Tatiana + Sam on Carats & Cake

"As soon as she walked into the room, stole my cigar and demanded my seat, I put my arm around her, kissed her head, and fell in love."  Sam's description of how he fell in love with Tatiana is the perfect representation of these two as a couple: fun, spontaneous and head over heals in love.  The wedding was a reflection of them which featured bright pink color and edgy yet fun details.

It is with great excitement that we share Tatiana & Sam's wedding featured on Carats & Cake. See all the gorgeous details here.

Planner: l’Relyea Events | Lindsey Relyea | 707-217-0451 | lindsey@lrelyeaevents.com Venue/ Caterer: Farmstead | Elizabeth Harris | 707.963.4555 | elizabeth@longmeadowranch.com Ceremony Officiant: Fr. Kenneth J. Babauta | 707.745.4074/707.688.5850 Photographer: Caitlin O’reilly | 707.290.7047 | info@caitlinoreillyphotography.com Ceremony/Reception Music: Napa Valley DJs | 707.253.9647 | vincent@napavalleydjs.com Florist: Teresa Stoner Floral Designs | 415.457.7729| cell: 415-342-3377 | tstonerflowers@gmail.com Hair & Makeup: Bella Bridal | 707.968.7144 Transportation: CWT | Kendric Newman | 707 253 1300

Jenny & Adam on Borrowed & Blue

This super savvy, driven couple met at business school in Philadelphia, where they founded a start up together. They later moved to California where Jenny landed a job with Pebble and Adam with Google. Their mutual patience, intellect and ambition made them utterly perfect for one another.

A planner at his core, Adam had their engagement organized to the minute. Unfortunately, as much as we wish we could, we simply can’t control Mother Nature – and a terribly timed hurricane blew over his romantic Mexico get away.

“I stayed up all night to reschedule everything and ended up re-planning the trip to LA. On the 2nd night we were there, I told Jenny to come downstairs with me to wait for a car to take us to dinner. I took her to the library area of the SLS hotel where I had set up flowers and sweets in front of the fireplace. I proposed with the hotel staff giggling and peeking into the room, and was so nervous I remembered my speech but almost forgot to give her the ring!”

Their oh-so-sweet and cutely shy engagement story nearly make’s us explode with tiny butterflies and hearts! So, it came to no surprise that this seemingly savvy and driven couple could let everything go and melt into nothing but smiles on their wedding day!

It is with great excitement that we share Jenny & Adam's wedding featured on Borrowed & Blue.  Their wedding took place at Buena Vista Winery and perfectly captured by Anna Wu Photography! See all the gorgeous details here.

PJ & Tyler on Borrowed & Blue

While we always love gushing over the little details, what we truly obsess over are the sweet couples that radiate love from the moment we meet them. PJ & Tyler were such a couple, they had a love one would expect to find in children’s novel – sweet, charming, playful with romance at it’s core. From the surprise horns popping up out of the ceremony crowd piping to her favorite song to the most loving toast a husband could give a wife – PJ & Tyler emulated cuteness. Their wedding was just as playfully endearing as one would expect and Sebastiani set a stunning and elegant backdrop for this timeless celebration. Simple groupings of succulents were scattered across table, while candlelight twinkled off of every surface of the rich and romantic barrel room.

It is with great excitement that we share PJ & Tyler's wedding featured on Borrowed & Blue.  See all the gorgeous details here.

Planner/Designer: Julia Evans | l’Relyea Events
Venue:Sebastiani Winery
Caterer: Park Avenue
Ceremony Officiant: Lee Payne {PJ’s Uncle}
Photographer: Megan Messina
Ceremony/Reception Music: The Little Devils
Florist: Julie Stevens Floral
Wedding Cake: Susie Cakes
Pie Vendor: Petaluma Pie Co.
Transportation: Sebastiani Trolley
Hair: Pins & Curls

Di + Peter on Grey Likes Weddings

Di and Peter met by happenstance as a friends Christmas party.  They went on their first date the next day and fell into an international romance which had Di in New York City and Peter in Hong Kong.  Peter knew early on that Di was The One and told her so on quiet park bench just a few months into their relationship.  After a few years of dating, Di moved to Hong Kong to be with Peter. He proposed to her on a romantic getaway to the Maldives.  Di and Peter love the Napa Valley lifestyle and wanted their guests to enjoy all that wine country had to offer.  They were married at Calistoga Ranch with a sophisticated color palette of whites, lilac and olive green.  Everything about their day was the perfect representation of classic elegance.

It is with great excitement that we share Di & Peter's wedding featured on Grey Likes Weddings.  Their wedding took place at Calistoga Ranch and captured by Sylvie Gil  See all the gorgeous details here.

