Mood Board Autumn Wedding 2011 - Orange = Festivity

Apple Chair Swag – Fdcraft.com

Edible Cocktails - Thedropbar.com

Front Door Greeting “The French Kiss Cocktail” with Orange twists

Garden White Canopies – Lator-ets.fr.

Green Plaid Linens & Custom Napkins – Fdcraft.com

Hair Simple and upsweep, elegant & timeless – Shopbando.com

Multichic’s Arcadia Rocks’ Glass

Honeymoon Scooter Reform School Rules’ Amish Made Scooter .

Snappy Slipper Orange Ilkat Chair – Urban Outfitters

Succulents & Fruits - Cacti, Citrus cymbidium, Elephant Leaves – Ojai Garden

The Cuff: By Kendra Scott

Vin and Fromage Bar - Pine Table – Frontgate

L’Orange - the color of Festivity!  - Here we've created a loose mood board for my Bride and Groom centered around the sexy color orange for inspiration.  The first element the couple wants to complete is an initial mood board  - Voila Ici! -  as an overview of the reception - and one of three mood boards to define the occasion.  The beautiful redheaded Bride and handsome Groom both architects want to be married at home or at least celebrate very close to home with the inclusion of family and friends.   Favorite foods are citrus - apples, oranges, and cheese and lots of Chardonnay.

Deferring most of the design and concept to the Bride and Groom ours was to interpret their "eye".  They want to add architectural design elements to their reception as a reflection of them as a couple and their profession (architects).  Taking their inspiration from great architectural designers they admire, and reflecting on their architectural principles they have begun designing their day.  They're resurrecting, reflecting and combining memories with their  hopes  creating their  “Dream Reception”.  Here are some of the elements:

Several ethnic bold-patterned slipper chairs for relaxation -  intimate and homey - unexpected  and later to be moved into the couple’s home as wing chairs in the dining and living room.

A French 6’ pine table will serve double duty as a “Vin and Fromage” tasting table” complete with a “Greeting Cocktail” -  ”The French Kiss” with Orange Twists; and French Aperitifs, mixers and garnishes, French cheeses and small baguettes.

Same pine table will double as a “The Scotch Bar” and offerings of candied pecans, dried fruit, figs, pineapple and hand make crackers.

Canopies and tents are to be ordered – and several custom made by a local sailmaker in small, large shapes and vintage shapes – the reception tent will be lined with a punchy small stripe fabric in the colors to match the slipper chairs.  The same fabric is to be used for the “The Ladies’ Vanity Tent”, “The Bride’s Canopy” and a "Children’s Tent".

Stylish and sophisticated, edible cocktails are to be created as well as cootie catcher for menus.

A local caterer will be serving up “in-season courses” and she will use locally grown ingredients as well. (Within 100 miles)

A few vintage and modern chandeliers in the space are being considered.

Lastly – in addition to wedding rings and earings, simple architectural gold cuffs for the Bride's wrist and arm have been acquired.

More Later....

Here's to Bonne Planning

Joanna

Historic Wedding Venue: Adamson House in Malibu, California

Facade Adamson House

Front Door Entrance

Great View of Front Entrance

This is the Back Patio

How about this Kitchen

Pool House Mural

The Malibu Tile

Side Patio

View up the Coast

Fountain Area and Wedding Site

If you've dreamt of a Spanish Countryside Wedding consider - This “work of art” beach house  built in 1929, in the Spanish Colonial Revival style.  The house was given to Rhoda and Merritt Adamson as a gift from her mother, May Rindge, the last owner of Malibu. The historic masterpiece beach house “The Adamson House” in Malibu is set on a beautiful ocean front property set high above the Pacific Coast Highway; and is adorned with sycamore lawns, a front courtyard, and a rear lawn by a star shaped fountain.

The brochure describes the view from the House - “From the balcony behold the breathtaking panoramic views of Santa Monica Bay. Listen to the surf as it crashes on the beach and see a bird’s eye view of your reception.”

The property is luxurious, historic and breathtaking and is open to all weddings and receptions outdoors. It is probably the most pristine of the historical properties I’ve seen and a perfect spot for a 200 guest wedding. The property boasts 13 acres of land above Surfrider Beach on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California.

The brochure invites one to “step back in time and experience a house that is 95% preserved, complete with the family’s belongings and furniture, just as it was when Rhoda and Merritt Adamson lived there with their three children during the 30's,40's and 50's.”

As the Adamson House is a National Historical Site and a California Registered Landmark, please consider one important item and that is there are no parties booked inside the home.  With a couples’ reception on the grounds, the Adamson House offers the option of “opening” the house for docent led tours during the cocktail hour. Weddings and special events are scheduled from April through October.

