Burton inspired Wonderland Wedding

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Welcome to the wonderland of Craig and Becky’s Tim Burton inspired Wonderland Wedding. Their edgy Alice world was simply fantastic.

“We’re all mad here..”

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The Hookah bar was a steamy riot.

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Becky created her own dress, which took several months. The details blew us away.

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Craig was totally snaz with an amazing watch and red ruby cufflinks.

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Every tiny details was withing the theme, from songs to RSVP cards….

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…or the magical box for Becky’s jewelry.

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Professionally made signage.

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And of course the keys to Wonderland…

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Gosh, we loved those slippers.

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Tea sandwiches towered aside of macaroons.

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Fantastic centerpieces with tea cups, books, keys, whimsical flowers and moss…

Aerialist Tamysen was magical. Becky and Craig actually are her students in Los Angeles.

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The absolute theme cake with the cutest details.

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The happy end.

 

 

Wonderland vendors
Photographer:
Oliver Barth
oliver@zariastudios.com

http://zariastudios.com

DJ:
Dominic (WhosThatDJ)
dominic@whosthatdj.com

http://whosthatdj.com

Hookah:
Bashnak Feras (Hookah Fly Catering)
info@hookahfly.com

http://hookahfly.com

Aerialist:
Tamysen Malles

therealtamysen@gmail.com

Flowers:
Leah Pate
hyacinthgirlfloral@gmail.com

http://hyacinthgirlfloral.com

Cake:
Wendy and Steve (Skiff’s Cakes)
info@http://skiffscakes.com

 

http://ecoandtheprincess.com

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Cruelty-Free DIY Makeup & Hair for the Eco Chic Bride

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I’ve seen hundreds of DIY bridal makeup & hair looks, but I’ve never been able to find a vegan cruelty-free tutorial. So, this motivated me to create one myself.

The Makeup Tutorial: 

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Captured & Edited by Jenny Kolber

Captured & Edited by Jenny Kolber

  • Products used:
    • All over the face: Reviva Makeup Primer and Josie Maran Argan Foundation (color: light/medium), and Josie Maran Pressed Powder in Warm Sienna.
    • Eyes: Mineral Fusion Eye Primer, Pacifica Power of Love Essential Eyeshadow Palette (Shades- cream, taupe and plum), Josie Maran Coconut Watercolor Eyeshadow in Playa Del Pink, Earth Lab Cosmetics Vegan Mineral Eye Pencil in Black, Mineral Fusion Mascara, Honest Beauty Eyebrow Pencil in Dark Blonde, Winks Faux Eyelashes by Georgie, and Clear Lash Adhesive by Georgie.
    • Cheeks & Lips: 100% Pure Blush Pink Champagne Luminizer, 100% Pure All Over Glow: Lightly Sun Kissed, Zuzu Lip Liner in the color Innocence, and Jane Iredale Lip & Cheek Stain in Forever Peach.
  1. Apply primer all over your face and eye primer on your eyelids.
  2. Start with your eye makeup because eyeshadow residue may fall around your eye area. So, this makes it easier to clean up any residue.
  3. Apply a small dot of foundation all over your eyelids. This will help your eyeshadow go on smoothly and it will help enhance the shadow color. Apply the light cream eyeshadow all over your lid and do not go higher than your crease. Then lightly pat the taupe shadow to the middle of your lid. Next, apply the plum shade in the corner of your eye. Blend everything out with a blending brush. For an extra glow add the Josie Maran Watercolor Eyeshadow all over your eyelid.
  4.  Tightline your upper eyelid with an eye liner by getting as close as to your waterline as possible. Then apply the eyeliner along your top eyelashes. Keep the eyeliner as thin as possible at the inner eye and make it thicker as you go towards the outer eye. You can put a little eyeliner to bottom eyelid, but only to the outer quarter. Do not line your entire bottom lid as this will make your eyes appear smaller.
  5. Apply your false lashes to your upper lash line. After your lashes have set go back over the lash line and cover any glue with your eye liner. Curl your lashes and apply mascara.
  6. Shade in your eyebrows with your eyebrow pencil and run a spooly over your brows after your done.
  7. Now you can apply your foundation all over your face, set it with powder, and finish it off by patting everything down with a beauty blender.
  8. Next, apply the blush to the apples of your cheeks and blend it out. Again, set your blush by patting it down with your beauty blender.
  9. Using the 100% Pure Bronzer, pump a dollop on your hand and use your fingertip to apply it. Start at your temples and make a backwards three along each side of your face. So the bronzer should go on your temples, cheekbones, and along your jawline. Be sure to blend it all out with your damp beauty blender.
  10. Now you can finish the look off by lining your lips. To help your lipstick color last you should color in the majority of your lips with your liner and then finish it off with the Jane Iredale Peach Lip Stain.

 

Hair Tutorial: 

Captured & Edited by Jenny Kolber

Captured & Edited by Jenny Kolber

 

  • Tools & Products Used: Teasing Brush, Alligator Clips, 1in Curling Iron, Giovanni Dry Shampoo, DermOrganic 8 Way Thermal Spray, Andalou Naturals Hair Spray, Bobby Pins, Clear Elastic Hair Ties, and this is optional- I added a pretty haircomb.
  • This look works best on freshly cleaned hair. For extra volume apply dry shampoo to the roots of your hair. Now apply your DermOrganic Thermal Spray as this will act as a heat protectant for when you curl your hair.
  • Next, grab a few pieces in the front that you would like to leave out to frame your face and clip each side with an alligator clip.
  • Optional step: For extra volume tease the hair at the crown of your head.
  • Leave about two inches out on each side of your head and gather the crown area into a half up half down ponytail and secure with bobby pins.
  • Grab a one inch section on the side of your hair and twist it. Secure the twist with a bobby pin at your ponytail. Do the same to the other side and repeat with the last two remaining side sections.
  • Take the ponytail in the middle and create a simple braid and secure it with a clear elastic. For extra volume lightly loosen your braid by gently pulling on each section/piece of the braid.
  • Tie your braid into a knot and secure with bobby pins.
  • On medium heat curl any hair that is loose. Take our your alligator clips and curl the hair framing your face. Lightly hairspray your curls.
  • Optional: I decorated this look with a haircomb, but you can also try styling your look by pinning fresh flowers to the top of your braided bun or even pin the flowers inside your braided bun.
  • Voila, your hair & makeup is complete!

Are you planning an ecofriendly event? Be sure to contact Angelica of Eco & The Princess.

Credits:

Written by Jenny K.

Makeup and Hair by Jenny K.

Photos by Jenny K and captured with the Olympus OMD camera.

Model: Sarah Duta

 

 

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What makes a wedding planner thrive?

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Fresh from the wedding planner diary

My vegan bride Marisa surprised me with a thank you gift bag after her wedding on Friday. As their happy planner I thought about how much I love my business. Other than sweet surprises but what else does a wedding planner love about the different parts of a profession, listed as one of the top stressful jobs?

We all enjoy different things about weddings.

For me it’s

  1. meeting new couples
  2. exploring their theme, the unique quality of what makes a couple so perfect for each other
  3. assisting to give life to their ideas and manifest it in the decor and type of event
  4. creating unusual center pieces and settings
  5. integrating lots of unique pieces from grand ma’s tea pots and lace to up-cycled signage and art
  6. going on thrift and antic store hunts for the right decor from silver containers or fairy tale figurines
  7. to set and direct day of stage like one of the best stage producers in Hollywood
  8. making sure the process is fun for all
  9. and yeah, we reduced trash and the impact on the environment

And then after the wedding we fly like a butterfly on the love we receive. Marisa was so insightful and sweet to tend to my preferences; the gifts were organic and cruelty free. Brad and Marisa’s card really is the best reward and makes a planner thrive.

 

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The actual effort to buy a card, and an eco friendly one in this case, to write a note and mail it is so endearingly retro sweet.

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Thank you, Marisa and Brad. You are amazing.

Vegan Catering in LA:

Inn of the Seventh Ray

Veganics

Jenny Cooks

Eco Caters

 

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Storytelling weddings are one of the best trends of 2016

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Storytelling weddings

 

It’s always about your story, in life as much as for your wedding. If you don’t like your wedding to look like the ten others your friends visited in the last couple years – be authentic. I mean really hardcore authentic, finding your myth, your darkness or your light. I love to do quizzes with my couples to find the most unique theme coming right from their – souls, yes right. Find yourself, find your wedding is a fun game and makes everybody happy. You, because you’ll be embodying your truth on this amazing stage and your guests as everybody loves to be surprised and feel the real you.

The more fun you have on the journey to your your wedding the more amazing the day (or weekend) will be. Not only will you have the party of a lifetime but you can be pretty sure you’ll discover things you never knew about yourself.

How to get there?

  1. Morning pages – in the morning we’re more ourselves, not yet full of the action and influences of the day. Brain storm about the words wedding, love, relationship, adventure, forever…
  2. Mandalas – inspiration boards, make them count. Get stacks of magazines from friends and relatives and dive it. Put what’s most important in the middle and spread out from there – but don’t think, feel it and do
  3. Create a story – where do you see yourself in 5 -10 – 100 years?
  4. Dig into your dreams and desires
  5. Look at your childhood ideas and what you might have never dared to live or feel or get
  6. Whats the deepest or most exiting thing that connects you two? If it’s skydiving you don’t have to have a wedding reception in mid air but maybe in a really spacy, lofty Cloud 7 place….

Stuff like that and more concrete exercises about the actual wedding stage – and you’ll have a wedding nobody else has had before. Promise.

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16 tips for sustainable fun with wedding florals

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Unfortunately the floral industry in another one of those bad boys, dizzying us with chemical clouds. But organic growers, sustainable ideas, creative bridal bouquet ideas and living plants rush to the rescue.

Ten tips to make it work:

1. Ask your florist to source organic flowers where they can

2. Hold the floral foam, which contains formaldehyde

3. Integrate succulents, which can be planted in the garden or air plants which are amazingly decorative

4. Mix and match cut flowers and potted flowers

5. Make your center pieces your favors

6. Use vintage re-usable flower containers

7. Donate your center pieces to retirement homes

8. Be creative with natural elements, sticks and stones, moss and bark..

9. Collect cool containers over the planning process

10. Visit Thrift stores for container inspiration

11. Mix and match fresh and dried flowers

12. Use dried flowers, that last for a long time

13. Grow your own wild flowers if you have a garden, lavender for example is an easy one

14. Use potted plants big enough for your balcony or garden decor later

15. If you don’t find organic, stay with local growers

16. Play with lots of re-usable and vintage containers and minimal flowers

 

A great example of a floral designer: Tara from By the Bloom, who drives her cool flower truck around LA : She mixes and matches many of the above sustainable practices.

It’s rare that we can be 100% but with creativity and the right people your flowers can be a delight for your guests and light’n easy on the planet.

Bernadette wine crates

Bernadette and Fabien made their own containers from wine crates of their wine business.

Collecting jars for over a year and get reports from Deb&Beau’s lavender garden, finding terracotta pots for Claire&Chris or the perfect vintage bottles in hundred different Thrift stores with Olivia was wedding planner fun.

Photos via Wedding Flowers Albany, By the Bloom, studio fleurette, Toast, Angelica Weihs

 

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