Firestone Vineyard Wedding Featured on Santa Barbara Wedding Guide!

Apr 9th, 2010
Posted By Liane- Santa Barbara Wedding Guide




Santa Barbara Style: Fresh Blooms
Wedding Coordinator: Tonya Szele, Soigne Productions
Florist: Tricia Fountaine
Photographer: Kristen Beinke
Table Numbers: Lazaro Press & Design
Bride and Groom: Nick and Danielle
Location: Firestone Vineyard

Silver tea pots, glass, birds, nests and guitars . . .

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Santa Barbara Mission and Firestone Vineyard: Mayo + RJ

Mayo and RJ are the sweetest couple and I am so excited to share their wedding photos with you.  Their beautiful ceremony and reception were held at the Old Mission Santa Barbara and the Firestone Vineyard in Los Olivos.

This happened to be the same weekend as the La Brea Wild Fires and even though we were a safe distance away, ash snowed down on the Vineyard, so we moved the celebration indoors.  Luckily, Firestone has a large barrel room that was able to accommodate us and the combination of the natural woods-like floral blended perfectly with the surrounding oak barrels.

Photographers Michael and Anna Costa captured the evening beautifully and Los Angeles Florist, The Velvet Garden created individual works of art on each of their guest tables.

Enjoy!

Mayo carried a gorgeous bouquet in shades of whites and ivories with accents of green... The flowers included exquisite lady slipper orchids, parrot tulips, fragrant gardenias and stephanotis... RJ's boutonniere was designed to match and included succulent, stephanotis and a white rose petal backing.

Each of the bridemaids held bouquets created from a single floral element to include (from left to right) green hydrangeas, green cymbidium orchids and kermit mums... The groomsmen wore matching boutonnieres.

Pocketfold invitations were written in both Japanese and English and included a weekend schedule, map and response card... Matching escort cards were placed in the tasting room- their colors indicated guest meal selections... Instead of a traditional guest book, we used a flat barrel head carving from E Wood Art.

A simple white buttercream cake, provided by Decadence Wedding Cake, was decorated with green roses, hydrangeas and kermit mums... Guest tables, covered in Colchester Chocolate Linen from Classic Party Rentals, were adorned with zen inspired centerpieces that were three dimensional, "enchanted gardens" incorporating pieces of driftwood, vines, moss, flowers and fruit... Instead of table numbers, each table was named for a different varietal of wine...  Guests received a box of homemade truffles from Jessica Foster Confections.

Guests enjoyed a delicious three course plated meal prepared by Duo Catering and Events... After dinner, they were invited to the Firestone Wine Club Lounge to dance to music provided by DJ Anthony Liebetrau of Red Shoe.
 
Congratulations Mayo & RJ!!

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Firestone Vineyard: Justin + Alberto

I was thrilled when Justin and Alberto called to ask me to help plan their wedding.  They are so much fun and I was intrigued by their idea of booking The Minikiss Band for their reception...  Well, we didn't end up booking Minikiss, but we did plan a fabulous event and their guests had the best time.  Along with a team of their talented friends, we planned a beautiful event at the Firestone Vineyard in Los Olivos.

This was my first time working with an amazing photographer, Amy Tierney of f8f11 Images.  She's a commercial and fashion photographer, who also covers modern weddings in full detail, and a good friend of the groom and groom.  Their other friends, Jarrod and Tally, set designers from Hollywood, created the gorgeous floral and lighting decor.

I'm so excited to share the unique details of Justin and Alberto's Wine Country Wedding.

Enjoy!  

Firestone Vineyard has a new ceremony site called the vineyard mesa... The mesa has gorgeous vineyard and mountain views as well as a beautiful old oak similar to the famous ceremony oak at their Crossroads venue...  Their graphic wedding cake was created by Decadence Wedding Cakes...  I absolutely love the matching top hats...  Justin and Alberto enjoy a good celebration and the hanging animal masks symbolize their love of costumes. 

They had first met on the red carpet during a Los Angeles event and that same red carpet was used to mark the entrance to their ceremony... One of my favorite parts of the day was hearing the vows Alberto wrote for Justin...  He combined 80s song lyrics to express how he feels about his groom and it could not have been more perfect.

Guests were invited into the barrel room for dinner where they enjoyed Santa Maria Style BBQ catered by Plemmons Catering...  The 150 person guest table extended the entire length of the room... It was stunning...  Following dinner, guests were invited to the courtyard to dance, but first, Justin surprised Alberto with a painting of their ceremony oak.

The celebration got a little "wild"!  The dance floor was full all night long...  Another friend, DJ Diva Danielle White, provided the tunes.

The happy couple made their grand exit in a 1940 Touring Packard Sedan provided by Classic Motoring Car Rentals. 

Congratulations Justin & Alberto!

tags Ceremony, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Event Catering, Santa Barbara Wedding Location, Santa Barbara Wedding Locations, Southern California Wedding, Wedding Location Venue, Soigne Productions, Wine Country Wedding, Gay Wedding

Firestone Vineyard: Danielle + Nick

Danielle and Nick are a very cool, rock n- roll couple and I had the pleasure of working with them to plan their wedding at the Firestone Vineyard in Los Olivos. Danielle Brisebois is a producer and song writer for artists such as Natasha Bedingfield, Kelly Clarkson and Donna Summer. Nick Lashley is a guitar player and producer originally from the UK who has toured, recorded and written songs with artists such as Natasha Bedingfield, Alanis Morrisette and Lisa Marie Presley.

All of the beautiful photographs were taken by my good friend and photographer Kristen Beinke and the amazing Tricia Fountaine designed the traditional, English-country decor.

I am excited to share the details of Danielle and Nick's wedding day with you.

Enjoy!

Their ceremony was held on the vineyard terrace which has one of the most stunning views in the valley. Tricia decorated the Firestone arch with grape vines, clusters of grapes, branch roses and chiffon fabric.

This was my first time working with Lazaro Design... Tracy is an extremely creative wedding invitation designer and she designed a custom monogram for Danielle and Nick that we used throughout their event... Their escort cards were placed on the tasting room bar on wooden trays with a bed of ivory rose petals and Kermit mums... As a surprise for Nick, Danielle named the tables after guitars... The cocktail reception was held in the winery's barrel room and Bella Vista Designs placed several spot lights on the lower and upper decks to highlight the barrels.

Dinner and Dancing took place in the courtyard... Tricia created unique arrangements for each of the guest tables... She used all different silver containers, tea sets, trays and glass jars... No two tablescapes were the same and each was a work of art... Apple green satin linen and fruitwood chivari chairs added classic elegance... Alternating round and square tables finished the look.

Bella Vista Designs draped fabric and paper lanterns over the event space... Decadence Wedding Cakes created the four tier cake with vanilla butter cream frosting and delicate sugar flowers.

 Natasha Bedingfield gave a very special performance of "Put Your Arms Around Me" for the bride and groom... Rincon Catering, one of my favorite catering companies, provided rentals, lighting design, lounges and of course the delicious food.

Congratulations Danielle & Nick!

tags Ceremony, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Event Catering, Santa Barbara Wedding Location, Santa Barbara Wedding Locations, Southern California Wedding, Wedding Location Venue, Soigne Productions, Wine Country Wedding, Firestone Vineyard Wedding, Tricia Fountaine Designs