Holiday 2010 Compilation

Holy moly! And I thought there were a lot of tables for Halloween ... Christmas designs were everywhere. I can't believe how gorgeous and unique all of these table are. Get ready for a GIANT Christmas post.

A Blissful Nest


Alchemy Fine Events


Amy Atlas


Anders Ruff Designs via Pizzazzerie


Anders Ruff Designs via Pizzazzerie


Anders Ruff Designs


BDVP


Bird's Party


Bird's Party via Blowout Party


Call Me Cupcake


Celebrations at Home


Celebrations at Home


Celebrations at Home


Celebrations at Home


Celebrations at Home


Chubby Cheek Photography

Dough a Deer via Save the Date for Cupcakes


Enchanted Events & Design


Fresh Chick Design Studio


Fresh Chick Design Studio


Fresh Chick Design Studio


Fresh Chick Design Studio via Hostess with the Mostess


Frog Prince Paperie


Frog Prince Paperie


Glorious Treats


Green Apple Paperie via Save the Date for Cupcakes


Holly Chapple Flowers


Holly Chapple Flowers via Elizabeth Anne Designs


Heavenly Blooms, The TomKat Studio, Chic Celebrations, Sweet & Saucy Shop, and Drew B Photography via Hostess with the Mostess


Heavenly Blooms, The TomKat Studio, Chic Celebrations, Sweet & Saucy Shop, and Drew B Photography via Hostess with the Mostess


Icing Designs


Inspired Events via Birthday Girl


Jesi Haack Weddings via Hostess with the Mostess


JL Designs and Canvas and Canopy via Hostess with the Mostess


Kate Landers Events via Hostess with the Mostess


LMG Events (photos in gallery)


Meryl Brown Events via The White Library


Mon Tresor


Piggy Bank Parties via Celebrations at Home


Pizzazzerie


Pizzazzerie


Pizzazzerie


Renee takes the cake


Sandra Downie Events via Celebrations at Home


Sandra Downie Event Designs


Save the Date for Cupcakes


Save the Date for Cupcakes


Save the Date for Cupcakes via Hostess with the Mostess


Shindig Parties to Go


Simply Bloom Wedding Photography via Style Me Pretty


Sweet Craft Cakes


Sweet Girly Mommy and Baby S Event


Sweet Pea Soirées via Pizzazzerie


The Candy Buffet Company


The Candy Buffet Company via Save the Date for Cupcakes


The Party Dress


The Savvy Mom's Guide


The TomKat Studio


Tracey Lau Art & Soul

{Product} My holiday card

So when I designed my holiday card this year I came up with something a bit ambitious. Unfortunately, I LOVED it and no one could convince me it was a bad idea to try and make 150 "cards" during the busy holiday season. It was quite a process, but I did finish! So a huge

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

to all my wonderful readers.

{Event Recap} Rockabilly Fun Wedding!

Now this was a Fun wedding, with a capital "F"! Spencer and Yvette are a very unique couple. They wanted a wedding that was both traditional and anything but. They wanted a wedding for all of their friends and family to witness. Yvette wanted a big white wedding dress that she could wear down the aisle. A day filled with all the traditional wedding events (first dance, bouquet toss, etc). BUT this couple was already married! They eloped the year before right after their engagement and now wanted to have the big celebration. Of course, they also wanted it to have some unique elements (like a motorcycle, home-brewed beer and a rockabilly theme).

Spencer works on hot rods for a living so a rockabilly theme fit them perfectly. They also wanted a color scheme to match so selected hot rod red and black with white accents. This is what I had to start with when I began planning their wedding.

The first item I designed was their save the dates. Spencer wanted them to resemble a car show flier and Yvette really wanted a fridge magnet that looked like a mug shot. So they compromised and ... did both!




Don't you love how much fun this couple is! Next, I designed their invitations, table numbers, favors and place cards which became my Retro Dot line. I didn't really get any pictures of these items at the wedding unfortunately, but here are my sample pictures for my Etsy store. I love how they all turned out! The polka dots and sparrows really brought in the 50's feel.


Now on to the pictures you really want to see ... the actual wedding! The event was photographed by Ellsworth Ramclam and Peter Micu.

Yvette and her bridal party at Blue Velvet salon in Studio City.
The perfect place to go to get fun, funky vintage hair and make up!



