Weddings in Woodinville 2018

Four years ago I attended Weddings in Woodinville as a future Bride-to-be. I decided that I would also ask my friends to be my bridesmaids on this day as well. They all came over to my apartment before had and then I (of course) made them special cookie boxes and a custom card asking them "to be my..." it was an exciting moment.

 We lucked out on weather that year too as you can see, it was sunny and surprisingly warm for January in Seattle... The following year I got to go back again but this time as a bridesmaid for my friend who is to my right and kind of squinting in this photo haha...oh Jayme...gotta love my squad!

#Squad

So first as a bride, then a bridesmaid and then this year as a VENDOR! I was so excited to be about of this wedding show because 1) it is a big deal 2) it is exclusive and 3) it is really classy and well done. 

My awesome team was initially going to be staged at Redhook...however they closed up shop so *panic* mode for our team, but luckily they still had a spot for us at The Hollywood School House which is a gorgeous venue. 

My Weddings in Woodinville Team

Hollywood School House - Julia Kinnunen Photography

As I mentioned, I got to work with some really great vendors so let's talk about those fabulous people. All of these people were so great to work with. Lauren did a knock out job of our theme which was crazy and a little out of this world...Intergalactic Planetary...yup like the Beastie Boys song. And believe me, it got stuck in my head every time I said it...and it's happening now. Our colors were really dark and moody which I thought were gorgeous for a fall or winter wedding, we had a mixture of navy blue, deep purple and reds with mixed metallic gold and silver. 

Design/Coordination: Lauren from Flying Anchor Event Design 

Floral: Amarie Flora 

Make Up/Hair: Arianna Scott

Videographer: Best Made Videos

Photography: Julia Kinnunen Photography

Beverages: Breakside Brewery 

DJ/Music: Magnolia Rhapsody DJ 

Transportation: Butler Valet

Event Rentals: Pedersen's Events

Invitations/Paper Goods: Emily Rose Ink

Photobooth: Fun Frames Photobooth

Accomodations: Hilton Garden Inn Seattle/Bothell

When I first met with Lauren for coffee this past fall, she told me about her vision and her inspiration boards on Pinterest. Her main goal was to separate her theme from just "stars" or "under the stars" which been kind of over played in the wedding industry. I admit it took me a while to get my head around the theme, it wasn't quite under the stars and not kids birthday space planet...so what is it then?

Hollywood School House Transformed 

When I arrived in the morning to start setting up my dessert station the above picture is what I saw and I was completely blown away! Lauren and our team completed transformed the Hollywood School House to an out of this world planet. The up lighting and floral hanging center piece was a total show stopper. 

Ceremony Space

I absolutely loved the non-tradition circular set up for the ceremony. The clear chairs added to the glow and almost very space like. Amarie Flora KILLED it with that hanging flower center piece. It looks like it grew on a different planet. 

Shout out to our beautiful models for this event!

The Head Table 

I loved the back drop for the head table and the lighting on it was just perfect. OH! And I have to mention the awesome job our DJs did. They literally had me dancing all 10 hours I was there. At one point in the morning as we were setting up, my assistant and I were slicing cake and I hear a rap song come on and I was listening to the rapper, as I was not familiar with the song and I was like..."is that Chingy?" Yup...it was Chingy at like 11am...haha 

Head Table Close Up

Thanks again to the talented and amazing individuals at Pedersen's Event Rental who supplied all this crazy cool stuff for our theme. They really knocked it out of the park!

Place cards by Emily Rose Ink 

Emily Rose Ink did an awesome job with the paper goods for the event. She was even nice enough to make some for my dessert table which looked so awesome next to all the desserts. 

Dessert Table by Seatown Sweets

Lauren and I had a lot of discussion about what the cake should be and look like. I had a really cool idea for a Galaxy cake using mirror glazing technique. I even took a class about it to learn how to do it but decided to keep it more simple and "traditional" Plus I didn't know if I would have enough room on the table to display everything.

