Amy + Cory - Los Angeles, CA

Jurassic Matrimony

Natural History Museum | Los Angeles, CA

Planning & Coordination: Kristeen LaBrot | Rentals: Premier Party Rentals | Catering: Contemporary Catering

Hair & Make-up: Design Visage | Band: The Silent Comedy | Video: First Look Films

Photo: Amanda McKinnon

Working at the LA Natural History Museum is one of those business bucket list things, but Amy and Cory are a bucket list couple. When they asked me to be apart of the fun, they gave me full creative license of playing up the venue while also celebrating their story. So we went full Jurassic with heavy plants vs flowers. Tropicals and airplants to lean into the jungle vibes with a good sprinkling of crystals clusters and tiny painted dinos hiding in arrangements sprinkled through out.

The night was perfectly curated to them. Amy walked down the aisle to the Jurassic Park theme song beautifully played on the harp. It was one of those moments that you slowly recognize the song as she gets closer to the aisle. They had the band, who at the concert they met and are that they are friends with, play at the reception. The area for cocktail hour was decorated with staged exhibits of their relationship, like the drumstick that Amy caught at the concert that Cory went to find for their magical meet cute. I also tucked drumsticks into their sweetheart table arrangement to tie it all together. It was perfect. It was a little weird, and it couldn’t have been more them for a night at the museum.