Now check out the bridal party!




I love the bridesmaid dresses. The color and polka dot pattern tied in perfectly with the Retro Dot invitation. The adorable bird hair clip and necklace were found by the bride and given to her girls as a gift. The boys also looked dashing in their black suits, red ties and wing tips.



And the ceremony was original as well, complete with a flower man and a ring girl.


Since the couple was already legally married they chose to have a friend "officiate" the ceremony for them. This was the first ceremony I witnessed where the officiant got nervous and asked the groom for a drink and the groom was prepared with a flask haha!




It was a beautiful day at Malibou Lake Club. After the outdoor ceremony was finished the guests all moved inside for the cocktail hour and reception. Spencer's uncles gave the couple home-brewed beer as a wedding gift and Truly Yours Catering was kind enough to serve it at the wedding.

Next to the gift table we were allowed to park the groom's gift to his bride, a motorcycle he renovated for her. She loved it, and it was quite a conversation piece for the guests.



All the tables were named after cars, the sweetheart table was "Cadillac"


Photograph by Enchanted Events & Design

The beautiful cake, which one of the Maid of Honors made herself!



Spencer and Yvette enjoying their special day



And a huge thank you to my wonderful assistant, Tish,
who ran the day-of coordination for me!


Photograph by Enchanted Events & Design

The Vendors
Bridesmaid and maid of honor dresses: Unique Vintage
Caterer: Truly Yours Catering
DJ: DJ Debonair
Flowers: Flora by Fauna
Hair and makeup: Blue Velvet salon
Location: Malibou Lake Club
Photography: Ellsworth Ramclam and Peter Micu
Tuxes: Friar Tux
Videography: Dan O'Sullivan
Wedding coordination and paper products: Enchanted Events & Design
Wedding dress boutique: Lili Bridal & Formal, Inc.

{Giveaway} Winner of Holiday Table Ornaments!

Congratulations to comment #2, the candy factory!
Please leave me a comment or send me an email (info@eeadesign.com) with your mailing address so I can send you your prize. And thank you to everyone who blogged, Facebooked and entered this giveaway.

{Event Recap} Yo Levi Levi - 1st Birthday Party

I'm so excited to share with you my latest party! When Fenella first told me she wanted a Yo Gabba Gabba theme for her youngest son's first birthday party I got really excited. My oldest daughter is a huge fan as well so I had some ideas right away for her.

It was so easy and fun to work with Fenella. She's a super crafty mom herself and had lots of great ideas for the party. My main focus was the food tables and she coordinated almost everything else! Here's how the party turned out.

The food spread


The food included:
Foofa Fruit Salad, Monster Muno Pizza, Tooty Tortilla Chips and Dip, Plex Pita Chips and Hummus

Plex Pretzels


Brobee Brownie Pops


Napkin wraps


Cake topper designed by Enchanted Events & Design.
And to show you how talented Fenella is, the cake she made herself!

Gate sign created by Enchanted Events & Design in collaboration with A Blissful Nest. I also created the water bottle labels and found printable masks on NickJr.com


Fun Brobee favor bags Fenella created
Magnets and thank you stickers were created by Enchanted Events & Design


The birthday boy with his dad and mom


To round the party out Fenella also found a Brobee piñata, bounce house, and a yummy 36" pizza!

This was such an easy theme to work with due to the amazing items found on NickJr.com. They have a ton of free printables for every aspect of your party! The backdrop, characters, masks and images on the magnets and thank you stickers were all found on their site.

{Giveaway} 2010 Holiday Table Printables - ENDED

I'm very excited to share with everyone that my Reuse, Recycle, Revamp your Holiday Table! post has been featured on Celebrations at Home! In honor of this, I'm offering up my 2010 Holiday paper products as printables for FREE to all of my blog followers! You will get the menu, a place card (redesigned as a printable) and an invitation! Just email me (info@eeadesign.com) with your email address or leave it in a comment below and I'll send it to you with DIY instructions so you can print it at home!


Just make sure you click on the "follow" button on the right sidebar of this blog and become a follower to be eligible to receive this giveaway! This giveaway ends on December 23, 2010.

Thank you again to Celebrations at Home for sharing this with their fans!

{Giveaway} Holiday Table Ornaments! - ENDED

I'm giving away an ornament from my 2009 and 2010 table designs. The winner will receive the black flower ornament and a silver sweetgum-fruit wreath.

