Every Last Detail Wedding and Event Coordination

Wow, what can I say about Jeri Adams and Josh Elsasser?  I’ve had a great time planning Jeri and Josh’s wedding for the last year.  They are a super-cool couple from Fresno, Ca and have a sense of humor equal to mine so I knew we were in for a good time.  Jeri works for the Fresno Monsters Ice Hockey Team and Josh shapes young minds as an elementary school teacher.  After many SNL skits, and the works of Andy Samberg and Adam Sandler quoted word for word, we finally arrived at the wedding day.

The happy couple chose the Monterey Beach Resort for their toes-in-the-sand wedding.  The turquoise dresses and tuxedo vests really looked great against the overcast but tropical skies.  “Ray-Ray the DJ” Ortiz, official DJ for the Fresno Monsters was our man for sound on the sand and did an excellent job so that every word was heard, which isn’t easy on the beach.  Josh and his Best Man and brother, Johnny, along with the G-Men wore really cool boxer’s under their tuxedo pants and came really close to taking “the walk”  sans the pants!  What a hoot that would have been.  At the last minute they decided to go with the pants and headed to the beach.  Jeri looked fabulous in her strapless gown as her dad Jimmy escorted her down the aisle where she was joined by her ladies, MOH Jami, and bridesmaids Kim, Caitlin and Yvonne who all had beautiful bouquets created by Nancy at Mid Valley Florist.  Ana Speirs performed the ceremony then it was up to La Grande for cocktails and dinner.  The room was done in turquoise and sea foam green overlays and chaircovers with matching sashes provided by Ruth at Elegant Affair Linens in Hollister.  Jeri and Josh chose an awesome cake design so I think I was more excited about seeing it than Jeri & Josh.  The cake was created by Patisserie Bechler and was exactly what they wanted.  Gerard even surrounded the cake with sugar “sand” and as a finishing touch drew a heart in the sand! 

The reception was a blast, the food was great and the staff at The Resort: Alexis, Tino, Karen, Maria and crew did a great job as captured by the photography of family friends DJ & Lee Jacklin and Chantelle.  Guests were able to check out the digital slideshow on the laptop and, at the end of the night, were able to take home a bottle of wine bottled by the Bride & Groom themselves.

I told Jeri and Josh that their wedding day was bitter-sweet for me; I was excited that it was finally here but bummed that we wouldn’t be working together anymore.  Who knows, I may end of scoring some tickets to a Fresno Monsters game and we’ll hook up again

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August 8, 2009 was a day of magic for Katie and Craig who met because they were each on the rowing teams of USC and UCLA.  Carol and I started our day by meeting with the bride and her maids at Los Laureless Lodge.  Scott Campbell and his assistant Theresa were on site working their magic with the camera.  All of the Ladies were in the cuest matching outfits of pink cami tops and sweat bottoms with “bridesmaid” bling-blinged on their butts and the bride wore the same outfit but in – what else – White!  We gathered her gown made of layers and layers of sheer fabric and headed for Holman Ranch to get things set up.  It was a beautiful day – as it always is at the Ranch – and we were quickly joined by Tim from Sound in Motion DJ’s and the crew from Michael’s Catering.  The ceremony was performed by family friend, Superior Court Judge Jerry.   The day’s events were captured by Charlie and Parick from Big Time Video and the cake was created by Layer’s Cakes.  Carol and I agreed that throughout the entire day, Katie was one of the most gracious brides we have ever had the honor of working with.  She never broke a sweat, always had a kind word and truly glowed all day.  Craig was a pillar of quiet strength and they had a great time, surrounded by family and friends taking in all of the activities of their wedding day.

Yesterday found TEAM ELD busy seeing two wonderful couples tie the knot; one in Monterey and one in Carmel Valley.

Carol and I had the pleasure of sharing the day of Cathy Morris and Matt Radchenko.  They chose Holman Ranch in Carmel Valley for their beautiful mid-afternoon nuptuals officiated by Reverend Brian Lyke.  I was thrilled to work wih Brian again as he officiated my first official wedding over 11 years ago.  The Bride and Groom decided to see each other before the walk down the aisle so we presented the bride in the inner patio and brought her groom in to see her for the first time in her beautiful ivory gown and 50’s style wisp veil and he in his black tux and white vest.  They shared a few quiet moments together before the start of their ceremony.   The ceremony went off without a hitch then on to dinner and dancing.  We had a chance to check out something new to the scene called Screen Booth.  It’s hard to describe but basically combines a videographer and a photobooth.  Linda and Jessica did a great job walking all the guests through it and provided lots of fun props to use for leaving either a video message for the happy couple or some photobooth style snap shots.  Check out their site at www.screenboothsc.com and check out the demo.  The guests had a blast using it and it was hit.  Another cool thing Cathy and Matt did was to have a cigar bar complete with cordials.  The guys really enjoyed that.  Although the skies threatened rain in Monterey, the skies were blue and the sun was warm with a nice breeze at The Ranch.  It was a great day.

Little green apple candle place "cards". too cute

The tablescape

Matt with Linda in front of the ScreenBooth

The new Mr. & Mrs. Radchenko and Cathy's family