The Comforts of Home

Welcome to Katie & Bragi's wedding!
From the very beginning, Katie had a vision that her wedding would be 'earthy, rustic, natural and personal'. She chose to have her wedding at her sister's house which made it even more special. On our first site visitation, I was just in awe of the house - it was heavily fortressed by trees and calmed with the soothing sounds of a waterfall that trickled into a stream that ran along the center of the yard. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought I was at some mountain resort - not in the heart of Los Angeles!

The ceremony took place underneath a tree where we strung mason jars filled with floating flowers:

The bridal bouquet consisted of anemones, veronica, daffodil, sweet pea, freesia, wheat stalks, finished with camelia and hosta leaves. We created bridesmaid bouquets of green blooms using helebores, succulents, viburnum, and bits of bupleurum. We wrapped the stems using galax and leather twine.


Katie's nephew served as the ringbearer - his piercing blue eyes and slightly askew bowtie gives this fellow such character! He held a bird's nest with mood moss and a succulent. More leather twine held the (fake) rings.


The boutonnieres were succulents with hypericum, curly willow, silver dollar eucalyptus and dogwood, complete with Bragi's own personal touch:

I find that I can't continue without singing the praises of Lindsey and April from Sweet Monday Photography. They captured everything so well with a quality that is, well...sweet. These two gals are just down to earth and personable & I can see why Katie chose them for her wedding. Their bio states that they once drove to six places looking for pie - something Kendra and I can instantly relate to! :)

Apparently they blogged right before the wedding about wanting to get a picture of moss initials. Coincidentally, we did moss letters with succulents and manzanita branches to greet guests as they entered:

The couple looking blithe and happy. Katie made such a beautiful bride!

Katie wanted the flowers to have a just-gathered-from the garden effect using blooms that weren't formal or rigid. Mason jars lined the center of the table along with vases of candles. Each candle was accented with pine cones, sword fern, wheat stalks, coffee beans or curly willow loops.


The rustic wooden tables are from Classic Party Rentals, along with the chargers and cube salt & pepper shakers. Please note that the following subpar quality pics are NOT from Sweet Monday but from my beloved blackberry phone...tweaked using picnik.com!

*Centerpieces consisted of freesia, mums, Star of Bethlehem, bouvardia, ranunculus, bupleurum, and honeysuckle vines.

The table cards were designed and printed by the bride as she is a talented graphic designer. Check out her site www.beodesigns.com. Throughout the wedding, Katie tied everything together with her personal touches, down to a cake topper of pine cones she found from her engagement at a ski resort!


Katie really understood that when you incorporate these kinds of special details, you guests will only know you better as a couple. That is a true celebration of a wedding! Congratulations to Katie & Bragi :)