Giveaway: Orange County Brides

Where oh where are my orange county brides? Our amazing giveaway for your wedding flowers is still open! Lynne Lucente generously donated a wedding flower package to the Blissful Wishes Ball in November. We bid on, and won, this package at the silent auction so that we could give it away to a lucky bride. All proceeds from our bid went to Wish Upon a Wedding, a charity organization that grants wedding wishes to couples that have a terminal illness or life altering circumstance. This giveaway includes:

* Bridal Bouquet
* 2 Bridesmaids Bouquets
* Grooms Boutonniere
* 2 Groomsman's Boutonnieres
* 2 Father's Boutonnieres
* 2 Mother's Corsages
* 2 Alter pieces
* 6 Centerpieces

Lynne works at several of the most amazing wedding venues in Southern California like: Rancho Las Lomas, Casa Romantica, Japanese Gardens, Hotel Laguna, Laguna Cliffs Marriott, Ritz-Carlton Wedding Locations, St. Regis Hotel and Villa Rockledge.

Here is some of Lynne's recent work:

Broccardo Photography

This giveaway is valued at $1265.00! In order to win you must either live in or be getting married in Orange County, California. Lynne is already booking for 2011 weddings so your date must be open for her to design your wedding flowers! 

Are you ready to enter?!

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Celebration of sweets!

Are you still moaning and groaning from your Thanksgiving feast? Well, if you took the day off of wedding planning....time to get back to it! There are probably several deals out there today on wedding related items! Everyone wants to capture the shoppers on Black Friday! I have found a couple of great candy companies to help you with your candy bar buffet! My favorite was the lollipops from Hammond's! You can not go wrong with a group of the gorgeous lollipops in your candy buffet! They have other fun candies as well and one of the best features - search by color!

 courtesy of Real Simple Magazine

This is a DIY project courtesy of Martha Stewart

You could be a bride like Julia who got married using this lollipop bouquet

Photograph credit: Mira Weddings

I wasn't looking for anything specific when I came upon these two candy companies however, seeing what they had to offer....I sure am glad I stumbled upon them! My creative impulses were in overdrive! From finding Hammond's, I then stumbled upon The Cocoa Room. I came across them by looking for cupcake decorations! The first thing I found were these candy coated sunflower seeds and almonds! I like Jordan Almonds but I love chocolate covered almonds!!

Dear Santa....

So, forget having those horrible disposable wedding cameras at every table. They are a waste of money, the pictures do not turn out and it is just overall very frustrating. Instead, invest a little bit of money in something like the Fuji Instax Camera and put a trusted friend or family member in charge of it. I pretty much guarantee you are going to get some pretty fun pictures from this camera!


This is option 1: Fuji Instax 210 Instant Film Camera. Price varies but it was $64.99 on Amazon with FREE Super Saver Shipping. This version of the Instant camera is a little bigger, slightly bulkier than its counterparts. But on the upside...the pictures are a little bigger.

Now, let's talk about Option 2. It's sleeker, it's a little more trendy and it prints smaller pictures (about the size of a credit card, I have read). The size could be an issue for me. I like the aesthetics of the White but I am not sure I want 100 credit card size photos. 

Here is the perfect use (and a great excuse to buy this camera!). Get pictures of people from your showers, bachelor/bachelorette parties, etc. and use these pictures as your place cards for your seating chart! Then, at the reception, have people snap a picture and then hang it up to "develop"! They can leave a little love note on the bottom for you and then voila! You have have your guest book to put together! SO CUTE! I love this idea. I love this camera. I want it (now!).

PS: Santa, if you are reading my blog....I have been a very good girl this year and this camera (the larger one) is the only thing on my list. :)