Purple Ombre Galaxy Cake

Lauren showed me this really cool ombre cake from Pinterest that went perfect for our theme. The finishing touch was the little Astronauts, people freaked out about them! And they are just so adorable, that and the star burst was all Lauren.

Galactic Dessert Table

The best part of the display was this cool mirror in the background. Again, Lauren had the brilliant idea to have some vinyl quotes and decals printed up to put on the mirrors. The quote above the cake was " You're not just a star to me, you're my whole damn sky." I like to think of it as modern romantic - lol. 

Little ombre star cookies

After Lauren and I met, and I signed the contract commiting to the event, I was trying to come up with my cake flavors to feature. One of my favorite things is trying in fun names to desserts like cake or cupcake flavors. So one night I am researching some fun cake ideas and I see this one cake called "Black Nebula" and it was for an Oreo chocolate cake and I thought - "That is so cool! What else can I come up with?" 

Cake Samples by Seatown Sweets

Now, I don' know how much you know about Astronomy, but I took Astro101 in college online and I didn't really retain a whole lot in terms of "astro terms" BUT thank gawd for Google. After finding a astronomy dictionary sight I scrolled through the list and jotted down terms that I thought could be good parallels for cake flavors.

Place Cards by Emily Rose Ink

 The terms that stuck out the most were: Big Bang, Red Giant, Black Nebula, Meteor Shower, Lunar/Solar Eclipse, and other fun words like Cosmic and Galatic. Instantly when I saw Red Giant I knew I had to use that one for Red Velvet cake, it was just too perfect. I took it one step farther too and made the cake GF for all my GF friends out there - and let me tell you....people went NUTS for it. I was surprised that of all the flavors, that one was by far the most popular. In fact, I had so many people comment "this is gluten free?!" that I had a slight panic attack that maybe I accidentally DIDN'T make it GF like I thought. So I tried a sample and was relieved...yup my friends Gluten Free. *phew*

Place Cards by Emily Rose Ink

The other cake names were Meteor Shower for classic vanilla cake, might be a little bit of a stretch but meteors always burn bright white so that's the parallel I am drawing with that one. One of my all time favorite cake flavors I make is s'mores which is a graham cracker cake, chocolate buttercream and from scratch marshmallow fluff - that mess concoction was Big Bang...because well you probably get the idea! 

Do you see those little dinosaur guys? Lauren spray painted those guys gold...how funny is that. All the guys loved the quirky little touch. I think it must have spoken to their inner child, my husband loved dinosaurs as a kid. 

Galaxy Ombre Cake

I love the little tiny silver stars on the cake. Each on of those were individually applied on with a toothpick. Now this cake I have to say is not real. As much as I would have liked it to be, it is just made out of Styrofoam.

Me and the dessert table 

Here is a better view of the overall dessert table. We were in a corner which was a little tricky to mingle and talk with people, sometimes it bottle necked a little bit as people came over to grab samples. The show was sold out at 750 people! Which is incredible, I saw some couples would I knew and some other friends who were just tagging a long. I wish I could have made it to the other venues to see all the beautiful and creative ideas.

Purple Swirl Cupcakes

Weddings in Woodinville is definitely one of the best wedding shows in Washington. The people coming through are really awesome, and I feel like there were way more grooms at the show with the brides to be too than I remember when I was attending. Hopefully, I will be able to participate in years too come!

Be sure to check out the Weddings in Woodinville event page for more information about the event, our vendors and all of the vendors who participated in this year's show.

Boho Chic Styled Wedding Shoot

I love making new friends in the wedding industry because they are such fun people, not only do they know how to party but they know how to throw a party. But more importantly, they are also some of the most hard-working people you will meet and that is because they take so much pride in their work - which I can totally relate to.

One of these new friends is the talented Amber Hayes from Rock and Stone Weddings. She is an event coordinator, stylist and master mind behind this whole Boho Chic wedding styled shoot and I was honored when she asked me to be apart of it. 

