Sprinkles Cupcakes~

Sprinkles just opened this week, and it's already attracting a lot of customers! Be ready to wait for 30 mins to get these heavenly, fresh, fluffy and moist cupcakes! The frosting is not overly sweet, and I absolutely love the signature dot design. For weddings, they do not offer free tasting and have limited designs to choose from. They will deliver the cupcakes to your wedding venue, but they do not offer set up. I tried 4 different flavors: Mocha, Black & White, Vanilla and Red Velvet. They were all good, but Mocha definitely gets my favorite vote! Strawberry is one of their most popular flavors now, but it's only available on certain days of the week. Here is the detailed schedule: http://www.sprinklescupcakes.com/flavors.html. You can get a dozen for $36 or individually for $3.25 ea. The mini cupcakes are $2.50ea.

September Wedding in Berekely

The bride was referred by her friend from a non-profit organization, which I volunteered and did flowers for a charity event a year ago. The wedding colors were dark purple with splashes of gold and green. Since the bride wanted to bring a garden feeling to her reception site, she asked me to incorporate some fillers, berries, vegetables, and unique looking seasonal flowers. The wedding ceremony took place at the beautiful Lady of Lourdes Church in Oakland, and the reception was at the HS Lordships.

September Wedding in San Jose

I clearly remember Terri (the bride) from a wedding that I set up in Sep., '07. She came up to me and said "I'm Mary's sister (bride's sister), I will definitely call you to do my wedding flowers." A few months later, she called and I feel honored to be able to provide flowers for two happy couples in the same family.

The wedding colors were purple and green. It was at the beautiful Corinthian Event Center in San Jose. Sorry for the blurry pictures ;P

Big sale at Michaels!

For brides out there, here is a good time to buy your wedding items at Michael's! Michael's is having a big sale now celebrating their 1000th store opening, and also giving out printable 50% off coupon here: http://www.michaels.com/coupons/1000thstore/coupon.html

Happy shopping!

August Wedding in Saratoga

Villa Montalvo is one of the most prestigious wedding sites in the bay area, and one of my favorites. The couple were fun and friendly, with little direction given by them, they put their confidence in me to coordinate and do flowers for their wedding. The color schemes were sunset colors--peach and orange and splash of yellow and white. They wanted a very relaxed wedding with no groomsmen or bridesmaids, no garter or bouquet tossing, and cupcakes instead of traditional wedding cake (They were a big hit! All the cupcakes were gone before the actual cake cutting!). It was a gorgeous day with a beautiful couple, happy guests, and perfect arrangements provided by all the vendors. Everyone put forth effort far and beyond the norm to make this wedding so special! I always write Thank You notes to my newlyweds 2-3 days after the wedding, however, the bride and groom were so sweet that they called me the next day to thank me! ;) This kind of little gesture always make me feel touched for days!

Vendors:

Venue: Villa Montalvo

Coordination: 8events

Flower: 8events

Lighting: Enhanced Lighting

Caterer: Le Papillion

Cake: Margaret French Bakery

DJ: Prosound Entertainment

Photographer: Michelle Walker Photography

Makeup/ hair: Wedding by Jessie

Wedding Officiant: Veronica Presedo-Floyd

Apperciation bouquet

Groom's boutonniere

Detail shot of the centerpiece

Cake table
Ringbearer box Enhenced lighting changed the lighting color from amber to blue at the end of the night!
Setting up bridal suite arrangement for the bride & groom