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Much love,
Ashlyn & Heather
C&C

Nicole + Dan: Engaged.

This lovely couple was just married this past Saturday at Condors Nest Ranch. Katie Neal Photography was there to capture every beautiful detail of the big day, and we cannot wait to share! Nicole hired us to pull together her vision and style the entire day...and we must say, she was a dream bride to work with!

Until then, we leave you with a few of their darling engagement session photos. Thank you Katie!

Nicole, you are gorgeous!! This photo of you is stunning.

Peach & Pumpkins: Snippet and Ink Inspiration Board

Image Source: Snippet and Ink {please visit for other photo sources}

Not only to I love this inspiration board made by Snippet and Ink, but I love that Kathryn used one of our photos from our peach inspired photo shoot. This board is a perfect blend of peach and warm orange tones, coupled with a striking navy blue. What a beautiful, fall color palette this would be! The perfect blend between warm & fresh!

Back to Basics: Wedding Cake

Wedding dessert trends are all over the board these days. Anything goes. That's what we tell the bride who wants to do pie instead of cake, small cakes instead of one large, and the ever so fabulous dessert bar with homemade treats.

However we're finding it refreshing when a bride gets 'back to the basics', and chooses a wedding cake. "Just ONE wedding cake?!" you might ask? Yep, just one. One large and beautiful wedding cake.

We're getting back to the basics today with the traditional wedding cake. And if you notice...singular wedding cakes can be fun too. The shape, size and design of your cake can be creative, and even be a show stopper!

Photo Credit: Daniel Usenko as seen on Style Me Pretty Cake: Popa Haydn

Photo Credit: Rippee Photography, Cake: Sweet and Saucy

Photo Credit: Martha Stewart Weddings Cake: Sylvia Weinstock

Photo Credit: Jose Villa Cake: Erica O'Brien Cakes

Photo Source: Martha Stewart Weddings

Photo Credit: Sherry Heck Cake: Cake Walk Baking

Photo Source: Wedding Wire

Real Wedding: Molly + Donovan [peek]

It was the perfect summer evening wedding in Palm Springs. Molly + Donovan said I DO, and became Mr. and Mrs. Funkey. Truly a stunning & special day...more to come!

Windy Dougall, is the amazing talent behind this lens...thanks Windy!

Jessica Claire Styled Workshop: Peek.

Two weeks ago we had the privilege of styling one of Jessica Claire's photography workshops in Orange County. As always, it was such a fun process and we were able to pull together a dream team of vendors to pull off our summertime shoot.

Here is just a peek at two photos from the shoot, and a little inspiration board we went off of.

[For the life of me, I cannot figure out where several of the inspiration photos came from, so if it's yours, please do let me know!]

Yep, those 'Sex and the City' shoe clips are pretty hot right? Thanks to the ultra hip accessory designer Rachel Larriane, our bride was totally decked out.

More of the summertime shoot coming really soon!

Love,

Ashlyn+Heather

C&C

Engaged: Molly & Donovan...& Dear Darling.

Donovan and Molly have been personal friends of ours for a long time now. They are sweet, kind, fun and full of so much life and energy! Their Palm Springs Wedding is going to be off the charts HIP. Oh and did I mention they will soon be Mr. & Mrs. Funky?! Completely fitting. :) Molly is also a fantastic make up artist. See her stuff here!

Windy Dougall captured these amazing engagement photos of Donovan & Molly. Couldn't help but share a few...M&D, can't wait for the big day in a couple of weeks!!

Aren't these train ones adorable? Such a great backdrop!

I wanted to share one more little piece of their wedding....the ADORABLE custom made invitations by Dear Darling! We're pleased to introduce you to the mastermind behind these, Suzy Lee. She did such a fantastic job on these, and is so talented! You will be seeing more of her work with C&C very soon...!