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Mary Litzsinger

Four Seasons Santa Barbara Wedding

Working with Stacey and Barry was so fun! They loved the natural landscaping of the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara, California. It was great to have the opportunity once again to work with the fabulous R. Jack Balthazar. They wanted to keep their ceremony very simple. The element of surprise was to be found at La Pacifica Ballroom. They wanted a very non-traditional wedding reception. Almost all of the seating was lounge style, with a variety of couches, chairs, ottomans and fire pits.

The Champagne Divas were stationed on the patio to serve champagne for the guests as they arrived at the cocktail reception. Continuing with the non-traditional style, all of the food service was set at a variety of stations inside the ballroom and on the terrace. And, each was paired with a signature cocktail! It is very trendy to have a signature cocktail at a reception, but we like taking things to the next level!

Our clients love to dance and love the hit show Dancing With the Stars. We brought in two professional dancers to lead off each of the dance sets with Rick Cowling and his band from West Coast Music! The reception was exactly what the clients wanted. A night filled with dancing, sharing tapas and cocktails, good friends and good times! We love what we do! Thank you Joe Buissink for your beautiful photography!

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Ceremony Magazine Features VP Events!

CeremonyKrisZander(Cover)As I see all the snow falling in Lake Tahoe, it reminds me of how much I love that area. It was so fun to work up there with my clients Kristin and Zander, at the beautiful Ritz Carlton Highlands Resort and Martis Camp. Ceremony Magazine did a lovely feature on this wedding. Thank you to Andy Seo for his wonderful photography capturing all the details of this beautiful wedding weekend!

To read the full article, please click on the image cover to your left. Please leave your feedback below. Enjoy!

Wedding Industry Expert Finalist!

Mary Litzsinger, and the team at VP Events, Inc. have been voted by Wedding Industry Experts as one of the top destination wedding planners, not only in Santa Barbara, California, but Worldwide! Where do you dream to be? On a beach, a private villa, island getaway or mountain top hideaway? Please contact us to discuss where your wedding dreams will take you!

Welcome to my new VP Events Website

At long last, it is here. After years of research, after many hours of working with our graphics designer, Rebecca Ludlam, PixelPOP LA and our virtual assistant and web guru Shannon Kuykendall – the new site is up. Thank you ladies for your dedication, support and sometimes kicking me in the butt to get this project done!

Time to move on to the new blog! Here it is! Many event planners have blogs and do a nice job of providing information on their events, locations and vendors they love and design concepts or photo shoots of events they would like to do. While ours will certainly include this type of information, we plan to offer more. You will NOT find DIY projects here, nor will you find hundreds of ways to save money on your next party. What you will find are photos of actual events we have designed and produced. We will offer some design ideas from time to time because, let’s be honest – it is fun! As planners who really do specialize in destination weddings, we will share locations we love. Some we have been to conducting site visits; others our clients have asked to check out for them. We will tell you what we find.

While I mentioned that we don’t focus on budget saving tips; we will provide you with good value and cost effective design ideas and specials we find along the way. We love to shop and spend money, but we hate to waste it – ours or yours! Many of our clients are focused on luxury and WOW factors and we will share trends we are seeing, locations and vendors that are really stepping it up, inspiring stories, and our latest projects.

While I mentioned that this will not be a DIY blog, it will be informative. Not only will we share what we love but we will share where we found it, and where you can obtain more information! We look forward to sharing with you!