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My Little Obsessions: Birch

I really love the texture of birch and had no idea there were so many creative ways of using it for your event. Enjoy some of these fun ideas.

*Use them to hold your escort cards or place cards

Found on Etsy

*As a cake stand

Found on: Once Wed

*As a cupcake stand

Found on Etsy

*To hold the rings at your ceremony (Ring pillow)

Found on: Etsy

*As a basket for your flower girl

Found on: Etsy

*As a unity candle stand for your ceremony

Found on: Etsy

* To enhance your centerpieces

Found on: Etsy & JL Designs Blog

*To hold any of your wedding or party accessories

Found on: Etsy

LA’s Knot Party at the Dodger Stadium

Every year, The Knot.com and the Knot magazine put on a lavish event to thank all of their existing advertisers and in hopes to entice new ones. This year Mary Sushinski and I had the privilege of planning this grandiose event.

The event took place at Stadium Club, at the Dodger Stadium. We brought in some of the most amazing vendors to showcase at this event. From the food, design and entertainment, our event went off without a hitch. We must also thank the amazing vendors and venues that donated prizes to our raffle and gift bags that helped raise money for the Dodger Dream Foundation.

Here are pictures from the fabulous event! Enjoy!

Roll call of vendors for this event:

Venue: Stadium Club at the Dodger Stadium

Floral Designer: Sky Flowers

Cake and treats: A Sweet Design

Donuts: The Fry Girl

Chocolate Fountain: Chocolate Delights

DJ: Richard Blade

Photobooth: Shutterbooth

Rentals: Classic Party Rentals

Lounge Furniture: Designer 8

Coffee Bar: Cappuccino Connection

Stationary: Paper Wonders

Live Event Painter: Timree

Lighting: Michael Palacios

Catering: Levy Restaurants

Audio/Visual: Herb Lehmann Projections

Bride’s Choice Awards 2010 Winner

Dear Lina,

Congratulations! We are excited to announce that A Stunning Affair has been chosen to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards^™ 2010. This award recognizes the top 5 percent of local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service and professionalism.

The Bride’s Choice Awards™ are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds (brides and grooms) through extensive surveys and reviews, which means your past clients have spoken on our behalf and selected you to receive this honor.

Carol and George’s Wedding

Carol and George wed at the ornate St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Pictures by the uber talented Danielle of Skye Blu Photography

Video by the amazing Video Services Unlimited

Gorgeous flowers by: Jackie Combs Floral Design

Greek music kept their guests truly entertained.

Dancing the night away at the Porter Valley Country Club to music by their fabulous DJ, Good Times Entertainment

Special thanks to my girls who really helped with all the setup and making sure the night ran smoothly: Laura, Maribel and Heather.

Amazing cake by: A Sweet Design

Ringing in the New Year

I’m not sure when the trend began, but at every wedding the photographer always grabs the bride and groom’s rings for a ring shot and I LOVE seeing the creative pictures they come up with. 🙂

Here are some of my favorites.

Picture Courtesy of Troadec Photography

Picture courtesy of Forever True Photography

Picture courtesy of Forever True Photography

Picture courtesy of  Jagger Photography

Picture courtesy of Jagger Photography

Picture courtesy of Jagger Photography

Picture courtesy of Skye Blu Photography

If you know me, then you know how much I LOVE COKE. Picture courtesy of Judy Tran Photography

Picture courtesy of The Image is Found

Picture courtesy of The Image is Found

Sneek Peek to Carol and George’s Wedding

Photo taken by the fabulously talented Danielle of Skye Blu Photography

Celebrity Weddings 2009

Extra, Extra, read all about it, A Stunning Affair is featured in The Knot Wedding Magazine!

What a way to begin the New Year! We are featured in The Knot Magazine’s Spring/Summer 2010 issue and to top it off we are featured twice!! Our first feature was for the Knot’s Market Party at the fabulous Dodger Stadium.  Our second headline was in an article called, “Where the money really goes?” where our past clients, Kelley and Dan gave a breakdown of their wedding budget. Check it out on news stands today!

Happy Holidays!!!

Picture courtesy of: Forever True Photography