With back to back weddings coming up for Kevion & Antoinette and Angie & Okwui I had been working on a drink menu design for their weddings. They both have chocolate as a base color so I used the same menu and just changed the accent colors for each couple:
Kevion & Antoinette's
Angie & Okuwi's
One of the things that I do with clients is go shopping with them for supplies for their wedding and for the hand made designs they have ordered from me. The advantage of shopping clients gives me a chance to get to know them better and to make additinal suggestions on the design and decor of their wedding. Two of my favorite places to shop with my clients are AC Moore and Walmart. With only a month left until their BIG DAY, I recently went shopping with Kevion & Antoinette and we got a lot accomplished. We bought all of their jars for their Candy Bar, the centerpieces for their cocktail hour, tulling for the church and the supplies I needed to design their aisle runner, pew cones and their unity candle.
As I have been gearing up for Angie and Okwui's Puerto Rican & Nigerian Wedding, they asked me to come up with a design idea for their Table Numbers. I decided design table numbers that incorporate both of their heritages. I designed the numbers using Spanish and Yoruba one of the languages spoken in Nigeria. I can't believe how fast time is flying! There are only 2 months left until their BIG DAy!
Our Last Wedding of 2009 was Sandra & Andrew's Hatian-American Celebration. Some of the Highlights of their event were a dove release at the ceremony, Cold Stone Ice Cream at the Reception, the awesome Untouchable Band from the Bronx rocked the crowed and the Bride's brother arranged for a surprise guests appearance at the Reception from R&B singer Slim of the singing group 112. As Promised here are some photos from their Wedding Day:
Date: Saturday November 28, 2009
Ceremony Venue: Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church Union, New Jersey
Reception Venue: Solar do Minho Roselle Park, New Jersey
The Theme: Celebration
The Color Scheme: Gold & Ivory
Photographer: A&C Photography
Florist: English Country Gardenss
Cake: Solar do Minho
Caterer: Solar do Minho
Band: Untouchable
DJ: DJ Nix in da Mix
Ice Cream: Cold Stone
Doves: Kaila's Love Doves
Hatian Food: B&B Bakery
The Ceremony
The Doves
The Happy Couple
Cocktail Hour
The Reception
The Details
The Untouchable Band
The Cake 
Slim from 112
A Job Well Done
So the Countdown is on for Sandra and Andrew's Wedding Celebration Thanksgiving Weekend. We have been working with this couple for over 6 months and we are really excited about their upcoming BIG DAY! Here is a preview of the Specialty Drink Menu I designed for their Reception:
Stay Tuned for a RECAP, HIGHLIGHTS and PHOTOS of their Wedding Day...
Here are a few monograms I designed for our clients Kevion and Antoinette's upcoming wedding ENJOY:
Our clients Angie and Okuwie are getting married in North Jersey in April 2010 and I recently create a pink and chocolate Inspiration Board for their upcoming wedding. 
Stay tuned for more posts about this couple as we continue to plan their wedding...
This week's Throwback Thursday features the wedding of one of my favorite actresses Mariska Hargitay. Her wedding was absolutely gorgeous and below are the details.
The Couple: "Law and Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay and actor Peter Hermann
Date: August 28, 2004
Location: The couple said "I do" at the Unitarian Historical Chapel in Santa Barbara, California.
The Ceremony: Former Mr. Universe Mickey Hargitay took his daughter by the arm for a walk down the aisle past two hundred invited guests, including Jodie Foster and then couple Chad Lowe and Hillary Swank and of course her SVU co-star Christopher Meloni. Beneath the glow of a round stained glass window, the couple exchanged platinum wedding bands in a ceremony which concluded with a choir singing the joyous Diana Ross and The Supremes hit, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."
The Dress: Pink was the signature color of the bride's
mother, the late screen siren Jayne Mansfield, and on her wedding day the actress kept the memory of the 1950's blonde bombshell alive by donning a Carolina Herrera creation in a subtle shade of the hue. The strapless gown with a deep sweetheart neckline contained a wealth of sentimental secrets, including the groom's initials and the wedding date elaborately embroidered inside the lining, and a locket containing the smiling portraits of Mansfield and the bride's grandmother tucked into the folds of the dress, so the bride's family could be close to her in spirit.
