Archive | May, 2011

For Megz & Brooke

15 May

AKA Best management team.

They’re both engaged, and Meghan asked me to post about her wedding so I figured I’d do Brooke too.

Both of them are really fun women – bright colors and all that.

Brooke is more of your beachy-chic gal and Meghan would rather be at a winery.

So here we go:

Brooke’s first :]

I can totally see her getting her married on the beach, and then doing the reception at a close location – Very beachy, tropical but still elegant. I’m not the biggest fan of the alter decorations… I think I’d put more flowers there. She looks amazing in coral and I remember her saying she likes turquoise so putting the two together makes sense :]

This room in at the Bali Hai is gorgeous- and can you imagine it with the flowers and table covers and centerpieces… the cake… the works? PLUS – the menu is to die for – pan seared sea scallops & Hawaiin Ahi Poke… top it off with a steak; I’m basically drooling. It overlooks the San Diego skyline and it’s so romantic and amazing. I would probably use different lighting, to offset the starkness of the wood.


I like the idea of having solely coral flowers with the turquoise ribbon – I think it looks fresher than a bouquet with blue flowers… I would suggest possibly changing the selection of flowers and making them have a more tropical vibe, but you have to have roses of course.

Do it yourself projects are a great (but not easy) way to save money.  I think the best DIY is wedding invitations – you don’t have to order them from some hoity toity website or vendor and spend $1000 on cardstock. Lets be real.

So not exactly on point – but you can buy simple card stock paper with a white background and colored border – and get the information printed on them. Then you can go somewhere like Michaels and buy ribbon and faux-flowers to pull this one off. This way you can personalize it too, pick the flower, the color, everything.

The dress -

I can definitely see her in this! It would look so amazing on her – she could even do it in Diamond White because she’s so tan and look stunning!

Signature drink (as always)

A Mango Mai Tai – tropical, classic but with the mango bit adds a little twist. Bottoms up!

I might be adding more to this wedding if I am needed, but now, on to the next.

Meghan!

This is the garden ceremony area at Faulkner wineries which I know she loves. Picture it with orange rose petals and maybe some birds of paradise along the isle. You could also add sashes to the chairs if you wanted!

I know she LOVES bright bold colors and she mentioned orange and blue – a little outside of the box- but a great match. I like the blue table settings matched with orange centerpieces in the above picture. I am obsessed with that table. You could even do blue marbles, or those new water jelly ball things in blue to place the flowers in if you didn’t want to do blue plates.

I can’t even express how amazing this bouquet is. She wanted feathers, I gave her feathers. Subtract the green orchids and possible add in some delicate orange flowers, like snapdragons.

She could also do the DIY invitation but substitute the colors, and maybe do a peacock feather instead of a flower; or both.

My dress pick for Meghan :]

I know she loves lace, but I would stick with white lace when using such bold colors for your wedding theme. I think this would make her look amazing and I love the button detail!

Signature drink:

It’s called an Orange Delgiht – but its basically an orange martini but better.

1 Large can of pineapple Juice
1 Large Orange Juice
Gingerale
Vodka or Rum

Knock yourself out!

Yet Another Detour…

11 May

Sorry for you wedding lovers but I have a couple other things I would like to talk about… and I guess since its my blog… I can do so (it is fashion related :]).

#1: I met my hero(ine) last night, Kelly Cutrone.

For those living under a rock, Kelly Cutrone is the CEO of People’s Revolution, an author and has been on The Hills, The City and her reality show Kell on Earth.

So I desperately want to be in PR – its where I belong, and I know it.  I’ve practically been stalking Kelly’s  life in hopes of getting the chance to speak with her when at last! I was given the opportunity. She did a book signing at the Grove in LA, so I went. I was able to talk with her after the book signing also, which was amazing.

Two things I learned:

1. Read her books – especially if you are a young adult. It will open your eyes, which are otherwise probably closed.

2 – When in Kelly land, do as Kelly does.

If you don’t follow her like I do, you may not know how much she cusses and talks about sex… I love it. Now, in any other professional setting – I would never EVER curse… but I was in Kelly Land.

