Mishka Designs

We made Style Me Pretty! So very excited! Jillian Mitchell was Naef catering's photographer for Sara & Nic's wedding and entered-in the photos she took of our design and details! Sweet!

Huge shout-out goes to Brittanee who tied the knot this past June 3rd at the Vallarta Palace and to Anne who said "i do" to her love in Los Cabos! Brittanee decided to go with Kirsty's maracas, even the same colors - but for a few of her maracas she did some different shades and I absolutely love how they turned out! Anne went with our ever famous Palm Tree design but I decided to switch it up a bit and put the date up on the trunk and I really love the graphic Antonio drew for the place card tags! Coming-up next will be some big congrats to Shawnda and Jessica ... also, I should have some time this summer to go back to presenting some design boards and inspirations again! yay!

I couldn't have ended the 2009/2010 wedding season with a more gracious couple - seriously I feel like I was absolutely BLESSED this year with THE most amazing couples - I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for being such wonderful, amazing, in-love brides/grooms and, if I could do this season all over again, I would do your weddings over again with an abundance of joy! Ashley & Dave tied the knot May 22nd, 2010 in San Pancho (also known down here as San Francisco) ... a truly sleepy fishing village just a few minutes north of Sayulita and about an hour north of Vallarta. This all took place in the quaint hotel of Costa Azul, whose amazing coordinator Eliza and the recepionist, whose name escapes me at the moment (but you were awesome!), made working there such a joy! Thank you! Naef did the catering and the food was absolutely nummy!! And all the pictures down below that are awesome were donated by the bride's photographer, Jillian Mitchell - a righteous photographer who is funner than anything to work with. And, um, all the amateur pictures were taken by me. But I'm fun too . PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! We just had a couple of months to put Ashley & Dave's design together - but Ashley was pretty laid back and very open-minded and engaging - so it wasn't the push it could have been. She just wanted something "festive and fun, not too fancy" with the colors of Mexico. At first I think there was some surprise that we were going to do everything catered specifically for her - no cookie-cutting going on, but after that, ideas just took off! This was my inspiration board.... PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! But, honestly, this picture and Van Gogh's Almond Blossoms were my main inspirations.... PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! The Bouquets & Bouts I have no idea how this idea came to me - I've done variations of this on other bouquets - but nothing quite like this before. Normally, I am not a fan of stargazers in a bouquet - they are hard to work with and make them look balanced - but this bouquet turned out even better than what I had planned in my head - and it smelled great! Since the bridesmaid's dresses were going to be so colorful I wanted their bouquets to be white so that the flowers didn't get lost with the color of their dresses, but would stand out - the same thing going for the groom and groomsmen ... and, of course, for Ashley I wanted the same thing - for her bouquet to stand out - which it did ... and what amazing photos Jillian took of these bouquets! PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! The Ceremony I always loved how photographers in Guanajuato or San Miguel had these amazing blue doors and colorful painted buildings to take their photographs and then the thought occurred to me that we could simply recreate that feeling! I know I keep saying this, but, okay, THIS is my favorite chuppah EVER. I also love the bright blue bowls with floating orange mums which lined the ceremony aisle. PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! The stained glass in the chuppah was made specifically for Ashley & Dave - Ashley told me that Dave would buy her replicas of paintings that they saw together, one of which had a lot of meaning to them was Van Gogh's Almond Blossoms .... so we recreated that painting but with a Mexican twist and had it in touches through-out the wedding ... starting with the hand-crafted wooden fans .... PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! and carried through to the stained glass in the chuppah (which Omar painted and we gave to them to keep).... The maracas were also based on that same painting - I love how