EXCITING NEWS FOR MONARCH WEDDINGS!!!! 

As a San Diego native, Balboa Park has been a long time favorite places to visit in San Diego.  When I was young, my mom would take us kids down to Balboa Park to walk around and see all the beautiful sites of the Park and Museums. I feel in love with the beautiful architecture, the sites and sounds, and the experience of learning more about San Diego’s history.  As I began my journey as an event planner, The Prado at Balboa Park was a popular event spot and I was blessed to have opportunities to manage  weddings at the venue.  The Prado at Balboa Park quickly became one of my favorite venues to manage events at in San Diego. read more

NICK & JACKIE

THE PRADO AT BALBOA PARK – SAN DIEGO, CA

PART 2 –  THE CELEBRATION

It was such an honor to have the wonderful opportunity to work with this adorable fun loving couple (Nick and Jackie).  As you will see from the images captured by True Photography, this was such a vibrant, pretty and really FUN wedding.

After the ceremony at the Wishing Well, guests enjoyed cocktails & delicious appetizers while listening to the sounds of a Mariachi band playing in the Courtyard.  Then moving inside the Prado Ballroom, It’s easy to see from the images captured… the energy of this wedding was… fun… fun…fun!!! read more

NICK AND JACKIE

THE PRADO AT BALBOA PARK – SAN DIEGO, CA 

PART 1 – PRE-CEREMONY & CEREMONY

It was such an honor to have the wonderful opportunity to work with this adorable fun loving couple (Nick and Jackie).  As you will see from the images captured by True Photography, this was such a vibrant, pretty and really FUN wedding.

Both bridal parties got ready at the Marriott Downtown San Diego then a stretched limo over to the Prado at Balboa Park for the pre-ceremony photos, First Look,  ceremony and reception.  At the end of the evening, many guests and the entire bridal party ended up back at the Marriott for the fun “after-party”. read more

Love this photo of Sarah and Jon at Hotel Del Beach after the ceremony, the Bubble Guy of Coronado is creating these awesome large bubbles against the sunset sky, which made for these awesome whimsical images!

SARAH & JON

CEREMONY: CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (CORONADO)

RECEPTION: ADMIRAL KIDD CLUB

Sarah and Jon’s wedding has a special place in my heart… as Jon has been a friend of mine since high-school and Sarah has become a good friend of mine over the last several years of them being together. As you can imagine, I was so honored when Sarah came to me and asked me to me her wedding planner.  When I met with Sarah and her Mom, Char, we had such a great time brainstorming on fun ideas to incorporate for the Fall wedding with gray, orange and red themed colors. Sarah loves touches of bling so of course we had to bring in those elements as well.  The themed candy station & props for the photo booth were both such fun highlights from the wedding!  It was really exciting to see it all of the wedding planning come to life and to see such big smiles on all my friends faces!!!  This was one of the funnest weddings I had ever had the pleasure of coordinating or being a part of, as you will see from the photos below.  The Grand Entrance photos with the bridal party using props from the photo booth just crack me up! read more

SARAH & KYLE ~ A PERFECT MATCH.COM PART 2

DECOR DETAILS AND THE CELEBRATION!

  Part 2 of the Sarah & Kyle’s beautiful purple, ivory and gold wedding at the Prado at Balboa Park in San Diego showcases the details of the decor in the reception and the rest of the couple’s beautiful and fun wedding day!

It was such a wonderful experience pairing up with Bethany at Splendid Sentiments on the floral design & decor or this wedding. Bethany and her team went above and beyond in creating the beautiful floral pieces for each wedding location at the Prado... I especially loved the escort card table with it’s vignette of florals at the base of glass cylinders and the large gold Mazanita dripping with crystals & candles.   The darling paper elements created by Whimsique Designer Invitation and Stationery really helped pull the theme and look together. While Cole Joseph Photography & Luke McCain Videography were great to work with,  professional and really captured the magic of the day.  I was so honored to work with such an awesome couple and professional team of vendors! read more

SARAH & KYLE WEDDING AT THE PRADO

A PERFECT MATCH.COM PART 1

Their beautiful San Diego Wedding was at the historical Prado at Balboa Park. Balboa Park is perfect place for a San Diego Wedding and it makes for the perfect backdrop for amazing photos with it’s beautiful museum buildings, wishing well and ponds, long stunning hallways and arch ways, the “Blue” & “Wood”door, Koi pond, gardens and so much more.

This location was extra special to Sarah & Kyle, as this was where they had their first date.  Having first met through Match.com, their love blossomed and eventually Kyle took Sarah on the Ellen Degeneres show (Sarah’s favorite show) and to her surprise proposed on national TV. Then to both their surprise, Match.com donated $50,000 to their dream wedding. I can’t think of a couple more deserving of this wonderful blessing!  Their smaller wedding turned into a larger scale, beautiful destination wedding in San Diego – and of course, what better place than where it all began, The Prado at Balboa Park. From there they were asked to be guest judges on Cupcake Wars and the winning pastry provided them with cupcakes for their fun beachside Rehearsal dinner at Breakers Beach Deck in Pt. Loma, which was filmed for one of their episodes. For photos and details on the Cupcake Wars Rehearsal dinner, click here: Rehearsal Dinner Breaker’s Beach Pt. Loma read more