We are surrounded by talented friends and family. The creative genius spans across all forms of art, music and film. We are both so proud of them, and we have tried to have some sort of representation of this talent in our wedding. To have our friends join in on the creative process of wedding planning is a luxury and an honor that we are very ecstatic about.

Joannie Parreno (bridesmaid) is professional graphic designer, graduated from the Academy of Art San Francisco. Inspired by our foodie lifestyle, she has custom designed our wedding invitations based on a dinner menu theme, which we loved so much that David had to integrate the theme into this wedding website.

Joannie went above and beyond designing the stationary and packaging from scratch, she went as far as hand cutting the labels and cards after printing. We would never have asked her for all the time she sacrificed for our perfect wedding invitations, but she willingly did it with a sense of commitment to her art and to us, and we love her for it.

It wasn’t until this year, that we discovered our friend Olivia Avilla had such a strong passion for designing and sketching jewelry and clothing. She just recently opened her own online store: shoprattana.com. That’s when we knew we wanted her to do some designs for us, specifically bridesmaid’s dresses and ties for the groomsmen.

We were so happy to find that Olivia was just as excited to design for us, as we were to have her contributing to our special day. When we saw her first design prepped for first fitting, we were floored. It looked more beautiful than either of us could have imagined, and made us even more excited for the work that has yet to be completed. We are excited that this Rattana dress by Olivia Avilla will be debuted at our wedding on November 20!