Laurel and Ed The Old Richland School House San Marcos November 21st 2009

Laurel and Ed contacted me after meeting my wonderful partner in crime Opal from Ally's party rental and then found there photographer through me which just happens to be my favorite Shadowcatcher Imagery. So of course I did receive pictures the next day... Got to love Heather. Laurel wanted a red wedding which seems to be a common thing these days.... So we tried to put a little bit of a twist on it.
Here are some of my favorite shots that Heather shared with me.

Her beautiful bouquet 3 shades of red roses, Burgundy dahlias, black callas, and stephanotis Just loved it!!
Her beautiful girls all had a different rose that made up Laurels bouquet


Laurel was just beautiful!!

Ed looked so handsome and just so excited!!


The ceremony took place at there quaint little gazebo... Laurel chose simple decor but it was exactly what she wanted.


The reception was under the tent and all the centerpieces included red roses and burgundy dahlias.

The line table looked beautiful with the girls bouquets.

Some of my favorite picture of Laurel and Ed.....






Congratulations you two after such a long wait you guys made it official and we loved being part of your day!! Enjoy your beautiful life together every moment!!

Celine and Terrence November 21st 2009 Chino Hills and Orange Hill restaurant

I met Celine at a wedding that I did back in May at one of my favorite weddings Mark and Michelle's. I just loved them instantly same lovable personality's and sense of humor. The original plan for there wedding is that i would set up with my husband and then go to dinner at there venue (It happens to be where we spent our first anniversary and our favorite restaurant) Unfortunately my son broke his leg so i had to stay close to home. But my trusted team took very good care of them. Here are a few shots of there beautiful day.....

We had this brilliant idea to use the cones that I have filled with there centerpieces hanging on the pews we then transferred them to the reception and put on top of there vases.... Unfortunately we were unable to get a picture of there ceremony they locked us out :(


Terrence had to have the blue light wire and rocks He love a wedding that we had done that on so we made his wish come true!!

Celine only had one bridesmaid this was her bouquet with Celine's.

Hey you two don't forget me I want pictures!! Thank you for making us part of your day I loved working with you and laughing with you :) Come home safe from your honey moon!! Lots of love

Another Fabulous Review!! Thank you Angelica

So as usual I often search the web to find out what our brides have said about us and today I found this Review from our beautiful bride Angelica.... Thanks for the love!!



I interviewed two other florists before stumbling across Splendid Sentiments. Once I met with the owner and her staff I immediately knew this was the wedding florist for me. They met with me several times to discuss the vision I had for my wedding. Bethany and her staff had helpful suggestions on how to get the look I was wanting to achieve while being able to stay within my budget. Her flowers are absolutely gorgeous, fresh and flawless. She also carries a wide selection of decor that can take your wedding over the top. She had the most beautiful selection of crystals that she draped from my floral arrangements. She also had amazing mosaic hurricane candle holders that added so much more to my wedding decor. Splendid Sentiments did both my wedding ceremony and reception which was held at two different locations. The staff was extremely professional and knowledgeable throughout the entire process. They worked with my budget and provided more than I expected. The team of decorators and florists managed to make each location stunning and beautiful. My bouquet was stunning and is something I will treasure forever. I will always remember the beautiful floral arrangements on my wedding day.

Sandra and Suhkee October 25th 2009 South Coast Winery Temecula

Sandra and Suhkee contacted me a while ago, and with much laughter we designed there wedding....
All I can say is they are one of the funniest couples I have ever worked with not to mention how nice!! Sandra and Suhkee are both Chinese so they wanted to tie the color red into there wedding. Both of them wanted a beautiful ceremony and that it was. Please enjoy these beautiful shots of there wedding.
The Ceremony site:





10 Pomander balls lined the isle on Shepherd hooks. The main arch had a 9 foot floral piece that was made up of solid white hydrangea and 4 shades of red roses. 6 pomander balls made of red roses and white hydrangea staggered from each side of the arch. The isle was lined with red petals and had a heavy sprinkle of red and white petals down the center.
The adorable little ones:






The Bridesmaids:


The Beautiful Bride:


The bridal Bouquet:

The Wedding :)

The New Couple:


The reception:


The centerpieces were half trees and half low arrangements like this. The room was so pretty it glowed with candle light.

Got to love the cupcake tower!!
The Seating Chart:


The boxes were filled with coffee beans... Which made it smell wonderful!!

Sandra and Suhkee Thank you sooo much for choosing us to help you with your beautiful wedding. I loved working with you and talking with you!! I know you two will be forever happy as you were meant to be!!
Happy life to both of you!!

