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Another Featured Real Wedding from the Winter/Spring 2012 issue of Real Weddings Magazine loaded to the Real Weddings Magazine Web site…presenting Featured Real Wedding Couple Kelly & Jason Alestra.

Congratulations to Featured Real Wedding couple Kelly & Jason Alestra who were married on May 7, 2011 at Vizcaya Pavilion and Mansion.

Click here to read their story, see their slideshow of photos from True Love Photo, meet their wedding dream team and more!

Blog post by Real Weddings Magazine’s Editor/Publisher Wendy Sipple.

Photos courtesy of True Love Photo.

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Another real wedding from the Summer/Fall 2011 issue of Real Weddings Magazine loaded to our Real Weddings Magazine Web site!

Congratulations to Featured Real Wedding couple Ashley & Ryan Slayson who were married on September 25, 2010 at a private residence.

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Photo courtesy of True Love Photo.

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The Couple: Joy and Jason Kronemeyer

Wedding Date:  April 3, 2010

Photography by True Love Photo

Tell us a little about you and your beloved:  Jason (nickname: Jay) and Joy met through Joy’s cousin, Phillip. Jay and Phillip were co-workers who instantly became friends. Phillip started to bring Jay around his family, and a connection between Jay and Joy formed right away. However, at the time of their first meeting the two of them were in relationships.

During the beginning of summer 2006, Jay and Joy were both single. Jay, Joy, Phillip, and Chis (Joy’s best friend) started to spend a lot of their time together. They vowed to make 2006 an unforgettable summer. Every weekend the four of them would go out to dinner, to the bars, hang out at Joy’s house, have BBQs, or go to Capital Garage to go dancing. Soon enough, they were spending every day together and the foursome eventually turned into an inseparable twosome. Jay eventually asked Joy out on an official date and from then on they were on their way to a beautiful relationship.

What was the most amazing part of your day?  Joy: The most amazing part of our wedding day was when I started walking down the aisle and I saw Jason waiting for me.

Jay: Our first dance because even though everyone was around us, watching us, it felt like we were the only two people in the whole room.

What else would you like to share about your big day?  Our wedding couldn’t have gone any better than it did. It was really one of the best days of our lives. There was a big scare before the wedding that the weather was going to be bad with a big chance of rain. The hours leading up to the ceremony were worrisome because it was very overcast and a little chilly. We prayed that it wouldn’t rain because our ceremony was outside in the garden area. About half an hour before the ceremony was set to start, the skies cleared and everything warmed up. Someone was looking out for us because we didn’t worry about another thing for the rest of the day.

Ceremony and Reception Site:  Vizcaya Mansion and Pavilion

Photographer:  True Love Photo

Videographer:  Silas Barker

Caterer:  Vizcaya Mansion and Pavilion

Cake:  Sweet Cakes By Rebecca

Flowers:  Family friend

Wedding Dress:  David’s Bridal

Bridesmaid Dresses:  David’s Bridal

Hair:  Tiffany at Spanish Fly Hair Garage

Makeup:  Friend, Mary Lee

Invitations: Angela Dal Bon

DJ/Entertainment:  Baldwin from Digital in Motion

Photo Booth:  Nhan Duy

First Dance Song: ”Honestly” by Ekolu

Any advice you’d give to our readers who are planning their weddings right now?  Don’t forget that the day is about the two of you. I know that you want to please everyone but make sure what you want and need comes first. Enjoy every minute of the wedding process, the planning and the day of the wedding. As soon as the wedding was over, we didn’t know what to do with ourselves. We had the “post wedding blues.”

Photos courtesy of  True Love Photo

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The Couple:  Tage Flanigan and Josh Stimmel 

Wedding Date:  May 15, 2010 

Photography by True Love Photo 

Tell us a little about you and your beloved:  Josh and I met through mutual friends while living in South Lake Tahoe in 2000. Within days we became attached at the hip. After leaving Tahoe, we traveled and lived for sixmonths in his Volkswagon Bus until finally settling in Sacramento.

Being together for almost 10 years, he still managed to completely surprise me with his proposal. He proposed, on one knee, at our house the night before my 30th birthday. The next day we were able to share the news with a lot of our family and friends at my birthday party. 

What was the most amazing part of your day?  Hands down for me was Josh’s vows. He had stressed out for months about what he would say, and when the moment came, he had me in tears. His words were so beautiful and sweet, like nothing I could have ever imagined.

Also, walking down the aisle to a song my father wrote for my stepmother, “You Always Take My Blues Away,” was a very personal moment. It was also special for our families to meet for the first time. We both have large families, and we are close to all of them, so having everyone in one spot was awesome. 