they turned out. And, as far as I know, I was the original creator of the phrase "shake me at the kiss" for our maracas. So, I wanted to do something a bit different for this original, bohemian couple .... I like it! PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! The Cocktail We covered the cocktail tables with bright fuschia fabric and blue talavera pots. The escort cards were photos of the couple in various locations (as they both love love to travel!) that Ashley had given to me and represented which table each guest would be seated at. At first, I was going to make them like little flower cards but then realized they would look cooler if they were done like international flags - so there was touches of each country's flag on the border of the photographs. PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! The Reception We covered the tables with bright orange fabric (a sunburst orange for the bride/groom table) and I found these amazing orange/blue talavera vases downtown (only one place in town sells this particular pattern!) and filled each one with various fuschia flowers. Each table had its own flowers except for the bridal table which had a bouquet of all of them surrounded by hand-made candle shades which were the exact same pattern as the candles we hung-up in the cocktail area. PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! The table markers, as mentioned before, were photos of the bride and groom at their favorite locations around the globe. Napkins in a bright cobalt blue sewed by my very talented sister-in-law, Gaby, and the menu cards were actually done by Ashley's aunt! We sent her the graphic (also based on Van Gogh's Almond Blossoms - of course!) and she worked with us on the design but really it was mostly her idea. I think they turned out awesome! PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! We put a sprig of colorful flower at the bottom of each wine glass to represent who was eating what and I do think that's one of my favorite touches (thanks Pierre for pushing my ideas!) PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! The placecards rock. Ashley & Dave love to cook, so I thought it would be fitting to have a recipe card with a recipe common to each of the areas they traveled. Fish and Chips for London, Chili Burger for Mammoth, Apple Strudel for Munich, Smazeny Pyr (fried cheese) for Prague and Mexican Shrimp Cocktail for Santa Barbara. There were the most adorable kids at the wedding and, as you will see, their recipe place cards were a wee bit different.... PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG![/b PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG![/b PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG![/b The Cake Ashley had chosen 3 different cake designs as her favorite which were all super different from each other - but we combined the best part of each of those cakes, as well as adding-in the accent on the bottom layer which was the same pattern as the cocktail candles and the reception candle screens. Memo, of course, rocked the design and holy cow the chocolate cake Naef did was literally TO DIE FOR. YUMMMMY. PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! Nightscapes Dance floor was just gorgeous with the beautiful paper lanterns we had shipped-in from Hawaii and my husband shot this really pretty sunset shot of the chuppah which made a nice backdrop to watch while sipping a margarita. PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! PHOTO OVER LIMIT ALLOWED - MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG! I loved Costa Azul and their staff and would love to do a wedding there again, but would be remiss to not admit that we did have one tiny incident at the end of the evening which marred things somewhat - unfortunately, someone walked into the bridal suite and stole a few things from our bride and groom, including a couple of passports. Booooo!!! Ashley & Dave (and the few of their guests who were also affected) took it all in stride and in good humor and with a lot of grace - a good reminder to any of you who travel to not keep your passports in your purse and, perhaps, not such a bad idea to use the hotel safe for the passports, anyway. But just a suggestion! Eliza, the coordinator at Costa Azul, did her absolute best to help the bride, groom and guests to rectify the situation and all ended well ... We have more maracas going-out and shout-outs coming-up so I will be back sooner rather than later .... can't wait for the next wedding season and am loving all my wonderful, amazing brides-to-be! You guys rock!