Highlights: Children were chosen as bridesmaid's, and the angelic assemblage preceded the thespian into the chapel wearing headpieces composed of pink and white roses tied together with a ribbon, and sleeveless light pink dresses with bows on the back.
The Reception: The smooth sound of soul classics wafted in the air on the private estate, where attendees dined on Alaskan halibut with tomato-basil relish and slices of a six-tiered chocolate and vanilla wedding cake. 
Here are some monograms I created for Sandra & Andrew's upcoming wedding:
Monogram 1
Monogram 2
Monogram 3
They decided to go with Monogram 3. Stay tuned for more details about their upcoming wedding.
Want a unique alternative for a fun and economic favor at your wedding? Why not try a Popcorn Bar. With a little imgaination you can create a great Popcorn Bar for your guests that comes in all different types of flavors. With so many people doing Candy Bars at their wedding receptions these days, this is a unique idea!
Of course Popcorn comes in so may different flaovrs from trasitional butter, to cheeses to the sweet taste of caramel. Here are some cool recipes from Recipe Tips to create some unique Popcorn flavors for your Popcorn Bar:
Chile Popcorn
16 cups popped corn
3 small dried red Chile peppers
7 tablespoon margarine
1/4 tablespoon garlic salt
Peanuts (optional)
If popcorn is cold, heat in oven. Over low heat, melt margarine. Add Chile peppers to margarine and cook for 5 minutes. Remove Chile's and pour butter over heated popcorn. Season with garlic salt, add peanuts if desired.
Game Day Popcorn
16 cups popped corn
2 cups sharp Cheddar cheese (shredded)
¼ cup butter
3 teaspoons lemon pepper
1/4 teaspoons Cayenne pepper
3 teaspoons Chile powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon paprika
Peanuts (optional)
Granola (optional)
In a large bowl, combine popcorn, peanuts (optional), granola (optional), and shredded cheese. On medium heat, melt butter. Add spices to melted butter and stir well. Pour butter and spice mixture over popcorn mixture and toss.
Garlic-Cheese Popcorn
½ cup butter
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon Cheddar cheese flavored salt
½ teaspoon garlic powder
12 cups popped corn (hot)
Over low heat, melt butter. Add seasonings and pour over hot popped corn. Best when served warm.
Italian Style Corn
½ cup oil (preferably olive oil)
2-8 oz. packages of Italian dressing
2 tablespoons of lemon juice (optional)
16 cups of popped corn
Bring oil to a boil in small sauce pan. Add lemon juice and Italian dressing packets, stirring constantly. Pour over popcorn and toss. Best when served warm.
Our clients Kevion & Antoinette are getting married in New York in March 2010. We are really exctied to be working with them and I created this inspiration board to help develop their color scheme of Chocolate and Latte. They want a very elegant and classy wedding and I am currently designing monograms for their big day. 
When Sandra & Andrew approached me about desiging their wedding invitations, I was thrilled to take on the challenge. They wanted soemthing simple yet elegant to go with their wedding color scheme of gold, beige and cream. Here is what I came us with and once again my husband cut and printed the invitation ensemble:
As always we changed certain information to protect our client's privacy.
Being an Event Planner, I love planning weddings and events and seeing the love my clients have for one another. Well my husband has been very supportive of EVENTistas and has helped me with tons of projects for my clients so this post is dedicated to him!
WOW how time flies! Today is our One Year Wedding Anniversary! We are going out to celebrate and I can't believe we have been together for 5 years! I thank God for allowing us to see our One Year Anniversary and pray that we celebrate many, many more! I truly love my DH more than words can express and I am so excited to be TTC a baby with him! Here are some pictures from our Destination Wedding and Honeymoon in Jamaica courtesy of Studio by Carmen Photography in Miami, Florida:
