Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 | Leave A Comment

FIND ME MY MAN at the Langham Huntington Pasadena

 

 

Oxygen’s New Show “Find Me My Man” Press event at the Langham Huntington Pasadena

We recently filled the hotel’s Viennese Terrace with hot pink passionate pavé rose topiaries for a beautiful summer luncheon.

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The tables were striking with the  purple Vanda orchid trimmed hot pink rose heart centerpieces.

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Even the lemon garnished ice tea added to the beauty of this luncheon.

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One thing we were curious about… What exactly is in the dating emergency kit favors?

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We think this show should be fun with some of  Miami matchmaker Natalie Clarice’s tough love words to live by such as “Don’t come at me with the ‘Okie Dokie’ , if you want to play… go to the park”

 

Venue: Langhan Huntington Pasadena
Rentals: Town and Country Event Rentals


Thursday, May 16th, 2013 | Leave A Comment

Team Greenbean Celebration Party

 

We were asked to create florals for the Team Greenbean Celebration Party after the Autism Speaks Fundraiser Walk.
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Lime Cymbidium orchids, Viburnum and Local lilac were displayed in Footed white glass cylinder vases.

It was perfect early summer Southern California weather for an outdoor party.

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The centerpieces were filled with Ranunculus, Creme de la Creme  Roses, pincushion protea, and fragrant local Lilac.

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For the all green candy bar display, we filled large apothecary jars with  Granny Smith Apples and Green Ball Dianthus.

This event is growing every year and we we are proud to be associated with this fantastic cause.

 

Team Greenbean, the group led by WME’s Ari Greenburg and Andrea Lee Greenburg are poised to top the $1 million mark in total donations raised through the walk over the past six years.

Autism Speaks has grown into the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism.

 

Organization: Team Greenbean  
Caterer: Kate Paul of FoodInk Catering


Thursday, May 9th, 2013 | Leave A Comment

Great Gatsby Screening at the Directors Guild of America

Last week we created florals for the Foreign Press Screening of The Great Gatsby with Leonardo DeCaprio, Joel Edgerton and Toby McGuire.

It is opening this weekend and i can’t wait to see it.

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After the screening, the Foreign Press were wined and dined with a beautiful Champagne reception. The food was “Classic Old School” and delicious . I was really excited to taste the Granny Smith Waldorf  Salad. How long has it been since you had that salad?

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The flowers were tall mercury glass flutes filled with Casablanca Lilies and Calla Lilies.

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This time setting, “The Roaring Twenties”, is such a popular and stylish wedding theme. We are looking forward to working on one this fall.

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Venue: The Directors Guild of America
Caterer: Bread and Butter Catering


Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 | Leave A Comment

Sakura Season is Cherry Blossom Season

Sakura is Japanese for Cherry blossom. The trees bloom only a few short days in the spring.

Everyone gets very excited.

 

Fortunately this year, the official start of the season, was tied for the earliest year on record.

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This is the entry to the beautiful Happo-En.

 

This view is over looking cascading cherry blossoms  to the huge Koi pond at Happo-En in Tokyo.

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Even bonsai were in full bloom.

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Everything is decorated with the Cherry blossom motif, even Starbucks.

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These beautiful hand decorated candies featured spring blossoms.

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Even cherry blossom flavored Sake with real cherry blossoms floating inside.

It’s the most beautiful shade of Pink.

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One of the favorite times to view the blooming trees is at night when they are lit with the night sky as a back drop.

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It is no wonder that after a long winter , to see such beauty make everyone so happy.

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I love this walk on the way to the hotel.

 

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Here in front of Tokyo Tower is the lovely restaurant, Tofuya-Ukai, an exclusive restaurant featuring dishes with house made tofu.

Guests have individual private dining rooms each with a view of the beautiful garden.

 

We want to thank all our wonderful friends in Tokyo for introducing us to so many new things this visit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 | Leave A Comment

Bar Mitzvah Videos


Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 | Leave A Comment

Claudia and Eddie at Shutters by the Beach

We are excited to share with you this summery wedding at Shutters by the Beach in Santa Monica.

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This beautiful bride carried garden roses in cream and blush, Lily of the Valley Bush, and Blushing Bride Protea. We love this bridal bouquet and the bride’s coral drop earrings.