Biggest shout-out goes to Tal and Terence who tied the knot this past weekend at my new favorite resort the Maroma Resort & Spa (Carena Trampe von Knoop was nice enough to send us this photo, as our camera was stolen and we don't have any of these maracas!) Tal sent us their STD's over a year ago! They had just asked for their initials but Omar added a little flower from their STD and I think it looks awesome . Thank you so much Carena for sending us a photo of work we thought we had lost! Up next .... more maracas and Ashley's blog (come on Jillian, come on Jillian, it's your birthday, send us pictures -haha .....

Don't forget - free Puerto Vallarta info conference call tomorrow (june 1st) 7-8 pm CST. All questions on Vallarta and weddings in Vallarta welcome. Just send me your skype name (to either: [email protected] or [email protected]) and I will add you to the conference call. Talk to you soon!

Huge congratulations are in order for Ryan and Lety who tied the knot in Las Caletas this past Tuesday! This was an unusual order because all the contact was with the groom and I think he did a great job! For those of you who follow the blog, this design probably rings a bell (Kate's Design) ... I love the touch of blue that Ryan wanted on the tags - actually, okay, I heart the tags even if I did do them myself . Next up ... Ashley's wedding blog! I can't wait to show you!!!

Huge congrats goes to Erin who got married in Sayulita this Saturday (coordinated by the fabulous Kerry of Sayulita Wave!) .... we dropped her maracas off on the way to Ashley and Dave's wedding which I will be blogging all about later this week .... BUT back to Erin! She sent us her pretty sun inspired monogram pictured down below.... And I think Antonio hit this one right out of the beach! Each of those flames = hand-painted AWESOMENESS! So, we got oodles more shout-outs coming-up this week and next as our May starts to wrap to a close! YEAH!

Two huge shout-outs to Jessica who tied the knot this past Friday at Dreams PV, and Lyndsay who tied the knot in Playa del Carmen! And another shout-out to Natalie who said her "i dos" at the H10 Coral & Turquoise Resort in the Riviera Maya! Jessica had a beautiful turqouise blue and white color scheme and she knew what she wanted right away which were palm trees! I love the color combination! Lyndsay loved the ever popular Lacy Romance as well as White Flowers ... so we did both, but changed the main flower in lacy romance to surprise her (and to make the maracas look more like a set) ... I love the hot pink and silver color combination and would be hard pressed to tell you which was my favorite. All of these maracas were painted by Israel & Antonio!! Natalie fell in love with Joy's maracas the very first maracas we ever painted for a bride but, of course, wanted them in her colors - I loved the original color scheme but I would be hard-pressed to now say which one is my favorite - Natalie's colors made this design very soft and romantic . Ashley's wedding is this Saturday and I'm so excited I can't hardly stand out! I can't wait to show you!!

Need to edit to say that Shaye got married in Las Caletas, not at the Marriott - haha Sorry Shaye dahling

You're both right - but somebody already won . But, yes, wrong date, wrong bride - actually I don't even have a bride with that name - but a bride's mom - jaja! major brain overload, I think .

Quote: Originally Posted by allyson779 Mishka- one of my favorites to date! Love the flower design and of course the color!!!! what? I thought your wedding was yellow and green? haha - just you wait - your wedding is gonna be rocking .

So, as I was saying earlier, big shout-out to our WINWIN winner, Shaye, who tied the knot this past Saturday at the Marriott! Not only did Shaye win 20 of our hand-painted maracas, but we had a little surprise for her as well ... a hand-painted bridal fan! I absolutely ADORE these maracas and would heart heart them even if my husband Antonio hadn't painted them! shaye's beautiful invite maracas tags hand-painted fan We have three more brides tying the knot before our own Ashley & Dave say "I do" in the beautiful little village of San Pancho....this is a FUN month ya'all!

Last weekend proved to be a busy weekend for some of you as knots were tying all over the place! Big Shout out to Joelle who tied the knot in Cancun, Lindsey who tied her knot in Cabos and Shaye (our WINWIN winner!!) who tied the knot here in Las Caletas (although Shaye's pictures will have to wait - I'm in the midst of a move and just realized that my phone cable is at the other place - haha!). JOELLE Joelle came to us with a beautiful STD (if you know who did it, let me know and I'll put in a mention :) and wanted something based on it - of course, that's what we do , and I absolutely ADORE these maracas! Both of these maracas (Joelle & Lindsey) were painted by Israel/Antonio (BIL and hubby respectively) - lucky!! LINDSEY Lindsey fell in love with Britt's maracas - nice bright colors and tropical flower! So, that's what she got! We took her colors directly from her passport STD! As soon as I get my cable (haha!) i'll show you Shaye's maracas - they are gorgeous! Plus we included a little surprise for our first annual WINWIN winner you won't want to miss .

Sweet congratulations goes to Amanda who said "i do" yesterday in the beautiful Riviera Maya! Amanda's colors were teal and orange and she decided she wanted to do a gerber somehow - I think Omar created something truly unique - it wouldn't surprise me if this doesn't become a favorite design . We have 3 brides tying the knot tomorrow and our May design wedding is fast approaching - this time of year always feels like the days just speed up and speed up until - tada - the season is over and we take a small break before revving up for next year! Blogs just keep a-coming....

