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A little about Karen:   I have always been exposed to flowers.   It began with my father who was blessed with a green thumb. As a child, I remember growing most everything we ate for dinner and planting all types of flowers in every season. It didn’t occur to me to start playing with flowers until a dear friend ask if I could help her with her wedding 18 years ago. Well, I’ve gotten a little better since then.   I am blessed with loving what I do and presented with many opportunities to work with wonderful brides.

I recently had the Joy of being a bride myself last year in San Diego and brought new prospective and inspirations to my company.   I hope to share them with you.  Even as a Event Decorator and San Diego Wedding Florist, I know how it feels to be in the midst of a wedding labyrinth and I hope this Wedding blog will inspire you and assist you in planning the most amazing day of your life.   Enjoy the blog and come back to visit us often as we will like to keep it updated.   Thank you for visiting.  

Karen Tran Hatt

The Santaluz Club wedding: Susanne and Matthew

I love this wedding! It was the ultimate eye candy: beautiful couple, gorgeous venue, and an insane amount of flowers. Susanne and Matthew always wanted to have a tent wedding, and chose to get married at the Santaluz Country Club. It’s intimate, inviting, and picturesque. Susie held a delightful mix of white roses, cattalaya orchids, gardenias, and narciscuss. The bridesmaids carried colorful bouquets of roses, lady slippers, and cymbidium orchids, which was stunning against their mocha dresses.  A dense petal path led up to two massive altar pieces, overflowing with an unbelievable amount of roses and orchids. Guest were welcomed with a warming fire, complimentary pashminas, and cocktails in the courtyard. And it didn’t stop there. Inside the tent were centerpieces bursting with brightly colored orchids, roses, calla lilies, and crystals. Cappuccino linens, napkins, and seat covers were a perfect background color for these stunning arrangements.  The gold infused tablescape includes gold stemware, ornate table frames, charger plates and gold trimmed candle holders.  The romantic glow of the hanging  crystal chandeliers inside the tent set an elegant tone in the fully lined tent provided by the Santaluz Club.  There were also sleek white lounge furniture at each corner of the tent.  
Darin Fong did a wonderful job capturing all the goodies from this amazing wedding.  San Diego wedding planner, Catherine Bachelier Smith of CBS Weddings did an amazing job running this event and certainly was a joy to work with.  Congratulations Susanne and Matthew!  It was a pleasure to work with the both to you from the beginning to the end.

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Bouquet Monday: Timeless gardenia bridal bouquet

No other flower rivals the gardenia in terms of fragrance, beauty, and elegance. Its intoxicating perfume never ceases to make me weak in the knees. This bouquet is make entirely of hand wired gardenias! Classic and timeless, a bouquet like this goes beyond all wedding trends. I love adding gardenias to bridal bouquets for its alluring fragrance and dazzling shape.

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Intimate beach wedding

The Hotel Del Coronado beach was the perfect setting for this small intimate wedding.  Kristi, Jacques and their two sons flew to San Diego from Texas to exchange their vows on the sandy beach of sunny San Diego.  Aileen designed this simple bamboo beach canopy for their wedding. Kristi’s bouquet consisted of lovely cattleya orchids gardenias and fragrant roses. Pamela Scott took these beautiful images.  Merrill Marker, catering manager at the Hotel Del Coronado took care of the details of this wedding.  Thank you Merrill!

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Vintage inspired escort table decor

As we await photos from our vintage inspired wedding at the beautiful La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla, I want to share a small piece of the wedding that shouts VINTAGE.  Our gorgeous bride Darby (wait until you see photos! ) was completely smitten with all things vintage.  We customized the escort table using a wooden box trimmed with vintage sequin lace and surround it with mercury candle holders.   Crystals strands, orchid leis, and guests names hung from the manzanita branches completed the look.   It was fun and totally vintage…vintage-inspired-escort-card-mazanita-crystals11vintage-inspired-escort-card-mazanita-crystals22

Aileen’s bouquet Monday: Green lady’s slipper bouquet

Clean, fresh, and bright. It’s like biting into a granny smith apple! How could you go wrong with a bouquet of stunning green lady slipper orchids and white roses? The touch of red in the cymbidium orchids contrast to make the apple green even more vibrant. I love how the lines of the lady slipper offset the roundness of the roses.

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