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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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Northern California’s wine region is ranked as one of the nation’s top five destination wedding locations. Robbin Montero unites the wedding, wine, and tourism industry of Northern Califorina.
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The enchantment of the Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez regions, unfolding their miraculous natural beauty, cast their spell on Jill la Fleur, The Wedding Planner.
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 In the words of the Brooklyn-based premier perfumer Christopher Brosius, “We live because we breathe, and with each breath we smell. This is inevitable. The sense of smell is our first and most immediate link to the world around us....
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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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 Any diamond will carry a romantic message to a beloved bride, but only one will set her heart on fire. A diamond that is so perfectly cut that it has all the classic elements of a diamond’s beauty—brilliance, dispersion and scintillation. A diamond that sparkles like a red-hot fire. A Hearts On Fire diamond.
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 With a bow to Old World richness, grandeur, and decadence, Nancy Liu
Chin explores, in her work, a bygone era of fine art, handsome
architecture, elegant cuisine, and great music.
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 To begin the plan for her event design creation, Camilla Svensson Burns
pulled out her dictionary to explore the meaning of the word
“sensual”—Your Wedding Day’s theme for this issue.
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 Linnae Asiel and Jonathan Michael of Asiel Design, with offices in San
Jose, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills, were inspired by
more than one theme when they created their event design “Modern
Sensuality.”...
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Turning up the Love Lights |
 If you’ve been in the dark about how lighting can enhance your special occasion, I invite you to share into my world...
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 Three inspired designers bring Provence to your wedding table, with their innovations in French cuisine, wedding cake design, floral arrangements and decor. Vive la France!...
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 Destination weddings are a great excuse to visit an exotic locale, but then maybe it’s not as far away as you think. We didn’t travel to Morocco, Indonesia, or to the Hawaiian Islands...
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 The convergence of past and present in Spain’s beautiful cities, towns, cuisine and most importantly the influence of Flamenco music and dance are the inspiration for our Old California Succulence in table and event design...
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 When you think of modern, you need not go forward in time, instead, return to a classic era of Old Hollywood to The Supper Club. A period where style and elegance was...
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 This summer Robert Fountain of Robert Fountain Event Designs takes us on a journey to that magnificent place where color intersects elegance with his Summer Splendor table design. “My inspiration was..."
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 With a century of providing guests and travelers a tranquil hideaway among fragrant gardens in the lush Montecito foothills, San Ysidro Ranch also provided Scott Corridan of Corridan & Company Design Studio the muse for his table top design. “My inspiration began with the thought of how the completely restored San Ysidro cabins might have been once populated nearly a hundred years ago, by people who kept birds as pets,” Corridan said.
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 Whether you’re gettin’ hitched in the Wild West or having a traditional wedding with touches of country flair, Scott Corridan of Corridan & Company Design Studio celebrates this country theme with style. With the rural, ranch environment of Ojai Valley Inn’s Big Red Barn, Corridan embellishes what he said might be “a fantasy story of horses in neighboring stables, coming to dinner in a setting perhaps set for wranglers.”
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 With India as an inspiration, Asiel Designs paints an exuisite canvas using a pallette of jewel toned accents from the flowers to the linens, a design sure to wow your guests...
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Tips |
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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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#16 COMFORTABLE RECEPTIONS
Reception spaces are taking on a comfort
theme nowadays. Rather than using cocktail tables alone, couples are
creating a lounge effect in their reception areas by adding cozy
furniture groupings of sofas and coffee tables, along with tenting and
draping, lamps and lanterns, lit up trees and dozens of candles. You
may want to hire a jazz quartet or flamenco trio to create a sultry
ambiance. Some couples are even hiring cigar rollers! You can also
use this set-up outdoors for a living room beneath the stars!
Jill La Fleur, The Wedding Planner
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#31 FLORAL DECOR
No wedding is complete without flowers. Try updating the traditional
centerpiece by using masses of your favorite flowers in a variety of
complementary tones for added texture and interest. For instance, if
your bloom-of-choice is the gerbera daisy, try one centerpiece with
dozens of red gerberas, another with orange, and another with
fuchsia-colored bunches. Let your imagination run wild!
Ariel Yve, Soiree Design Group
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