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 Welcome...

On a daily basis, I am asked questions on wedding etiquette, planning, design ideas, and much more. I also hear great ideas and silly stories from the bride to be! Stories of "The Groom's Proposal", from parents planning the BIG day as if it is theirs. To the silly things brides do amidst the "planning fever." The planning fever is not an actual fever; I look at it as; a temporary slight malfunction to the brain! Let me explain...It is when: The Bride EATS, BREATHES, DRINKS & SLEEPS WEDDING and then out of this does not always act herself! This site will be packed with fun stories, planning ideas, tips, pointers and wonderful wedding vendors in the industry! So have a look around and I hope you Enjoy!!

Carrie Goff - Professional Wedding Consultant     www.carriegoff.com

Wednesday
24Jun

Craig Mitchelldyer Photography! 

Just recently we added a new face to our vendor base- a fantastic photographer all the way from Portland, Oregon: Craig Mitchelldyer Photography!  He is available now for clients in the Orange County area!  Here are some of his pictures from a few of the many weddings he has shot.  Enjoy and welcome to Orange County Craig!

He has a fantastic eye for landscapes that can be seen in the wintery wonderland photograph and the vineyard love photograph!

Craig also has a wonderful eye at capturing those spontaneous moments that make you laugh, smile, love, and even cry.

Finally, those detail shots.  Here is a wonderful exhibit of his detail shots and a cute idea for brides and their shoes!  Love the ruby red slippers!

Monday
22Jun

High Energy Band-"Undercover" Casa Romantica Wedding

We had the great opportunity of working with the band Undercover for Melanie and Phil's wedding the other weekend at Casa Romantica. They are a phenomenal cover band that was rockin' out the hits through the entire night. They play a great variety of music from today's Top 40, to Motown greats, to some 80's new wave. Everyone had such a great night and a great time "shakin' their groove things", that no one wanted to leave the dance floor!

Not only were they entertaining, but they were such wonderful people to work with!

 

Smiling for the camera with the happy couple afterwards! Go check Undercover out at their website: www.undercoverlive.com!

 

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Allison

Wednesday
17Jun

Melanie and Phil - Casa Romantica

Melanie and Phil were married last weekend at the Casa Romantica in San Clemente!  The wedding ceremony was gorgeous outdoors, overlooking the San Clemente pier with the reception in the gardens of Casa Romantica.  The bride and groom had the time of their lives and never were short of a smile or a laugh all night!  Check out the beautiful pictures by John Partridge Photography from beginning to end of their "Romantica" wedding!

The HAPPY couple enjoy the amazing view

 

Her wedding bouquet

Shots of the bride getting ready are always cherished and look so gorgeous in black and white

Father-daughter pictures are a wonderful gift and a beautiful way to see a bride grow from Daddy's little girl to a married beautiful woman

Acoustic music is a great way to enhance a ceremony and cocktail hour!  Jeffrey Cogan, Associate Professor of Music at Chapman University played for Melanie and Phil

 

We did a 'room' preview for the couple before all guests were allowed to enter and they absolutely LOVED everything!  I recommend a couple preview their untouched reception before all the guests enter.  The emotions and time the couple gets to enjoy their vision of their wedding alone together is priceless! 

The always smiling and happy couple at their sweetheart table

The scrumptous cake done by It's All About the Cake complete with succulents and white florals to make guests green with envy!

Congratulations again Melanie and Phil!  We wish you everlasting happiness in your life together!

Monday
15Jun

Joannah & John- Fall Simple Elegance at Rancho Las Lomas

Joannah & John at Rancho Las Lomas this past fall. I just found these images, wow I forgot I had them. Bummer I did not have a photo of the bride and groom together. However I must say Joannah looks absolutely stunning. Jenny Isbell and Rachel Nickens teamed up from Exquisite to help them on their BIG DAY! Good JOB ladies. Thank you to Greg Bumatay from Bumatay Studios for passing them images along to us.

 Fall Ceremony Wedding Urns with LOTS of color..

 Love Rancho Las Lomas and all the pools and fountains...so ROMANTIC!

 Chocolate and more Chocolate Favors-Guests just can't resist...

The Place cards were so FUN, instead of a traditional tent card...Joannah framed pictures of theguest/couple's wedding photo or something silly of them (if they were single) and then placed them at their setting. When the guest went to their seat they were surprised with a nicely framed mugshot of themselves which also doubled as a wedding favor...

 Simple yet elegant guest table centerpiece

 Anyone feel like lounging? Creme leather furniture...

