Skip the never-ending search for the perfect favor and head straight to the valet! Surprise your guests with an old-fashioned donut cart stationed upon the exit.
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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By Thea Lignos-Hargrove photography by Elizabeth Messina Event & Floral Design by Scott Corridan, Corridan & Company Design Studio  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. With his imagination at “full on,” Scott let his mind further pursue the possibility of “opening all the doors and letting all the birds free.” Then, he translated creative thought into creative design.
He located the perfect environment for his design under San Ysidro Ranch’s rose-covered arbor in the bird-filled central gardens. Using that location as a focal point, he incorporated a variety of bird cages, a display of lacquered and porcelain birds, and different-sized feathered globes.
To add to the antiquity-theme setting, he added couture Italian linen table runners created by Alessandra Linens of Santa Barbara, a company well-known for its high quality fabrics and finishing. The Alessandra Linens fabrics were hand-embroidered by Tuscan women, whose stitching skills have been passed along to each generation for many years. (A single tablecloth can take as long as two months to create!)
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