 Our Stunning Bride and Groom 

The shoot took place this past summer at Rattlesnake Ledge in North Bend, Washington. This summer we faced a lot of wildfires and unfortunately had to deal with smoke that took a long time to clear out. While there was smoke present for the shoot, it did not inhibit the beauty. It almost added to the Pacific Northwest beauty and style.

Boho Bride 

How adorable is her hat? It's like Coachella meets wedding! Let's talk about this stunning photography for a minute. Marnie Cornell of Marnie Cornell Photography was the photographer for this shoot. Her passion for photography started in a high school dark room - man I miss photography class! I also took some photography classes in high school and loved working in the dark room. Now in the world of DSLR camera, students don't even use the dark room anymore which is half the fun! Breaks my heart to hear that - but I digress - back to Marnie! Marnie has been in business for 7 years and she is a true talent. Be sure to check out her photography portfolio on her website.

Pacific Northwest Boho Chic Wedding Table

 The details of this wedding shoot were top notch. I loved the table place settings. Simply stunning and very Pacific Northwest. I love the wood mountain name tag with the tribal table cloth. I'm not cool enough to pull off the boho chic style but if I could...this is the wedding I would have wanted!

That cake though...wow

Now that cake is a show stopper, but I can't take credit for this one. This beautiful macrame cake was made by the talented Natalie Dehaven from Natalie Dehaven Cakes in Ellensburg, Washington. I could stare at this cake admiring all the hard work, skill and details that went into making this cake. Not to mention transporting it! That would be the scariest part. I love how the bottom tier is extra tall and the macrame hangs down, not to mention that "tie die" effect - so hippie right?! Great job Natalie!

Sweet moment with the Bride and Groom

 Oh! And I must also acknowledge the talent make up artist Shyn Midili of Pacific Brides mobile make up and styling. She did an excellent job on these people people! Check out her website portfolio to see all her beautiful work! Also the stunning gowns worn by the brides from Sarah Varca Bridal are amazing!

Succulent Cupcakes

Boho Chic Wedding - Succulent Cupcakes

Ok and now the moment you have all been waiting for - my turn! For this shoot I made some succulents using fondant and my Wilton succulent kit, for $15 it is totally worth it and so much fun to use. These little mini succulents I made for a wedding early in the summer so I am always excited when I get to use tools over again. And again, that table cloth! I totally want one! Here you can really see the design and detail - I just can't get over it!

 Another really fun element that Amber incorporated into this wedding shoot was the use of these really cool woodland animal masks! In fact I am pretty sure she based the whole thing from these masks. Now I am partial to the fox mask because it reminds me of my dog - she is a Shiba Inu and everyone says she looks like a little fox. I like how they used these masks and not just as a photobooth prop. I think it really adds to the feel of this "wedding."

Woodland Animal Masks - Boho Chic Wedding

 The flowers on this stunning table were styled by Amy of Brier and Ivy and she is a Pacific Northwest Native. Her work has been featured on JuneBug, Style Me Pretty, Oregon Pride Magazine and Magnolia Rouge. If that doesn't scream talent, I don't know what does!

A pretty model eating a pretty cupcake

Initially when I was looking through all the photos from the shoot, I missed these last two. I didn't know about them until another vendor posted it on their Instagram page, so that was a nice little surprise! I was also happy to hear that everyone loved eating them at the end of the shoot too. hehe.

A Bride and Her Cupcake

Again it was such an honor to be apart of this shoot, unfortunately I couldn't be present during the shoot but what a great opportunity. Some of the other vendors that were also involved in the shoot are as follows below as well as the complete list of vendors. Please be sure to follow them on social media and look at their beautiful work. 

Photography: @marniecornellphotography
Styling/Planning: @rockandstoneweddings
Cake: nataliedehavencakes
Cupcakes: @seatownsweets
Florals: @brierandivy
Hair & MU: pacific_brides
Sarah’s dress: @sarahvarcabridal
Kitty’s dress: BHLDN
Stationery: @rjcalligraphy
Menu: @tablecatering
Groom’s tie & pocket square @vknit.london
Models: @saririh @thomasdasmeep @thewildmeowmeow @jayseph_wells