Nancy and Nathan (also known as N+N) quickly became friends of ours during their Engagement journey. When their Wedding Day arrived at the stunningly beautiful Villa del Sol d'Oro in Sierra Madre, we didn’t walk into the day feeling like we were about to photograph the Wedding Day of Clients, but of true, life-long friends. Over the last few months, N+N have sent us such great encouraging words through texts, emails, and even in person, that we feel absolutely blessed to know them!!! Their thoughts and prayers have been an amazing source of support for us, and for that we are forever grateful! On top of them just being absolutely beautiful people on the inside, they are equally beautiful on the outside. Their Wedding Day showcased their beautiful hearts as there was absolutely no way of hiding their glow through smiles, tears, and sheer joy! They were marrying their Lover and Best Friend. We were blessed to capture it all! Below are a few of our favorite moments captured during their beautiful Wedding Day!!
N+N, we love you both! May God richly bless your new marriage from now until forever. God bless you both abundantly! Enjoy!
Blessings,
Sammy
"My lips will glorify You because Your
faithful love is
better than life."
Psalm 63:3
Venue: Villa del Sol d'Oro http://www.sagardens.com/VDSDO/
Event Design: Bride and Groom, Narimay Events http://www.narimayevents.com/index/
Day of Coordinator: Naydia Chantarasompoth and Christian Vuong
Photographer: Closer to Love Photography http://www.closertolovephotography.com/
Videographer: Chris Lee Chrisferlee@gmail.com
Hair and Make-Up: e2beauty http://www.e2beauty.com/
Desserts: Porto's Bakery http://www.portosbakery.com/
Officiant: Brett Yee swspiffy@gmail.com
Graphic Design: Pale Designs jess@paledesigns.com
Decor: DIY by Bride and Groom
Ringbearer Box: DIY by Bride's Sister
Dress: Paloma Blanca
Bracelet / Cuff Links: Banana Republic
Hairpiece: Petit Plume http://www.petitplume.com/
Bridesmaid Bracelets: Anthropologie
Garter / Hanger: Etsy
Summary from the bride:
Planning our wedding was one of the most exciting, challenging, and rewarding experiences we've ever had. Growing up in Southern California, I always knew that I wanted to get married outdoors because of the constantly gorgeous weather. My husband was pretty easygoing and open to all of my millions of ideas, so I ended up dragging him around to several venues for various meetings and open houses. Eventually, we stumbled upon the villa and immediately fell in love with the venue for its rustic charm, elegance, romantic feel, and thoughtful architecture.
Once we settled on our venue, we then built our wedding around a central theme of playful and whimsical elegance. Although we wanted to capture and pay respect to the naturally upscale feel of the villa, we also wanted to incorporate our own lighthearted and fun personalities into the theme. With input from my supportive older sister and maid-of-honor, we decided on blush pink and mint green as our central colors, along with gold as a supporting accent color. We knew that we wanted our wedding to be very personal, so we also asked one of my closest friends from college to marry us and also utilized the talented services of some of our friends from church for hair, make-up, and videography. It was also definitely a family affair, as our wedding party was primarily composed of my three older sisters, their husbands, and my two nephews!
Our wedding was over a year in the making, but time really passed by rather quickly, considering our big day arrived before we knew it! I can say with confidence that we learned to love, serve, and help each other so much throughout the process. We spent many days and nights crafting, cutting wood for signs at Home Depot, assembling programs, putting our calligraphy skills to work, cutting fabric, pinning, gluing things, collecting rose petals, shopping, and working closely with all of our vendors to ensure that they captured our vision for the day. With all the different websites out there, we often felt pretty humbled by our self-perceived lack of creativity, but after all the DIY stuff we managed to accomplish...we actually stood back and realized we're pretty crafty when we work together as a team!
The day of our wedding could not have been more beautiful and seamless! Every detail was laid out beautifully and our vision was perfectly executed by Narimay Events. We especially loved the thumbprint tree guestbook that we had custom designed in our likeness, a vintage typewriter we borrowed from a friend, the various types of flowers laid out throughout the venue in mercury vases (particularly the hydrangeas and peonies), the millions of frames of pictures from our engagement session, and our wooden love bird cake toppers. It was an extremely emotional day for my husband and I, as we eagerly anticipated seeing each other for the first time. Our ceremony was an amazing public declaration of our ever-growing faith and lifelong commitment to each other, which we symbolized through a tree ceremony. The rest of the day passed by so quickly, but we literally tried to soak up and enjoy every single minute of it. It was truly the happiest day of both our lives; in fact, my husband still talks about how he wishes we could go back to our wedding to this day (and so does my 2-year old nephew)!!!
