Carmen & Pete (Beatles Smog Shoppe Wedding) Part 1

I am trying my best to do this wedding justice.

I knew from start that Carmen & Pete were going to blow me away with their wedding day.

They are such a thoughtful couple,

that I just knew their wedding would be chalk full of lovelies!

And with the UBER fabulous Jesi Haack on board as the designer, I knew it would be stunning!

Since I had such a hard time narrowing down photos this will be a 2 part wedding blog post =)

I honestly could write about how wonderful everything was, but I want to just write to my lovely Shugars:

Pete & Carmen- THANK YOU. Thank you for choosing me to document your sweet day.

You two are some of the sweetest and truly the most thoughtful people I have had the chance in meeting/knowing/loving!

I adore you two and am so excited for your life together as man & wife =)

Now just hurry up and make lots of sweet shugar babies!

Part 1 details: below :)

Wedding Dress: Watters Too

Reception Dress: BCBG Maxazria

Shoes: Seychelles from Anthropologie

Hairpiece: Lo Boheme

Bridesmaids: each girl picked their own dress/ one even made her own!

Gloves/ necklaces: Dark Destiny (etsy) & Margot Strong / necklaces made by the MOG (Mother of the Groom)

Groom/Groomsmen: JCrew

Getting Ready Venue: The London Hotel

Venue: Smog Shoppe

Designer/Coordinator: Jesi Haack Designs

Invitations: Posh Paperie

Florist: Effusive Flowers

Bouquet: Surroundings Online (Etsy) & Jesi Haack

Bouts: Surroundings Online (Etsy) & Effusive Flowers

Catering: Eco Caterers / Taco King (late night snacks)

Videographer: Floataway Studios

Head over to GREEN WEDDING SHOES for loads of sweet details on the Shugar's Wedding!

The groomsmen boutonnieres: Pete wanted the bouts to represent a part of

something I have given him. Each bout for the groomsmen & groom

was made from vintage atlas map paper from different cities we have visited or would like to go as a married couple. I am a traveler and Pete wants to explore the world with me. Pete’s bout was a map of L.A. (the city we fell in love). The rest of the bouts were made from maps of Lansing, Michigan (Pete’s from Michigan), Australia (our honeymoon location), London, Vancouver, Paris, Portland, Mexico City (Carmen's family is from there).

The bridesmaids carried tambourines instead of bouquets! Such a fun element!

Still DYING over their HEART backdrop :)

Cutest Guestbook ever!

The bridal party danced up the aisle to "Brown Eyed Girl"

Pete's brother Randy got ordained to officiate the wedding :)

The whole bridal party recited a song, " Love " by John Lennon

Most couples do a sand ceremony or a candle lighting, Carmen and Pete had a sugar (Shugar) ceremony! "Shugar" is their nickname as a couple- Shu-coming frome Pete's last name,

and Gar-coming from Carmen's last name.

To represent the union of our two families, they asked their parents to bring a bag of sugar from their kitchens, one from Lansing, Michigan, the other from San Marino, California. The kitchen is the heart of every home. It not only provides sustenance to each member of the family, but also brings the family together. They blended together the two individual bags of sugar into a heart-shaped vase to symbolize our two families becoming one.

Stay tuned for part 2 shortly =)