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Category Archives: Weddings

Lauren + Clark

“He winked at me and I emailed him back.”

A wink. This simple flirtatious gesture – a wink on Match.com – sparked a lasting friendship and romance. Lauren told me she knew after their first phone conversation Clark would be someone she could see herself with for a while. As fate had it, she her intuition was spot on. Lauren and Clark became inseparable, doing everything together from cooking dinner, to taking random little day trips and one of their favorite pastimes - biking together. This was even how Clark proposed – while the two were on a bike trail near Lauren’s parents cabin in central PA.

With their love for the outdoors, we couldn’t think of a more perfect place than Red Rock Canyon for their engagement session.

Fast forward to the wedding day – I’m excited to share that Lauren and Clark are officially Mr. & Mrs.! :-)

Lauren looked breathtaking in her stunning asymmetrical wedding dress was by designer KittyChen Couture.

Though in the morning the high winds threatened to be a nuisance, the stormy weather calmed just in time leaving a cooling breeze and sunny skies. And what better place to enjoy it than at the Neon Museum where Lauren & Clark’s colorful personalities were perfectly in tune with the vibrant signs.

L+C: Congrats! Hope you guys had an amazing time honeymooning in Hawaii!! I can’t wait to hear all about your trip to Kauai and Maui. :-)

May 17, 2012 - 6:53 pm Kathy Brechbiel - Photography was beautiful. Pictures were amazing

May 17, 2012 - 1:19 pm Erin L - Congrats again and great pictures! You both look great and very happy.

May 17, 2012 - 10:50 am Marla - Caught up in the moment...

May 17, 2012 - 10:40 am Amber - What beautiful pictures! The first picture, from the engagement session, in front of the mountians takes your breath away! I love it!

May 17, 2012 - 6:22 am Barbara Kauffman - You are a very talented photographer and this wedding was picture perfect! Lauren's Mother & I have been friends since we were 10 years old. We are so happy that Clark & Lauren found each other. They will treasure these memories for many years to come. This was one of the happiest weddings that I have ever attended..............everyone enjoyed the day and you captured the day beautifully! Aunt Barbara & Joe

May 17, 2012 - 6:03 am Sue Murray - Wonderful pictures. Probably the best I've ever seen. Chelsea captured both the happiness and beauty of Lauren and Clark. Friend of Lauren's mother

May 17, 2012 - 5:07 am Kira Paris - Agree with everyone else, these pictures are fantastic! I especially love the ones at the Neon Museum.

May 17, 2012 - 4:41 am erin - These pictures are amazing! They capture the love lauren and clark share wonderfully!

May 17, 2012 - 2:42 am Jacqui Little - These pics are so fun and original! What a great way to capture such a special ocassion. Lauren and Clark look amazing!

May 16, 2012 - 8:12 pm Deena Rishar - Chelsea, Absolutely wonderful photos. I am Lauren's aunt. I have watched her grow from a sweet, bashful little girl to a beautiful, confident young woman. I have never seen her more happy. Lauren and Clark make a fantastic couple and their love for each other is so apparent. You have captured their love in the wonderful photos you have taken of them. Sincerely, Aunt Deena

May 16, 2012 - 6:57 pm Leah Hopkins - Love the pictures at the Neon Museum, what an awesome place! Such a beautiful bride and wonderful wedding day!

May 16, 2012 - 6:17 pm Lauren Oeler - Chelsea - I absolutely L-O-V-E these! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I can't wait to see the rest of them! :) You have captured our day perfectly. We will be able to relive these memories again and again! Your pictures are amazing!

Kassie & Ryan’s Wedding + After Session

Kassie and Ryan’s ”cosmopolitan meets vintage chic” themed wedding was filled with one-of-a-kind, personal touches. As a creative couple (they are both photographers) they share a love for the arts, modern decor and fashion. They wanted a wedding that you can’t just buy off the shelf. And they had it! Las Vegas was the perfect destination for their unique celebration with family and friends, with the wedding taking place on the scenic grounds of the Springs Preserve. The ceremony was held in the Garden Arboretum, and the reception was in The Library with magical views of the strip. Here’s some of my favorites from their beautiful day.