2010 ornament


2009 ornament


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Deadline to Enter: December 16, 2010.
Winner will be announced next Friday, December 17, 2010.

Reuse, Recycle, Revamp your Holiday Table!

So I decided to do something different for my holiday table this year. Usually I try and come up with something I haven't done before. This year, however, I did a spin off of last year's table. I did this because the average woman (especially a newlywed) doesn't have a stockpile of table decorations lying around their home. And let's face it, there couldn't be a worse time than the holidays to find extra money to splurge on these items. So what is a poor girl to do?

I decided to start with a staple every bride should have available ... my wedding china and flatware! The dishes were the start of both of my holiday designs. I didn't want to have two completely identical tables (what's the fun in that?), but I wanted to create two looks using common items and other affordable options.

Here are the two designs!

2010 - Formal Holiday Dinner








2009 - Holiday Brunch





Now for the details! I'll start with describing the items in my 2009 design.

I decided to accentuate the white and blue of the dishes in this look. I laid out a simple white tablecloth (on sale from a fabric store) and put silver chargers (from a dollar store) under the china. Each year I use an ornament for a place card (so each person will have a memento for their tree to take home). Last year I was inspired by Martha Stewart's Sweetgum-Fruit Wreath, since I have this tree in my front yard and tons of the spiny fruit fall from it. I decided to make mini wreaths for each person and used the extra fruit to craft silver trees for the table. Because this design is more casual I used paper napkins dressed up with snowflake napkin holders I got at an after Christmas sale at Target. For my centerpiece I raided my Christmas tree decorations! I got a clear glass vase and stuffed it with white stuffing. Then I stuffed sparkly white branches and hung all the small blue and silver ornaments I could find in my collection from them. Lastly, I found some silver tinsel garland from the dollar store and strung it up and down the table.

For my 2010 transformation I again started with the same china and dollar store chargers. I laid my white fabric down on the table and covered it with a cotton damask fabric I purchased at the fabric store. For my centerpiece I found the candle pillar holder at Target for only $19.99 and filled it with silver and blue ornaments I found in my ornament collection. You can also see the sparkly white branches from last years centerpiece in it as well! For the place cards this year I found these pretty black ornaments for $2 each at Target. I further dressed up the table setting by printing my own menus. The silver sweetgum-fruit trees are getting used again alongside some fresh flowers. Finally I strung some larger blue and silver ornaments from the ceiling all of which came from a dollar store!

I hope you enjoyed my table transformation. I'd love to hear what you do to create a fresh and beautiful table each year without breaking the bank.

{Event Recap} Cocktail Bridal Shower

This summer I had the honor to design a bridal shower for beautiful Yvette. Yvette is a sophisticated girly girl, à la "Sex and the City." She wasn't looking for tons of games and activities. She just wanted to relax and enjoy some time with her friends and family. With this in mind I selected a cocktail theme for the party with appetizers and sweets. Her wedding was designed in red, black and white so I wanted to use a different color palette for the shower. Orange and pink work perfectly with girly cocktails, don't you think?

Shower Invitation


Guest tables and lounge


Food and dessert table

Thanks to A Blissful Nest who created all the food table signs, to-go box stickers and the gate sign!

I decided on four different premixed cocktails; Sangria, Mimosas, Mojitos (made by the bride herself!), and Bellinis. Chilled white wine and water was also served.




The food was a combination of frozen finger foods from Trader Joes and homemade items. This was a great combo as homemade always helps control the cost, while balancing out the menu with store bought items keeps you from getting overwhelmed.


The desserts were also a combination of homemade items and store bought candies. To-go boxes were set out for the guests to fill up with goodies to take home with them when they left.




Some of the items on the dessert table
-Martha Stewart's Frozen Melon Margarita Pops
-Bakerella's Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
-Heart and flower shaped Jello shots
-Heart shaped Rice Krispy treats
-Dark chocolate almond butter bars

Thank you cards I designed for the bride


And finally, me with Yvette and the hostesses


Here's a look at the inspiration pictures I used for creating the event.

1. Invitation inspiration - Wedding Paper Divas
2. Centerpiece Inspiration - 1-800 Flowers.com
3. Thoughtfully {Simple}
4. Whimsical flower garden soiree (source lost)