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Malibu Cocktail Shaker
Liven
up any party with this ceramic cocktail shaker with Malibu print. This
7oz shaker is presented in a decorative printed gift box ~ $42 Weddingish
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Your northern California wedding has some distinct offerings: Golden Gate’s proud city surrounded by beautiful wine countryside – Napa Valley. Cindy Danbom of Bella Notte Events knows the city well, and gave us these ideas:
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THE ERA OF THE COCKTAIL has made a comeback, and we are,
once again, becoming a cocktail culture. With this in mind, what could
be more appealing than turning cocktail and bar accessories into your
wedding gift registry theme? With the accessories you see here, you’ll
be all set for company.
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A Hawaiian-destination wedding awaits you with warm, balmy weather and spectacular sunsets over the ocean. Karina McGee, an event-planning specialist, pointed us to these dreamy Hawaiian places:
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Orange County, California has a great array of choices when it comes to wedding venues and romantic, ocean-view experiences. Your Southern Californian wedding is bound to be wrapped in beauty and attentive service.
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She left her heart in San Francisco. Melissa A. Panico, with MAP Events, swoons over the elegance and the urban Bay Bridge views.
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“She’s like another friend at the wedding,” is a comment Tara Arrowood hears frequently from her brides and grooms. She told Your Wedding Day the reason so many of her couples mention this is because when at their weddings, she is much more than a photographer. “I also offer calmness to the bride and groom and make them feel very special…like ROCK STARS! “
Tara got her start as a professional photographer in a very unofficial way, while vacationing in Paris around the age of 25. “I went with four other people,” she explained, “and none of us thought to bring a camera.” So Tara remedied the situation by purchasing her first 35mm film camera and one lens, the only one she knew existed at the time. With this new camera and one lens, she took over 400 photos. “I had no intension of becoming a photographer, nor did I claim to be one,” she told us.” Although she had enjoyed taking black and white printing classes in high school and loved the idea, she never considered photography as a career.
However, when the prints were returned, Tara was pleasantly surprised. “I was amazed at the images (without even trying to do a great job) – the colors, the composition….but mostly, the story that unfolded from our amazing vacation.” Her traveling companions were equally surprised and encouraging, suggesting that she “do something” with her talent. “These are amazing photos!” they told her.
But Tara had another career in mind, engineering, and continued her
studies toward that degree. “I found myself taking a photo class or
two,” she said, “developing b&w prints in a local lab, and taking
many photos and making many mistakes.”
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Far from being discouraged by those mistakes, she became increasingly encouraged about the possibility of photography as a career to. “I set off to work for a professional who could mold and guide me into taking better photos,” she said. And a few years later, she went to work for that mentor, Kevin Chin.
Tara told us, then, that it only took a few wedding before she realized what her life’s work was to be. “After about my fifth wedding, I announced that this is what I wanted to do for a living.” She said her inspiration came from the brides and grooms and capturing their special moments in time. “I’m inspired by moments – a feeling, an expression, morning sunlight on a cobweb, action, negative space, patterns.”
Tara said one reason couples choose to capture those moments with Arrowood Photography is that she makes sure she and her prospective clients really like one another. “After all,” she said, “if we don’t connect from the beginning, making that connection happen later can be very difficult “
It would be difficult not to connect with Tara, though, and we’ve heard her brides and grooms say they love the special, personal attention they receive. In fact, most people are so thrilled with Tara and her work they want her on their team beginning with the engagement shoot, throughout the wedding process and the wedding, and even after the wedding for years to come for their lifestyle family events and portraits.
You, too, will find that Tara’s much more than a photographer. By the time your wedding day comes around, she will be another friend at your wedding.
By Susan Hart Hellman, Executive Editor
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Arrowood Photography
2221 26th Street, #203
San Francisco
CA
94107
Phone: 415-550-8500
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# 1 - LOUNGING ANYWHERE
Wonder what to do to a resort ballroom to make it more interesting and intimate? You can create individual lounge areas by renting tents of sheer flowing fabric and adding sofas and coffee tables with lots of candlelight in them. You’ve suddenly created that romantic lounge atmosphere in a standard ballroom and given it more intimacy. Your guests can move to different “rooms” during the cocktails hour or or they can dance the night away. Jill La Fleur, The Wedding Planner
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#26 MARRYING MINDFULLY
Creating the “perfect wedding” can easily overshadow what is really
important about getting married—creating a sacred and lifelong bond
with your beloved. Your wedding is not a “to-do” list. Take time to
tend to your relationship and to yourselves so that you enter into the
celebration relaxed, joyful, and with a full heart.
Carmina McGee, Skin – Health - Well-Being
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# 6 RECIPES FOR FAVORS
Gather together the favorite recipes that you remember as a child. They could be special family recipes, holiday menus, etc. Have them bound in small books, affix a wedding label on the front with your monogram and date that you were married. And there you have it, a unique favor that your guests will use again and again. Also, it is a wonderful way to acknowledge grandmothers and mothers.
Melissa Lee, Events of Santa Barbara
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