Kassie looked absolutely breathtaking in her ornate St. Pucchi wedding dress (from the Avine Perucci Collection). The bodice was bead-encrusted, with silvery crystals that played with the sunlight.
 The ceremony took place amidst the Springs Preserve’s lush botanical gardens, as the sun peaked through the trees. Over 24,000 pink rose petals lined the aisle.Circle City Designers did an incredible job on the floral and centerpieces. And as an added bonus, the reception room was filled with the soft auroma of the stargazer lilies, roses, and hydrangea.

Instead of a cake, there was a beautiful strawberry and lemon cupcake tower made by the talented girls at Gimme Some Sugar. I adored the little signs placed in some of the cupcakes with the sayings: “All you need is love” and “Love is all  you need”

In addition to all the pretty details on the day itself, Kassie & Ryan’s invites for the wedding were created by one of my favorite invitation designers and friend, Tifany of Gourmet Invitations! Click here to check out photos in Tifany’s blog post and the custom plexiglass invitations she designed. And while you’re there, you may want to peak around. I’m sure you’ll love her work as much as I do!

The day following the wedding, we met back up for a day-after session and some newlywed portraits in the Nevada desert.

To see and read more about Kassie & Ryan’s wedding, check out their real wedding feature in the May/June issue of Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Magazine (on the stands now)!

Big congrats to my ultra-fab couple! :-)

 

CREDITS
Venue: The Springs Preserve – Las Vegas, NV
Wedding Planner & Floral: Circle City Planners & Designers
Cupcakes: Gimme Some Sugar
Wedding Dress: St. Pucchi
Groom’s Attire: Nordstrom
Bridesmaid Dresses: Vera Wang
Hair & Makeup: Hera Beauty
Invitations: Gourmet Invitations
Music: DJ Harry O of Vegas City DJs & Vitamin String Quartet
Lighting & Furniture Rental: LED Unplugged & RSVP Rental
Linens: La Tavola Linen

May 16, 2012 - 12:07 pm René Tate - Congrats Chelsea!! Great shoot!!

May 14, 2012 - 3:58 pm Kassie - What an amazing spread! Chels, thanks for doing such an amazing job! I am such a lucky girl to have a wonderful husband, and to have had a wedding like we did and it could not have been possible without all my vendors - but a special thank you to Chels and Tonya and Tiff are wedding planners. Love all you girls! Be ready to work again for our five year vow renewal!

May 14, 2012 - 9:48 am Tiffany Mullen - You guys are still just the cutest couple ever. I just love how you two look at each other!!!! Thank you again for having us be a part of this special, memorable day. I may never get to do another wedding in Las Vegas, so I will remember you forever!

May 11, 2012 - 10:55 am lorenz - Stunning! enough said.

May 10, 2012 - 7:56 pm EN - Absolutely gorgeous imagery of a gorgeous wedding! WOW!

May 9, 2012 - 7:19 pm Laurajean Pittman - Great to talk with you the other day! These are amazing but all of them are! Your so very special! What an eye!

May 9, 2012 - 11:49 am jodi - beautiful!! :) xo.

May 8, 2012 - 6:31 pm Kacie Skidmore - It was a fabulous day..for a fabulous couple! The photos are beautiful!!!

May 8, 2012 - 5:43 pm mckenzi - great photos!

May 7, 2012 - 12:06 pm Suzi Lighten - Wow, Chels, wow - gorgeous work! Love these shots, and HUGE congrats on being featured in the magazine - that is so amazing! :)

May 7, 2012 - 10:53 am Juliet Douglas - Wow, what a pretty wedding. LOVE her dress and that carpet of roses!!

May 7, 2012 - 10:42 am Cindy - beautiful work Chelsea! LOVE the bride's dress, so sexy and chic. Very fun details and colors.

