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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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 Custom Designer Cookie Platters
Entertain with style and panache with these exquisite custom designer
cookie platters! Personalize the colors of your cookie platter to match
your event’s color theme. 30 cookies, individually wrapped ~ $120 Beau-Coup
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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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 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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 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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Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, CA
The first wedding celebrated at this glamorous resort was in 1887, and today the Victorian storybook castle at water’s edge remains one of the world’s premier wedding venues. Recently hailed by the “Travel Channel” as number one resort in the United States (number two worldwide!), the Hotel del Coronado offers you any type of wedding you could envision. If your dream includes a large traditional event for up to 700 guests, the Ballroom with its crystal chandeliers, tapestry draperies, and panoramic ocean views is an excellent choice. The Crown Room, for up to 450 guests, is steeped in history with richly paneled ceiling, elegant wall coverings, and famous crown-shaped chandeliers. For a smaller gathering, up to 350, ask about the lush Garden Patio situated mid-resort. Or, choose a beachside wedding on the del Coronado’s expansive Windsor Lawn.
The Hotel del Coronado is just beginning its 130th year of wedding celebrations, and your wedding can be part of that grand ongoing celebration too!
(619) 522-8070, hoteldel.com
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Ka’anapalie Beach Hotel, Maui, HI
Maui’s Ka’anapalie Beach Hotel has been called the area’s ‘most Hawaiian’ hotel, and it’s a top destination wedding location too. At this venue with miles of white sand, rooms with private lanais, and lush tropical courtyards, you’ll be surrounded by native tradition. Ask the on-site planner about the ocean-front Hawaiian weddings, with ukulele serenades and fresh flower leis.
Guest activities begin with the Ohana Welcome Breakfast. You’re off for hula lessons, or maybe a class in making a haku flower lei, a ti-leaf skirt, or a lauhala weaving. Join in cultural walks to explore native foods and medicinal plants, and of course, get in on the snorkeling, diving, and boogie boarding too.
At night you’ll enjoy sunset torch-lighting ceremonies, the Tiki Terrace Courtyard hula show, and a catamaran cocktail hour sail.
Far too soon, it will be time for the Farewell Lei Ceremony, and you and your guests will find it hard to say aloha to the Ka’anapalie Beach Hotel.
(800) 262-8450, kbhmaui.com
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Casa del Mar, Santa Monica, CA
At Santa Monica Bay, positioned directly on the sand, Casa del Mar rules the beachfront. This hotel has come full circle from its beginnings as a prestigious beach club/hotel in 1926, to a World War II military hotel, to a 1970’s longevity center, then, again, in 1999, a prestigious hotel offering a most sophisticated European experience.
When reopened, Casa del Mar was restored in its 1920’s tradition with soft lighting, rich fabrics, and fruitwood furnishings.
The several wedding venues include the ornate Colonnade Ballroom with Venetian Glass chandeliers, vaulted ceiling, and the “wall of glass” for ocean gazing. A smaller venue, The Library off the Lobby Lounge, is comfortable with shelves of books and plush chairs for the intimate wedding of up to 30 guests.
Casa del Mar is adjacent to the historic Santa Monica Pier, the famous Third Street Promenade, the gardens, walkways, and expansive ocean panoramas of picturesque Palisades Park.
(310) 581-5533, hotelcasadelmar.com
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HAWKS CAY, Florida Keys, FL
If your dreams include a private island wedding, please investigate Hawks Cay, a resort on its own island, Duck Key. Its history dates to the 1770s, as noted in the logs of Spanish adventurers and shipwreck-salvagers, but it was in the 1950s that Duck Key, won in a golf game, was established as a tropical resort.
Hawks Cay offers numerous wedding and reception venues including the Ballroom, with an oceanfront pre-function space. Outdoors you’ll love the Tranquility Pool and the Lagoon, both providing an exquisite backdrop for your ceremony and waterfront reception. Or, explore the 60-acre private island and pick your own perfect spot!
But if you’re the ultimate privacy seeker, and a private island is still too public for you, ask the Hawks Cay staff to plan a sail-to-wedding on one of Duck Key’s uninhabited islands on a beach you can call your own.
Also, plan a sunset champagne catamaran cruise, arrange a Dolphin Discovery event where guests interact with bottlenose dolphins, then treat guests to sailing lessons in the Colgate Offshore Sailing School™.
1-(888) 443-6393, hawkscay.com
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 Breakwater Inn & Spa, Kennebunkport, ME
If a small, intimate wedding beside a beautiful meandering river is your ideal, you’ll want to explore the Breakwater Inn & Spa. Ideally situated where the Kennebunk River greets the Atlantic, this charming Maine coastal design venue offers you relaxing wraparound porches and waterfront decks, breakwater views, garden courtyards, and lush lawns gently sloping to the Breakwater’s private pebble beach.
The public spaces include an intimate event room accommodating up to 30 guests, a Victorian-style parlor, and The Spa at The Breakwater Inn offers exclusive treatment areas and Spa Rooms and Suites which are unique, even for Kennebunkport.
Stripers Restaurant features the best Maine catch and private waterfront dining for a wedding reception of up to 110 guests.
Why not honeymoon at the Breakwater too? The Breakwater apartments are ideal for extended stays, with easy access to Kennebunkport Village with its fine shops and art galleries and a variety of activities and sports.
(207) 967-5333, thebreakwaterinn.com
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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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# 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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# 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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The neo-classical Ritz-Carlton, built in 1909 offers you a
heart-of-the-city location close to Union Square, yet a tranquil
setting, high atop Nob Hill. This hotel’s premier outdoor wedding venue is the Terrace Courtyard,
with sculpted hedges, rose gardens,...
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