Karen and Gabe were married May 7 and we had the absolute pleasure of doing their Reception at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Sacramento. We provided DJ, MC, Entertainment Coordination and Lighting (pictures provided by us) for them. It was the perfect location for their big day. Their Ceremony was at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Downtown Sacramento so it was close and they had lots of guests traveling so having the convenience of a hotel was awesome and very accommodating. On top of it all the staff at the Hyatt rocks. So professional and so willing to help and work with all the vendors there. We had a great team!

Alison Ulshoffer with Alison Ulshoffer Events and Design was the reason we had an awesome team. One of our favorite wedding planners by far! She is the sweetest, hardest working, funnest person to work with. She worked with Karen and Gabe to create a beautiful wedding with all the little details. It was BREATH TAKING! We had the BEST flowers by the talented Martha Andrews with Blooms by Martha Andrews. We are at many weddings and florists just have a signature, it can be the same flowers or bouquet but something makes it different. We ALWAYS know who we are working with and if it’s a professional or not. She is one of the top in Sacramento for sure! We also had a dessert bar instead of traditional cake. They add so much to an event we think and are really unique and full of variety. We have “known” about Carissa with Sugar and Spice Specialty Desserts and briefly met her once but haven’t had a chance to work a wedding with her. Well she did not disappoint. The spread was BEAUTIFUL, almost to pretty too eat… almost. She even stayed when it was open to guests and tended to it, it really made a difference!

Ok enough about our FAB vendors, now on to the bride and groom!! When we met these two we HOPED they would book because of how adorable she was and how they complimented each other so well. They are very different but mesh so well. It was exciting to plan with them. They had so many ideas and to make their wedding entertaining for their guests but also wanted to dance! So we did bride and groom trivia during dinner (each table had a card with a question on it about the bride and groom, the guests had multiple choice to choose from) while the guests were being served. They wanted to involve their guests so we went around before dinner and assigned a reader at each table to read the questions to the guests as a whole. It was fun for them to all interact with each other and try and get the answer right. We also did a type of Newlywed game where the bride and groom sat back to back on the dance floor and we asked who’s more likely to… We had bride and groom dolls and they held up which doll they thought the question applied to the most. They actually did very well. Another fun thing they did was Karen threw the Garter on a football they both signed (They love football!) and Gabe threw the bouquet. The night went great.

Their photographers were wonderful. We have seen them everywhere but this was our first chance to work with them. Caroline and Daniel with Tinywater Photography were working Karen and Gabe. Karen was like a model, she was striking a pose left and right. They also surprised the guests with a photo montage of their pictures toward the end of the night with pictures taken throughout the day. It was nice seeing the ceremony since we weren’t there.  I didn’t have any pictures of their wedding yet but I wanted to throw up some from their engagement session. It is AWESOME!!! Here is a link to more of Karen and Gabe from Tinywater Photography. (Fun side note: Karen and Gabe were featured on {San Fransisco Styled Unveiled} Bride in the City, and these pictures just popped off the computer! Here’s a link to their post.)

We had a great crowd with lots of dancers. We ended up staying an additional hour cause they didn’t want to leave. We would have stayed longer but hotel’s can only let you go so late. Here were their song choices:

Wedding Party Intro Song: I Gotta a Feeling by Black Eyed Peas
Bride and Groom Intro Song: Knock you down by Keri Hilson Featuring Ne-Yo and Kanye West
Cake Cutting (Dessert Bar) Song: Candy Girl by New Edition
First Dance (Friend sang and played guitar): Someone Else’s Life by Joshua Radin
Bouquet Toss Song: Beautiful by Akon
Garter Toss Removal Song: Bed by J. Holiday
Garter Toss Throw Song: FOX NFL Theme
Money Dance Song: Ikaw Lamang by Regine Velasquez, Panalangin by Apo Hiking Society, Differences by Ginuwine, I Wanna Know by Joe
Last Dance Song: Slowly but Surely by Wayne Wonder