Big Shout-out goes to Mari who tied the knot yesterday in Cancun! Mari loved Danielle's maracas but wanted them done in her colors (of course!) ... we took the colors directly from Mari's cool STD pictured down below. And, finally, the end result - this time painted by Antonio & Israel. I love Danielle's bright colors but think that Mari's maracas turned out very soft and romantic and heart the color combo! Blog tomorrow and the day after that - busy month!!!

Well, we just hosted the Amazing Race Contestants, held the World Muy Thai Championships, had the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders do their Swimsuit Calender Photo-shoot here, and the Russian Ballet is coming to town .... so, I think we're safe enough. Although I won't go so far as to say no serious crime happens (we do have our share of murders and some drug problems) but it's definitely not the norm.

Big shout goes out to Char & Mike this past Saturday who tied the knot here in Vallarta (with the help of Eva & Michael from Vallarta Weddings!) and another shout-out to Katie who tied the knot with Jerod in Sayulita (with the help of Kerry from Sayulita Wave) this past Saturday (may 2nd) as well! Eva & Michael asked us to base something on Char & Mike's response card down below and I think Omar did a pretty good replica . As far as Katie's maracas go .... well, I had a brain freeze moment. Before posting the REAL maracas, the FIRST person (minus the people/guests involved in this particular wedding to comment on the blog and tell me what's wrong with the picture down below, wins a hand-painted fan from Mishka Designs and I'll pay the shipping!! So, put yer thinking caps on and lemme know! Coming-up more maracas and a few inspiration notes as I'm working hard on some upcoming events. May is speeding to a close!!

Quote: Originally Posted by starchild Check out that reception setting, incredible!!! I love when you share, just beautiful! The fans are awesome...those are based on U.S. postage stamps, no? I just bought a book that looks just like them lol LOL - yep - you are EXACTLY right - I was browsing and came across those and just fell in love . GO postal service .....

Well, Sundays are suppose to be my day "off" but I don't really know the meaning of the word . Magazines are hard to get down here in Puerto Vallarta, much less wedding magazines. So, when a friend of mine sent me oodles and another friend brought them to me, I had to dive right-in for ideas and inspiration for some of our upcoming events. And, while doing that, I found I was also wedding dress inspired! I came across these next dresses as my favs! And realized there is a trend (which has not quite reached down here yet but I know it will) of some sort of crystal accent to dresses - which I just LOVE. So, without further ado.... SIMONE CARVALLI I absolutely love this crystal looking "belt" around this dress! Honestly, not quite sure if I love the dress, but I definitely heart heart the belt! IMPRESSION BRIDAL I LOVE the crystal accents on this dress. The rest of the dress is so simple but those crystal accents just make it stand-out and you think "regal." I would love to see this idea but captured in silkier, more beach friendly fabric.... SIMONE CARVALLI Back to Simone - I mean - words really cannot even describe how beautiful this dress is! PRISCILLA OF BOSTON Really, this dress came close to capturing my heart heart hearts but, in the end, the decision came down to what I thought would work the best with a beach wedding. Not saying this dress wouldn't - but you'll see why down below. I absolutely adore this dress. The flower/crystal accent is absolutely stunning. I wish I could have seen the whole dress, but I think this neckline is WOW and holds so much promise! Well, okay I went to find the dress, and will admit, HEART the neckline but not blown away completely by the dress - it's more the fabric than anything.... And the Heart of Hearts goes to .... Badgley Mischka And, no, not because their name is so similar to mine . I love everything about this dress - the lace, the crystal accents, the way it accents the waist but gives curve to the hip - it's sexy but not too sexy, romantic .... ahhhhh........ I actually found this dress on a live person (aka - not a fashion shoot over at Avenia Bridal, and thought I would share: Seriously, isn't that beautiful?! Yes, yes - more maracas coming your way tomorrow....