A thank you from Sandra.... I received this the day after there wedding thank you Sandra and I hope you are having an awesome honeymoon!!

The Thank you...
Hi Bethany!

We just wanted to say thank you sooo much for doing such a great job at our wedding!

Everyone commented about how beautiful everything looked especially the flowers and all the centerpieces!

We appreciate you putting up with us (mostly me) haha and all the changes but we're soo happy with everything!

We'll definitely recommend you to everyone we know that is getting married!

Thanks again!!
Love,

Sukhee & Sandra

Thank you Talia for sending me these cute pictures!!

We did Talia and Dans wedding back in September and I did not have one picture.... Talia was sweet enough to send me these today!! What a beautiful day it was up in San Clemente, this particular venue is in the middle of a state park and it is so picturesque!!

We loved doing there wedding and we hope you enjoy a few of there picture!!






Such a cute couple!! Have a beautiful life you two!!

Jeanette and Robert the Grand Hyatt October 24th 2009

Oh what can I say about this little ball of fire!! Jeanette has such a sweet personality and is so cute!! And Robert was seriously her absolute perfect match!! Such a gentlemen!! There wedding took place inside the Hyatt and the reception was in the private suits of the owner of the Hyatt Mr. Manchester... It was kind of cool we had to be escorted by security every time we went up... And believe me the views did not disappoint!!
So I shall start with her bridal bouquet... Just beautiful!!

Really it had so much in it that it is hard to list... She actually started to cry when I gave it to her... Thank you for that my darling that always means a lot!!

Jeanette and her father Mike not only a very handsome man but also head over heels in love with his beautiful daughter.

The ceremony site was literally inside the middle of the hotel. Our arch was a bit different but it looked great!!






So then on to the reception!! Have to love a guarded location at the top of San Diego!!

Cocktails??

The place card table:


The Room:



The Centerpiece:
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The Cake:


The sweet heart table:

And of course the beautiful wedding party:

Congratulations my dear Jeanette!! We loved being your florist and we wish you Robby and the little one the best of luck with your new family!! Make sure to send me pictures :) LOL lots of love and hugs!!

A bit of the last 2 week to share....

We have been very busy at the shop and we have had not enough cameras to go around..... So these are a few shots that we took at the shop before the flowers were delivered to our happy couples....
This bouquet belonged to Kelley she loved Casa Blanca Lilies, Blue hydrangea, stephanotis and a bit of greenery. It was simple and so pretty.


The girls bouquets were blue hydrangea and Ivory roses.

Karrie and Carlos had there wedding in La Jolla unfortunately I only got a picture of the Bridal bouquet and the girls....

She did the opposite thing. Girls with white flowers and Red for Karrie. She said she loved everything!!

This is one of Jennifer's girls bouquet's so warm and rich!!


A re cap of Jennifer's bridal bouquet. It was so pretty!!

This was a fun one for a little Bride in Temecula... She loved red and LOVED Leopard!!
This is a shot from when I had just finished making it... excuse the bit of shop mess :0)

Ok so all you brides that want me to blog your wedding PLEASE send pictures!!
Lots of LOVE :)
Just a bit of work to share.... Always fun to see what we are creating!!

Thank you Susan for the nice note from Jennifer and Morgans wedding

Hey Bethany, I had to drop you a note to tell you again how incredible you are!!! The wedding was so beautiful and everyone made a special effort to tell us how phemoninal everything looked. Thank you so much! You are so talented and we LOVED working with you. You made everything so special and totally got our \"vision\" and made it come to life. Thank you so much!!! You rock Beth!

Jennifer and Morgan Tie The Knot October 10th Rancho Bernardo Winery

Jennifer and Morgan WOW all I can say is what a beautiful wedding... Everything was perfect from the venue to the food to the linens to the absolutely fabulous photographer Shadowcatcher Imagery to the Gorgeous flowers.....
Jennifer and Morgan were referred to me by Heather and Skip their photographer . And I knew when I met them I had to do their wedding. Jennifer is one of the sweetest girls and Morgan is equally adorable!! The pictures that are in this blog are provided by Shadowcatchers and Sonja my personal photographer.
First her BEAUTIFUL BRIDAL BOUQUET

Her bouquet was so soft and romantic. Beautiful roses, stephanotis, calla lilies and hydrangea topped of with a bit of bling it was exactly what Jen had wanted.

I always love when Heather makes my bridal bouquets the model :)

Morgans Bout was equally as cool I loved the stark contrast!!



The ceremony site turned out so pretty!! as you can see the romantic color scheme was just perfect with the rustic atmosphere!!