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The bridesmaids wore vibrant coral color dresses and carried bouquets of garden roses, Hydrangea, spray roses and Lily of the Valley Bush.

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Coral color summer dresses were the perfect accent color for the beautiful summer day.

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Floral nosegays and lanterns led the wedding party up to the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean.

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The rings were tied with silk cording on the custom made pillows carried by the adorable ring bearers.

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Blushing Bride Protea tied with raffia was the perfect  boutonniere for the groom.

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The centerpieces were a beautiful assortment of summer flowers in a loose garden style. We used garden roses, spray roses, Hydrangea, Cafe au Lait Dahlias, Lisyanthus, flowering herbs and coffee berry in clear glass vases. Bubble glass footed candle holders and floating candles were clustered around the centerpiece for a romantic evening glow.

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Lavender or coffee berry clusters were tied with raffia and placed on the napkins.

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Facing the dance floor the long head table created a dramatic statement.

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Sitting on our Bee’s wax polished Teak wood trunk base, the beautiful cake was topped with Cafe au Lait Dahlias and roses.

 

Click here to link to Lina of a stunning affair’s blog for more details for this great summery wedding.

Photography: Bird of a Feather Photography

Venue:  Shutters on the Beach

Planning: A Stunning Affair

Cake : Epicurean Umbrella

 


Thursday, January 17th, 2013 | Leave A Comment

Summer Night Moroccan Party

Last summer we worked with the wonderful Laurel Szeto of Laurel and Party Events.

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This fantastic anniversary party with a Moroccan theme was held at a private home up in the Hollywood Hills.

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Belly dancers got everyone in the mood for this fun exotic night. The back yard was completely covered with beautiful hand woven carpets.

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Hanging lanterns were suspended under a beutiful collection of red roses, gardenias, and garlands of red carnations woven between clusters of tall glass votives and metal lanterns.

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Ruby red glassware and golden chargers created this rich and opulent feeling.

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To furthre enhance the theme we trimmed lanterns and glass votives with a Moroccan fabric.

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Later guests lounged in the Hookah tent after dinner.

 

Party Planner: Lauren Szeto  of  Laurel and Party

Catering : Rich Seitz of  Kitchen for Exploring Food

 

 


Thursday, January 10th, 2013 | Leave A Comment

Nicole and Scott at the Montage Hotel Beverly Hills

We are so happy to share this beautiful wedding with you.

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What do you do when you are using the same florist at the same hotel and same room and have some common friends  as your good friend’s wedding eight weeks earlier?  The answer, is make sure that both weddings have a completely different feeling. We love working at the Montage Hotel and this was a fun challenge for us.

The bride carried blush peonies, pale peach colored St. John’s Wort, antique butterscotch garden roses with silver Dusty Miller collar

The bridal party gathered for group photos in the garden.

The bridesmaids carried nosegay bouquets of Vendela, Free Spirit and Majolica spray roses with peach St. John’s Wort berries,

The inspiration for this wedding was Olde World European using a very sophisticated de-saturated color pallet.

Zinc architectural finials, urns, and obelisks were festooned with floral and fruit garlands leading the bride and groom down a lantern filled garden path to the wedding canopy.

The birch framed Chuppah supported thick Magnolia and Eucalyptus garlands laden with clusters of Bosc and Forelle Pears, pomegranates, persimmons on the branch, golden raisin grape clusters, antique Hydrangea and Vendela roses.

 

Entering the ballroom, the guests were treated to a European rooftop garden complete with 14′ tall Magnolia trees and antique hydrangea filled pewter planter boxes framing the bandstand. Table centerpieces had an assortment of floral and fruit garland wrapped finials.

Antique rose trellises were finished in pewter grey and silver adding to the variations of the centerpieces.

A collection of Mercury glass votives with a garland of fruit and flowers circled around the sweetheart table. The embroidered overlay was mimicked by light projections on the glossy white dance floor.

The dance floor was elegantly monogrammed in gold for Nicole and Scott.

 

As always, it was a pleasure working with Samantha Scott and her team.

Wedding planning and coordination: Samantha Scott Events.      samanthascottevents.com

Photography:  Jon Solano Photography -  www.imagemakr.com

 

 

 


Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 | Leave A Comment

Golf Theme Bar Mitzvah at Sherwood Country Club

We want to share with you our decor for this great Bar Mitzvah. This was our first golf themed party which made it so fun for us.

