It’s spring and love is in the air, blowing wedding veils like no one’s pretty business. Hall-le-lu-yer for wind! Abner and Denise planned for a sun shine-filled Saturday, but instead April showers arrived. When do we really get April showers in SoCal anyway? We needed the rain, but this beautiful couple surely didn’t want to see one drop. I kept the situation light and offered them an umbrella and reminded them that rain on a wedding day is good luck!

Both Abner and Denise looked ravishing from head to toe, but I must say my brides, like Denise, are absolutely stunning! Each detail was perfection, from her gorgeous lace-trimmed veil to her ah-maze-ingly sparkling Betsey Johnson shoes. The pretty details just kept going!

My current favorite ceremony location is the Cathedral in Downtown Los Angeles. The light and space are just stunning. Their ceremony was beautiful! The love and laughter just continued to carry on into the reception, which was held on the same grounds.  After all the sincere speeches I thought everyone was going to keep on crying a river until the best man came out with a poster-size childhood photo of him and the groom! From zero to sixty we all went from sentimental tears to that of uncontrollable laughter. If things couldn’t get any better, all of their immediate family and wedding party opened up the dance floor with a traditional Mexican wedding dance, with a bull-shaped piñata, baskets full of fruits, and pretty ribbons wrapped around liquor bottles! This wedding was one for the records! Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Chavez, may the rest of your marriage be filled with nothing but sun-shiny days!

Ceremony & Venue: Cathedral of Our Lady of Angeles  |  Shoes: Betsey Johnson  |  Hand lettering: Laniletter Paper Co.  |  Photographer: Eva Marie Photography