Kate + Reid - Surprise San Diego Wedding Details

So you all know by now how small and intimate this wedding of my sister’s was. As you can see they were married in the front yard of our beach rental house on Ocean Boulevard in San Diego. Kate and Reid got everyone together the morning of the wedding, made pancakes and set everyone to work. Everyone had a little task to do to help bring the day together, nothing too hard though :) Reid’s mom made her famous carrot cake, Reid’s dad and sister grilled, my mom made cocktails, my dad and Reid’s sister strung up Kate’s paper cranes for decoration, Reid’s sister-in-law found a florist who specialized in last minute arrangements, it was really pretty wonderful. Kate and I went out to get our nails and hair done, the boys went to get a fresh shave and when we came back to the house, all the little details were coming together and for a change we got to be surprised!

Kate folded these secretly for months…

There they are, hard at work :)

Mom doing her cocktail magic.

Yummmmm…

There were other cocktails involved too… ;)

Donna and her amazing cake.

Kate and Reid made these screen printed bags for everyone! That’s Kate’s dog “Pasta.”

I helped design these announcements and used pinholepress to print them ahead of time, Kate and Reid addressed them weeks before, and we all stuffed them the morning of and they were sent out the next day!

Now onto the good stuff! Here’s Kate’s amazing green amethyst ring from BHLDN. I try it on every time I see her…

Reid’s wedding band, he’s an engineer, what can I say…

Kate has nothing to worry about wearing heels around Reid, he’s 6’7″!

Kate says that her only requirement for her dress was that she could ride a bike in it, so when she found the gorgeous tea length dresses on French Knot Couture she sent in her measurements ASAP!

I did her makeup, in between fits of crying. At some point I seriously wasn’t sure if I could get any makeup to stay on her face!

Allana enjoyed playing in Kate’s petticoat :)

LOVE this from Allana.

Kate and I found these earrings online about a week before, aren’t they cool?!

I made her a little accent flower, she also wore a J.Crew neon sweater.

Reid had to do a little YouTube research on how to tie his bowtie.

Love love LOVE this!

The flowers were so bright and colorful.

Surprise wedding in San Diego

Yup, just 13 people all together!

This was the view from our house. Killer!

Reid’s mom brought Kate a garter from Reid’s Aunt to wear as her something borrowed. She had a little inkling that they might be surprising everyone that week :)