 Finally...the CAKE

Wednesday
10Jun

Carrie and Adam - Rancho Los Lomas 

Carrie & Adam were married at the beautiful Rancho Las Lomas. What a FUN couple!!! We truly enjoyed working with them on their special day and helping them come up with their design. Thank you to Memories by Michael for the photos. Take a look at how it all played out!

The Happy Couple!

  

Wedding Dress Details...sashes are so PRETTY!  

 

 HOW Sweet it is...

 Low Hand Picked Florals were the inspiration for the Wedding  guest tables

 Martha Stewart inspired table numbers...Vintage

 Simple and delicate...cake with sashes

 Handmade address box in lieu of a guestbook, this was fun to make!

 Bridesmaids bouquets

 Bride's peony bouquet

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Rachlin!

Monday
30Mar

San Gabriel Hilton- First wedding of the Year 2009- Inge & Derek

So the pictures are in...Our First wedding of the year was with Nina & Derek (back in January), what a charming couple. I had so much FUN helping Nina design all the Big and little design details for her's and Derek's special day. It turned out gorgeous and thank goodness for the beautiful weather. Nina you looked absolutely amazing! Thank you to Jason Q Tran for the really talented photos.

Along with images of your engagement, display your parents wedding pictures. guests will LOVE it!

Brooches add such a lovely addition to any bridesmaid bouquet...don't you think?

Mini Topiary Trees act as...Escort Cards

Great Idea for a low cost table name holder, yet rich in compliments and color.

Love the Gobos

 Lighted cake stand!

 Congrats to the LUCKY couple and Best Wishes for a Prosperous Marriage...

 Sincerely, Carrie Goff

Wednesday
25Mar

Bonnie & Ivan- Mellow Yellow : The Island Hotel, Newport Beach

Bonnie & Ivan celebrated their wedding reception at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach Thanks to Next Exit Photography for sending all the great images our way. And yes yellow can go along way...Good job Bonnie! and CONGRATS to the both of you!

 Corsages with a twist

        

 

 

Rimmed Place cards

Button...Button whose got the Button? Cute Hand-made Wooden Bobble Head Cake Topper 

 

Monday
02Feb

Sunday, March 1rst- Bridal Fair by the SEA- CASA Romantica

Come join our team at the first Annual " CASA ROMANTICA- "Bridal Fair by the Sea," on Sunday March 1, 2009.

Exquisite! has teamed up with The CASA in beautiful San Clemente to help produce their upscale Bridal EVENT...Our intent for this event is to exquisitely showcase a venue in it's true beauty. My motto for each event production is to always think outside the box and this BRIDAL EVENT is just that, you will not see the typical booth setting, yet beauty at it's finest with many wonderful displays, sampling, design inspiration and more from our carefully hand picked professionals. Each participating wedding vendor will be part of the cohesive color palette we have chosen for this event.

It will definitely be a day any bride, groom, mother of the bride, maid of honor will want to attend to get inspiration ideas, see the new industry trends and meet with professional wedding experts. Also we are planning an exclusive ocean-front wine mixer for all bride's to get professional advice and meet with other brides in the area.

Buy your tickets in advance and save $$$! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at 949-709-7697 or the Casa at 949-292-9506 for any more information.

See you there...

Carrie Goff- www.carriegoff.com

Friday
23Jan

STUDIO redesign-Greenleaf Designs

So last week I went to my fav floral designer's studio (Shelby Nolan) and helped with her STUDIO redesign. It was a blast hanging out with the girls... Shelby, Erika (another FAB designer on her team) and Liv. I was there for about 13 hours painting, cleaning and designing!!! I wanted to share the images Shelby took with her Canon Rebel. By the way she has convinced me to get a REBEL. I have been waiting a long time and finally decided on the Canon EOS REBEL XS-SLR. I placed the order through an awesome camera shop in New York and can't wait to get it so I can start taking some of my own images...

Anyway on with the images....

Friday
16Jan

Rancho Las Lomas- Evelyn and Louis

Evelyn and Louis took the plunge the day before Thanksgiving at beautiful Rancho Las Lomas located in Silverado Canyon. Besides the rain factor it was a fantastic day filled with celebration and love.

Evelyn is so gorgeous and Louis a true looker. Joy Marie captured their love and beauty amazingly. Thanks Joy Marie for the photos and all your hard work that day. You are a true PRO!

I truly enjoyed working with them and helping Evelyn come up with all her design aspects for her wedding. Even though they were on a tighter budget, we were able to get super creative and make it super chic and classy. Take at look at the wedding photos and you be the judge!

