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 Autumn Starburst Hair Pin - Delicate sprays of crystals burst from a cluster. (Also available in other Swarovski crystal colors.) Perfectdetails.com
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 Juicy Couture Set
Pamper her the Juicy Couture way with this limited edition fragrance set. The travel size spray is perfect for Juicy girls on the go. It’s adorned with an exclusive Juicy Lipstick charm and paired with a hydrating body moisturizer. Give the gift of Juicy—it’s fashionably romantic and fun. $95, sephora.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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With the trend of destination weddings on the rise, brides-to-be are constantly in search of that perfect wedding weekend locale. Palm Springs gives the destination wedding vibe.
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 Red Butterfly Ornaments - Made of fabric with glitter accents, Potterybarn.com
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 Ruby Red Crystal Chandelier – Hand-cut and
polished, 100% crystal with 7 light’s each resting in a bobache,
Exclusively available for event design and personal home décor, Rrivreworks.com
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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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 “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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# 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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#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, Ariel Yve Design
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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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