So, the event coordinator was being a complete jerk and I said, “That guy is a f–ing douchebag.” Kelly looked at me, laughed and said “Yeah, he is a f–ng douchebag”

Maybe it wasn’t as great of a moment for her as it was for me but I felt like I broke the ice, made a statement with my two little curse words. But who knows.

She was such an awe-inspiring speaker – everything she said I had never thought… but it was all like – yes, this is how it should be!!! We try so hard to be freaking perfect and for what??? Most perfectionists don’t get nearly as far as out of the box-ers like Cutrone… so why the hell am I wasting my time?

Hence, I have a new outlook on my 20s. I am not going to obsess over stupid shit that really isn’t going to put a dent in my life. I’m going to live my life in the moment – not the past or present because I realized that is yet another huge waste of time. And… I might have possibly booked a trip to Europe and I will be gone for a month… you know just on a whim…

I probably shouldn’t go to these signings too often or I will be BROKE.

Topic Deux

It was the last day of my JMS class and we got to play photographer so enjoy -


Royal Wedding

2 May

But first a detour -

I would just like to say how proud I am to be an American and thank you to all of those who have brought justice to the U.S. After 10 years its amazing to know that we never forgot about the hardships we went through, but persevered until justice was served. My thoughts will remain with all of the families who have lost loved ones – God bless the USA :]

Now that I got that off of my chest… the royal wedding!

Without further ado..

Number one – they’re possibly the best looking royal couple thus far. I know everyone was so concerned with what Kate was going to wear, but would she really look bad in anything… like really? She’s gorgeous. Her dress did not disappoint.

I’m assuming you have to wear a relatively modest wedding dress when you’re the future Queen of England, but she still managed to have sex appeal. The lace and silk dress by Sarah Burton of Alexander Mcqueen looked stunning. It was sophisticated, but modern. Modest, but sexy – everyone loved it. Including myself… BUT… I kind of expected more.. not gonna lie. Maybe a little more glitz and glamor because clearly that DIAMOND tiara just isn’t cutting it…

Also, I wish she did more with the bouquet – although simplicity is often popular, this woman literally could have had anything in the world, so it just didn’t wow me. But, I mean, she looked stunning and classic… a few steps up from her college days!

Don’t get too many ideas, it was just a college fashion show!!!

AND – she got another dress, which I actually liked better!

Also a Sarah Burton… Can I be a Duchess too…?

William wore his uniform which represented the Irish Guards Mounted Officers – it is said it was meant to show unity between the two countries (UK and Ireland)

I mean he’s just precious. They were both literally smiling all day and I think they really publicly showed how much they loved each other.

Onto the more… available… brother.

Harry.

AKA: British Man Candy.

Move aside Pippa… this Prince is mine…! Just kidding, I already got one. But seriously he was so fricking cute. Kind of sheepish and quirky cute if you catch my drift. I much prefer Harry’s uniform over William’s fire engine red… such a cutie. Even if he is a ginger… how can you resist that face!? One ticket to London please.

On a side note, Pippa looked so wonderful and I loved how she wore the dress that many of us expected Kate to wear! Touche.

Now…. wedding don’ts

Wicked stepsisters? Oh no… just the PRINCESSES. I’m sorry… did the electricity go out in Buckingham Palace – besides a lack of light (or a mirror) what could have possessed you to dress this way to a wedding?! And not just A wedding the ROYAL wedding. They both look ridiculous. Maybe their intention was to make SURE Kate was the most beautiful there… with these outfits Kate could have gotten her dress at Goodwill and still outshone them.

Sadly, the reception outfits were not much improved.

Dear Princess Beatrice, I have seen you dress before… I know you know that this does not work. Especially with the TOM-like shoes. Get a stylist.

Thanks.

Love, me.

All in all, a wedding is a happy occasion and it truly looked like everyone had an amazing time.

Don’t worry I’ll invite you all when me & Harry tie the knot!

Ta-ta for now!

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