These roses were in memory of there special loved ones.
Jennifer was all about the bling hence the crystals, it was quite magical you can't really tell in these picture's but it just twinkled behind them.




The next few photos are of the happy couple before the reception.



The reception was so beautiful!! I loved the rustic touches and the bit of flavor that Morgans mom added...



Jennifer and Morgan Thank you so much for making us a part of your beautiful day it was absolutely breathtaking!!
Susan thank you for all your inspiration... And thank you to all the guests that said such wonderful thing about our flowers and my incredible team!!
Now some fun shots.....


Love you guys happy life to you!! And Morgan I will be over for a Venti Iced Mocha :)
Thank you Heather and Skip once again now on to next year HUH

Cerina and Peter Falkner Winery October 9th 2009

Cerina and Peter's wedding was so beautiful.... We went out to Temecula's beautiful wine country to Falkner Winery. The staff there were so helpful and complimentary. Thank you Eva for all of your help. I loved the color scheme so soft and romantic soft yellow, white and baby blue. Cerina was all about the lilies and hydrangea.

First Cerina with her bridal bouquet.





A combination of Casa Blanca Lilies, Vendela Roses, and variegated hydrangea it was so pretty.

Cerina said she just loved it!!
The girls bouquet were simple but what Cerina had wanted. Variegated hydrangea.

The ceremony site was down on the lawn we filled the two urns and the Arch. it was so quaint and gorgeous!!







They looked so cute together. Peter is 6'5 and Cerina is 5'2 so needless to say they were adorable!!

So on to the reception. As always we put the ceremony decor to good use!! And the centerpieces were just right for the venue. The candlelight just made the room glow and the smell of Casablanca's filled the air.



The cake.... Got to love wedding cake!!


And of course we used the Arch piece at there table... Yes this is what a sweetheart table is suppose to look like!!

Cerina, Peter and all your family thank you so much for letting us be part of your day!! you looked beautiful and I hope that you life together is just as beautiful!!

A BIG Thank you to Studio 7 photography

Thank you so much To the Studio 7 photography team for these beautiful pictures of Mc Call and Boomers wedding back in August. Thank you for all the compliments and I hope we get to work together again!! You Rock!!
Please see more of there stunning work here http://www.studio7photo.net/

I Do Weddings Kimberly and Anand The Immaculata and The Rancho Bernardo Inn October 3rd 2009

well what a beautiful couple!! Kimberly and Anand found me through our friends at I do weddings http://www.sdweddingplanner.com/ Melissa has been featured on the WE channel and is an amazing coordinator!! She not only handles all the days pressures but always keeps a cool head!! So a big shout out of thanks to Melissa for introducing me to Kim and Anand....
I loved being there florist!! They walked in and I knew I would have to come up with something special just for them.
They had envisioned a world traveled theme so everything was centered around the countries that they would some day travel too!!
We started the day at the beautiful U.S.D catholic church the Immaculata. Though it was simple decor it was beautiful!!

Kim and Anand looked so happy!! What a perfect couple!!


her bouquet was made up of 3 types of roses, hypericum berry, burgundy callas
and trimmed in Tiffany blue with crystals.... Kim loved it!!

The girls also were beautiful Roses and dahlias trimmed in Tiffany Gorgeous!!



After the wedding we were off to the Rancho Bernardo Inn To bring Kim and Anand's countries to life...

These are just a few of our favorite countries....

Cambodia

Mexico

Australia

Rome

China

Egypt

France

In the court yard we transferred the ceremony decor and did these cute little arrangements for the belly bars...

The cute little ones :)

Kim and Anand it was our absolute pleasure to work with you on your beautiful wedding!! And thank you so much for giving me a challenge!! Melissa you truly are amazing and as always it was our pleasure to work with you!!
Kim and Anand Happily Ever After to you!!

Kimberly and Kevin La Jolla October 3rd 2009

Kim Love's Kevin...
"Your flowers were so beautiful and perfect!! Hopefully you saw there were so many compliments about them on facebook!! "

From the first time I met Kim I knew I would love doing her wedding. Meeting between our hectic schedules was a bit complicated but we managed to plan a beautiful wedding!!!
Kim had such a large wedding party 10 girls and matching boy's... When we went to the incredible private estate to deliver we looked like a floral train!! These are some shots that we managed to capture to the start of her day...
As we entered the room the squeals of the girls were hard to ignore. Especially Kim she absolutely loved her bouquet....

Kims bouquet had was made up of cymbidiums, callas, Tulips, hydrangea, scabiosa, monkey tail, bacara roses, gardenia leaves... It was just perfect..