Planner: l’Relyea Events | Lindsey Relyea
Venue: Calistoga Ranch | Laura Vaughn
Ceremony Officiant: Michael LeBlanc
Photographer: Sylvie Gil Photography
Ceremony Music: Harpist | Jessica Schaffer
Reception Music: Boutique Wedding DJ
Florist: Valley Flora | Polly Harrington
Wedding Cake: Perfect Endings
Transportation: Napa Valley Tours & Transportation
efrediani@nvtt.net
Hair & Makeup: Betten Chaston
Rentals & Lighting: Classic Party Rentals
Cinema: Edge Fog Films | Joel Kling
Stationary: Minted {Invitations} | Vellum & Vogue {Day Of Materials}

Leah & Rob on Wedding Chicks

Leah and Rob were so adorable together and their details for the day reflected the sweet simplicity of themselves.  Leah had envisioned their wedding to be rustic chic, elegant, fresh, romantic and of course intimate.  We decided on a color palette with lush white flowers with subtle hints of pink and champagne.  She handcrafted her alter, and various details inside the reception including the flower garlands.  It was truly a sweetly romantic day.

We are head over heals excited to share this Wedding Chick feature of Leah & Rob's wedding.  They were married at Solage Calistoga and perfectly captured by Matthias Photography and Uforia Films. See all the beautiful details here.

Leah & Rob have also been featured on Carats & Cake.

Vendors:

Planner: l’Relyea Events | Lindsey Relyea
Venue/Caterer: Solage Calistoga 
Ceremony Officiant: Rev Peader Dalton 
Photographer: Matthias Photography 
Cinema: Uforia Films
Ceremony/Reception Music: Verducci Entertainment 
Florist: Kate Stanley 
Wedding Cake: Forget Me Not Cakes 
Makeup: Jenna Dancer |  Hair: Courtney Sweat

Angelica & Andrew on Style Me Pretty

We are happy to share this Style Me Pretty feature on Angelica and Andrew. They were married at Trentadue winery and perfectly captured by KT Merry and LoveSpun films.

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Marissa + Kevin on The Knot

Marissa and Kevin have impeccable taste. We designed a wedding that showcased some soft romance with bold poppy red colors. Beautifully captured by Stacey Pentland.  Marissa and Kevin decided on a summer wedding in wine country and Solage located at the top of Napa Valley held their modern and chic style. Marissa glowed in her two piece Monique Lhullier gown and her satin Badgley Mischka heels.  And Kevin wore a sharp grey Hugo Boss suit and they left no detail unattended right down to the scent of the reception space.  Above all the tiny details it was the love and their chemistry that truly took your breath away.

It is with great excitement that we share Marissa & Kevin's wedding featured on The Knot.

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Vendors:
Planner: l’Relyea Events | Lindsey Relyea 
Venue/Catering: Solage Calistoga 
Ceremony Officiant: Fr. Charles Grande
Cinema: Video BASICO 
Photographer: Stacey Pentland 
Ceremony Music: Bride’s Sister / Guitarist – Glenn Staller
Reception Music: Spinheads (DJ) |Peter Haley
Florist: Hunt Littlefield 
Wedding Cake & Favors: Patisserie Angelica
Hair & Makeup: Katie Nash Beauty 
Rentals: Classic Party Rentals & La Tavola Linen
Lighting: Got Light
Photo Booth: Snap Fiesta 
Stationary: Three Little Words 

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Karina + Mark on Vera Wang

Their love story was like something out of a romantic novel.  They met while studying in Barcelona, Spain. He caught her eye during a romantic walk in Versailles, France.  Six months later after returning from an exchange program in Shanghai he asked Karina on their first date. Three hours, twelve miles, and several villages westward, their connection was forever cemented.  Their wedding was just as whimsical and romantic with a crisp white palette, floating florals and rich golden accents. Get ready to be whisked away.

It is with great excitement that we share Karina & Mark's wedding featured on Vera Wang and Carats & Cake.

Planner: l’Relyea Events | Lindsey Relyea 
Venue/Caterer: Solage Calistoga
Ceremony Offiant: Buddhist Weddings
Photographer: To Amaze Photography 
Videographer: Marmaladesky films 
Ceremony/Reception Music: Johan Khiski
Florist: Waterlily Pond | Natasha Lisitsa 
Hair & Makeup: Tamara Brown 
Rentals: Hartmann Studios 
Lighting: Got Light?
Cake: Marie Betts | Bouchon Bakery 

Sayre + Jordan on Borrowed & Blue

It is with great excitement that we share Sayre & Jordan's wedding featured on Borrowed & Blue.

