Where was the ceremony & reception?
We held the ceremony at Paradise Cove and the reception at Aulani, Disney Resort & Spa. Both venues are located in Ko Olina, Oahu, Hawaii.
All of the delicious food and scrumptious cake were made by Aulani.
www.paradisecoveevents.com/weddings/
www.disneyaulani.com/activities/weddings-celebrations/
IG: @disneyaulani
Who was your DJ/emcee?
Our DJ was DJ Tony So aka The DJ Hawaii. He is the easiest and coolest person to work with! He made sure that our program ran smoothly and played the best tunes appropriate to the mood. Tony was so attentive to all our favorite kinds of music and what kind of vibe we wanted for the whole day. His pricing was so unexpectedly nearly shockingly reasonable too. He worked with us and our budget to make the whole experience perfect. Truly the perfect mix of professional, energetic, cool, and just wonderfully down-to-earth, we loved working with Tony and highly recommend him for any events in need of a DJ/emcee! We honestly cannot recommend him enough!
IG: @thedjhawaii
Where did you get your flowers?
We were so ecstatic to find out that Cindy's Lei Shoppe offers not only the most gorgeous leis you've ever seen, but also the most beautiful floral arrangements, loose flowers, and local plants/leaves. Karen and Nick are complete lifesavers as we had only one thing figured out: white flowers. Seriously, we only said we wanted whatever white flowers are available in January for cost-effectiveness. In two meetings, Karen and Nick blew our minds with stunning suggestions of blue and purple orchids to complement all the other white arrangements we wanted. Not only did we get every single thing on our desired floral list, but we were able to include additional pieces all for still under our budget!! The photos speak for themselves as every single item we got from Cindy's is far superior to anything seen on Pinterest.
IG: @cindysleishoppe
Where is the photo booth from?
We would love to thank Party Pix Hawaii for taking great care of all our super fun photo booth needs! We were so lucky to stumble upon them at a Wedding Expo a couple years ago as the whole team was immediately wonderfully friendly and helpful. After two years of planning, we've seen quite a few photo booth vendors but Party Pix Hawaii absolutely stood out among them all. So many varieties of booths (honestly, how cool was our Magic Mirror for full length shots! Yaaasss capture those moments with your best outfits and best friends) and pricing combinations that will fit everyone! At the end, they even give you all of the photos from the night, literally every.single.photo! So excited for another event, once our bank has recovered lol, so we can book them again and again!
www.partypixhawaii.com
IG: @partypixhawaii
Who was your photographer &/or videographer?
ARIA STUDIOS (as we're sure you've already seen all of our IG tags). We cannot stress enough how much we love them! Need any sort of photography shoot done? ARIA. Need some videos to capture all the moments for the event? ARIA. Need just really incredible creative, effortlessly cool, and magnificent inspo? Follow ARIA on Insta and their blogs. The team is phenomenal in every sense of the word. Just take the most awesome, kind, and talented people ever and Aria's team will still have them beat. They are such a pleasure to work with and their photograph/video skills speak for themselves. Now, go check out the photos under Memories (videos will be up soon) and follow them on IG. Trust us, you'll want them to grace your IG feed ASAP!
IG: @ariastudios
Who was your officiant?
Bless the stars for aligning and for Mike playing football because that's how we got Blake "Brutus" LaBenz. Blake was Mike's former wide receiver coach who also happens to run a one man business by officiating local Hawaiian style weddings. We had coffee with him one weekend afternoon and chatted the day away! He's so kind-hearted and authentic in every sense of the word that we knew he was the perfect one to celebrate our day with! His ceremony was touching, emotional, raw, spirited, and entertaining. We could not tell you how many compliments we received about Blake, but we are not surprised in the least. Can't wait to have the video uploaded because you'll laugh, cry, and be 100% emotionally invested. We love you, Blake!
brutusluv@gmail.com
Cheryl Hazelgrove is a goddess! I truly believe she is my long-lost sister because we clicked so well! She listened to all of my makeup wish list items and somehow made this meh mug look flawless all day. I don't know if you know this about me but I sweat, a lot. I think I sweat more than Mike so that's a decent benchmark. Makeup doesn't last very long on me but Cheryl confidently promised that it would with her techniques and amazing personal makeup line. I went to the gym after our trial run and still NOTHING BUDGED. I was amazed and sold (truthfully, I was sold once she opened her studio door and gave me a big hug like she's known me forever but that's besides the point). The wedding morning she arrived, things were crazy. Crazy like a-ballistic-missile-is-about-to-hit-us-all-in-Hawaii-and-we-will-die-so-no-wedding-for-you type crazy. She was so sweet to tell me she would (understandably so) be a little late. Fast forward to through that false alarm and she arrived. Both her and Kylie, also an incredibly talented and true sweetheart of the Cherbu Team, dolled all my bridesmaids, my mom, and I flawlessly in record time! We were finished early despite Cheryl and Kylie taking their time to ensure everything was in place. All skin tones, skin types, makeup and hair preferences different, all gorgeous results. Truly, stunning jobs on all of us, thank you so dearly!
IG: @cherbumakeup
Makeup Line IG: @cherbucosmetics (this stuff is out of this world great)