Category Archives: Real Weddings

Balancing wedding planning, career and life

I am by no means an expert at wedding planning in this stage of the game. In fact, I am sure there are lots of lessons still to be learned and there will be plenty of hindsight when all is said and done. What I can do is provide you with some insight that I have gained over the last couple of weeks about planning, delegating and utilizing reliable resources. Continue reading

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Coloma Country Inn Wedding of Roz and Kyle Gold Country wedding

Roz and Kyle’s wedding took place this past October in Coloma, Ca and it rained. I think the exact descriptor Beth from True Love Photo used was “buckets”. Continue reading

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Meet our Officiant- Amber, Real Northern California wedding blogger

Really, he isn’t just our officiant he is my uncle first. My Uncle Michael has been officiating weddings for more than 20 years. When I was a little girl he preformed my aunt’s wedding in Golden Gate Park.
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Wedding Judgement Day- Northern California Wedding

I’m not sure if you heard, but last weekend, on April 21st, the “Rapture” was supposed to occur. Judgment Day. The end of modern times. On the same day, I received another prophetic, though slightly less dooms-day-ish email. Continue reading

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Chocolat Inspired Engagement Shoot- Sacramento Wedding Photography

Bringing you some extra special, hot and spicy eye candy today! The style of Jared and Ashleigh’s engagement shoot was based on the movie Chocolat. Styled and coordinated by Kate Miller Events, photographed by True Love Photo and floral styling by Flourish.*** Continue reading

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Drawing maps to your Northern California Wedding- Real Wedding Blog by Amber

One of the small details one runs into when planning a wedding in an out of the way location is making sure everyone arrives to that location with minimal u-turns and stops at the gas station to ask for directions. While checking the directions given on the usual mapping sites (lets face it, we’ve all been given wrong instructions on how to arrive at our destination) I came across Bing.com Destination Maps. Continue reading

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Real Sacramento Wedding- Sophisticated Citizen Hotel Wedding

Luke and Nicole’s gorgeous wedding at The Citizen Hotel in Sacramento, Ca was all about sophisticated details and stunning city views. All the beauty was captured perfectly by Sarah Maren Photography* Continue reading

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Super Rad Lake Tahoe Wedding Photography

One of my super cute brides has hired Vernon Wiley to photograph her Lake Tahoe wedding in September. So I went to check out his site. I fell madly in love with these images. Continue reading

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Real Northern California Bride Blogger, Amber

I want my wedding to be beautiful and a fabulous time for all our guests. I want it to be unique and yet contain the classic feeling of a wedding. I want to believe that I might remember every detail 50 years from now and I want my husband (soon enough!) to look at me and think I’m more beautiful on that day than he has ever seen me. Continue reading

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Real Northern California Wedding- Diana and Alan

I would like to introduce Diana and Alan. They were married at The Mills College Chapel followed by a sweet, personal and refined reception at the Alumnae House at Mills College. Continue reading

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