Gorgeous Wedding in Newport Beach

Jen & Ramtin celebrated their special day starting with a beautiful outdoor ceremony surrounded by family and friends. Then they headed to a traditional venue that they made unique with beautiful decor! Bride Jen tells us all about her wedding as we break down location, budget tips, and helpful ideas for all brides to consider. Take a look at this gorgeous Newport Beach wedding created by WeddingMix!

Bride Jen said “I do” surrounded by family and friends at her gorgeous wedding who were able to capture memorable moments using the WeddingMix app and cameras!

“I loved the idea that our guests could capture the moments from different perspectives and add their own videos or messages.”

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Real advice from the Bride & Groom!

1. What part of your wedding planning are you most proud of?

All my spreadsheets! Everything was organized and prepared, so I felt my planner and photographer were set up for success. The other part I was proud of was the sofreh, and saying my vows in Farsi. I have never been to a full-on Persian wedding so I worked with my sister and mother-in-law to learn about the sofreh, and we all worked together with my mom to get all the items together. The night before the wedding, my mom, bff, husband, and I set it up. Then after our American ceremony we sat at the sofreh and exchanged our vows in Farsi, and fed each other honey (per Persian tradition).

2. Where did you get married?

The Pacific Club in Newport Beach- it was an incredible experience. We loved that we could have an outdoor ceremony and that the ballroom had large windows to let light in. And the food was. so. good.

3. Why was using WeddingMix appealing for your big day?

I wanted to capture our wedding on video, but an over-produced video was too expensive and didn’t have the authentic vibe we were looking for. Once I realized WeddingMix existed, I loved the idea that our guests could capture the moments from different perspectives and add their own videos or messages.

4. What were the most important moments that WeddingMix was able to capture on your special day?

I am hoping we captured our vows, first dance, sofreh exchange of vows and honey exchange, and my husband dancing with his family.

5. What is your top wedding budget tip(s)?

I could write a whole article on this one!

1) Do your research! I looked at dozens of venues before we found The Pacific Club. And think outside of the box- you don’t have to get married in a hotel ballroom, look at other types of venues.
2) Think about what is important to YOU- we were going to be charged $800 for a three tier cake. We opted instead to order 7 bundt cakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes- cost us $200 total, and then another $250 from the venue to store, cut, and serve the cakes. Still- we saved $400 and I was happy with it.
3) Look at the 4th or 5th page on the google results for something, and the cross-reference with Yelp, WeddingWire, etc. I knew I wanted a day-of wedding coordinator but I was not going to pay $2500. By looking past the first few pages of people (who get all the calls), I found an amazing wedding coordinator who charged too little for the service she provided if I am being honest with you!
4) We got our flights to Bali and two nights accommodations for free by signing up and earning the sign-up bonus for two Chase Ultimate credit cards. You get 50,000 points for spending $4,000 in three months, and a round trip flight to Bali is 60,000 points so you can accrue that in a few additional months. (I am not suggesting you actually accrue debt- just pay off all your charges at the end of the month).

5) Negotiate! Almost everything in the wedding industry is negotiable. If you feel you are overpaying for what you are getting- then tell the person that it is not in your budget, or propose a cost that you are comfortable. We negotiated just about everything!

6) Don’t be afraid of a daytime wedding. By having a daytime/ lunch wedding, we were able to negotiate some minimums, and people did not drink as much, and we got away with only serving beer and wine.

Vendors:

Venue: The Pacific Club

Rick is the sales manager there and he was incredible to work with. The food was delicious, and everyone was so easy to work with. The venue is beautiful and was an incredible value. I feel like I got a $60,000 wedding for less than a third of the price.

Wedding Planner: Renee Wilson

She was indispensable- it was really windy and several important guests were VERY late so we had to change our decor, timeline, and remove the umbrellas that were blowing out of the tables on the terrace- but I did not feel any of it. She handled it all with grace and ease.

Photographer: Jessica Boltman

We don’t have all the photos yet, but she is so easy to work with, and was pleasant to have around all day. The pictures I have seen are excellent.

Dress: Jaclyn’s Bridal

Mindy, who owns the store, is so authentic and easy to work with. She helped me find a dress in my budget, and has great taste and will share her opinion about dresses and how to hem it and what alteractions to make. etc. She found a couple tweaks to make to my dress that I would not have thought of, but they made it lay perfectly on the day of.

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