The girls were all so sweet and beautiful... And there bouquets were just as beautiful!
Now to share some snap shots of there beautiful day...







Kim and Kevin Thank you for giving our team the chance to make your day come to life... Kim I love you girly you are absolutely adorable!!
I hope we can stay in touch!! And Amanda my dear little one thank you for sending me Kim!! Love you sweetie!!
Congratulations to both of you I wish you a beautiful life of love together!!

Samantha and Kevin's Old fashion wedding at the Old Richland School house September 26th 2009

This Last weekend we had a very busy weekend with three weddings.... One at a school house, one at the Zoo, And one at a sea side cottage... But because pictures are getting harder and harder for me to attain, I can only blog the ones that I feel meet the Splendid standard :)
So on to Sam and Kevin, what an adorable couple.... Sam has that natural cover girl face. Every time she would come to my shop I was just blown away at how naturally beautiful and sweet she is inside and out.

I have to thank cupkey photography for most of these pictures... That day Sonja was the lead on the Zoo wedding although she stopped by to sneak a few shots of the isle for me. I really need to buy a new camera.
So here we go Samantha and Kevin....







My favorite Isle to date!!


Sam had wanted a fall themed wedding so hence the look. Because Fall is my most favorite time of year I thought of this beautiful and cost effective ides which was just perfect for the setting!!

Samantha you looked just stunning and Kevin looked so happy too. Thank you so much for making us part of your day and letting me do my Isle I have been dying to do :)
Happy life to both of you!!

A wedding for Little Mrs Amanda and Kyle.... After a full year of planning the wedding, the moment, the happieness!! September 20th 2009

Amanda.... What an absolutely beautiful girl inside and out gave me the pleasure of doing her beautiful wedding last week and it came out perfect!! I am starting with some of Emily Sandifer's beautiful pictures of Amanda and Kyle.... Just love Emily she is so incredibly talented and beautiful!!

The pro shots were taken down at La Jolla cove at one of Emily's favorite shoot locations.

The ceremony took place at La Jolla presbyterian church.



The ceremony decor was simple and elegant just what Amanda had wanted.
We snuck a few quick shots of Amanda and Kyle after the ceremony steeling a kiss.. Adorable!!


The girls also had all white bouquets.


So off to the reception we went. The hard rock made a stunning modern venue.





A simple staggered vase look was what she wanted in all white Beautiful!!

Congratulations my dear Amanda You were just stunning!! And Kyle you married one of the most beautiful girls that I have ever met inside and out.... Amanda I look forward to working with you in the future on your new wedding endeavors!!
Lots of love to both of you and let me know when Bethany is going to get married have to do that one too!! LOL

A Review of Our team at Splendid Sentiments

I recieved this review today from one of my very special clients..... And it brought tears to my eyes so I thought I would share.... Love to you Ilanna and all of the family and of course Kerry too :)

Ilana C. Schraibman
BA.Ed., MEd., Ph.D., APA (INC)
12440 Worsch Drive
San Diego, CA 92130
Phone (858) 481-4940 Cell (619) 246-2011
dr.schraibman@earthlink.net
Psychological & Educational Consulting Services

REVIEW: SPLENDID SENTIMENTS INC.WEDDING FLOWERS
BETHANY FALEFITU
It is with great love, respect and gratitude that I write this review:

It is impossible to think about weddings without thinking about flowers. Weddings and flowers have always been integrally connected. I have had to add a third beautiful and significant component to this partnering.......Bethany Felefitu. When I think of spectacular weddings, extraordinarily magnificent flower arrangements, creativity, brilliance, integrity, unwavering enthusiasm, generosity and an unmatched work ethic, I have to now think of Bethany.

I arranged a wedding for one of the most important and adored people in my life, my niece Kerry, who I have parented since the age of one. I hold myself to an unrelenting high standard in everything I do, so this wedding for Kerry was certainly not going to be the exception. This would be the most important event I have ever had the pleasure of organizing. I did my research rigorously, obsessively and tirelessly. I interviewed “hundreds” of florists and was met each time with disappointment. I encountered many florists with good technical skills, but a total absence of creativity. I met many creative florists, but sadly they lacked technical ability. Then there were the florists, who seemed for a moment to have it all, but sadly they lacked the required passion for their craft and most of all, they lacked that incredible wisdom and insight into the complexities of human relationships and “psychology”. They lacked an understanding of the ridiculous, intricacies of emotions that take place when a wedding is being planned. Bethany turned out to be this impossibly perfect incarnation that I was seeking. I knew I had found “the one” when on my first call to Bethany, I took on the role of despotic interrogator, ready to judge and ended my almost two hour conversation, talking to a best friend. Her beautiful, spiritual mother confirmed that this “relationship” was endorsed by a “higher authority” which in this case was definitely required, as our wedding was on an already totally overscheduled Valentine weekend. Bethany was going to have to juggle the “most important” wedding, with her busiest weekend of the year and a number of other contracted events.

