Rustic Elegance With a Few Subtle Celestial Touches for This Ventana Big Sur Wedding
Big Sur is gracing the pages of SMP yet again with her epic views and jaw-dropping beauty. Callista & Company designed a day for the bride and groom filled with rustic elegance, celestial touches, and contemporary romance. When we say there was no detail left unturned, we mean it. From over one hundred candles in glass vessels hanging on iron shepherd hooks as escort cards to an actual astronomer guiding guests during the reception - the inspiration is truly endless. Check out the full gallery of steal-worthy moments, all taken by the always lovely Lacie Hansen!
From Callista & Company... Our design exhibited central themes of rustic elegance, intentionally, and a sense of contemporary romance. It was important for us to embrace and elevate the surrounding landscape and to provide guests with a unique and memorable experience. We added in a few celestial touches, inspired by the dramatically starry sky in Big Sur, and we hired an astronomer to guide guests during the reception. Our deep velveteen green, redwood, and umber color palette felt cohesive with the surrounding landscape with some additional unexpected tones like crimson, crushed rouge, and foggy white. We had the great honor of affixing a civil war era quilt, which had bee passed down for generations in Evan’s family, as the fabric on top of the chuppah. Guests sat on authentic redwood benches in the middle of the Redwood Cathedral, an intimate ceremony space at Ventana which is surrounded by towering coastal redwood trees.
Laura and Evan’s interactive escort card display was one of the most favorite I’ve ever designed. After the ceremony, guests walked along a winding gravel pathway from the Redwood Cathedral to the Ocean Meadow. The pathway was lined with 108 candles in glass vessels hanging on iron shepherd hooks. Each hook featured individual guest escort cards hand-tied with deep green silk ribbon, which guests slipped off the hooks as they made their way from the ceremony to cocktail hour. Our tabletop design was contemporary and elegant with crisp ivory linens, ivory ceramic chargers, deep velveteen green menus, and eye-catching crimson centerpieces.
Lambert Floral Studio accented the gorgeous floral design with celestial-inspired candle holders, which created the most dreamy glow after the sun went down. Pendelton blankets were draped on every third chair for guests to cozy up as the night progressed. Greenery accented the string lighting overhead and created a sense of intimacy in the vast space. Sprigs of lavender were tucked in between each menu and place card with special significance for the groom’s family, who spends their summers in France at a home surrounded by lavender fields. Clusters of candles in glass vessels surrounded the dinner tables on the Ocean Meadow lawn to resemble a night sky’s constellations. Floating wax luminaries gave the pool a special glow. We reimagined the event space and instead of the band performing next to the dinner tables on the Ocean Meadow lawn, we made the unique decision to set the stage on the sun deck above the lawn. Then the band shifted directions after dinner as we welcomed guests onto the deck to dance the night away. In lieu of a traditional wedding cake, we displayed the assortment of seasonal hand pies on tiered marble stands and also encouraged guests to take pie home for a midnight snack in white boxes with custom stickers reading “Mazel Tov.”
