If you’re looking for some reassurance that love at first sight really exists, just talk to Jessica Lewis and Andrews Jenkins. While Andrews was giving a presentation at Jessica’s advertising agency, the two shared several flirtatious glances through the glass door that separated them. Without exchanging a word, they knew the other was ‘the one’, and with the help of some friends, the couple officially met at a Christmas party. Exactly one year later, thanks to an elaborately planned surprise by Andrews, they got engaged in the romantic courtyard of the Louvre. “Jessica loves surprises and can’t stand having one kept from her. I showed up at her door and had arranged with everyone around her to take her away” Just before departing, he played a song he wrote called “Forever and a Day,” which included a musical clue hinting at where they were headed: bells from the Notre Dame Cathedral. Jessica didn’t pick up on it, but once in Paris, she was thankful she had been kept in the dark.

Just as quickly as they had fallen in love, Jessica and Andrews began designing their distinctive wedding. Both the bride and groom grew up in different parts of the Bay Area and with Andrews’ friends in Portland and Jessica’s in Los Angeles, San Francisco seemed the perfect middle ground. They planned a very spiritual ceremony in a classic church setting but decided to shake things up a bit for their reception. The couple and wedding coordinator Ryan Larson transformed a warehouse-meets-studio space into a modern, green-on-green tribute to love. According to Larson, “I think the most unique aspect of this wedding was the fact that as soon as you entered the space, you felt Jessica and Andrews in every nook and cranny.”

Using the cymbidium orchid as inspiration, the wedding details were a symphony in chartreuse (except for the bridesmaids’ bright pink frocks, which borrowed from the touch of color in the center of each orchid). Escort cards were propped up on small vases of wheat grass that, when taken to each table, became part of the Zen-like centerpieces. Grouped arrangements of cymbidiums, bells of Ireland, wheat grass, button mums and other coordinating elements of various heights were placed down the middle of each long guest table. The tables were named for places the couple had visited together—and each location provided a wonderful conversation starter for guests.

During Jessica and Andrews’ ceremony, the overall message of the event—divine love—was communicated in clever ways. The bride walked down an aisle runner imprinted with a quote by Benjamin Disraeli about love’s grand significance and was accompanied by a gospel choir’s rendition of “Seasons of Love” from the musical, Rent. Husband and wife exited the church to the Beatles’ tune “All You Need is Love,” also sung by the stirring choir. Upon arrival at the reception, in addition to the color-coordinated mojitos, guests were greeted with “love-ly” one-word messages in their wine glasses. Reminders like “love” and “forever” were also projected onto the studio’s walls, creating an inspiring backdrop for Andrews’ acoustic performance of the engagement song he wrote for Jessica.

A vintage photo booth was a total hit with guests; each was able to create a one-of-a-kind album for the bride and groom. And just in case the wedding cake filled with layers of chocolate toffee crunch, banana crème and rich cheesecake didn’t satisfy, a retro candy bar with such old-school favorites as Pop Rocks, Sugar Daddy’s, and Pixie Stix catered to everyone’s inner child.

The attention Jessica and Andrews paid to every last detail of their wedding was done with more than aesthetics in mind: “We really wanted our guests to experience something much deeper tha