With stunning alfresco moments and personal touches that will steal your heart, this wedding amongst the vineyards is an absolute must-see. Tim and David enlisted the help of expert experience maker Harutyunyan Events to create a day that was equal parts romantic, elegant, and masculine. Wooden farm tables, gunmetal industrial chairs, and eclectic dinnerware were made incredibly elegant with the addition of beautiful deconstructed arrangements by Forage Florals. It was important to the couple to make their guests feel like family, and you can feel the love and happiness in the pictures from Todd Danforth Photography. Check out the full gallery to fawn over every last detail.
From the couple… We met while attending medical school together and started dating almost instantly! For the proposal, David surprised Tim with a PowerPoint presentation in their living room one Christmas evening. The slideshow contained photos together from over the years, but it was really the end of the presentation that took Tim’s breath away. David had asked several of Tim’s friends to each make a music video of what would be Tim and David’s first dance song, Herb Alpert’s “This Guy’s In Love With You.” He then got on one knee and popped the question.
We were married at Sogno del Fiore, a family-run vineyard and wine club, in Santa Ynez, CA. Early in our relationship, we bonded over wine, and one of our first experiences together was attending a wine tasting. A few years later, we visited California Wine Country for the first time and fell in love with the natural beauty of the Central Coast. We wanted our loved ones to experience the same feelings of awe and enchantment that we had shared together.
Our relationship grew in the setting of us both struggling to come out and accept ourselves. This meant learning to embrace all of the different colors and facets of our unique personalities as well as those of the vastly different people that shaped our lives. Our love grew strong in the setting of finding and embracing courage within each other; a quality that we didn’t even know we possessed. Here was the ultimate act of courage. Proudly displaying and juxtaposing every aspect of our lives and ready to stand and accept the consequences of such action come what may.
Photography: Todd Danforth Photography | Florist: Forage Florals | Catering: Kitchen 12000 | DJ: JJ The DJ Events | Grooms' Attire: Bonobos | Wedding Venue: sogno del fiore | Guitarist: Aaron Copenhaguen | LBB Event Planning & Design: Harutyunyan Events | LBB Seating Chart: Peony & Plum | Menu & Signs Calligraphy: David Alajajian (Groom) | Pies: the bakery farmstand | Rentals: Ventura Party Rentals | School Bus: First Student | Vellum Menus: Details On Demand | Wooden Placecards: Fran Johnson House