It was easy to recognize immediately that Bethany is not only a gifted artist, but she has that rare ability to translate the clumsy visions and ramblings of her clients, into a perfect, poetic and lyrical floral reality. With us, she intrinsically understood her role as “therapist”, and diplomat, as she inexhaustibly mediated between an aunt with an eccentric leaning towards anything “animal print” and a bride, with a conservative, classical taste for unembellished simplicity. We laughed over champagne, stayed up late at night in her store “rehearsing” complex fabric and floral draping for our aisle and chuppah (Jewish wedding canopy) and enjoyed the “delicious terror” of anticipating how Bethany’s extravagant ideas and creations would materialize on THE DAY. Bethany had become, not just our wedding florist, but our wedding designer and planner.

The bride and the magnificence of Bethany’s visions were unveiled on the 15th February, 2009. With tears in my eyes and a smile on my face, I drank in a wonderland of “effortless” beauty that belied the extraordinary effort that Bethany and her gracious team had choreographed with an overwhelming mastery.

Jennifer and Daniel A private residence Oceanside September 19th 2009

I just loved working with Jennifer and her mom..... What an absolutely lovely family!! Jennifer and Daniel had wanted a quaint back yard wedding and even thought it was small it was perfect for what Jen wanted!! We payed attention to every detail especially the kids!! Talk about adorable wait tell you see!!

Jen I was glad to see that your dad took off the hat we were a bit worried LOL... Thank you for sending me these pictures they turned out beautiful!!


What a cutie pie!!
So this is the absolutely adorable ring pillow can you say PERFECT!!!

Jennifer had a small wedding party just the kids but very cute kids...
Her beautiful daughter had a perfect basket made out of roses to match of course....

The Ceremony site was simple but very pretty... Roses clustered with burgundy amaranthus hanging....




The centerpieces were very cool thanks to our friends at Allies Party Rental Loved these trees and the red ball of roses was just perfect along with the trailing greenery....

Jennifer and Daniel thank you so much for making us part of your beautiful day!! It was such a pleasure to create your day!! And Jennifer thank you so much for the wonderful thank you and the beautiful pictures!!
A beautiful life for you and your new family.... Nothen but love for you honey!!!

Kelly and Sal San Diego Hyatt September 5th 2009

Oh my little Kelly.... Man am I going to miss her we met her at a wedding we were delivering earlier in the year to paradise point.... She came running up and said I love the flowers do you have a card I'm getting married in September. We met with her, lover her and now its over. I hate that :(
Well here are some of the pictures of that day...
Her gorgeous bridal bouquet and might I add she squealed when she saw it.

She had 2 of the cutest little girls that we made these adorable head bands for CUTE!!


The girls were all adorable and very nice!!


A mix of bright vibrant flowers always makes a great bridesmaid bouquet!!

Kelly and her dad getting ready to go down the isle, she was a gorgeous bride!!
Sal's bout another Sonja masterpiece...

So off to the reception for 7 months Kelly planned on a peacock themed wedding and a moth ago she said what about tropical..... i said are you serious and then we decided to do it.


I loved loved loved her cake by Shirley the cake lady it was very pretty!!


A trade for all the peacock feathers she had bought one of our famous trees.....

Kelly I hope you know how much we are going to miss you!! You and Sal are such a beautiful couple.... Love one another always and enjoy your new life together!! Thank you for trusting us to make your day beautiful!!
Miss U

Alyson and Reuben Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive Baby :)

My goodness I have gotten behind on blogging between getting the store ready for the holidays, weddings, bookings, and general life with my family, So now I find myself here blogging about Alyson's Beautiful wedding.....
Alyson was a best friend of one of my past brides Sarah and that is how I met her.... She came in and said she was getting married in Beverley Hills and inviting 400 people I gasped and said well lets go!!!
This is Alyson and Sarah back in November at Sarah wedding....

Alyson on her beautiful day....


Alyson had wanted a very simple and clean look for he 45 centerpieces so this is what we came up with.


A birds eye view of the days events, we just loved this venue so quaint and the court yard was just beautiful!!



The girls bouquets were simple but very cute...

Unfortunately there were so many centerpieces to deliver we did not get a chance to photograph the wedding party... So this is it for this blog but know Alyson that we were so happy to take part in your beautiful day!! Congratulations!!!