Jennifer & Stephen

This was another VERY sweet couple I had the pleasure of working with this season. They were one of those couples that every time they looked at each other you could just tell they were madly in love and couldn't wait for their new life together! Their wedding took place in one of the handful of beautiful old traditional churches in Arizona. Their Catholic ceremony was beautiful and full of family traditions. The church bells rang as soon as they kissed and then as soon as the church doors were opened a full mariachi band stood & started playing music signalling that the {party} was just getting started... all it took was a walk across the street to The Wigwam for the rest of the night to begin! The overall feeling of ROMANCE showed throughout their whole wedding with tons of glowing candle light and pops of red! Thanks again to Thee Wedding Warehouse for giving me the opportunity to work with this great couple and their families & a HUGE thanks to Pinkerton Photography for all the great images so that I can share this night with all of you...


The bride's twin sister zipping her up...

Valentine's for {BOYS}

The other day I saw on a another party planner's face book page what she was doing for her son's Valentine's & they were just too cute that I had to do it too! So thank you Banner Events for the awesome manly idea:) I ordered these Super Cute personal Valentine's from Paper Coterie--they also have a promo going on if you enter HAPPYVALENTINE so for 12 invites plus shipping I paid just under 13 bucks! Now of course don't think this is where it will stop--these Valentine's have to have a treat to go with them--so these Space Shuttle cakes will be accompanying each card! The step by step instructions to make those are found at The Celebration Shoppe!

Yes that is my {sweet} boy!
Let me know if you end up making any Valentine's from here too--I would LOVE to see them!

Cake Pop Cake

As I meet with more & more brides lately I am finding that wedding cakes are definitely taking a back seat to some of these other desserts that are popular at this point in time--cake pops, cupcakes, macaroons, whoopie pies ect. Now I don't think wedding cakes will ever be completely fazed out in my life time, but the percentage of brides going non traditional is rising. Lucky for me I work with some amazing pastry chefs/artists to help make this new trend work possible. Take Mind Over Batter for instance--they had this huge cake pop holder built to resemble a wedding cake! These lucky wedding guests got to help themselves to 3 cake pops each. There were 5 flavors to choose from--each flavor was decorated different. And then the best part was a little mini cake sat on top as the topper that the bride/groom were able to cut for pictures. So if your one to be non-traditional here is a little inspiration for you...

*Picture was taken with my phone so sorry it's not photographer fabulous but I am normally running around weddings nonstop with no time for a meal let alone time to get my camera lol!

Rocky & Tracy

I have to start by thanking Melissa Young for these AMAZING pictures to help me show you Rocky & Tracy's wedding! Tracy hired me on about 3 months before her wedding {with nothing done yet lol} She somewhat had a vision, and we had a short amount of time to make it happen, but it all came together quite nicely!

*Below Believe it or not that is baby's breath in those galvanized buckets--a 1st for me!

LOVE LOVE LOVE the sign I had made for the flower girl to carry down the aisle from one of our sponsors--Paper Princess!

Obviously you can't miss their shoes:)

*Below the burlap banner was hung on both sides down the aisle and added just the right amount of detail!

Notice the Jenga pieces were signed in lieu of a guest bookSaying this couple was FUN is an understatement!

Kim & Rob

Every now and then my dear friends over at Thee Wedding Warehouse book more than 1 wedding on a certain day {this happens a lot in AZ because every one fights over the same weekends when it's nice outside}well when this happens my company gets contracted in and I go handle the rehearsal/wedding day! This was one of those weddings, and I lucked out because Kim was one of the sweetest brides ever {who loved pink quite a lot}--so it was a pleasure making sure everything went perfect on her wedding day {this meant not letting her find out that the videographer caught the stomach flu on the way to the wedding, but rearranging things in the timeline the whole night for when the videographer was not in the bathroom, but all the vendors pulled together and covered for everyone and she never knew}! Now let me introduce you to the AMAZING photographers behind this wedding that were incredible to work with--VERDI PHOTOGRAPHY--they are based out of NY & AZ!

She was a tad SASSY

BabyCakes Cake Pop Maker

Photo from theBabyCakesshop.com

My Mother-in-law got me this bad boy after she saw that I pinned it on Pinterest {Super sweet of her I know} well my 3 year old son and I broke it out today to play with it! It took me a few times to figure out how much to fill each hole with but by the 3rd time I'd say they were turning out perfect! If you love the original cake pop recipe from Bakerella where she mixes frosting in with the cake together you probably won't love these because they pretty much just taste like regular cake and are way less dense, but they are WAY easier:) And you could always dip them in fun toppings--VERY easy for last minute entertaining!!

My kids "North Pole Breakfast"

I am 12 weddings behind from this fall and I DID NOT even watermark these pictures, but here they are just in time for Christmas... {I am on the hunt for someone to do my blogging}

So VERY last minute I decided to do a breakfast where our Elf On The Shelf would make his debut for the season--so after I got home at midnight from my Toys R Us encounter {lol} I got to work on all the stuff because I had nothing done for it besides the cake pops!!!! So snowball donuts, reindeer pancakes, & snowman milk were served and Charlie hung from the chandelier above the table--it was a HIT! Sorry I don't have more detailed pictures but I sat down and enjoyed myself with the boys too:)
*Keep in mind when looking at my pictures that we just put all our decor/furniture in storage and are in between houses--as soon as Christmas is over the search begins!!!!
I had these bad boys made just for the breakfast--"mixed" elf cake pops from Mind Over Batter!!

I bought the plush elves this year as well so they can "touch" something since Charlie will lose his magic if they touch him:)
*The Santa mailbox {where Charlie ldelivers notes} on back of chairs, placemat, cups, bowls, & plates is all from Pottery Barn Kids

*This snowman milk was cute. but my son got to it before I took his picture lol but I suppose that is REAL life:)

Getting his mail

SHINE!

I had the pleasure of helping Ashley LeMieux from The Shine Project last week with her charity auction! The auction was put in place to raise money for 7 college scholarships for 7 students from Cesear Chavez High School. As Ahley says "Over 150 people came and showed their support, thousands of dollars were raised, the kids absolutely nailed all of their performances, and most importantly, they were able to feel the love of others who want them to succeed in their lives." I would consider that a SUCCESS! Go check out her blog to see what else this amazing girl is up to, and to see pictures form the event!

The Reveal Moment...to have or not to have

I get asked my opinion on "The Reveal Moment" ALL the time and what my opinion is--well I have had such a rush of new brides I am working with and I seem to be referring them to this article a lot lately that I thought I would share it with everyone! Radiant Photography wrote an article on the issue and I think that it sums up the points to be made about the issue perfectly--so check it out here!!! I will be honest I was always a wait til the ceremony type of gal, but this article completely changed my mind to the point that I am now upset I did not have a reveal with my husband lol!!