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Kara and Yuneng’s Wedding took place at the beautiful Hayes Mansion in San Jose. The mansion is a gorgeous Mediterranean-style villa that is full of exotic wood, marble, and fantastic stained glass windows that all make for wonderful spots for pics!

Kara’s flowers were super unique! The backdrop for them is actually an old radiator that we found in the hallway, and it ended up going with the flowers perfectly!

Kara and Yuneng actually met while they were both on a trip to Iceland, so Yuneng had a little map of Iceland on his cuff links!

This staircase was just so beautiful that we absolutely had to shoot there!

I don’t remember what Dusty said that made them make those faces, but this ended up being one of our favorite pictures from the whole wedding!

After getting ready at the Hayes Mansion, Kara and Yuneng headed over to a church in Portola Valley for their ceremony. The church had absolutely gorgeous vaulted ceilings with giant windows on either end of the building.

The church is located in the middle of a whole bunch of redwood trees, which made such an incredible setting for the ceremony!

After the ceremony and pics at the church, we all headed back to Hayes Mansion for the reception. This is the view as you drive up to the mansion!

Kara and Yuneng’s guestbook was an adorable little love story book all about their time together!

They absolutely love to travel, so all of the tables at the reception were named after different destinations where they have been, and the guests’ placecards were airline tickets with their table number.

Oh my gosh their first dance was so romantic!

Kara’s dad is in a phenomenal rock band, and they played a full set for all of the guests at the reception!

 

Special thanks to all the vendors at Kara and Yuneng’s wedding:
Ceremony: Valley Presbyterian Church
Venue: Hayes Mansion
Wedding Coordinator: Blanca Samano at A Touch of Elegance
Florist: Ingela Floral Design
Cake: Jen’s Cakes
DJ: Maurice Britton at Image Source Entertainment
Caterer: Hayes Mansion
Makeup: Alyssa Fonseca
Hair: Julie Paulo and Lisa Paulo at Ma’ Belle Salon
Wedding Dress: Lovely Bride, D.C. – Designer: Rosa Clara
Bridesmaids Dresses: Adrianna Papell
Tuxes: Men’s Wearhouse
Linens: Fine Linen Creation

Vanessa and Andy’s wedding took place at the Santa Clara Mission in Santa Clara, CA. The mission is an absolutely beautiful building centered in the middle of Santa Clara University. The main drive leading up to the mission makes for such a picturesque entrance to the wedding, that we totally had to do a shot of Vanessa and Andy there.

We started off the day with Vanessa getting ready at her hotel. While we were there, we used one of her sequined table cloths and an invitation to do her ring shots in the beautiful window light.

We absolutely loved how Vanessa’s little flower girl wanted to see her get her makeup done!

Vanessa’s wedding dress  made for the perfect backdrop for a pic of her shoes on the bed.

We love how the line the aisle at the mission with candles for the ceremony. It’s always so beautiful when our brides walk down it!

Vanessa arrived in her grandfather’s 1920 Model T pickup.

This was just the sweetest picture when Vanessa leaned in to give Andy a kiss on the cheek!

Vanessa and Andy’s wedding cake was hanging from a swing!

Special thanks to all the vendors at Vanessa and Andy’s wedding:
Venue: Santa Clara Mission
Florist: Laura at Floramor
Cake: Tiffany at Jen’s Cakes
DJ: Kevin at Elite Entertainment
Caterer: Ryan at Adobe Lodge
Makeup: Michele at Brush by Michele
Hair: Katye at Hair & Makeup by Katye Rose
Wedding Dress: Trudy’s Bride & Special Occasion – Designer: Allure
Bridesmaids Dresses: Trudy’s Bride & Special Occasion
Tuxes: Men’s Wearhouse
Furniture Rental: Seventh Heaven Vintage Rentals

Marjie and Adam’s wedding took place at the Landing Resort in South Lake Tahoe, CA.

We started off the day with Marjie getting ready at Imagine Salon.

This closet door in the house where Marjie’s family was staying was such a perfect spot for dress and detail shots!

Marjie and Adam are huge Grateful Dead fans, so they got Grateful Dead pins for Adam and all the groomsmen.

Pretty much everywhere in South Lake Tahoe is surrounded by gorgeous trees, and we did their first look right across the street from their vacation rental.

There was a bear in this field the day before we did these pics, so we all made sure that it wasn’t around before we ventured out into it!

Marjie and Adam held their ceremony on the deck overlooking Lake Tahoe at the resort.

This was definitely the most festive wedding hairdo we have seen!

Marjie and Adam put together s’mores kits for their guests as wedding favors.

The sunset at Lake Tahoe is always so beautiful!

Marjie surprised Adam with a Grateful Dead groom’s cake, too!

 

Special thanks to all the vendors at Marjie and Adam’s wedding:
Venue: The Landing Resort
Wedding Coordinator: Kelsey Clynes at The Landing Resort
Florist: Shirley McGinty at Rose Petals
Cake: Tahoe Cakes by Grace
DJ: Bart Libby at TKO Entertainment
Caterer: The Landing Resort
Hair and Makeup: Imagine Salon Tahoe
Wedding Dress: Miosa Bride
Bridesmaids Dresses: Jenny Yoo – Annabelle
Groom’s Tux: Navin’s
Groomsmen Tuxes: Men’s Wearhouse

Jenn and Mike’s wedding took place at the Inn at Park Winters in Winters, CA. The Inn is a gorgeous Victorian house surrounded by beautiful gardens, a fun old foreman’s house with bouquets hanging from the rafters, and a fantastic barn that is perfect for dancing during the reception.

Jenn wore the cutest embroidered boots with her wedding dress!

The bouquets went so perfectly with this old chair in the foreman’s house that it made the perfect place for detail pics!

This was one of our favorite shots from the whole day! Jenn is so gorgeous with the sunlight coming through the trees!

Even the road in front of the Inn is a wonderful place to shoot! All the roads in that area go on forever, which looks so fantastic in the background of our pics.

Jenn and Mike had their ceremony on the lawn behind the Inn, so Jenn walked along the path below to enter the ceremony.

I am absolutely in love with this gate!

The placecards for the reception seating were hung with twine on a wooden wine rack.

The reception was set up with farm tables and adorable burlap runners lined with lace.

After dinner, Jenn and Mike got super yummy pie pockets for their guests for dessert!

 

Special thanks to all the vendors at Jenn and Mike’s wedding:
Venue: The Inn at Park Winters
Florist: Botanica Floral and Event Designs
DJ: Four Leaf Entertainment
Caterer: The Inn at Park Winters
Hair: Kelsea Jackson