My brother the budding florist has been helping out other florists and recently assisted at this amazing Persian-Japanese wedding at the Pelican Hill Resort in south Orange County.
An advance warning: this wedding has some shockingly beautiful flowers. And when my brother showed me these pictures, I immediately pegged it as a Persian wedding — I’d helped my mom decorate one a really long time ago. A Persian wedding ceremony requires some explanation.
Looking for an exclusive, ocean-view spot to get married? Then you probably want to check out Pelican Hill in Orange County.
Pelican Hill Resort sits above a huge, swanky golf course in south Orange County. I’ve not had the fortune of ever attending or decorating a wedding here, but I do have friends in swanky places. And my friend says that one of the nice things about Pelican Hill is that they only schedule one wedding a day, unlike other venues that try to squeeze at least three weddings into a room or facility per day. From a decorator’s point of view, that is a huge help. But there is a drawback to such an amazing venue — simple decorations won’t cut it against an amazing rotunda overlooking the ocean.
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