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Here at Lilia.com HQ, I've decided to start a new series where I introduce our readers to the best wedding vendors in the San Francisco Bay Area.

My first featured wedding vendor is the amazing Ashley Dicksa of Creative Events by Ashley. Ashley has over 12 years of experience with event planning, and a background in public relations and marketing. Don't be fooled by her friendly personality, Ashley can rein in all of your details to create an extraordinary event for you, leaving you to relax and enjoy your event. She has an amazing sense of style and you can trust that you will have an amazingly stylish event that's completely tailored to reflect your personal style.

Doesn't Ashley have the most stunning eyes! We had so much fun hanging around gorgeous Discovery Bay last week. It's definitely worth the drive to see how beautiful it is there. You can catch up with her latest news on her blog, or follow her on Twitter.

The wedding of Carolyn and Chris at Viansa in Sonoma was one of our favorite weddings from last year. They had an amazing attention to wedding details, they saw each other before the wedding for a First Look, were incredibly easy to work with, and they devoted lots of time to their wedding portraits. It also helps that they are just the cutest couple and have the best personalities! They were absolute troopers on an incredibly hot day and were so calm and collected before their wedding.

I absolutely love the way that Carolyn is looking at Chris. You can tell that she's absolutely happy to have him as her husband!

A few weeks ago, Ray and I drove up to Sonoma for Ashley and Chris' destination wedding at Viansa Winery. That day temperatures were blistering and it was around 108 degrees in Sonoma! Since Ashley and Chris are from the Dallas area, they didn't wilt in the heat!

Ashley and Chris were married in the gorgeous wine cave at Viansa. Reverend Peador of Your Ceremony Matters did a fantastic job with the wedding ceremony, and I highly recommend him if you're looking for a wonderful wedding officiant in the Sonoma and Napa valleys. Viansa has to be one of the most gorgeous wineries in the area, with sweeping views, a lovely courtyard, and a fantastic wine cave.

You can view more of our destination wedding photography with this handy dandy slideshow.

Ashley and Chris opted to have their First Look before the ceremony. Ray and I took them to a beautiful private courtyard on the grounds of the Sonoma Lodge where they were staying.

We did an extended portrait session with Ashley and Chris since they wanted gorgeous, casual portraits of themselves on their wedding day.

The wedding ceremony took place in the very intimate wine cave and was lit by candlelight.

Congrats to Ashley and Chris!

You can view more of our Wine Country / Sonoma wedding photography and engagement photography sessions.