We love carrying  a theme through the party.  This creative logo crest formed the beginning of the invitation and was carried through the entire party including the golf cart driving valet and staff uniforms.

The invitation was silk screened on a  Plexiglass circle resting on a bed of custom painted Astroturf.

 

The Kippot table was covered with a photographic grass print linen with the gift box in the form of a putting green.

Our big challenge was to transform the club from traditional East coast, Old School Country Club to hip young club for the adult cocktail hour. If you are not  familiar with the club, this is normally a traditional dark library filled with books, gold framed oil paintings and traditional furniture.

The crest was transformed in ice to a double Apple Martini loge centerpiece for the martini bar.

The golf tee-like  bar stools surrounded the  cocktail tables which were covered with photographic grass design linen topped with wheat grass filled golf ball planters.

The raw sugar “sand pit”  table held the escort cards on custom printed golf tees.

Escort card calligraphy by stylish Anne Robin of Anne Robin Calligraphy.

For the adult tables we created giant pavéd golf balls with Cameron’s name resting on giant golf tee vases.

Photo Credit:  Tom Passcucci

Matte green sequin linens, iridescent chargers, opalescent bowl votives and golf club-like  flatware  made for simple, modern and elegant tables.

Ruling over the light-changing dance floor and stage, Cameron, Paris and the Check One 2 Dancers were decked out in their swanky golfing togs.

Color themed argyle knee socks were a big hit on the dance floor.

Photo Credit:  Tom Passcucci

The escort card table was re-purposed to become Cameron’s ” Sweet Spot” candy buffet with golf and color themed candy displayed in golf ball pails.

Photo Credit:  Tom Passcucci

The parting favor was a golf ball mug filled with “Hot Cameron Cocoa Mix”  for a sweet reminder of a fun-filled evening. Congratulations, Cameron.

Invitation: Shanna Berkovits of Creatively Elegant

DJ : Check One2 Entertainment

Calligraphy: Anne Robin Calligraphy

Photography: Curtis Dahl Photography

Video/Live feed:  Tom Passcucci  of Video Syndicate

 


Thursday, December 13th, 2012 | 1 Comment

Melissa and Devin at the Montage Beverly Hills

We recently designed the decor for this Tuscan inspired wedding at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills.  We really enjoyed working with this wonderful couple and family.

The bride carried garden roses with a magnolia collar accented with cognac Swarovski crystal accents.

The groom’s double mini-calla lily boutonniere was tied with raffia.

The bridal party gathered on the lawn for formal photos. Melissa won the award for most bridesmaids this year.

The bridesmaids carried Duchess Roses made from Cherry Brandy Roses. This bouquet is constructed by assembling the petals of many roses into one composite large rose.

The ceremony took place on the second floor terrace overlooking the Beverly Hills City Hall Dome.  A pair of  Tuscan urns filled with flowers and fruit were placed on either side of a rustic garden arch leading the couple to a path of Cherry Brandy rose petals.

The ceremony started as the sun was setting.

A beautiful crystal chandelier was suspended above the bridal couple.

By the time the wedding vows were completed, a wonderful evening was unfolding.

Nectarines and gardenias spilled from Tuscan urns.

Escort cards were tied to antique keys attached to an rustic iron gate and later served as a back drop for the party favors.

The signs read He’s a Keyper and She’s a Keyper

Della Robbia fruit garlands swagging off the balcony created the perfect setting for this rich and vibrant Tuscan setting.

Tuscan painted  carved candlesticks supported the lush assortments of Butterscotch garden roses, antique hydrangea, chocolate artichokes, miniature purple calla lilies, burnt orange Mokara orchids and succulents.

The gorgeous long head table faced the bandstand with a friut and floral garland connecting the five tall centerpieces.  Raffia tied Purple miniature calla lilies and a sprig of rosemary were placed on the scalloped die-cut menus.

Purple Vanda orchids  and clusters of Champagne grapes accented this beautiful apricot colored stacked cake.

The floating glass entry table was later re-purposed as a candy and biscotti bar with  deep purple paper cones to bag your goodies.

We wish this wonderful couple the sentiments from their message to their guests,  ” La Dolce Vita”.

We would like to thank Yvette Roman for her wonderful photography.

Photography- Yvette Roman Photography

Linens - La Tavola Linens