This California wedding inspiration from Jessie Schultz Photography provided some modern twists on Irish wedding traditions. The inland hills of Southern California are the home of Rancho Las Lomas, a secluded ranch that combines the very best of the green woods and Californian sea breezes. The ranch ended up being the perfect backdrop for both the ceremony and reception. The decorations from this styled shoot came together with the designs of Abby Lee Events and the floral arrangements from Collected with Love. Green is a very traditional Irish wedding color, so the shoot incorporated plenty of green eucalyptus plants and Bells of Ireland, while keeping things modern by adding in blue and silver hues wherever possible.

We wanted to bring out all the spring colors for this year and I thought, what better way then bringing back some old traditions to it as well. This is where the Irish theme came in and we ran with it. We started with a stunning powder blue wedding gown made by Jim Helm by Hayley Paige from Mary Me Bridal. A blue wedding gown in Ireland symbolized purity in ancient time before white became the universal symbol of virginity.
A romantic soft tradition for the bride in Ireland is for her hair to be braided for her wedding. Braided hair is an ancient symbol of feminine power and luck. So our hairdresser Jen styled the bride and her two bridesmaids to have beautiful soft braids in their hair. The bride wore more of a waterfall braid that went around ...