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New York, New York... The Big Apple, The Empire City, The City That Never Sleeps, or simply, The City...there are a dozen nicknames for this great town, and below are half a dozen reasons why you want to be there.
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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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 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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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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Your northern California wedding has some distinct offerings: Golden Gate’s proud city surrounded by beautiful wine countryside – Napa Valley. Cindy Danbom of Bella Notte Events knows the city well, and gave us these ideas:
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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: Lisa Vorce, Oh, How Charming
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Think Montmartre, Puccini’s La Bohème, and Renoir’s “The Bohemian” and
you may imagine what designer Lisa Vorce envisioned upon embarking upon
her Your Wedding Day Vintage Parisian Apartment, “an eclectic and warm
space filled with antiques and beautiful statement pieces.”
Translation of this all: Parisian Bohemian Chic.
To begin,
Lisa started at 20th Century Props. Wanting her bohemia to have a
“lived in feel,” she chose the company’s baby grand piano and a
fireplace mantel. “I knew I had to have those for the apartment,” Lisa
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Location, Props, China & Flatware:
20th Century Props
Floral: Camilla Svensson Burns
Linen: Wildflower Linen
Stemware: Classic Party Rentals
Cake: Cake Coquette
Flooring, Fabric Walls, Molding and Wall Treatments:
Barker Décor Service, Inc.
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Front Gown: Vera Wang Bridal
(Style #12258, Fall 08)
Back Gown: Kirstie Kelly for Disney
(Jasmine Style J2727)
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China & Flatware: 20th Century Props
Floral: Camilla Svensson Burns
Linen: Wildflower Linen
Stemware: Classic Party Rentals
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Gown & Bolero: Monique Lhuillier (Spring 2008)
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Those pieces became the core of her design, whith all décor created around them, including dark hardwood flooring and fabric walls with custom flourish-pattern appliqué. Mirrors were added to the walls, eight mirrors, for an unconventional artistic twist.
Continuing with her Paris artist’s quarter theme, mixed china and glassware, both older and new were combined, then mixed with a blue china pattern. “I wanted the tabletop to have an eclectic, but organized feel to it,” Lisa says.
The linens were innovative too, fashioned vintage dress-style from custom-designed layers of fabrics created to cascade, light and free off the table.
Taking inspiration from the linens, Lisa wanted soft, sweet florals, layered and flowing too. A delicate mix of garden roses, jasmine vine, sweet peas, and parrot tulips was selected for their various different textural effects.
Continuing with an Avant-guard bohemian flair, Lisa chose an antique
cigar box to display the programs. For escort cards, she used various
ribbon samples to tie shredded vintage fabric to a wire dress form. “It
was my absolute favorite element from the set!” Lisa says.
Which couples would be most tempted by this type of wedding?
“Well-traveled, Eclectic, Esoteric, Avant-garde,” Lisa says.
“Non-traditional” is a word often associated with all things bohemian,
too, but this Your Wedding Day Vintage Parisian Apartment wedding,
could become any one’s tradition.
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Vintage dress form:20th Century Props
Place cards: Wiley Valentine
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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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#16 COMFORTABLE RECEPTIONS
Reception spaces are taking on a comfort
theme nowadays. Rather than using cocktail tables alone, couples are
creating a lounge effect in their reception areas by adding cozy
furniture groupings of sofas and coffee tables, along with tenting and
draping, lamps and lanterns, lit up trees and dozens of candles. You
may want to hire a jazz quartet or flamenco trio to create a sultry
ambiance. Some couples are even hiring cigar rollers! You can also
use this set-up outdoors for a living room beneath the stars!
Jill La Fleur, The Wedding Planner
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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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#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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Romantic flowers, lush garden greenery, seasonal scented herbs, unique berries, and other wonderful components are selectively used in the creation of most wedding bouquets...
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...
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,...
To inspire and ignite your imagination, photographer Norma Molina uses shadow and light, inspired by the artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, to capture these work-of-art-bouquets...
