A ROMANTIC WEDDING AT FRANCISCAN GARDENS | CINDY + JASON

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Cindy and Jason’s wedding planning was so much fun. We laughed and joked the whole entire time. I’m glad we were able to get work done too!

The greatest thing I love about working at Franciscan Gardens is that you don’t have to put so much decor into this space. It’s such a romantic venue already! They have beautiful green hedges, string lights and are located perfectly between Los Rios and San Juan Capistrano Mission. The shade also falls perfectly on the ceremony side. So no matter what time of year it is, the lighting is perfect EVERY time!

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A huge plus is that you can bring your fur baby to your wedding!!! Look at how cute Winston is during the ceremony! Just chilling waiting for his parents to finally say I DO!

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I absolutely loved what we did with their wedding. For the ceremony, we used their in house circular arch. Just putting clusters of flowers frames you perfectly for the ceremony.
A forgotten piece of detail is always the entrance of the ceremony. I love it when we have some sort of floral arrangement as you walk down the aisle. Have assorted size columns with floral pieces to add texture to your ceremony. After the ceremony is done, guess what? We bring those floral arrangements and repurpose them for your guest tables! This way you don’t have to spend additional cost for more florals!

After the ceremony, we shifted the circular arch and used it for the cake decor! It looked absolutely stunning as the cake backdrop.

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Let’s talk about the pergola! We’ve done so many things to dress it up. This is one of my favorite designs. We hung florals in the center and lit up lanterns for the table decorations. Our wedding party got to enjoy their evening together under this romantic garden design!

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Check out the laser cuts party favors that doubled up as place cards! This is for sure something your guests will take home at the end of their night!

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Since Franciscan Gardens is an open concept space, we had to pull in a Volkswagen Photo Booth Bus! All of our guests loved it so much. It was just a perfect alternative to your traditional photo booth.

Of course, we ended the night with lots of dancing and donuts to go along with it!