Some weddings are a day. Brielle and Garrett’s, in early spring at Rosewood Miramar Beach, was a whole weekend imagined room by room.
The Miramar is a newer property with a feeling all its own, white buildings and columns wrapped in greenery, East Coast manners in Montecito light. East meets West. It suits a couple who think in experiences. There was a bridal lunch for her closest friends and her parents, a rehearsal dinner in The Study with the space bought out entirely, and then a welcome party unlike any I’ve photographed, a custom speakeasy, green velvet everywhere, moving between indoors and out.
The wedding day began with a ceremony on one of the intimate lawns, then a reception on a full buyout of the Grand Lawn, designed and built custom by Shannon Leahy Events down to the linens, the lamp structures, the table lamps, the bar, the pillows. It read like a beautifully lit restaurant that had always been there.
Brielle’s gown has a story of its own. The designer made it custom for her and is now naming the style after her.
Then the after-party. The welcome-party space, transformed overnight into Mexico, with custom lighting, Brielle in a green after-party dress, and a sign renaming the room after the couple’s new shared name, Cabo-style. The whole weekend was that kind of wedding, designed, never decorated. As featured in Over the Moon.
Planning a weekend at Rosewood Miramar? I’d love to hear about it at jennyquicksall.com/contact.
Photography: Jenny Quicksall · Planning, Design & Florals: Shannon Leahy Events · Venue: Rosewood Miramar Beach in Montecito, California · Video: Sam Eng
