Next Featured Wedding Sneak Peek - Leslie and Rocky

All images courtesy of Chrissy Lambert Photography

January's Featured Wedding on cakelava.com starts 2009 off with Leslie and Rocky's BIG, opulent, purple and white/black checkerboard BLING-ed out extravaganza wedding at Lanikuhonua on Saturday, November 1, 2008. Lanikuhonua's most extravagant wedding required a 2-day set up time. 2-days to set up, 500 guests, multiple tents and outside lounge areas, custom ice sculptures by Iceculture, Inc. out of Canada, security detail, a big wedding cake and groom's cake, and a Hawaii vendor list to drool over, starting with the team responsible for coordinating this amazing event, Weddings by Grace & Mona.

Leslie and Rocky were an obvious choice for us to feature. This fun-loving couple's wedding was the perfect blend of over-the-top elegance combined with a playful black and white checkerboard racing car theme, and some serious bling thrown in for good measure. One look at the fabulous images captured by Chrissy Lambert Photography, you'll see this is a couple who doesn't take themselves too seriously and fun is definitely the name of the game!

I'll never forget when we first met with Leslie and Rocky and they arrived at our studio in a vehicle almost too large for the parking space. Rick and I were looking out our window seeing if they would fit. Not only was the vehicle large with big wheels, it was tall. They were funny, sweet and down to earth, and looking forward to their wedding. Little did they know just how awesome it would be ...

Special thanks to the team at Weddings by Grace & Mona and Yvonne Floral Design for putting together such an unforgettable event! We can only list a handful of vendors on our website with the feature, but here is their complete vendor list. Mahalo to Jen at Weddings by Grace & Mona for providing it!

Coordination: Weddings by Grace & Mona
Reception Location: Lanikuhonua
Accents and Accessories: Original Runners.com; Toppers with Glitz
Accommodations: JW Marriott Ihilani Resort and Spa
Cakes: cakelava
Catering: Cater to Me- Christian Schneider
Ceremony: Sacred Heart Church- Waianae
Chocolate Fountain: Aloha Fountains
Emcee: Rodney Villanueva
Entertainment: Eight0Eight; Koa Uka; ShowTime DJ’s; Coco Chandelier and Friends
Flowers and Design: Yvonne Chapman, Yvonne Floral Designs
Hair and Make-up: Maleana Cosmetics, Katie Arbore (Dorys Foltin’s senior stylist)
Ice Sculpture: Iceculture Inc., Heidi Bayley, Ontario, Canada
Invitations/Stationery: Miemiko Atelier, Cari Nakanishi
Limousine: Roberts Hawaii- Trolley
Photobooth: Photo Booth Hawaii, Domi Doliente
Photography: Chrissy Lambert
Rentals: Catering Connection, Bruce Watanabe; Productions Hawaii, Mike Rossell; JMJ Rentals
Security: Securitas Inc.
Videography: Video 21 Productions, Janice Davis



"Les Roc" monogram and checkerboard motif





flowers by Yvonne Floral everywhere, even in Iceculture ice sculpted vases!



totally amazing "Les Roc" ice bar by Iceculture, Inc.


Rocky's Sprint Car Groom's cake.




Curious to see more? Visit cakelava.com in the coming days to see Leslie and Rocky's Featured Wedding!

Til next time .... Aloha!