One suggestion, visit the property with your wedding planner. Visit the park, walk the beautiful ocean front property, and take a docent led tour of the house. Seeing this historic breathtaking “beach house” full of Malibu Potteries tile (see notes below), and hearing about the history of the last family to own Malibu is remarkable. 

Suggestions: At your wedding and during the cocktail reception, your guests can tour The Adamson House with an informative docent, while your wedding party is with your photographer.

Here are some more details to consider: The Adamson House is open to weddings from April to October. The cost to have a wedding on the grounds is not your average and one must consider transporting “everything” to the property – Oh! But the view!  The grassy area next to the iconic star fountain is probably where most of the weddings are held and with direct access to the beach.

A Bit about the Decor

The Adamson House is decorated in striking, unusual and valuable Malibu tile and there is a Persian style rug made entirely of Malibu tile. The hand painted ceilings, doors, cabinets, and frescos are the creation of two artists, Ejnar Hansen and Peter Neilsen. One cannot get away from the sight of and the details of hand forged wrought iron and the glow of colored and rondel glass windows.

The lavish use of exquisite ceramic tile, produced by Malibu Potteries (1926-32), is a hallmark of the house. The use of decorative tile has always been characteristic of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. Mrs. Rindge decided to utilize the unique red and buff burning clays that existed in the Malibu area, as well as an abundant supply of water from a spring in Sweetwater Canyon, to establish the Malibu Potteries. Beginning in 1926, a profusion of brilliant tiles flowed from this establishment to hundreds of residential and public buildings throughout Southern California.

The Adamson House is at:
23200 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265-4937

Here’s to Bonne Planning!

Joanna

Vintage Bonne Papier & Ribbons: Alice in Wonderland & Paris' Printemp Windows

The wedding planning inspiration behind today's blog entry is "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and my tiny collection of two vintage Lewis Carroll books that we kids read growing up in LA. As my family’s default librarian and photo keeper; and a cinema junky I am so looking forward to rereading the books (pulled both volumes off my library bookshelf last night and started to read them both again - easy reads. The two 1936 books: "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice found there" and "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland") and seeing Johnny Depp in “Alice in Wonderland" the movie.

Johnny and Alice have inspired my wedding planning DIY bridal vintage find today. Please trot on over to Esty and shop online at Pinkcherrymama. Her product pics are so believable I want to pick each and every vintage tag off the screen. As a crafter, Pinkcherrymama has loads to offer a Vintage DIY bride. She has “old world eyes” and designs vintage, well-used objects with well-loved style. She embraces all things distressed and apparently is entertained and has loads of fun recreating the vintage looks in her own paper crafts. See you soon at her Esty Shop.  Now don’t go away.

Take a looky at Paris’ Printemp Department Store's window displays and their homage to the film “Alice in Wonderland”. 

Here's to Bonne Planning

Joanna

Bonne Planning: Event & Wedding Planning News - Newport Beach

What’s up for Joanna Hendrie Events and Fetes Blog for 2010? Our blog is on schedule and promises to consistently publish five days a week starting next week. Our focus, our point of view will continue to introduce to our readers no-nonsense and tried and true recommendations from a wedding and event planning professionals’ perspective. As well, we will reveal select glimpses’ into our weddings’ and event client’s world on party day. Lastly, one day a week, on Friday and for your visual impact and inspiration we will feature links from talented bloggers living around the world.

Here's to good planning! Joanna

Wedding: Dusty Pink and Black New Years Wedding 2011

Mood boards are a great help to a bride to be, graphic designers and film makers. The board is used to enable a bride to illustrate visually her style direction or the point of view, which she is pursuing. A wedding is a story and the mood board sets the stage for an imaginary setting for the wedding storyline. They serve as a visual tool to quickly inform every one of the overall 'feel' and “flow” that a bride/designer is trying to achieve. Creating mood boards in a digital form may be easier and quicker, but the tactile feel of physical objects (fabric, paper stock) often tend to have a higher impact on people because of the more complete palette of a sensational physical mood boards offer, in contrast with the black & white or color-prints of a digital mood board.

For a New Years Wedding 2011 – still a work in progress - the beginnings of a blush pink and black 5:00PM cocktail wedding in the bride’s parent’s Laguna Beach home over looking the Pacific Ocean.

Wedding: Happy Halloween Wedding - Skibo or Malibu?

Planning a Halloween Wedding. Take inspiration from Wedding Wire’s Opulent Mood Board. If not this weekend – why not plan next year's wedding in October - now the new June. Start early and start the Holiday Season 2010 off with your wedding either choreographed here at a luxe mansion on a hill in Malibu or Santa Barbara. - or, and this is my fantasy get going and dream up the ultimate Scottish Destination Wedding at Skibo Castle.  The dress – think rich, ornate, lots of layers, and - add a soft orange tartan cashmere wrap with lots of jewelry.

Credits:

Mood Board: Wedding Wire

Skibo Castle: Scotavia