Beautiful review .... three "local" notes .... Frissia does a great job of flowers - but if you want something that has to be ordered (like orchids or peonies) they probably won't be able to do what it is you want on such short notice. Two - Charme DID relocate and are not in that area anymore and, honestly, I'm pretty sure both of those bakeries know it. It's a small town, we all know each other. Most of us are friends and friendly. But I'm pretty sure there was no way they were going to give up your businesses (and/or the people working there hadn't been there for very long and might not even had known who Charme is). So, Charme IS VERY MUCH still in business and have moved to a bigger location which they built themselves which is out of the way (bad for taste testers to find - but they explain everything so not so terrible) but GREAT because they needed more space. Finally, it would not surprise me if, in actuality, at least one of those extra musicians were not there specifically for your wedding but just doing rounds, like many of the musicians do - and took advantage of the fact that there was a wedding there. It's extremely common practice for musicians to do rounds at restaurants in the area and, yep, each song costs $50 pesos - so highly doubt that any accidents happen - pretty sure it was just another night of rounds and you just happened to be there .

p.s. that's 7-8 PM CST

Biggest "congratulations" goes to heidi & jake who tied the night at Las Caletas this past Friday. Heidi came to us with her logo inspiration and wanted to do something based on the logo, but in the same color tone as Lindsay's maracas. So, here's the Omar magic.... And here's the MD magic .... I do believe we have 14 more maraca blogs coming-up!! And, of course, Ashley & Dave's wedding in San Pancho which I am having so much fun putting together right now! PLUS I have a few surprises up my sleeve...so it's a whirlwind month my dear brides!

The biggest Congratulations goes to Reymee & John who tied the knot this past Saturday at the Marriott! Reymee came to us last June with an idea, more or less, of what she was looking for - but, once she passed the invite, well we both knew that had to be the design! I absolutely love the invite which was created by Smock Paper. These maracas were painted by none other than Omar himself - and I think, as usual, he did a sweet job! Look like I might have a slight break this week before our next slew of maracas next weekend - so, I might post something OTHER than maracas and weddings and get back to the nitty gritty of DESIGN - haha!

The biggest shout-out goes to Jessica who was married at the Marriott on Friday, the 23rd! Jessica had a really incredible colorful gecko for her STD, but ended-up deciding to go with our Paisley design instead. I love the original, but must admit that I think these (Omar's touch!) are even better than the color combination we came-up for the original! Another blog up tomorrow, as another bride is tying the knot today - it's a crazy month my dear brides!

