Today we are celebrating the one year wedding anniversary of Christina + Shmuel who were wed at the fun and quirky Grass Room in Downtown LA. We cannot believe it's already been a year and we wish we could be together with everyone celebrating these two all over again.
Christina and Shmuel wanted to create a festive, fun, relaxed and non traditional atmosphere for their friends and family. Their main inspirations came from surrealism, Frida Kahlo, Where the Wild Things Are and the movie The Life Aquatic.
Part of our design approach is to understand the space and to make sure the design is intentional and in context to the surroundings. We played up the concept of ocean life found in the venue's murals, combined with bright tropicals and added a modern eclectic twist with dried elements, painted leaves and the coolest carved candles all the way from Ukraine to complete the design.
Christina and Shmuel were an absolute dream to work with and really allowed us to have creative freedom to take their vision and bring it to life. Our mutual love for color, tropicals and eclectic elements really helped to make this one incredible fun and colorful. Can you tell we love using all the colors in the rainbow!?
If you like to see more from this rad day. Check out the feature on Green Wedding Shoes.
Thank you to the fabulous vendor team. We miss you!
photography: Hannah Costello // venue name: Grass Room, Los Angeles, California, USA // planning: Feathered Arrow // florals: Inessa Nichols Design // wedding dress: Grace Loves Lace // hairpiece: Inessa Nichols Design // bride's shoes: Botkier // bride's ring: No. 3 in San Francisco - Custom Design from Bario Neal // hair stylist: 1011 Makeup // makeup artist: 1011 Makeup // groom attire: Indochino // paper goods: Jules Weissman // catering: Border Grill // desserts: Cool Haus // tabletop rentals: La Pinata Party Rentals // linen rentals: Heather Taylor Home // specialty rentals: Chuppah Rental from Chuppah Studio // music: Dart Collective // officiant: Rabbi Rebecca Schatz // photo booth: GC Photobooth // cocktails: The Whaling Club // acrylic signs : Creative Amme