Congratulations Alissa and Joe!

We always love working at The Padua Hills Theatre. It's classy, beautiful, and it's kind of a chameleon in that it can completely transform based on the wedding being held there. So even though we work there quite a bit, it's an all-new experience every time. That also must account for it's incredible popularity. We had the pleasure of returning this fall for Alissa and Joe's gorgeous wedding. It was wonderful meeting Alissa and hearing all about her wedding vision. She loved the look of gold, sparkles, simple elegance, and lots of personal touches. Joe even made the wood boxes which housed the ceremony and reception flowers. The day came together beautifully and Alissa and Joe were one of the calmest most "in the moment" couples we've ever coordinated a wedding for. We're guessing they're yoga masters or something because they were always cool and focused - and just taking it all in. It was wonderful to be near them because we could tell they were truly appreciating their day and all of it's beautiful details. A big heartfelt congratulations to the lovely Alissa and Joe!

Thank you so much to Cameron Leung Photography for taking and sharing these amazing photos. More photos can be seen on their BLOG.

Coordinated by: Whitney Wing Drake and Morgan Rogers

TRULY GRAND ENTRANCES: Song Suggestions for your Grand Entrance

We LOVE music here at Wish Wonder Dream and you'll hear it blasting at our studio daily. From Pearl Jam, to Coffee House, to Country, to Indie Rock - we truly love it all. We also love to help our clients select music for their special wedding dances so we've created a list of our favorites using Spotify.

We've based our song choices from past experiences with couples who have really done it right and from our own personal favorites. Our first list "GRAND ENTRANCES" is guaranteed to get the party started right. We've broken it up by genre to make it as easy to use as possible. We love feedback and suggestions so please let us know if we missed one of your favorites.

By the way, we promise to update this about every six months to make sure our Top 40's Genre is still relevant and currently playing on the radio. Here are some of our favorites right NOW and the rest can be seen here

POP/TOP 40s

It's Always a Good Time (Owl City)

Live While We're Young (One Direction)

Anything Can Happen (Ellie Goulding)

I Can Only Imagine (Chris Brown)

You've Got the Love (Florence and the Machine)

COUNTRY:

My Kind of Party (Jason Aldean)

Here For the Party (Gretchen Wilson)

Hillbilly Bone (Blake Shelton)

UPBEAT/HIGH ENERY:

Fever (remix) (Adam Freeland remix by Sarah Vaughan)

Ready For the Floor (Hot Chip)

Intro (The XX)

L.O.V.E (V.V. Brown)

ROCK:

I Would Do Anything For You (Foster the People)

Some Nights (FUN)

How You Like Me Now (The Heavy)

Golden Years (David Bowie)

INDIE ROCK:

My Love (The Bird and the Bee)

Take a Walk (Passion Pit)

Home (Philip Philips)

MODERN SWING:

Ragtime Cat (Parov Stellar)

Booty Swing (Parov Stellar)

Jolie Coquine (Caravan Palace)

SNEAK PEAK: Natalie and Brock at Vibiana

We were just floored with how beautiful Natalie and Brock's wedding at Vibiana in Downtown LA came to life. The colors, the lights, the food, the music, the building  - all perfection! It was so wonderful working with Natalie and Brock and we are so happy that they found each other because they're obviously two peas in a pod. We can't wait to post the professional photos and we'll do so as soon as they're ready. In the meantime though, here are some snapshots we took with the help of our faithful friend Instagram: 

Wedding Video Featuring Elma and Tets!

The lovely Isabel Gonzales of Cinematheque just shared this beautiful highlights video from a wedding we coordinated earlier this year for Elma and Tets at The Legendary Park Plaza. Isabel did a gorgeous job of editing this and it was so wonderful to be brought back to this very special day.

Enjoy!

See photos from this wedding here

A Vintage Winter Wedding Pinspiration Board

Maybe we're a bit premature because it has technically only been fall for 3 days and it's still in the 90's outside. But here at Wish Wonder Dream we are totally ready to put on our rain boots, have a romantic makeout sess by the fire, and drink hot pepermint cocoa with extra marshmallows. So in the spirit of all things warm & toasty we thought it would be fun to hit our Pinterest boards and put together a collection of our favorite photos from vintage-inspired winter weddings.

And yes, we're sure you're about to say something like "Don't you live in LA?" "Will you even see the snow this winter?" And to you we reply: "We'll have snow & mistletoe...if only in our dreams - and our blog" :)

Check out our Pinterest Page here for more inspirations: Wish Wonder Dream Pinterest