When Gavin and Rochelle got married on Saturday, September 19, 2009 he had been my guy for planning and preparing the wedding. Rochelle, a model, had to fly around in the world to finish her contracts.

Gavin brought his own Chiavari chairs and dark brown napkins and had the tent re-draped with a beautiful thin cotton.

Inside the Inn’s church room, white drapes surrounded the guests.

It was gorgeous and as I’m the green wedding planner, I bargained with Gavin with the result that he left the amazing drapes, a happy surprised for Elia, the mom of a November wedding who really wanted new drapes but was fighting with her budgets to get it done.

I often keep an eye on weddings before or after mine and arrange sharing of rentals and decor if the tastes are similar. We did a lighting share at the Ranch in Calabasas recently, it saves money, time and energy.

Gavin made sure that his butterflies were native and raised by a responsible company, all butterflies made the trip alive and dashed out of their boxes, a little drunk and rather eager to find the love of their lifes…

Jane &Ethan got married at the Malibu Nature Preserve’s Sycamore Grove on October 10, 2009 two weeks after Stephanie&Randal (photos below) who were the couple who inaugurated the horse arena as a wedding site.

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I love country weddings, one of the reasons being that we can have animals join the festivities: dogs as ring bearers, birds and horses as symbols of beauty and (domesticated) freedom and Zebras if we rent a vineyard like the Malibu Family Wines.

On December 6, 2008, Rebecca will ride into her wedding reception at the Mermaid Mansion on a beautiful Arabian horse. Her fiance Harry, not the avid horse man, doesn’t want to break his neck so her volunteered to “gallantly” accompany her on foot. I am looking forward to their wedding, working on the Neptunian decor right now…We are thinking of ocean themed candelabras. Updates will follow.