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Kim + Eric on Style Me Pretty

It is with great excitement that we share Kim & Eric's wedding featured on Style Me Pretty.

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Gianna & Tim on Style Me Pretty

Gianna & Tim's picturesque wine country wedding was featured in Style Me Pretty and if you scroll through the images below it's completely understandable why.  With a soft color palate, luscious florals, and high end touches in the details, this weddings is as romantic as it is elegant. A note from the Bride:

From the Bride… We really loved working with Lindsey and Julia of L'Relyea Events.  Together with my parents and my husband Tim, they really helped us to put on the wedding of our dreams at Solage Resort on July 13th, 2013.

Tim and I lived in Hermosa Beach at the time, so having someone as capable, organized and familiar with the area (and the resort) as Lindsey was a huge blessing! From the very first day that we met Lindsey, she reassured us in regards to EVERYTHING! She truly put me, Tim and my parents at ease from the get go and that feeling continued throughout our actual wedding day.  That's a really important quality in a wedding coordinator because there are so many moments of "ahhhhhh craziness" and having some one who can take charge with grace was so appreciated! :)

Not only that, but Lindsey brought us some truly extraordinary vendors.  She introduced us to the wonderful Amber McKenny of "Sweet On Cake", who made our beautiful and delicious wedding cake (and a fun surprise groom's cake to boot), the unbelievably talented designer, Emily Foran from "Three Little Words" who not only created our wedding invitations, but she made sooooo many day of  materials that were beyond words fabulous, annnndddd she found the BEST florist, in Olivia Rivas of "Papillion Floral" (people to this day are still commenting on her work).  

Lindsey and Julia truly helped us to bring a year's worth of planning to life.  Tim and I loved just BEING at our wedding.  Julia and Lindsey made it so that we didn't have to worry about anything that day.  They were doing so much behind the scenes and helping to ensure that the entire day went perfectly and I can assure you, it most certainly was perfect.  

I miss getting to speak with Lindsey on a daily/weekly basis! She is truly an amazing woman, an incredibly talented coordinator, and a true professional.  She went ABOVE and BEYOND her "responsibilities" and for that we couldn't be more thankful.  You are in great hands with her and Julia and they most certainly will help you in building and executing one of the best days of your life :)  

The word that I keep hearing to describe our day was "magical".  Thank you Lindsey and Julia for making that magic happen!

Photography: Marianne Wilson Photography | Videography: Artisan Production | Event Design: L'Relyea Events | Wedding Dress: Monique Lhuillier | Cake: Sweet on Cake | Ceremony Venue: St. Helena Catholic Church | Reception Venue: Solage Calistoga | Bride's Shoes: Valentino | Bridesmaid Dresses: Jenny Yoo - Bella Bridesmaid | Make-Up: Marisa Perel | Hair: Stella Stevens Hair Designs | Bridesmaids' Robes: Plum Pretty Sugar | Confetti: Confetti Unlimited | Custom Printing +Invitations: Three Little Words | Florals:Olivia Rivas of Papillion Floral | Food/Catering: Solage Calistoga | Groom & Groomsmen Tuxedos: Vera Wang | Lighting Design: Lux Lighting | Music: DJ Josh Dukes | Rehearsal Dinner: Farmstead At Long Meadow Ranch | Veil: Monique Lhuillier | Wedding Website: Wix

Caitlin + Trevor on 7x7

For these two high school sweethearts, a blast from the past was exactly the way Caitlin and Trevor wanted to celebrate their nuptials. How did they do it? With a homecoming dance theme for their reception, complete with a Marcarana tribute. The location for the festivities? An open air, barn-style restaurant known as Barndiva. Located in Healdsburg and featuring a rustic style and all natural ingredients, Barndiva became the perfect atmosphere for a high school styled party. This time parents WERE invited. To compliment the restaurants country chic vibe, Caitlin hand stitched burlap silverware pouches, stamped cupcake flags, and added take-away treat favors for each guest. When the music came on, I had never seen a fuller dance floor! It truly was a unique and colorful wedding, full of infectious fun and laughter.

