Hand Crafted Wedding Details

Lots of Love & Craftsmanship went into the creation of these details.

Enjoy!!

1000 hand folded origami cranes from our b.a.s.h. man power. Centerpieces with capiz shell branches | coral bush wish "tree" | message in a bottle with floating cranes...[ready to fill with sand from the island..for taking a piece of the beach home.]Buri box filled with salt water taffy favors & wrapped with coordinating theme ribbon.

Triple S for Mr. T

For 6 year old Tristan..we made those goodie baggies..and OMG..smack me upside the head please! I was soooo excited to hand them over to his mom at the party, that I FAILED to take a photo of the final product! please tell me this has happened to you too!

I did manage to capture a few photos of a fave element of we put in the bag. It was Azila's idea and with my graphic design skiiiiiillz, I made it.

That's right friends...they were push-pops turned into Lightsabers! You KNOW that's cool! :)

So, other than that item for the bag, I didn't get any other ones! :( Let me tell ya, I am a Nintendo kid, so I have no idea what Sonic the Hedgehog was all about, or know too much about Star Wars. So, I studied up on Tristan's faves and totally covered the details to make his goodie bag one he'll remember forever!

Here's a list of fun stuff that went into the favor baggie:

• Lightsaber Lollipop aka Push-Up Lollipops
• Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos Emeralds aka Gushers, Jewel shaped
• Super Mario's Fireball Power aka Red Bouncey Ball
• Star wars Tatoos
• Custom Activity Book containing all three characters
• Box of crayons

It was such a cute favor. My most favorite part was when Tristan got his Favor bag, opened it up and his eyes lit up! He was soooo into how I called everything by their proper video game name! He even corrected people when they refereed to an item not by it's character name! :) He wanted to go outside and play with his stuff, then he looks over at his mom and is like, Mom...hold my fireball, It's my secret power!

I just about died with excitement!

Sweeeeet Dreams...

OMG...way to excited to sleep. Annaliza and I knew we wanted to "bring it" (Bring it On reference, in case you didn't catch that..thank-you very much!) this afternoon at the candy buffet bar photoshoot! I mean, I'm thinking Amy Atlas would have dugg em too! We only had a couple hours and pulled it off...can't post a long blog right now...but....here's a sneek peak..

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Here's a bashful tip: Dress up your tables with things you have around the house. For this candy buffet, we used vintage toys circa 1960's and 1970's! They provided inspiration for the kind of candy colors we wanted in our buffet. These toys were so cute faded in color, and the wood was distressed. But they definitely added a nostalgic element to the otherwise modern tablescape.

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::: vibrant colors, tasty morsals + classic playfulness :::

Sweeeeeet Dreams!!

Toot Sweets

Toot Sweets!
Toot Sweets!
The candies you whistle, the whistles you eat.
Toot Sweets!Toot Sweets!
The eatable, tweetable treats!
-Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 1968

Remember that movie? Oh, man..I watched that movie ALL the time when i was a kid. And now, my 4-yr old, she likes it too! The colors, the fantasy, bright and shiny Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang! [sigh]

Anyways, in my last post did I mention how much I LOVED candy bar displays? Well, later this morning Annaliza and I are going to set-up a candy bar buffet photoshoot, and 3 things I was inspired by Toot Sweets, the Candy Land game, and Babes in Toy Land (1961).

You'll see what we've come up with when I post the pictures! For now check out these candy bar displays from the uber talented Amy Atlas! Jaw-dropping, mouth watering gorgeous, eye candy
galore!! She's the reason why..

Candy Bar Buffets are my favorite!

Secret Pal Week at mywedding.com

So, at mywedding.com, we play hard and we play harder! I mean...we work hard and work harder! :)

But seriously, we have a great balance between working and playing! This week, is our first monthly "Secret Pal Week."

What is secret pal week? Earlier this month we picked names from a hat and filled out a questionnaire. For the last week of the month, we get our "person" daily gifts that serve as motivational trinkets to help them stay focused and inspired to reach their "goal."

I LOVE giving gifts ~ if you're my friend, i've probably given you a gift before!

Giving gifts is my favorite!

Anyway, I got to work this morning, and awaiting my arrival was this sweet present! I think it's sooo cute! (I have an oversized martini glass full of mini reese's cups..so, i'm thinking whoever my secret pal is...did a bit o' snoopin!) Thanks secret pal!!

Speaking of gift giving...and how much I LOVE giving gifts...you'd probably guess that I love party favors then! Absolutely! Each event I am a part of I do party favors for!!

Late last year, I was tasked with baby shower party favors in a blue and yellow theme.

Here's what I came up with:

Lindt chocolates in light blue foil wrapping and yellow foil wrapping, paired up with Stash tea in coordinating colors of light blue and yellow too. I packaged them in clear baggies and did a fold over cardstock cover label. Tasty treats are always a good idea for party favors! Pretty packaging that much more festive!

Check them out!