{"id":1411,"date":"2011-01-11T02:05:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T09:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrenaphoto.goodgallery.com\/blog\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:13:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T22:13:57","slug":"andrena-photography-2010-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/01\/andrena-photography-2010-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorgeous Children&#8217;s Party &#8211; Alice in Wonderland Theme &#8211; Beverly Hills &#8211; Sonia Sharma Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most jaw-dropping events I photographed this year was designed and coordinated by the talented and lovely Sonia Sharma at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soniaevents.com\">Sonia Sharma Events<\/a>. It&#8217;s hard to go wrong with Tim Burton&#8217;s <em>Alice in Wonderland<\/em> as a theme, but even I couldn&#8217;t have imagined just how much a great designer and coordinator (like Sonia) could do with a blank &#8220;Alice&#8221; canvas.<\/p>\n<p>Guests walked into a paradise featuring huge mushrooms, swirling florals and greenery, and even a topiary caterpillar &#8212; all brought to life by the creative team at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rjackbalthazar.com\">R. Jack Balthazar<\/a>. Jesters juggled and rode around on unicycles, while the Mad Hatter, Tweedledee and Tweedledum circulated among the guests. Synchronized swimmers provided a stylized performance in the pool before trumpet players (cloaked in &#8220;royal court&#8221; garments) announced that the festivities were soon starting. The extraordinary red tent featured chandeliers as well as a huge spinning custom-made sphere upon which stunning visuals were projected. The gorgeous red dance floor was surrounded by a black-and-white harlequin floor, upon which the guest tables were arranged. The table decor included huge &#8220;chess pieces&#8221; with roses at the base, along with gold-rimmed stemware and place settings. The fine dining was provided by Chef \u00a0Giacomino Drago,\u00a0owner of Il Pastaio\u00a0in Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n<p>As guests walked through the curtained entry to the side of the tent, they encountered an entire room filled with the Mad Hatter&#8217;s Tea Party &#8212; a dessert table sparkling with projected lights and brimming with custom desserts. A cake designed to look like the Mad Hatter&#8217;s chapeau was topped by a dancing Alice, and I was literally blown away by the detail in this stunning cake. Guests danced throughout the night under this perfect red canopy, and few in attendance will ever forget this one-of-a-kind paradise created by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soniaevents.com\">Sonia Sharma Events<\/a>. With fabulous second camera work by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ymimages.com\">Yoshi Morimoto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"AndrenaPhotography2010_36.jpg\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/misc\/DWF2010\/AndrenaPhotography2010_36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"964\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"AndrenaPhotography2010_36.jpg\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/misc\/DWF2010\/AndrenaPhotography2010_37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"964\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"AndrenaPhotography2010_36.jpg\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/misc\/DWF2010\/AndrenaPhotography2010_38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"964\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most jaw-dropping events I photographed this year was designed and coordinated by the talented and lovely Sonia Sharma at <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/2011\/01\/andrena-photography-2010-part-4\/\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random","category-weddings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3414,"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions\/3414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrenaphoto.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}