Linda & Andy’s Wedding

You may remember Linda and Andy from their quirky proposal story and cheerful Disneyland engagement session photos (click here for a refresher). Well, these two love-bugs are officially married!!  They celebrated with close family and friends at a heartfelt ceremony and beautiful high-tea reception at the Las Vegas Four Seasons. Big thanks goes to Melanie Anderson and her team for helping the day flow perfectly! Here’s a peek at some of the photos:

LOVE that dress and how Linda’s rockin’ it. She looked gorgeous! This next series is from Linda and Andy’s romantic first look:

Linda and her maid of honor – her beautiful daughter, Catherine:
The theme of the reception decor was inspired by the poems and love story of Elizabeth Berrett Browning and Robert Browning. You could tell Linda put a lot of thought and love into each detail – and everything was absolutely gorgeous!
Linda made these adorable DIY signs for their photo-booth. I snuck away with them and their awesome guests to have some fun:

Linda & Andy – Congrats!!! Hope you’re having an amazing time honeymooning in France! Ah.. the city of love. :-)

CREDITS

Photographer: Chelsea Nicole Photography
Wedding Venue & Cake: Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas
Catering Manager: Melanie Anderson
Florist: Robin at Las Vegas Event Flowers & Decor
Photo Booth: Shutter Booth
Hair and Makeup: Megan & Whitney at Makeup in the 702
Wedding Dress: Enzoani

May 11, 2012 - 11:48 am Elly T - Everything looks so pretty. The photos of her and her daughter are so cute!

May 10, 2012 - 7:59 pm EN - Beautiful Chelsea. Everyone looks so great and that last montage is too funny!

April 26, 2012 - 10:28 am Erika - Wow, these pictures are gorgeous!

April 25, 2012 - 7:46 am Linda and Andy - Oh Chelsea - we love the tease!!! Thank you so much for capturing the love and the fun along with all of the pretty. We are so blessed and our wedding was such a special day with our family and friends - every picture will be treasured!!!

April 24, 2012 - 1:28 pm Jan jan Carreon - Beautiful Pictures.

Married: Kristin & Greg

Today I’m going to share some images of newlyweds Kristin & Greg! I met these two during their engagement session in 2010 and instantly fell in love with their easy-going nature and sincere personalities. That, along the affinity we share for haunted houses and horror movies! I knew we’d become fast friends.

While getting to know them, I found out that Kristin and Greg love exploring new places together – especially old buildings and places rich in history. We incorporated this into their wedding photography by getting back together a couple days after the wedding for a multi-location trash the dress at the Neon Museum (a collection of iconic neon signs that are being preserved as part of Las Vegas culture and history) and the beautiful nevada desert.

Thanks goes to Megan at Makeup in the 702 for Kristin’s fabulous hair and makeup!

Loved Kristin & Greg’s matching converse shoes!

Lipstick kisses. :-)

 

May 11, 2012 - 12:11 pm Amber and Dave - Soooo beautiful and sweeping. Love the lipstick kiss pic!

March 10, 2012 - 11:27 am Reni - So glad I could be there for your special day. Congrats to you and Greg!

March 4, 2012 - 1:09 pm Kathryn - Great photos! It looks like you had so much fun. Congrats!

March 3, 2012 - 6:21 pm Kristin - Chelsea, your photos are AMAZING! The Trash the Dress shoot was so much fun and the Neon Boneyard, haunted house, and dry lakebed were the perfect locations. You captured everything perfectly and were so much fun to work with!! Thank you for everything!

