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Happiness is par for the course as Brittany Shaw and Blake Johns tie the knot in Santa Barbara BY CAroliNe CAGNeY pHoToGrApHeD BY mi Belle pHoToGrApHY
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either one of us was looking for a relationship, but when you click, you just know,” says actress Brittany Shaw (“CSI,” “Body of Proof”) of the day she met her future husband, singer/songwriter Blake Johns, at his Memorial Day BBQ in 2007. Four-and-a-half-years later, while on a New Year’s vacation at Johns’ family home in Hawaii, the Phoenix native popped the question. “Blake had given me a set of [golf] clubs tagged with my name the night before, and while on the course the next morning, I looked at the bag and my name had been changed from Brittany Shaw to Brittany Johns. And then he dropped down to one knee.” Following a rehearsal dinner at Sunstone Winery in Santa Ynez, the two wed in September at The Biltmore in Santa Barbara before 175 close friends and relatives. “I wanted that warm, glowing feeling inside and out at our reception, so there were a ton of candles,” says Shaw, who hired Santa Barbara planner Alexandra Kolendrianos. The couple also flew in fresh Hawaiian leis to gift their parents after the cake cutting; Shaw presented her unsuspecting groom with a Mariachi band (who hid in the bushes until it was time to lead guests into cocktail hour) and a groom’s cake in the shape of the original “La Bamba” vinyl (a song dear to his childhood). “My favorite moment was when Blake then surprised me by singing ‘Stand By Me.’” •
The wedding party (family flew in from memphis and phoenix). A celebratory cheer. Centerpieces hold garden roses, hydrangeas and parrot tulips. The bride’s vintage 1920s europeancut platinum and diamond ring, and the groom’s band by James Gattas Jewelers. The newlyweds, before the reception. A pleated tulle and organza rivini gown. invitations by Jonathan wright and Co. Below las olas de santa Barbara serenade the couple. The groom, pre-ceremony. freshlypicked peonies. red velvet and vanilla-chiffon cake.
venue + cake + menu Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara dress Rivini flOrIsT + decOr Mindy Rice Floral Design rIngs Vintage, James Gattas Jewelers enTerTaInmenT Jump Start, Las Olas de Santa Barbara Planner Alexandra Kolendrianos sTaTIOnery Jonathan Wright and Co. hOneymOOn Italy
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