M & D Wedding

Melissa and Derek got married at the Wente Vineyards in Livermore. Melissa and I met at one of my DIY Workshops and once her guest list grew (and it always does!) she dropped me an email and enlisted my help. Their colors were shades of pink with yellow accents.

Bride's Bouquet

Bridesmaid Bouquets

Flower Girl Pomander with pink carnations

Bouts for the Groom and Groomsmen

Ceremony Arch Decor with hanging pink cymbidiums

Pew Bouquets tied to the chairs

Melissa made these cute pew cones and I filled them with pink rose petals

Fan programs that Melissa made

It was a hot day so having these parasols was a nice touch!

Love the modern look of the cake

Baby Shower!

I am so excited to share these! My friend Lisa helped me plan my baby shower earlier this month. I have a bunch of talented friends and so I pooled them all together and put them to work!

Event Planner: Lisa with Bellissima Vita
Photography: John and Jane Cosner with Cosner Photography
Invitation Design: Sara with Stinkerpants Designs
Flowers and Decor: Me - Huckleberry Karen Designs

A very special thank you to the Cosners for taking the time out of their busy weekend to take these gorgeous pictures. Get ready for some eye candy!!

Shower invites designed by Sara from Stinkerpants Designs.
Sara was also kind enough to give me these illustrations so I can make favor tags, shower games, signs and thank you notes !

Lisa surprised me with a "wish tree" where my friends and family
were able to send "wishes" to the baby. It was so much fun to read them!

My niece wrote this one - I love it!

And of course a very sweet note from soon to be Grandma Burling.

Dahlias and wheatgrass - a lovely combo!
I made diaper cakes for each of the tables. The best part is I have enough diapers
for the baby when he arrives!

Here's a picture of me and my sister Sherry. She helped with the yummy food!

And some pictures of the details...because the details is where the love is :)

The delicious cheesecake
Booties my friend made for the baby.

My friend Nicole made folders for the shower games. Talk about being super organized! She even added the cute little hippo and birdie from the invite :)

And of course there were MANY presents for baby. He's a very lucky baby
to have all of these people love him so much!

Favors for the guests: Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Thanks everyone for such a special baby shower!

C+D Wedding Part II

Here are some more pictures of Cindy and David's Wedding. Thomas Fogarty has wonderful options for the reception. They have a gorgeous deck called the Pavillion where guests can have dinner outside. If it's a bit windy or foggy you can have dinner in the Hillside Room where there are floor to ceiling windows with views to die for.

Fogarty Pavillion

Cindy purchased the orchids and had friends set it up.
Simple and elegant!

I decorated the head table with white dendrobium orchids
and burgundy dahlias

Small cocktail arrangements with burgundy dahlias.
I love this color.

And my favorite part of all weddings...cake!
These pictures were also photographed by Cindy's friend.

Congratulations Cindy and David!

C+D Wedding Part I

Cindy and David had a beautiful wedding at Thomas Fogarty Winery in Woodside, California. Their colors were creams, sage green and plum.

Cindy has some very talented friends! Her friend took these gorgeous pictures
of her bouquet and bouts!

Brides's Bouquet with Bridesmaid Bouquets

Groom's Bout

And here are some pictures I took - not so good compared to Cindy's friend!!

Close-up of Bridesmaid Bouquet:
3 shades of cream roses, white cymbidium orchids, burgundy dahlias,
plum/burgundy calla lilies and eucalyptus pods

Groomsmen Bouts with green cymbidium orchids

Officiant Bout: Burgundy Calla Lily

Ceremony

Close up of urn arrangements for ceremony

More pictures to come of the cocktail hour, reception and cake!

Dream A Little Dream Event

I hired Kathryn from Dream A Little Dream Events for my own wedding in April 2006. Since then, Kathryn and I have kept in touch and she really supported my decision to start my own small business. Kathryn has a wonderful team of Event Coordinators that work with her and she also has THE most beautiful calligraphy.

She emailed me the other day to let me know about a little event she is planning for Bay Area Brides. I would have loved to do this before my wedding!

It's called the The "Dream Bridal Tour" and it includes:

A chauffeured tour in a shuttle provided by California Wine Tours

A private shopping experience at Haute Bride (opening just for our participants!)

A cocktail party at Betsey Johnson to view rehearsal and bridesmaid gowns

A lovely brunch with myself, my staff and the other 19 participants
Plus much, much more!

The Tour takes place on Sunday September 28th from 10:30am-4:30pm.
Price is $45/per person. There are only 20 openings for this event so sign up soon!

For more information and how to sign up - check out Kathryn's Blog here.