Ponte Winery
35053 Rancho California Road
Temecula, CA 92591
(951) 694-8855

A perfect place for an eco-friendly themed wedding is beautiful Ponte Winery in Temecula, CA. That’s just what Amy and Nick accomplished for their unique and wonderful day. From the hemp silk wedding dress to the bouquets and centerpieces filled with vegetables, to the cake and then all the way to the wedding album Amy and Nick will have spent meticulous time searching for “green” vendors to complete a dream. Shelly Wakefield and her event team from Details Details helped pull off this stress-free wedding. The complete list of vendors is at the bottom of this post.

Fitting the theme of the wedding day, Amy’s great dress was custom made hempsilk by Jessica Iverson Eco-Couture . . .

Wedding shoes by Stuart Weitzman . . .


Amy is wearing a custom hair piece from Amy Chou . . .

Take a close look at the bouquets in these next two shots! Notice heads of artichoke and kale mixed in with the florals . . .


Nick and his guys were good sports and lots of fun for the cameras . . .



Some details from the day including the wish tree and the ringbearers pillow made by florist Suzanne M. Smith Designs . . .


The beatiful view for the ceremony at the Ponte . . .




Busting out my infrared camera for this awesome shot . . .




The guests received found their name attached to a lime, which lead them to their reception seat . . .

Here is a collage of the candy table that the guests had to contend with during the cocktail hour!! Not bad!!

Take a look at these wonderfully unique centerpieces – potatoes, asparagus, kale, carrots, peppers, grapes, apples, etc! So wonderful . . .

The reception was pretty simple and centered around socializing. The extraordinary cake decorated with artichoke was definitely the talk of the barrel room . . .

All-in-all a VERY beautiful and unique day. It was really a pleasure to document this event as it was very well thought out and perfectly executed ! Amy and Nick will be putting together a 100% ‘green’ wedding album with help from Becca at Wild Magnolia Designs. Congratulations Amy and Nick, talk to you soon!

Private Coordinator – Shelly Wakefield, Details Details Wedding & Event Planning
Florist/Event Designer – Suzanne M. Smith Designs
2nd photographers – Jeffrey Neal and Mike Villa
Hair/Make-Up – Ivy Chou
Videographer – Elysium Productions
DJ – Jeff Holmes, Moondance Mobile Music
Cake – Let Them Eat Cake
White Dove Release – Joe Irwin, Feathers from Heaven

Click here to view another Ponte Winery Wedding photographed by Hoffmann.

Central Park
18000 Goldenwest St.
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
(714) 536-5486

Bennett and Eily came all the way from Burmingham, Alabama just to see me!! Actually they came for Disneyland and family, and I just happen to be close by. Hahahaha. I photographed their Mama and Daddy’s destination wedding a few years ago in Laguna Beach and they come back once a year for family photos! This is my first time meeting Eily and she is VERY sweet and very camera friendly. She is a champion upright sitter at 6 months and she even brought a couple outfit changes. She knows how to handle the photos shoots!

Bennett is a little different! haha, he can hardly sit still for a few minutes. The best way to actually get photos of this little guy is to just let him run around in circles and jump off of things! Such a boy . . .

Let’s see if I can get one good one before he gets bored . . .

hahaha . . . this kid is cracking me up . . .

Bennett!! Come back!! Just one more!! hahahah. . .

Laguna Cliffs Marriott
25135 Park Lantern
Dana Point, CA 92629
(949) 661-5000

If you make it to just ONE bridal show in south Orange County, this one should definitely be it. Held once per year, the Bridal Fair by the Sea is SO extravagant, and vendors galore!! At the Laguna Cliffs Marriott in Dana Point this year, the entrance to the fair was a colorful hallway packed with crazy exotic colors of foods and candies, flowers and linens, just beautful. Beyond this there were five hotel ballrooms to walk through, each themed by season and just loaded with vendors giving out FREE STUFF! Once you make it through the ballrooms, you can head down to the main Marriott lawn for more. To top it off, there were seemingly endless amount of raffle prizes and wedding giveaways. Truly overwhleming.

I arrived in the morning to meet my friend Annie Kim from La Tulipe Floral Designs. I have worked with Annie at over 10 separate weddings in Laguna Beach and she always brings the most exotic creations. Great work Annie! Her mega booth was located in the ’summer’ room, here are a few of her floral presentations . . .


Don’t just get flowers! They will be naked! Accessorize your flowers!!! . . .

Check out these fascinating blue-dyed roses on the right . . . maybe for a winter wedding??


I accidentally found a couple “sweets” tables, hahahah. This first table from Itty Bitty Sweets is more of a baking extravaganza, really delightful and yummy looking goodies . . . way to go ladies!

When I was a kid, one of my favorite candies to get while at the beach was the Abba-Zabba. It’s sort of a really chewy toffee bar with peanut butter in the middle. So good, and takes forever to chew it. It also turns out to be a perfect fit for this themed table from Candee by Sandee. All black and yellow treats . . .

It was a fun morning, I also ran into some other wedding industry buddies: Berit Digerud Make-up Artist, Denise Empey Accessories, and Russell Fowler Cinematographer.

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