: Saint Matthew Church

And Their Trailer….