Sarah and Noah are bright, funny, kind, loving and two of the happiest people we’ve worked with and their wedding reflected their personalities to a “T”.
Having a bright and cheery palette was important to them and we accommodated with colors as bright as Fiestaware. But one of our favorite elements has always been the escort card hay we designed to nod toward the rustic “barn” style wedding they were having. We were so lucky to be able to work with Sarah & Noah.
Images by Damion Hamilton
We are known for our weddings at Sasha Souza Events but we also do a myriad of other events including birthdays, bar & bat mitzvahs, corporate meetings, conferences and team building events. Today’s event is a Bat Mitzvah for the most wonderful 13 year old girl. Her family planned her event at their Atherton home for over 100 guests. But this wasn’t a kitchy, kiddy mitzah… it was chic, contemporary, hip and sweet – just like the guest of honor. Along with her mother {whom we adore}, we were able to create an event that is timeless and beautiful to celebrate her rite of passage into religious maturity.
The event started with a cocktail party in the front of the house and progressed to the ceremony which took place in the rear of the estate. The ceremony structure was kept very light and airy with clusters of same kind flowers and a clear podium. After the ceremony ended, the guests enjoyed a group of fire dancers and Hawaiian inspired mocktails & cocktails. The dinner was on the rear of the estate lawn where guests selected from a variety of pareve kosher delicacies from stations prepared by Someone’s in the Kitchen from Tarzana. Guests could seat themselves at the informal arrangement of tall cocktail bars, low tables, round tables and lounges as they danced, did the hora and enjoyed a mind-blowing 24′ candy station.
We hope you enjoy the images as much as we loved putting the event together. The photographs are by Damion Hamilton Photography. Please also enjoy the event film by Luke Goodman at the end of the post.
Leah’s Batmitzvah from Luke Goodman on Vimeo.
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We have a new feature at Sasha Souza Events and it’s called The Daily Pretty. Each day, including weekends, we will be posting a single image of our work for you to love. They’re our favorite images from all our weddings and it’s very tough to choose just one image to showcase each day. But you can follow along. We won’t be posting them here on the blog, we will use this for full weddings & events. But the daily pretty can be seen on our Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter & Facebook Pages. We hope you enjoy it.
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Last week, I started you on the journey of Candice & Chip’s three day wedding weekend. You saw a fun barbeque, a delightful morning ceremony & brunch which was filled with an afternoon of field games. The rest of today’s post is about the evening activities they had planned for the guests – specifically a fun fajita dinner & concert by their very favorite musician, Bob Schneider. A Bob concert was the place they met for their first “adult” date. Since they had met when they were young teens and had not seen each other for more than 20 years, they met at a concert after becoming friends again. The rest, is history. Enjoy this amazingly bright & cheerful dinner & concert.
We utilized a combination of mustard, butter, gunmetal & onyx for the dinner tables combining 5 different cloths for the dining table. The dinner was casual, guests could come any time they wanted to get a bite before the concert that evening.
We continued the handmade paper flowers through the entire event including the dinner & concert.
150 yards of meadow were covered in outdoor string lighting to add an ethereal effect and tie the dinner & concert areas together.
In lieu of cake, which they served earlier in the day, Candice chose to serve a variety of gourmet Vosges chocolate and handmade treats.
The dinner was designed in coordinating tones of sage & coffee. Additional color was brought in with the pillows on the couches, the fleece throws & gthe lighting on the dance floor.
The couple danced to the Bob Schneider song “40 Dogs” as their first dance. Bob was amazing, accommodating, talented, professional and has an amazing voice.
Please also watch the wedding film by Lovespun Handmade Wedding Films. It’s stunning and showcases the entire three days.
Images by: Damion Hamilton & S7Foto
What was so lovely about planning & designing Candice & Chip’s wedding day celebration was that they were very specific about the experience they wanted the guests to enjoy. For example… they love brunch. It’s their favorite meal and they often host large brunches at their home for their close friends and family. So, we chose to do an early morning event with ceremony at 11 a.m. followed by a brunch where guests could choose from several stations which focused on local, seasonal and organic foods. They also had a bar with freshly squeezed juices, coffee and bloody mary’s. This was their way of expressing who they are through the meal being served. However, the morning ceremony was the first piece of what was to be an entire day of joy, fun and reveling in the community they had brought together. Because of the bride’s affiliation with the Tom’s Shoes, all guests were given a pair to enjoy. The company’s mission is to provide footwear for children in need throughout the world whenever you purchase a pair for yourself. One for One. Get a Pair Give A Pair.
The ceremony was held in a grove of trees with the structure being only a simple four posted canopy of scalloped damask fabric. The trees held the story of the ribbons that we were using throughout the day and the gorgeous paperf lowers which were part of the entire weekend celebration and were the common thread used throughout the weekend.
Post ceremony, guests enjoyed a day of field games where they could enjoy the day. The activities allowed guests to play board games, corn hole, ping pong, badminton, bocce ball, horse shoes or just relax and have a hand, foot or scalp massage. The unstructured nature of the day was paramount to the team building feeling the guests had while they were at the property.
We ended the evening with a wonderful concert which I will share in my next post. In the meantime, enjoy the wedding images of Candice & Chip.
images & Damion Hamilton for Sasha Souza Events
Paperflowers by Etsy Seller MCFUNK90
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