…and amazing HENNA!

It is such an honor to be asked to photograph another artist’s (and vendor in the event business) very special day!  Leighsa Montrose, the beautifully kind, sweet and huge talent behind Branch Out Floral & Event Designs, renewed her vows this past April 22, 2010, EARTH DAY!  The celebration took place with close friends and family at the Swedenborgian Church in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.

Leighsa and her husband originally exchanged vows in Hawaii so they brought in some traditional Hawaiian leis to incorporate this detail.  I think her henna work took something like 6 hours and was done all freehand by Bay Area henna artist, Kamala Chandrasekhar of Henna World.

So, as expected, the floral details were absolutely beautiful, so artistic and unique.  Leighsa’s bridal bouquet was an amazing pop of orange pincushion protea flowers accented with chocolate fiddlehead fronds and peacock feathers.  Even the stems of the flowers were tucked into a cone which was expertly dressed in earth-toned feathers and 3 brass bumble bees topped off the finishing touches.

Bride and groom arrived in style in a 1964 Ford Custom 500 which was built for the Fire Chief!  Dear Car, I love you.

Thank you so much, Leighsa!  I am looking forward to sharing some photos from an entirely different wedding that I had the pleasure of working on with Leighsa which took place at Nestldown in the Santa Cruz mountains…soon soon.