It is with great excitement that we share Caitlin & Trevor's wedding featured on 7x7. See the FEATURE

Planner: Lindsey l’Relyea Events
Venue/Caterer: Barndiva 
Ceremony Officiant: Lukka Feldman of Barndiva 
Photographer: Tibidabo Photography 
Ceremony & Reception Music: AMS Wine Country
Florist: EV Floral 
Beauty: Nikol Elaine Makeup Artistry 
Wedding Cupcakes: Bardiva 
Rentals: Wine Country Party Rentals | La Tavola Linen 
Make-up: Nikol Elaine Makeup Artistry

Parisian-Inspired Shoot on Style Me Pretty

We are excited to share this Frech-themed shoot with you which was featured this week on Style Me Pretty!  Click here to see the full feature. My inspiration came from my own obsession with France and my recent engagement in Paris. I see touches of Parisian and French influence here in Northern California, the romantic garden settings with dramatic architecture. For this shoot I wanted to acknowledge the soft pastels with a touch of modern sophistication and have fun which the French definitely know how to do! The SF City hall is such a dramatic and gorgeous backdrop for a ceremony, though nothing quite tops the eiffel tower.  I dreamt of a sweet intimate wedding with the Eiffel Tower towering over them. Walking through the Jardin de Luxembourg with champagne in hand. Riding off in the sunset on our vespa to a dinner in the gardens.

Photography:  Sylvie Gil, Florals by Max Gill Design, Paper goods by Three Little Words, Beauty by Katie Nash, Cakes by Cake Coquette, Models: Dara Kain and Alex Eckhart, Dress by Novella Bridal 

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Kim + Ryan on Style Me Pretty

We are excited to share Kim and Ryan's beautiful wedding with you which was featured this week on Style Me Pretty! Click here to see the full feature.

From the Bride… As every bride does, more than anything I wanted our wedding to be a true reflection of us and full of the love we have for each other and our family and friends. We decided on a wine country wedding on July 14th, 2012 because we’ve gone up there many times during our relationship and love the comfortable elegance of so many places there. We were so excited to find a venue that was somewhere we had been together independent of wedding planning and reflected our style – we wanted it to feel comfortable and casual, but also classy and elegant.

My husband is from Vermont and loves big open space and farm animals. I am from Northern California and have always loved the beach. When we saw Solage and the combination of wine country, palm trees and a barn-like open door reception space, we new that was the place. While I thought the wine country would preclude us from a beachy feel, our designer, Kate, loved the idea of brining the beachy feel into our design, especially at Solage. To bring these themes together, our invitations featured cows in honor of Vermont and palm trees in honor of California. To bring the beachy theme to life, our name cards were on shells, we had a candle-lit shell lateen entrance, and yellow and white tropical flowers throughout. I also gave all the girls in the wedding party yellow and white flip-flops for dancing.

Bringing my husband’s, Vermont roots into the picture was where we had the most fun getting creative and throughout the reception we had a theme of “all of our favorite things.” Our specialty cocktails where lemonade and sweet tea vodkas served in mason jars with DIY name tags that we cut, stamped and tied with twine, along with a Vermont beer – Magic Hat that we brought in, especially for the reception. Our table names were all of our favorite things to do together – these included things like taking Sunday walks or Looking for cows. We started dinner with a Vermont Cheddar cheese amuse-bouche (one of our favorite snacks), we brought in steak from our favorite butcher in Palo Alto called “Fred’s Steak” that we eat all the time and cooked together on our third date, and we finished dinner with our favorite Vermont ice cream – a three tier Ben & jerry’s ice cream cake featuring 8 of our favorite flavors. Our favors were Vermont maple syrups.

Additional personal touches included our DIY programs from Minted that we made and tied ourselves, lots of candles which we love, a polaroid guest book so people could leave “messages from our favorite people” and an iPad set up to video for a video guest book so our guests could leave us “videos from our favorite people” throughout the evening which was a highlight on our honeymoon. We had an outdoor fire-pit, which is also one of our favorite activities and even managed to find a barn to take wedding party photos at for my husband, as well as a dog to take a photo with at Solage, just like we did for our save the date since we both love dogs, but own one ourselves yet. I surprised my husband with one of his favorite foods – chicken wings, made with his favorite recipe – as an additional late night snack.

As an extra special touch for the ceremony, we flew our priest out from Biloxi, Mississippi, who my husband had met and kept in touch with after volunteering after Hurricane Katrina. We had incredibly talented friends as our pianist and singers for our ceremony as well. The day was definitely comprised of all of our favorite things and our favorite people and we could not have asked for a more incredible wedding!

Wedding Photography: Lori Paladino | Ceremony Venue: St. Helena Catholic Church in Saint Helena, California | Reception Venue + Catering: Solage Calistoga in Calistoga, California | Event Planning: L’Relyea Events | Floral: Kate Stanley Design | Meat: Schaub’s Meat, Fish & Poultry | Wedding Cake: Ben & Jerry’s Napa | Musician: Lisa Schieble  | DJ: Sean Evans | Linens: La Tavola | Wedding Invitations: Papyrus | Wedding Stationery: Minted | Wedding Dress: Christo’s | Shoes: Kate Spade | Hair + Makeup: Betten Chaston