Oh how we love white weddings and a wedding at the Rancho Valencia can’t be more perfect! The newly renovated Rancho Valencia Resort is a spectacular place to host a wedding! Particularly the Rose Garden. This lush garden is charming and quaint, surrounded by lush foliages. Our round rotunda wedged perfectly in the nook of […]
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While she’s unable to serve you a cup of tea for obvious reasons, she would love to invite you to kick off your heels and settle in as you get inspired by her recent work, latest travels, and industry insight and advice.
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October 14, 2010
Fall is upon us. The rich autumn colors are stunning! Check out The wedding Aileen Tran just designed at the Rancho Valencia Resort. You can see it on her BLOG It will make you want to snuggle up with a warm fussy blanket. I love all the rich texture and colors. She blended the organic elements […]
April 7, 2010
The latest issue of Exquisite Weddings Magazine is hot off the press and includes this tabletop that we did at the Rancho Valencia Resort. We love LOVE this magazine! It’s packed with tons of fabulous pictures and great weddings. This Spanish Mediterranean resort had a fantastic waterfall that we wanted to showcase. A rustic urn was filled with […]
March 16, 2010
Exquisite Magazine 2010 Spring is officially on the stand today. Completely loaded with tons of amazing wedding fashion. It’s gorgeous! We are so honored to be involved with their tabletop shoot again this year. We collaborated with Emily Smiley to produce an old world new age tablescape where vintage meets modern. Our tabletop setting was […]
March 4, 2010
It’s so sweet to see small intimate weddings. Janet and Brad had a San Diego destination wedding at the beautiful Rancho Valencia Resort on Valentine’s weekend. I can honestly say that Jan was the sweetest bride. She was ecstatic about her bridal bouquet that Aileen designed for her, which consisted of hand wired gardenias, cymbidium […]
March 2, 2010
This was our photo shoot that we did for the Ceremony Magazine party at Rancho Valencia Resort. Our inspiration: fun and flirty ! Let’s start from the top. Silver manzanita branches were adorned with pink and white roses, hydrangea, china mums, dahlias, and phaleanopsis orchids. These playful branches rested atop cascading pillars of glittering beaded […]
