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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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 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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 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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 Art of Shaving
Generates a rich lather for the classic wet shaving experience
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~ $45 Fred Segal Beauty, shop.fredsegalbeauty.com,
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 Red Butterfly Ornaments - Made of fabric with glitter accents, Potterybarn.com
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Janice S. Casacca explores the Central Coast’s effortless beauty and the flavor of old California where the sprawling countyside meets the deep blue Pacific Ocean.
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SAVE THE DATE: POP THE BRIDAL EVENT |
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Written by: Susan Hart Hellman
Photography: Norma Lopez Molina
Set Designer: Linda Pittelli, Linda Pittelli’s Eventful
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Event producer Linda Pittelli refers to her Your Wedding Day Moulin
Rouge Event Design as “romantic, elegant, lavish, rich, traditional,
chic, and fun.” We refer to it as ooh la la!
In creating
this design, Linda explored Paris’ “Moulin Rouge era,” the late 1800s,
and says Moulin Rouge cabaret offered a unique combination of
burlesque, carnival, and sensuality. This was an era of “rich, vivid
colors, textures, feathers, satins, lace and lingerie. . . Sometimes
dark and very mysterious,” Linda says, and her goal was to capture that
era’s heart and soul and transport it to the twenty-first century.
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Location, Props & Chandelier:
20th Century Props
Gown: Anne Barge (Style #313)
Floral, Chandelier Design & Feather Fan:
Asiel Designs
Invitations & Papery (menu card/fan): Mimio
Linens: Wildflower Linen
Fabric Design & Draping: Revelry
Flooring: Barker Décor Service, Inc.
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Fabric designed napkin: Revelry
Guest book: Creative Touch
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Location & Props: 20th Century Props
Floral: Asiel Designs
Cake: NancyKay’s Confections
China, Stem/Flatware: Classic Party Rentals
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Gown: Romona Keveza
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To accomplish this, Linda found inspiration in feathers, flowers and frames. “Feathers were a big inspiration for me,” she says. “Feathers everywhere, tickled your imagination with thoughts of the Can/Can.” She maintained this theme throughout her décor, including a wall of mirrors, frames, photographs, including bygone weddings, showgirls, French Aristocracy, and love letters, reflecting the diversity of guests frequenting Moulin Rouge’s show-stopping performances.
And Linda created some showstoppers of her own, including a six-foot
crystal Eiffel Tower, to which place cards were attached with trinkets,
pearls, rose buds, and ribbons; menus created from feather adorned
antique-look carved wooden fans; quintessentially French table settings
with an abundance of gold, clear crystal, and red-accented china; and
linens comprised of layer-upon-layer of tulle with an overlay of
ostrich feathers hand-affixed to the silk undercloth.
Of these pièces de résistance, however, the single pièce de résistance
may have been the custom-constructed chandelier. Reminiscent of a
Moulin Rouge showgirl’s opulent headdress, this showpiece, with golden
branches and pink antique roses, and heavily bejeweled, was then
further-adorned with countless feathers.
This wedding, Linda says, is for couples who “love Paris, a bit of
adventure, have a hidden fantasy for risqué….but who are also
traditional and romantics at heart.” They, especially, will say, c’est
magnifique!
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Location & Props: 20th Century Props
Gown & Wrap: Romona Keveza
Invitations & Papery (menu card/fan): Mimio
Linens: Wildflower Linen
Flooring: Barker Décor Service, Inc.
Floral: Asiel Designs
China, Stem/Flatware: Classic Party Rentals
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Cake: NancyKay’s Confections
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Art Direction: CathrynVanBreene
Production & Set Directors: Peter Schroff & Yosi Dori
Location & Props: 20th Century Props
Fashion Styling: Cathryn VanBreene, THE studioagency, assisted by Helen Nishimura
Hair & Makeup: Erica Harding, Sheila Stone, Stephanie Stone,
Trina Duarte & Cathryn VanBreene, THE studioagency |
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Tips |
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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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#11 QUICK FIX
Traveling with an emergency kit is like the American Express campaign, “Don’t leave home without it.” It should have everything from panty hose and nail glue to smelling salts and Tums, but the most commonly used item is SAFETY PINS! Although you should have a needle and thread, I have resorted to using safety pins for fixing hems on tuxedos, bustling the brides gown, pinning broken bra straps and creating a veil or headpiece out of tulle when the bride’s was left at home. Safety pins are great for a “quick fix.”
Toby Kay Applebay & Associates
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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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During my first year working as a wedding coordinator, I was pleasantly
surprised to find my favorite movie, Father of the Bride playing on
TV. I immediately grabbed a box of tissues for the heart-wrenching
scene where Steve Martin’s character, ‘George,’ ushers his little girl
down the aisle,
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.”...
Wedding preparation is full of adventure, decision-making, and problem-solving. Whether you’ve already experienced it, are now in the midst of it, or have seen the drama of it on reality TV,...
Chef and cake artisian, Shinmin Li, has dreamt up and crafted some amazing cake designs that will inspire you to think outside the cardboard box and leave you hungry for more...
