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Goutal Petite Cherie Eau de Toilette - For the 10th Anniversary, the classic
ribbed bottle is frosted in a soft, celadon green. Petite Cherie is a
fresh combination of fruity and floral ingredients including peach, musk
rose, pear, fresh cut grass and vanilla, Bloomingdales.com,
Retail $115
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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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On her A-List, Linda Pitelli of Eventful Designing is captured by the magic and imagination of Los Angeles and it's major star factor.
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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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 Red Butterfly Ornaments - Made of fabric with glitter accents, Potterybarn.com
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 Eau de Parfum by Vera Wang
An exotic fruity, floral bouquet teased with vanilla and an unexpected
twist of pink guava. The gold crown cap contains a hidden treasure: a
keepsake gold band studded with tiny amethyst-colored crystals. $42 -
$68 verawang.com
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Contemporary Garden Gazebo Lounge Wedding |
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WRITTEN BY: Alisa Jennifer Kay
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Alyssa Nicol Photography
Coordination, Production & Set Direction: Cobalt Events
Event Design Direction, Draping & Linen Fabrication: Tabella Designs & Linens
Event Rentals: Town & Country Event Rentals
Floral Design: The Hidden Garden
Paper Products: Celebration Cards
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 Spring evokes a sense of new beginnings, when flowers are blooming, passion and romance seem to fill the air, and bright sunshiny days fill our hearts with happiness. Imagine getting married and kissing your sweetheart under a beautiful garden gazebo. For over 5,000 years earthly paradises have been created by placing gazebos in beautified gardens. Gazebos are the most prevalent outdoor garden structures in the world. These freestanding, roofed, usually open-sided structures provide a shady resting place and with this gazebo, Nicole Hirsty of Cobalt Events dreams up a fresh twist with bright blossoming flowers, and illuminating chandeliers casting a soft glow. “I wanted to create a romantic, whimsical feel,” says Hirsty. Her inspiration started with the wrought-iron structure, “and we built everything around it,” says Hirsty.
Renting a canopy, bar, furniture, and other unique items such as a gazebo, can be a reality. Town & Country Event Rentals provided their distinctive gazebo for this romantic and soft wedding setting. The new wrought-iron gazebo is from their “Savannah Collection,” which also includes a variety of wrought-iron furniture such as benches, tables, spires, and flower planters. “The Savannah Collection evokes the glamour of the Old South while providing a fresh look for our clientele,” said Laird McClure, Event Director of Town & Country Event Rentals. “The gazebo can also be easily adapted to create a Victorian sensibility or a Vineyard look.” McClure adds, “The French floral experience of a Mille Fleur-design can be beautifully and easily executed with this gazebo collection, too.”
Hirsty was inspired by the “timeless look” of the wrought-iron from the gazebo, but to give it that modern approach, she incorporated a contemporary color scheme of bright pinks with hints of greens. “A  special time for a wedding is always springtime because it is so luminous....so I wanted the colors to be vibrant, but also inviting,” shares Hirsty. To extend the springtime sentiment, soft white draping was affixed to the gazebo which not only allowed the unique structure of the gazebo to be emphasized, “it also brings visual delight as the white drapes will move in unison with the soft wind,” concludes Hirsty.
Most people think a gazebo is used traditionally as the centerpiece for a bride and groom’s ceremony. Today’s weddings planners are thinking outside the box. A gazebo can be multi-functional and have many uses that are very untraditional, but very exciting. The gazebo shown here can be absolutely used for a ceremony, but also moonlights as a lounge, a candy bar or a cake table. Very unique uses would be to put the guestbook under the gazebo, have favors there, or even the designated area to have escort cards, programs and seating cards. These are all very unconventional, but creative ways to use a gazebo in a wedding. “Different ways in which the gazebo can be used in the design of the event are for the entrance, as a sweetheart table enclosure, to set off a cake table, a place card table, a disc jockey, or a small lounge. The possibilities are endless for the gazebo to be used. Basically, they are perfect for whatever the wedding couple wants to “frame” as special to their unique event,” said McClure.
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 For the reception, Jemie changed into a Chinese Chi Pao dress which, in keeping with the ocean theme, was custom-made by Helen’s Chi Pao in blue instead of the traditional red...
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 “Hindu weddings have rituals that have evolved since early times,” Monica says, “and they differ in many ways from the modern Western wedding ceremony.”...
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 After a yacht ride across San Francisco Bay and dinner with Alvin’s parents, they wound up alone on the top floor of the St. Francis Hotel...
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 On the eve of her birthday, Maria was with friends at the Spotted Pig restaurant in New York, standing alone at the bar waiting for her drink....
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#21 LA FLEUR TABLE
Cover your entire table top with a single bold color of petals. Not
just a scattering, but the entire top of the table with a thick layer
of petals! You can purchase them at a farmers market or order them
through your florist. Place your chargers, place settings, glassware
and centerpieces in a contrasting color and lots of candles directly
onto the petals for a stunning, romantic look!
Jill La Fleur, The Wedding Planner
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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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#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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