What else would you like to share about your big day?  It was a Glamping wedding! Our site was a secluded retreat in Shenandoah Valley, on the banks on the Consumnes River.

It’s a weekend rental that included cabins and tents, so we were able to have 60 of our closest friends camp out with us the whole weekend. This made it so we were really able to spend some quality time with all our friends. From the hot tub under the stars, the camp fire at night, to jumping in the cold river to wake up in the morning, It was a beautiful and relaxing weekend. We were able to have our rehearsal dinner there on Friday night, and a nice big brunch on Sunday morning. 

I planned the wedding myself, and to see it all come together was amazing. While we did a lot of the initial set up ourselves, we made sure we had an all star vendor team to make the day run smoothly. My biggest recommendation is not skimping on the food or photographer. My guests said they would have paid to eat dinner that night, and I still am amazed by the beauty Beth with True Love Photo managed to capture in her shots. 

Ceremony & Reception Site:  Rancho Cicada Retreat 

Photographer:   True Love Photo 

Caterer:  All Seasons All Reasons Fine Catering 

Cake:  Lauren Barton from Michelangelo’s Restaurant 

Flowers:  Ambience Floral Design 

Favors:  Mini LED flashlights engraved with our names and wedding date. (We knew it would be dark at night and most guests wouldn’t bring a flashlight. I still see them on people’s key chains) 

Wedding Dress: House of Fashion 

Hair:  Savannah Blue of Rocket Science in New Orleans 

Make Up:  Tonia Williams 

DJ/Entertainment/Band:  DJ Larry Rodriguez and acoustic ceremony music by Evan Shuman and Nathan Jr. 

Linens:  Creative Coverings 

Rentals:  Classic Party Rentals 

Honeymoon location:  New Orleans 

First Dance Song: ”In Love With You”  by Erykah Badu & Stephen Marley 

Any advice you’d give to our readers who are planning their weddings right now?  Enjoy the experience and don’t let the small things stress you out. Don’t be afraid to ask your friends and family for help, that’s what they are there for. Be wise in deciding which DIY projects to do because it’s easy to get overwhelmed with last minute projects.  

Anything that you would have done differently if you were given the chance?  I wouldn’t have minded having someone video tape the toasts, they were fabulous, and I find it hard to remember what exactly was said. 

Photos courtesy of True Love Photo. 

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Welcome back to another installment of Real Weddings Magazine’s Partner Profiles! 

Today, we highlight Katie Edwards of Ambience Floral Design. We’ve had the great fortune of working with Katie on several of our photo shoots, and her work is always tremendously creative and top-notch!  Take it away Katie!

Ambience Floral Design

Specialty?  Super-fresh flowers, super-fresh design, super-fabulous service!

When did you establish your business?  2002

What sets you apart from your competition?  Our clients tell us that we are easy to do business with, that we understand their vision even when they don’t and that our flowers last for a very long time.

Where do you find inspiration?  Everywhere! In a torn pair of jeans, in the shimmer of a bird’s feather, in the colors and textures and forms everywhere in nature, in metal, in glass in the soil. It’s all about being open.

When you opened shop, what was your promise to your customers?  Great service! To listen, to see their vision, to deliver as promised…and then some.

What song is the soundtrack to your business day (or at least to how you feel right now)?  Good Day Sunshine ~ The Beatles

Wine, Champagne, Beer or Cocktail?  Wine with dinner, champagne because I love the bubbles, beer with Mexican food, and cocktails with friends. Why choose just one??

What is your favorite flower?  People ask me that all the time. If I can only choose one, it’s columbine.

Do you regularly blog?  What’s your blog site?  I blog 2-4 times per month at ambiencefloral.com/blog.html

Photos above by Sarah Maren Photographers/Real Weddings Magazine.

Where is your favorite place to travel?  Any beach or ocean

If you weren’t in the wedding industry, what would you be doing?  I would love to study marine biology.

What three things are you most grateful for in life?  My precious son, my precious family and my precious friends.

Photos above by True Love Photo/Real Weddings Magazine.

If you were to plan your own wedding, or re-do your wedding, what element would be most important to you?  The guest list.

What is the best advice you can give to brides and grooms getting married today?  Don’t worry about what anyone else wants you to do. This is your day. Do it your way and enjoy every minute.

Anything else you’d like to share with Real Weddings Magazine’s brides?  Set a date several days or a week before your wedding to be DONE with the busy work and planning. Be relaxed and take the time to enjoy your wedding week and wedding day.

Find out more about Katie and her team at Ambience Floral Design on her Web site or by calling her at 916-786-6851.  

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