Ring Bearer pillows made out of white button mini mums

 Church Pew ends...

 Absolutely stunning....

 Escort Cards-Moos Cards in white small envelopes in grass wooden box. When the guests opened the small envelope inside was a special treat containing an adorable moo card- Each moo card had a smaller version picture of the table number the guests were sitting at. Evelyn and Louis had taken pictures of the little ones in their family (nieces, nephews, cousins, etc.) and had them do various things depicting the table number. The guests had to match the smaller version table number picture with the large version picture at the table they were sitting at. Instead of using table frames, for brides on a tighter budget I love to recommend the idea of using fruit as the table number stand. Super cheap and super "chic"

The Sweet Heart table- " How sweet it is..."

Menu cards were placed at each individual seat describing each station to the wedding guest

 We opted to do the family dining style place setting for each guest table- creating a stunning visual impact

 The Kids Table- I have such fun getting all the items I know kids will love.

 De-lighted! did the lighting and sweets table for this event. Just love the blue impact behind the cake and the sweets table.

Tuesday
13Jan

Arroyo Trabuco, Anne and Andy-Vintage Country Inspired

Anne and Andy were such a sweet couple and I truly enjoyed working with them. It was such a beautiful day and the weather could not have been more perfect. My team and I loved working with Alyson and her staff at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course nestled in Mission Viejo. Super sweet and fun Heather Moreau from Vallentyne Photography sent me a cd of their wedding day images, thanks Heather! jenny Isbell teamed up with me on this event and helped make the day absolutely flawless. Now on with the show...

Oh those wonderful MOO Cards- just can't get enough of them

 Bridesmaid Bouquets 

 Flower girls baskets with Butterfly theme

Groomsmen personal flowers- Chocolate Brown...Monkey tail my favorite

 

 Mini button mum Monograms on the Ceremony Gate 

 Elegant fan programs with rhinestone accent made by the FAB Meghann at Pink Paper design

Ceremony Petal cups- I really wanted these to pop yet be subtle at the same tiime on the fruitwood ceremony chairs- the blue dollie with rust orange ribbon accomplishes this perfectly.

I just had to share this adorable image of the ring bearer  -            He is dressed in a newsie cap looking like he could be straight out of the 40's. This images captures him starting to head back in the wrong direction-Unsure of his decent down the long aisle he looks back at me for reassurance. i am happy to say he made it down the aisle. 

 What a perfect design idea for escort cards at a golf course- personalized golf tees in a large boxed pallet of green grass.I had so much fun hand-making and designing these personalized escort cards for Anne and Andy

 Cocktail table pieces- Simple inexpensive floating hydrangeas and mums

 Wedding Guest Table trio Centerpieces with vintage paper accent

 I am a big Fan of what i like to call the Kings Table ( Family dining style) however this sweetheart table is just that-sweetly romantic!

We decided to do a hand tied fresh sprig of rosemary at each guest place setting 

Final TOUCHES- Chocolate piped wedding cake on vintage silver cake stand

Friday
09Jan

Surf and Sand, Laguna Beach- Ira & Jerome

Ira and Jerome tied the knot this past summer at the Beautiful Surf and Sand Resort in Laguna Beach. It was such a gorgeous sunny day and everything went so well. Ira, Karen, Shelbyand I had so much fun working together designing and planning their special day. As always thank you to Jan Garcia for sending over these images!

Just recieved this sweet email from Ira the othr day:

So it's been six months since our wedding and I haven't sent you an email.

I want to thank you for everything you and your staff did to make our wedding such a memorable experience for the both of us, our families, and all our guests.

When we both imagined having a beautiful beach wedding, we never expected it to be as breathtaking as ours turned out to be and it wouldn't have been a reality if it wasn't for you and your staff. You not only took my vision and brought it to life, but your creativity and guidance throughout the planning process made my wedding day surpass all my expectations. All our guests raved about our wedding, especially all the little details that made it all come together. There were so many details to think about and to organize, but with you and your staff's help, Jerome and I were able to just enjoy the day and not worry about anything. We could focus on our day and on our guests, which was our goal in making our wedding memorable.

Thank you for all the hard work you guys did and for our stressful-free day. Jerome is known to be the laid-back, carefree one and I am usually the opposite. However, during that weekend, everyone kept telling me that I was such a calm bride. It's not an easy task to make me that way, so THANK YOU!!!

Jerome & Ira "O"