Jill & Ian’s Wedding

You may remember high-school sweethearts Jill and Ian from their engagement session with their adorable dog Simone that were featured on the blog while back (click here for a refresher). Well, their beautiful wedding at Cascata Country Club was featured on Style Me Pretty this past year and I got so busy that I never got the chance to share it here too. Jill (who happens to be a talented interior and event designer) put a ton of time and care into personalizing her wedding, and it definitely shows. Since it’s too pretty not to share, I’m going to say better late than never! :-)

Jill’s DIY work and design skills combined with the floral genius of Catherine at Layers of Lovely = Perfection. The floral arrangements were breathtaking! Just check out Jill’s succulent bouquet:

Now for some of the lovely ceremony details! I loved all the personal touches including Jill’s soon-to-be brother-in-law, Brian playing the guitar for the walk down the aisle and cozy “Cuddle Up” blankets for the guests – an awesome idea for an outdoor winter wedding!
Here’s Jill’s stylish bridal party – love these girls!
The image to the left is Jill’s sister-BFF-MOA, Danielle. I’m thrilled to be photographing her & Brian’s wedding this spring!! So, definitely check back for lots more from this fab crew. :-)

Click below to check out tons more images from Jill & Ian’s wedding on their feature and gallery pages on Style Me Pretty!

CREDITS

Photographer: Chelsea Nicole
Venue: Cascata Country Club
Floral: Layers of Lovely
Bride’s Dress: Tara Keely by Lazarro
Shoes: Seychelles
Hair: Katie Stocks
Bridesmaid Dresses: Anthropologie
Bridesmaid Sweaters: New York & Company
Vintage Rentals: Jill & Danielle’s company – The Wooden Trunk

 

March 9, 2012 - 9:45 pm Juliet Douglas - These girls are lovely! We met them recently. Love their bridesmaids dresses and sweaters too. And of course, the photography is fab, as usual!

February 21, 2012 - 8:20 pm Alissa - Wonderful photos of a very unique wedding. Loved looking at your work.

February 21, 2012 - 3:03 pm Trachette - Love it! Relaxed and looks like it was pure fun to shoot. Thanks for posting, late is always better than never when it looks this good. :)

February 21, 2012 - 1:19 am Jen Bergmark, First Pick Planning - I love all the succulents and the gorgeous yet simple details. Beautiful photos!

Erin & Jon’s Wedding

Let me introduce you to Erin and Jon. Their love for games and bets (they even named their dog JackPot) naturally led them to Las Vegas to seal the deal! Here are some photos I captured from their beautiful December wedding at The Platinum Hotel. Only Erin an Jon’s close friends will get this but if their day could be summed up in one word it would be: AWESOME! ;-)

One of my favorite moments of a wedding day is the “first look” when the groom see his bride for the first time. It’s a romantic private moment that adds so much to the day. Erin and Jon’s first look is going down as one of my favorites. And because they saw each other before the ceremony, we were able to plan in enough time to head downtown for some photos amongst Vegas’s colorful neon lights!Loved Erin’s hair and makeup by Makeup in the 702. The side-swept ponytail looked so romantic!

Of course, I can’t end the post without to giving a shout to Erin and Jon’s super stylish wedding party – such an awesome group of people! :-)

January 30, 2012 - 8:46 pm Rosemary Frid - Wow! These are gorgeous!!! I can't wait to see the rest of the photos. Thank you so much, Chelsea, for making the memories of this special day so fabulous through your beautiful photos.

January 30, 2012 - 4:16 pm Marie Quinby - Beautiful pictures! How wonderful to have your special day captured so beautifully and artistically. I have spent the past several minutes trying to pick a favorite shot, but it just isn't possible. Congratulations again to both of you!

January 30, 2012 - 1:40 pm Debbie Blake - Absolutely beautiful and romantic! Chelsea, thank you so much for capturing the day so stunningly!

January 30, 2012 - 1:26 pm Erin Blake Frid - Ahhhh!!!! I love-love-love these!! Thanks everyone for such an AWESOME day! p.s...I'd love to know what y'al think! Leave a comment! :0)

January 30, 2012 - 1:17 pm Don Blake - Chelsea, Thanks for the pictures and thanks for helping to make Erin and Jon's wedding such a fantastic event. Your professionalism, your skill and your smile added to the event all day and all night long. Thanks Don (Erin's Dad)