Well, the day has finally arrived! Mariah & Adam tied the knot at Hacienda Camino del Mar this last March 27, 2010! BTW, I absolutely, positively ADORE this villa - it's absolutely beautiful and the staff is amazing! 10 Stars, for sure! If you want to see a on the fly video I did for Mariah to show her what it looked like before the wedding, you can check that out here. Mariah wrote me back last May - super easy-going bride and we started out super simple and were just going to do a ceremony decor set-up and light touches here and there - but as we started really going through the process Mariah's mom wanted to kick it up a notch and away we went! Most of the time I don't get to meet any of my brides beforehand, but Mariah, Adam and her mom made a trip south - they were so laid back that the only thing we truly accomplished was to go visit the hair salon (Elle Hair Salon - which did a Fantastic job!) - haha! Mariah had chosen a dark navy blue color for her bridesmaid dresses and knew she wanted to do things with a nautical blue/white theme, slight touches of the ocean, but she also wanted a sparkly bouquet and accents of lime and tie this all into mexico .... of course I said!!! PHOTO MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG - OVER LIMITED ALLOWED! Here's their inspiration board.... PHOTO MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG - OVER LIMITED ALLOWED! BOUQUET Other than giving me these slight directions as to where they wanted to go, I was given a lot of freedom and everything from beginning to end with their wedding was super fun and easy-breezy - I would even go so far as to say "kismet". I knew Mariah wanted white rose balls for her bridesmaids and she wanted a white bouquet with some crystals in it - I try hard not to be too enamored with one idea down here because, too often, I fall in love with an idea and then I can't find what it is I want and have to change everything - so I try to keep my design mind all open .... but, in this case, I found things I couldn't believe I was finding! Starting with the crystals for Mariah's bouquet and the accent for Adam's bout - those crystals were seriously the most amazing color of blue with a slight accent of .... LIME GREEN!! What are the odds, seriously? I absolutely HEART HEART HEART Mariah's bouquet.... PHOTO MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG - OVER LIMITED ALLOWED! CEREMONY We were going to do the ceremony in all white but I couldn't resist adding a touch of navy blue color .... we tied sand dollars to the ceremony aisle chairs and strips of navy blue chiffon hung from the white chuppah. I think it was a perfect combination of "just right" .... I know the pictures are horrid but our staff photographer couldn't come and Paulina was busy running around taking pictures of, you know, THE BRIDE - let's see if you can tell which ones are hers - haha! CEREMONY DETAILS Mariah wanted to represent her dad in some way, as he had passed on. Her mom brought me a cap he always wore and they told me a little bit about him - one thing was that he LOVED and adored Chili's Restaurant (what a coincidence - me too!) .... so we went out and found some red chilis to put underneath his hat and saved a chair for him at the ceremony. I knew that the best gift Mariah ever gave Adam was a poker set (according to Adam!) and I knew they loved to play games. So, I decided to put touches of that into the wedding fans. These really are some of the neatest fans Omar has ever created! They folded down into an opening in the wooden handle to store and, to use them, you spread them out like playing cards - the front side had a king and queen in their wedding colors and a middle card with a heart and their names. SIGNS So no one would get lost, we had two different set of painted wooden signs pointing the way to the reception and to the beach - I wish we had better photos but trust me they were awesome! Probably my favorite detail of the wedding ... well, next to the glittery sand dollars! PHOTO MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG - OVER LIMITED ALLOWED! COCKTAIL/DANCE AREA This is one place I feel so sad we don't have any good photos because it was truly beautiful and my photos don't do it justice. We white glittered sand dollars and hung them up over the dance floor - it looked awesome during the day and amazing at night. For their first dance, the bridal party showered the couple with white flower petals - actually made me tear me up!! I just realized that one of Mariah's guests made a little video of it, so if you would like to see, check it out here: Mariah & Adam's First Dance. Off to the side of the pool, there was a small sitting area, which we covered with a navy blue fabric and threw-in some pillows - sweet! PHOTO MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG - OVER LIMITED ALLOWED! PHOTO MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG - OVER LIMITED ALLOWED! RECEPTION Playing with the nautical theme we made wooden nautical lamps and had them floating in the pool as well as scattered through-out the villa. I also placed metal nautical lanterns in the middle of the table and filled them with miniature white roses, white wax flowers, white ranunculus and white statice. In-between we had floating candles nestled inside scooped-out lime shells for the touch of lime! I absolutely ADORE the napkins - I found this amazing pattern (which Gaby, my SIL, sewed - I design - I do not sew!) and alternated the patterned napkins with white napkins down the length of the table. In order to represent who was eating what, we put the letter of the food ("b" for beef, "s" for shrimp" and "c" for chicken) on the wine glasses to make it easier for the waiters to know whose plate was whose. PHOTO MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG - OVER LIMITED ALLOWED! PHOTO MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG - OVER LIMITED ALLOWED! PHOTO MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG - OVER LIMITED ALLOWED! PLACECARDS Something else Mariah & Adam adored is their dogs! So, I decided to make the place cards like playing cards and replaced the king/queen face graphic which was also on their fans with faces of their beloved puppies, Ali & Joe! Mariah & Adam both had a great sense of humor and I knew it would give them something to laugh about - which it did . THE CAKE Last but, of course, never least was the cake! Oh, memo memo memo - what an awesome job, right? He's so unbelievably talented and, yep, was YUMMY .... they chose an almond cake and memo filled it with a sweet nummy almond flavored cream. BIG THANKS Again, my girlfriend Tam from Incredible Weddings came to the rescue and showed-up to help me create the 20 floral centerpieces and to set details into place ... she created this amazing floral arrangement down below - couldn't have gotten it all finished without her and she rocks! PHOTO MUST BE SEEN ON BLOG - OVER LIMITED ALLOWED! I've absolutely, positively been blessed this season - every bride I've had has reminded me of why I love doing what I do and why the long hours are completely worth it! And, then, the cherries on top of every event we've had is the wedding guests have been incredible people as well - sweet! And thank you! Next up we have oodles of maracas so blogs will be flying up like crazy! And I am soooo looking forward to Ashley & Dave's wedding which will end our year the end of May - less than a month! It's going to be colorful, chic, beachy and "wowzers" so you aren't going to want to miss it .