This roman­tic Morro Bay wed­ding is noth­ing short of stun­ning! Pho­tog­ra­pher Michelle War­ren cap­tured every sweet moment between Tommy and Rachelle. Set atop an avo­cado orchard cov­ered hill at the bride’s par­ents home the wed­ding guests had panoramic views of Morro Bay’s shore­line. It was a stun­ning pri­vate loca­tion to take in all the couple’s charm­ing details. Truly fairy-tale-esk, this wed­ding will sat­isfy your eye’s sweet tooth. We are thrilled to fea­ture this rav­ish­ing wed­ding! Here’s more from Rachelle our bride about her spe­cial day; enjoy!

My style was started with the dress, which I found at The White Dress bou­tique in Corona del Mar.  My mom and sis­ter helped me to pick out the veil and belt embell­ished with crys­tals. I was so lost when it come to those details. My mom is OBSESSED with Zap­pos. She loves how easy it is to return things if you aren’t happy with them. I came home one week­end to work on wed­ding plan­ning details and found that my mom had ordered sev­eral shoes for me to try on.  She has a great eye for fash­ion. The pair I chose seemed most like me. They were beau­ti­ful but man oh man were they uncom­fort­able! Melanie Mul­vaney from The Crown on Court did my hair and makeup. Oh my good­ness –I have never felt so pretty. I think I should have my hair and makeup pro­fes­sion­ally done more often!

I can’t say I really ever chose a “theme” for our wed­ding. I just tried really hard to work with the sur­round­ings and make the col­ors work with the style of the wed­ding. (Black suits would have felt too stuffy…so we went with tan suits). My dress was the first thing I picked out, and then the brides­maids dresses (on FINAL sale at JCrew). But I knew the color was PERFECT! I think every­thing else just fell into place.

Im not sure the wed­ding ever would have hap­pened or that any deci­sions ever would have been made with­out my wed­ding plan­ner Amy North­coat from Fancy’s Events in SLO…  She was incred­i­bly patient and under­stand­ing. More pro­fes­sional than I could have asked for. Her and her staff were so ded­i­cated the entire process. She was THE BEST!!!

I was so impressed by my florist Jenny Mcniece. I can’t imag­ine what my wed­ding would have looked like with­out her very spe­cial touch. I was so impressed with her arrange­ments when she showed up at my parent’s house. I could not stop admir­ing all of the beau­ti­ful flow­ers. And the bou­quets were HUGE; just incred­i­ble! The flow­ers were my most favorite part of the decor by far. My new in-laws are flower grow­ers on the Cen­tral Coast. They were so sweet to offer any­thing I wanted. I think my florist was able to find some pretty spe­cial touches from the farm. I loved the poppy seed pods in the bou­quets. Jenny was able to put together the most amaz­ing arrange­ments with­out much help from me at all. I didn’t know exactly what I wanted — I only knew what I DIDN’T want, which I could imag­ine was not very help­ful for her. She read me really well though and some­how put together arrange­ments that I only could have dreamed of hav­ing at my wedding.

My fam­ily grows avo­ca­dos (the wed­ding was at their house on the avo­cado ranch). They were free favors and unique at the same time! What could be more per­fect when plan­ning (and pay­ing) for a wedding?!

I know that every­one says this but I felt so loved hav­ing so many peo­ple come from near and far to wit­ness out wed­ding. It was so spe­cial to see how many peo­ple we had between the two of us who cared so much for us. My twin sis­ter wrote the most amaz­ing speech and deliv­ered it so well. I have never been more proud of her. She was not look­ing for­ward to speak­ing in front of so many strangers, but you never could have guessed by how at ease she was. She read aloud a quote that had once brought tears to my eyes and describes exactly how I feel about Tommy: “You know it’s love when for­ever doesn’t seem long enough.”

Wed­ding Artists | Venue: Pri­vate Res­i­dence | Pho­tog­ra­pher: Michelle War­ren | Event Plan­ning & Design: Fancy’s Event Ser­vices | Flo­rals: Jenny Mcniece | Caterer: Cow­boy Fla­vor | Cake: Solvang Bak­ery |  Cer­e­mony Music: Jonathan Sor­bello | DJ: Phase 1 Mobile DJ | Recep­tion Music: JD Project | Makeup: Bladerun­ner Salon | Hair­styl­ist: Melanie Mul­vaney | Dress: Wat­ters | Dress Shop: The White Dress | Shoes: Bad­g­ley Mis­chka | Brides­maid Dresses: JCrew | Groom Attire: A Heart’s Desire | Invi­ta­tions: Cit­rus Press |