Kelly and Mykel's Wedding in Claremont, California

The story of our wedding

We envisioned a very romantic, fairy gardened themed wedding but had no idea how well each vendor understood the vision and was going to come together to make such a magical event. From the endlessly beautiful scenes at the venue nestled up in the mountains, to the Manzanita trees lining our aisle covered in fairy lights, crystals and floral arrangements. My bouquet even had fairy lights in it!! Padua was so special for so many reasons (views, food reviews, sound systems, lighting, caring team members, etc) but the most important was it's history as it was a nod to where Mykel proposed (Italy). Some details close to my heart included my lemon pajamas (also Italy), our favorite song embossed into my veil, Mykel's favorite quote as a neon sign, a clay replica of our dog on our cake, my husband getting an outfit change instead of me, a choreographed dance under bubbles dropping from the ceiling, digital illustrators creating art (which we love!) as favors for our guests, and instead of a photo booth we went with a slow motion 360 video booth that people got a kick out of. Of course everyone thinks their wedding is the most magical day ever, but my goal is less about show casing us and more about showing appreciation to our vendors in every way possible. It was a dream team that gave me a wedding I didn't even know was going to come together so seamlessly.