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Burlap & Lace

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Rustic venue.  Romantic bride.  Dapper groom.  Burlap.  Lace.  And a touch of blue to spice things up.  Jodie and Nathan knew they wanted to keep things organic to compliment the venue they chose, but also wanted to showcase their funky, fun and modern style just a *touch* in the design of their wedding.  I think it turned out PERFECT.  Obviously, the amazing vendor team didn’t hurt our situation a bit.  Enjoy the story of The Ree-Todd’s :)

Venue:  Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course

Photography:  Gabriel Ryan

Floral & event design:  JL Designs

Videography:  The Bui Brothers

Hair & Makeup: Nicole Deanne

Cake: It’s All About the Cake

DJ: Epic Entertainment

Cake Lollipop favors: Sweet and Saucy Shop

Event Design & Coordination:  Jesi Haack Weddings


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Magazine Publications

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Ok, I have this book about business that I read when I first was starting my own business.  It’s called The Boss of You.  One of the chapters had me write down the goals that would, by my own measurement, define me as successful.  Guess what I wrote?  Having my designs published in a print magazine.  By the grace of God, this success has happened!  THREE TIMES!  I feel so honored that some of the most popular wedding magazines available wanted to feature my work.  I can’t even describe the feelings!  Go to your local bookstores and pick them up now!!!  Here is a sneak peek:

The Knot Fall 2010

The Knot Southern California Fall 2010

Brides Southern California Fall/Winter 2010

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Hitched!!!

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

I have been incredibly honored to have been asked to be a featured Event Designer/Planner at the hippest, coolest, most ALTERNATIVE bridal show ever!  I am so excited to be a part of it all.  I would love for you all to come by, see our table design, eat some yummy food, and DANCE the night away!

Check out my interview for the event here.

Purchase tickets here.

MORE INFO:

Date From September 23, 2010 6:00 PM
Until September 23, 2010 10:00 PM
Location
Smog Shoppe
2651 South La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Price $25.00
Website http://hitchedevent.com
Contact hitchedevent@gmail.com

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Designer Swap Meet

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

CALLING ALL BRIDES!  Or planners, florists, flea swappers, garage salers, anyone who loves a bargain!  A bunch of us wedding industry gals are getting together this Saturday to sell of some of our inventory.  Come by, say hi, and maybe find a bargain!

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Wedded Whimsy

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

DYING DYING DYING DYING DYING DYING DYING.  That’s all I can say.  This wedding was unbelievable in every way.  Perfect clients.  Perfect family.  Perfect vendors.  Perfect location.  Perfect design.  I was in love with every step of the way.  Our inspiration began with a kite.  Then we started seeing kites popping up all over the blog-o-sphere, so we kind of modified it a bit to everything cute paper.  Let me just break down some design aspects for you:

Invitations:  We started with a kite.  And BOY, did Posh Paperie NAIL it!  They even were complete with a cute kite “tail” that came off of the invite!  LOVED THEM!

Tables: Crisp, white linen scattered with colored bird houses, and vintage milkglass full of whimsical florals by JL_Designs.

Dessert Display:  Sweet and Saucy’s amazingness (as usual) with a backdrop of helium filled balloons creating our color scheme and funky decor style.

Guest Book:  Hand crafted kite, covered in vintage fabric.  We also cut a bunch of strips of fabric for the guests to “sign” and then tie to the “tail” of our kite.  LOVED IT.

Ceremony Magic:  TONS of handmade pinwheels, flowers, kites, and more covering the altar.  Sweet floral print fabric lining the aisle and pinwheels on sticks lining the chairs.  Mr. Haack was KEY in the ceremony decor installation.  It would NOT have come together so beautifully without him.

Party Favor:  You wouldn’t have known it, but this was a 4th of July wedding, so I snuck in some fun party blowers.  I also sneakily handed them out to the bridal party to blow loud and clear when the newlyweds had their first kiss in the ceremony.  It ended up being one of my favorite aspects of the wedding!

ALSO, Green Wedding Shoes featured this wedding today, so go over there and check out their AMAZING post!

VENDOR LOVE:

Photography: Ashley Rose
Venue: Chateau Le Dome at Saddlerock Ranch
Hair and Makeup: Heather Donahue (Guy Matthew’s Salon in Agoura)
Bridesmaid Dress: all the girls picked their own (Maid of Honor’s is Betsey Johnson)
Hairpieces: Custom made by Jesi Haack
Groom Suit: Tommy Hilfiger, Ties: Countess Mara from Overstock.com
Cinematography: Doug Traer
Event Design + Planner: Jesi Haack
Floral Design: JL Designs
Invitations/Paper Goods: Posh Paperie
Cake/Dessert Table: Sweet and Saucy
Music: Epic Entertainment
Catering: Monrose Catering


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Homemade Paper Flowers

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Ok, so I have had an OVERWHELMING response to these paper flowers.  I was sitting on my couch, brainstorming a way to make a backdrop for a wedding to match the brilliance that Posh Paperie created for one of my clients.  I wanted to match the funky yellow flowers in the corner of the invites.  I dipped into my craft garage and pulled out some construction paper and a stapler.  I just started cutting some shapes and ended up figuring out these fun flowers.

