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A Hawaiian-destination wedding awaits you with warm, balmy weather and spectacular sunsets over the ocean. Karina McGee, an event-planning specialist, pointed us to these dreamy Hawaiian places:
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 Art of Shaving
Generates a rich lather for the classic wet shaving experience
with a shaving brush – close yet comfortable. Formulated with glycerin and coconut oil. In an elegant teakwood bowl.
~ $45 Fred Segal Beauty, shop.fredsegalbeauty.com,
310.451.5155
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SANTA BARBARA has been called the American Riviera, and it only takes one drive through this stunning intimate city nestled between gentle cascading hills and the deep blue Pacific...
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 Michael Aram, Coral Reef Black Serving Set - The Coral Reef Collection
takes its inspiration from the mystical and serene symbolism associated
with aquatic imagery, Michaelaram.com , Retail $70
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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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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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Event Sucess & Weddings in Woodinville |
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 Event Success designed an amazing table, had fabulous food, string
quartet, top vendors and a roaring fireplace. No detail was spared and
the results were spectacular!...
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Barton Creek Resort & Spa, Austin, TX
Barton Creek Resort & Spa, spanning 4,000 glorious Texas Hill Country acres, offers you complete wedding services including event design, custom wedding cakes, custom linens, specialty lighting.
Venues include The Atrium, a pre-function space with marbled flooring and grand piano, ideal for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Then move on to the Barton Creek Room, seating up to 100 guests, which features a dance floor, bandstand, and French doors opening onto a patio. Or, for an outdoor venue, you’ll want The Pavilion, a covered outdoor area for up to 600 guests, offering plenty of dancing room under the stars with amazing Texas Hill Country views.
With four exceptional restaurants, you’ll have extraordinary cuisine and impeccable service, this luxury hotel and resort offers guest rooms and suites in elegant Texas style.
(512) 329-4000, Bartoncreek.com
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The Inn at Palmeto Bluff, Bluffon, SC
Just minutes from Savannah in the Carolina Low Country sits a unique treasure, The Inn at Palmetto Bluff. This classic colonial style resort along the May River, canopied by 17th century moss-draped oaks, offers you a most romantic setting.
The various venues include the Waterside Chapel with its stately arched window allowing a stunning river view. Adjacent, the May River Lawn spreads under ancient trees, an ideal setting for cocktails, and River House Ballroom with its wraparound veranda makes an excellent reception site. For the smaller event, inquire about the River House, housing the Wine Cellar with 4,000 bottles of wine, original artwork, and stone fireplace.
Or choose Moreland Landing for an outdoor reception, ideal for an old-fashioned Low Country feast with its massive stone fireplace and oyster roasting pit.
To complete your weekend, the Inn at Palmetto Bluff offers river-side private cottages and cottage-suites for you and your guests.
(843) 706-6500, palmettobluffresort.com
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Old Edwards Inn and Spa, Highlands, NC
Situated at 4118 feet, Highlands is a charming hamlet surrounded by
mountain vistas, waterfalls, and forests. In the spring Highland is
blanketed in pink rhododendron, in the winter it’s covered in pristine
snow, but whatever the season, Old Edwards Inn and Spa, is a focal
point of the town.
The Farm at Old Edwards is the resort’s magical wedding venue. This
33-acre pastoral setting includes the rough-wood, tin-roofed Barn, with
Heart Pine flooring, Adirondack-style furnishings, and limestone
fireplace which provides a casual, yet elegant setting for up to 100
guests. The all-white Wedding Garden and Lawn includes the Bride’s
Pavilion centered in an English garden.
The three-bedroom Farmhouse, with English cottage décor can accommodate
a wedding party of up to six, or use it to host a smaller, intimate
function.
Also, be sure to include in your plans Madison’s Restaurant and Wine
Garden, Hummingbird Bar, and the Rooftop Terrace for cocktails.
(866) 526-8008, oldedwardsinn.com
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Topnotch, Stowe, VT
The village of Stow is home to Vermont’s highest peak and legendary ski area, and Topnotch Resort & Spa, etched into 120 wooded mountain acres. Topnotch is designed in a sophisticated European Country Manor style, and once you enter the resort through the huge oak doors, you’re greeted with comfortably carpeted rooms with a wood-burning fireplace, furnished in a country-contemporary style. There’s even a genuine moose head!
The premier wedding venues are the Pavilion Room, with spectacular panoramic views of Mount Mansfield, the ski capital of the East, and the Notch Room with open-beamed ceiling, paneled walls, and a fireplace.
At Topnotch, your wedding guests can enjoy trail rides, tennis, world-class golf, skiing and snowshoeing, and even rides in a horse-drawn carriage through the snow. And Topnotch Spa offers over 120 rejuvenating treatments including Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine therapies.
One call to Topnotch to discuss your wedding plans, and you’ll be more than ready to stow away to Stow. (800) 451-8686, topnotchresort.com
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Langham Huntington, Pasadena CA
The Langham, Huntington Hotel & Spa has been a Pasadena landmark since 1907 when it was the Hotel Wentworth. In 1911, tycoon Henry Huntington purchased and renamed it, and soon writers, entertainers, and politicians were enjoying the Huntington’s many resources. Those resources include many wedding venues, and you will enjoy them, too.
Step across the crimson bridge into the Japanese Garden, a favorite site. This space’s pools and waterfall are authentically Japanese. Another area, Horseshoe Garden, overlooks the hotel’s 23 acres and offers mountain views.
For an indoor affair, the Huntington Ballroom is grand, for up to 1,400 guests. Its design is elegant, with rich adornments, and three adjoining salons close off for smaller functions. The Georgian Ballroom, once the music room, features antique stained glass windows, Chippendale-style furnishings, and original mid-seventeenth century oils.
Ask about Clara Vista Mansion, too. This 1930’s Spanish home with four bedrooms and suites is the perfect bridal party accommodation.
(626) 568-3900, pasadena.langhamhotels.com
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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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#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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#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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Claire Pettibone Antoinette Collection embroidered ivory robe with blue silk tie $350. 
The City Club of San Francisco
When event designer Lisa Vorce was asked to develop the Your Wedding
Day Fanciful Garden event theme, she immediately envisioned an “over
the top sixteenth-century royal garden”....
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...