Here is a DIY for all of you asking!

SUPPLIES:

Poster board

Construction paper

Scissors

Stapler

STEP ONE:

Trace out a shape of your leaf on the thick posterboard.  Use the poster board as the larges layer of leaves as it will provide a sturdy base for your flower.  Any shape will do, I just tried to match the flowers on the invites, so that is how I came up with this particular shape.

STEP TWO:

Cut out your leaf and use it as a stencil for the rest.  Cut out as many leaves as you need for the flower (I used five leaves per flower).

STEP THREE:

Do the same with all of the other sizes and types of paper you have.  I used poster board for the large petals, construction paper for the medium petals and tissue paper for the small petals.

STEP FOUR:

Place each paper leaf on top of each other in order of size.  You can use several sheets of the tissue paper leaves to create dimension and fluff.

STEP FIVE:
Fold the base of the petal like a taco and staple.
STEP SIX:
Repeat steps 1 through 5 for all of your petals.  Then staple each petal to each other to complete the flower.
COMPLETE:

Some places and ways I have used these flowers:
Utterly Engaged Issue 10 cover
Fun backdrop for April Wedding:
And my most recent whimsy fantasy wedding:
photo by Ashley Rose

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Orange Crush

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Orange.  Blue.  Who would put those together?  Well, we went for it, and I think I fell in love!  Katie and Cameron were AMAZING and just let us loose with our ideas.  DREAM. COME. TRUE.

Orange, the color AND the fruit.  Oranges as seat assignments.  Oranges in the bridal bouquet.  Cuties in the bridesmaids bouquets.  Kumquats in the groomsmen boutonnieres.  Hand crafted, urban “orange” tree as a guest book.  Orange clusters on our ceremony backdrop.  Orange circle carpets scattered about.  Striped orange aisle runner.  Hanging oranges from the chairs.  Oranges in the centerpieces.  Oranges EVERYWHERE!!!

LOVED every minute of this experience.  To see it featured on Ruffled Blog go here.

AMAZING vendor team:

Venue:  Fullerton Arboretum

Photography: Aaron Shintaku

Dessert Display: Kelsey Richards

Event & Floral Design: Jesi Haack Weddings

DJ: Epic Entertainment

Paper Goods: Rachel Simonsen

Dress: Maggie Sottero from Ferndales Bridal

Bridesmaid Dress: Anthropologie

Bride hair piece: Ban.do

Hair & makeup:  Bellagio Salon Newport Beach

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Wed While Camping

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

When Ami from Elizabeth Anne Designs contacted me about participating in her contest collaboration with The Sweetest Occasion, I jumped at the chance!  They based the premise of the contest on their belief that the best weddings are those that are unique and personal to the couple and a passion for all of the little touches that make occasions large and small even sweeter. With that in mind, they are challenging wedding vendors to team up to create a unique wedding concept to inspire couples as they plan their event.

We wanted to go camping.

We used a handmade table top made of reclaimed wood found in dumpsters as our table scape.  We incorporated the blue speckled dinnerware into the design to reflect the camping necessities.  The flowers were made of balsa wood paired with some funky greens placed in a bark covered vase.  The invitation was made to reflect a trail map while the menus were placed in sleeping bag type covers.  We ate from sporks, used a “make your own smore” concept as the favor and headlamps to help the guests “find” their seats.  Displayed the cake on a well-used grill.  Dressed the men in bright flannel and the bridesmaid in a fancy jumper while the bride strutted a rainbow puff vest.  LOVED IT ALL.

AMAZING TEAM:

Concept & Design:  Jesi Haack Weddings

Photography: Gabriel Ryan Photographers

Floral Design: JL Designs

Cake: Sweet and Saucy Shop

Paper Goods:  Paper and Thread

Dress:  Mary Me Bridal

Hair and Makeup:  Flourish

Chairs: Signature Party Rental



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Bowtie Stir Sticks

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

I was experimenting some stir stick ideas for one of my beautiful brides and came up with this AWESOME bowtie stir stick.  I thought I would share a little DIY with you all!

Step One:

Draw a bowtie on the BACK of some cute paper.

Step Two:

Cut out that bowtie EXCEPT for one side of the bowtie.

Step Three:

Fold the cut out part of the bowtie over onto the paper.

Step Four:

Trace the already cut out bowtie.

Step Five:

Unfold and cut out the remaining bowtie, keeping the two connected.

Step Six:

Place your stick in the folded edge to separate the two bowties and glue together.

What a cute bowite stir stick!

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Cover of Utterly Engaged Issue #10!!

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

I am beyond thrilled and honored to have been included in the amazing collaboration that took place for our Haute Couture shoot we designed for Utterly Engaged.  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go check it out here.  I’m so so flipping out.

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